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African-American
DIVERSE BOOKSHELF: Further Along the River
A new study sheds light on the effects of student life on college success.
November 25, 2009
Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Convened at Atlanta HBCUs Urged to Help Determine U.S. Education Priorities
Faculty members from more than 50 U.S. colleges and universities gathered in Atlanta for the Faculty Resource Network’s annual national symposium, which was held this year at three neighboring historically Black campuses.
November 24, 2009
African-American
Despite Pact, Few Blacks at Coast Guard School
Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to collaborate to boost the number of African-Americans at its service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for Blacks remain in single digits.
November 24, 2009
African-American
Despite Pact, Few Blacks at Coast Guard School
Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to collaborate to boost the number of African-Americans at its service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for Blacks remain in single digits.
November 24, 2009
U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation
Students
HBCUs Get On Board With Direct Lending
Direct Loan-only system won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.
November 23, 2009
Lezli Baskerville
African-American
Lincoln U. Students Upset over Targeted Fitness Requirement
Students at Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Pennsylvania, say fitness class requirement should apply to all students rather than to only those considered overweight.
November 22, 2009
Lincoln University graduation
Faculty & Staff
LASTWORD: Tending to Diversity at an HBCU
Diversity acquires a new meaning and perspective at historically Black colleges and universities, where African- Americans are the majority and others are in the minority.
November 11, 2009
Students
Grambling President Makes Abrupt Departure
Citing family member’s illness, Dr. Horace Judson leaves top post at cash-strapped historically Black Louisiana university.
November 8, 2009
Dr. Horace Judson
African-American
Confinement Too Costly For Middle-class Black Women
When Dr. Lisa B. Thompson names modern women who fit the iconic “Black lady” mold – Coretta Scott King, Anita Hill, Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama – you know exactly whom she is trying to liberate. Chances are your mother played this role. You probably do, too, if you are a Black woman involved in higher education.
November 4, 2009
Dr. Lisa Thompson
African-American
New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves
Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.
November 2, 2009
Dr. David Watters
African-American
Census: ‘Brain Gains’ for High-Tech Cities
Passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, college graduates are fueling population growth in urban, high-tech meccas, such as Charlotte, N.C. and Austin, Texas.
October 29, 2009
Charlotte Skyline
African-American
Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs
Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.
October 29, 2009
Tough Times
African-American
HBCUs once a haven for Jewish refugee scholars
Based on a book and film, the Museum of Jewish Heritage presents: “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges”
October 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN
It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.
October 28, 2009
Students
Temple University’s Commitment to Diversity Questioned
When budgetary cuts become necessary at a college, the programs and departments most vulnerable are often the least fundamental to a school’s central mission. But when an institution has been ranked as the most diverse student body in higher education, it can be difficult to explain why an office that caters to multicultural students was downsized dramatically.
October 27, 2009
Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.
African-American
Ayers Settlement Falls Short of Funding
A legislative watchdog panel this month gave a generally rosy report about how Mississippi is meeting its obligations in a decades-old college desegregation case, but a closer examination reveals flaws with a private endowment that has failed to reach its goals.
October 26, 2009
Hank Bounds
African-American
Parsing the Reaction to Obama
Scholars say extreme criticisms of U.S. president defy simple explanation.
October 26, 2009
Dr. Carl Bankston
African-American
Grambling State President To Step Down
The president of historically Black Grambling State University is stepping down from his position after five years with the university, effective October 31.
October 22, 2009
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