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Students
First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class
Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.
November 9, 2010
Hampton University began offering online courses about 10 years ago as an experiment that began in the school of nursing. (photo courtesy of Hampton University)
African-American
Researching Obesity’s Complexity and Impact
As the obesity problem grows, researchers investigate all facets of this condition while also working to make the public aware of the personal and economic toll of being big.
November 9, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama has been shining a spotlight on childhood obesity and the risks of obese children becoming obese adults.
African-American
Missouri Corrects Record on 1923 College Town Lynching
Eighty-seven years after the Missouri public lynching of a Black janitor accused of rape, civic leaders have come together to confront the ugly episode in Columbia and correct the record on the death of the accused, who insisted the rape allegation was a case of mistaken identity.
November 8, 2010
Dr. Patrick Huber is an associate professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology whose undergraduate thesis discussed the James T. Scott lynching.
African-American
Exploring the Connection Between Residential Segregation and Health
Harvard sociologist David R. Williams argues that residential segregation by race is the fundamental cause of racial disparities in health in the United States.
November 8, 2010
Harvard sociologist David R. Williams argues that residential segregation by race is the fundamental cause of racial disparities in health in the United States.
African-American
Medical School Association Diversity Chief Talks Health Care Reform
Dr. Marc Nivet, the Association of American Medical Colleges chief diversity officer, says the emphasis on prevention and wellness in the health care reform law will benefit minorities.
November 7, 2010
Health Care
African-American
Tennessee Courts Approves Fisk Art Sale With Rigid Conditions That Anger School and State
A Tennessee Judge has decided financially troubled Fisk University can sell half ownership in its prestigious Alfred Stieglitz Collection of photographs and art for $30 million, if two-third of the proceeds are placed in a new endowment whose sole purpose would be to use its income to ensure the collection remains in Nashville, even if Fisk closes.
November 4, 2010
Hazel O’Leary
African-American
Minorities Ride GOP Wave to Groundbreaking Wins
The Republican wave produced groundbreaking results for minority candidates, from Latina and Indian-American governors to a pair of Black congressmen from the Deep South.
November 3, 2010
In Florida, Allen West (pictured) ousted a two-term Democrat to a House seat. He is the first Black Republican elected to Congress from Florida since a former slave served two terms in the 1870s.
African-American
Surgeon General Benjamin Urges Prescription for Better U.S. Health
America’s top doctor leads effort to focus nation on exercise and other strategies to promote health and wellness.
November 3, 2010
Health Care
Students
Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning
With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.
November 3, 2010
Launched by radio personality and longtime HBCU booster Tom Joyner, HBCUsOnline.com seeks to tap into the lucrative online adult higher education market (photo by AP/Mary Ann Chastain).
Students
Future Teachers Must Show, Not Just Tell, Skills
Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.
November 2, 2010
Sharon P. Robinson is president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, an umbrella group for schools that specialize in training teachers.
African-American
A Sign of Peace at Southern University
The faculty senate president at Southern University’s Baton Rouge (SUBR) campus says the SUBR faculty organization recently “accepted an olive branch” from top administration officials after months of conflict over budget cuts and fiscal priorities.
November 2, 2010
Lisa Delpit
Faculty & Staff
Lincoln University President Says He Can’t Fire Professor Over Remarks
The president of Lincoln University said late last week that he cannot fire a tenured professor who has questioned the Holocaust and expressed virulent anti-Israel views because the teacher has kept his opinions out of the classroom.
November 1, 2010
Dr. Ivory Nelson is president of Lincoln University.
African-American
Schools Step Up Efforts to Attract Adult Learners into College Programs
After traditional colleges and universities lost ground in the race to win back minority college dropouts, there is a push across academia to find innovative ways to recruit and retain adult learners.
November 1, 2010
CEO Jamie Merisotis
African-American
Anti-affirmative Action Campaign Expected to Win in Arizona
Overshadowed by battle over controversial immigration law, anti-affirmative action ballot initiative in Arizona goes unchallenged.
November 1, 2010
Ward Connerly
African-American
Perspectives: Affirmative Action May be Needed — for Men
Anti-affirmative action initiatives such as the referendum before Arizona voters on Tuesday may prove harmful to men if universities cannot rely on that tool to achieve gender diversity.
October 31, 2010
Shirley J. Wilcher
African-American
Desegregation Offers Lessons for Gay Troops Debate
Though the military may now seem to lag behind America’s acceptance of gays in civilian life, the armed forces led the charge in ending racial segregation in the 1940s and ’50s.
October 31, 2010
Thomas J. Woods, 78
African-American
APLU and Other Organizations Establish Partnership Between Afro-Columbian and Historically Black Land-grant Universities
The Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Asociación Columbiana de Universidades (ASCUN) and Phelps Stokes have established a collaborative partnership to promote educational and cultural exchange programs between Afro-Columbian serving universities and historically Black land-grant universities in the United States. The presidents of each organization signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday during a special ceremony at APLU headquarters in Washington, D.C.
October 31, 2010
Dr. Lorenzo Esters
African-American
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Opens in Tulsa, Okla.
Officials on Wednesday dedicated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking the city’s first significant acknowledgement of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. (Click here to watch Dr. John Hope Franklin’s televised interview on Tulsa and racial reconciliation.)
October 27, 2010
The late Dr. John Hope Franklin (center) was on hand for the fall 2008 groundbreaking of the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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