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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Grambling Selects New President
Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.
June 27, 2010
African-American
Charlotte Morris Named as Tuskegee University Interim President
Dr. Charlotte P. Morris will become interim president of Tuskegee University, following the July 31, 2010 retirement of school president Dr. Benjamin F. Payton.
June 21, 2010
Faculty & Staff
New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs
A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.
June 20, 2010
African-American
Policy Summit Tackles Changing U.S. Demographics
During a National Journal policy summit on demographics and the workforce of the future, it was pointed out that 65 percent of the population is White, compared to 70 percent in 2000 and 80 percent in 1980. Generation Y, aged 30 and under, is two-fifths non-White.
June 17, 2010
African-American
South Carolina State President Ousted After Two Years at Helm
The board of South Carolina State University has fired the president of the historically Black college after just two years at the helm.
June 15, 2010
African-American
Historically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social Mission
Graduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.
June 15, 2010
Leadership & Policy
S.C. State University to Get $80 Million Transportation Research Center
Amid questions about how some of the initial grant money was spent, South Carolina State University officials hope to begin construction soon on the first phase of a transportation research center announced 12 years ago.
June 14, 2010
African-American
$1M Donated for Demolition at Paul Quinn College
A $1 million donation to demolish 13 abandoned buildings at Paul Quinn College in Dallas is meant to bolster the school’s efforts to survive.
June 13, 2010
Students
Why We Need Diverse Books
Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]
June 11, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Says Research Universities Not Serious About Faculty Diversity
To Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, there’s no delicate way of describing the lack of commitment she believes many top research universities demonstrate as they allegedly seek to diversify their faculties.
June 9, 2010
African-American
Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington
Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.
June 8, 2010
African-American
Taking Diversity to the Next Level
With expanded management and planning responsibilities, high-ranking chief diversity officers are heading their institutions’ comprehensive approach to inclusiveness.
June 8, 2010
African-American
Charges from Racially Charged Mass. Campus Fight To Be Dropped Against Black Man
For more than two years, supporters of former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell have urged prosecutors to drop charges against him that stemmed from a racially charged fight and sparked protests, demonstrations and accusations of bias.
June 7, 2010
Students
Becoming a Force for Diversity and Inclusion
Rosemary E. Kilkenny is Georgetown University’s vice president for institutional diversity and equity, a position that was created for her in 2006, and she has become the university’s most visible cheerleader for diversity and inclusion.
June 7, 2010
African-American
Purdue Report Notes University’s Lack of Diversity
Purdue University needs to become more affordable and create additional programs to retain students to improve its campus diversity, the school’s vice provost for diversity and inclusion says in a report.
June 6, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories
Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.
June 3, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs
In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.
June 3, 2010
African-American
Public Policy Takes Center Stage at Race and Ethnicity Conference
Organizers of the 2010 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education used proximity to Washington, D.C. to invite the heads of leading education advocacy organizations and to schedule policy presentations for conference attendees.
June 2, 2010
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