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Section: Demographics > African-American
Leadership & Policy
College Presidents Returning to Classroom
Experts say that, over the past decade, the number of college presidents enrolling into doctoral programs has steadily increased.
July 14, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Union Pulls UNCF Support in Wake of $25M Koch Gift
WASHINGTON ― A powerful government workers’ union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund’s president appeared at a Koch event. In a letter made public last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]
July 13, 2014
Students
Report: Blacks Need Additional Schooling to Have Equal Employment Chances as Lesser Educated Whites
While young Black adults at all education levels experience higher unemployment rates than others, such employment gaps diminish considerably as Black educational attainment increases, a new study says.
July 13, 2014
African-American
The Birth Of a Nation
In July, the month we celebrate our nation’s Declaration o f Independence, we look at books about its colonial beginnings and its founding. That history cannot be separated from the issue of slavery in this country…
July 13, 2014
African-American
Black Women Increasingly Becoming Victims of Brutal Violence
While many people have expressed their outrage at such injustices, there have been those who have resorted to a “they must have done something to deserve it” stance.
July 10, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Arizona State Professor Ersula Ore Pleads to Resisting Arrest
MESA, Ariz. ― An Arizona State University professor who accused campus police of excessive force when they arrested her agreed to a plea deal Wednesday. Ersula Ore pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court in Mesa to one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. In exchange, three other charges, including a felony count of aggravated assault, […]
July 10, 2014
African-American
Spelman College President Beverly Tatum to Retire Next Year
After 12 years at the helm, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum cites the recent completion of a 10-year fundraising campaign and the approach of her 60th birthday as factors leading to her retirement.
July 9, 2014
African-American
HistoryMakers Collection Finds Home at Library of Congress
Kenneth E. Reeves, facing front, discusses his trailblazing role as a student at Harvard College and later as the first African-American mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo Courtesy of The HistoryMakers Collection at the Library of Congress)
July 8, 2014
Students
How Does Your Pay Compare to University of California’s Salaries?
School releases 2013 data, says its workers are still paid “under-market.”
July 7, 2014
African-American
San Diego State Leading Effort to Document Status of Minority Males in Community Colleges
The Minority Male Community College Collaborative is utilizing a survey designed to help community college faculty, staff and administrators understand how campus climate and racial identity affect the college experience of minority male students.
July 7, 2014
Students
Fierce Feminist Tanisha Ford Brings Style to Her Scholarship
The University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor is strictly 21st century in her approach to writing and teaching about the lives of Black women in the U.S., Britain and the African diaspora.
July 6, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Howard-Vital Steps Down as Cheyney University President
Cheyney University is the latest HBCU to experience a swift change in leadership, about a month before undergraduate students are scheduled to return to campus.
July 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Process to Pick New College President in Philadelphia Proves Problematic
The unconventional search process for a new community college president at CCP managed to both frustrate faculty and embattle a mayor and new president.
July 3, 2014
Students
Free Speech Suit Targets Student Code at Ohio University
A lawsuit challenging Ohio University’s student conduct code alleges administrators violated constitutional free speech rights by telling students not to wear T-shirts bearing a sexually suggestive double entendre, though the school denies that officials made such comments.
July 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Saginaw Valley State Gives Police Data on City’s Crime Trends
Saginaw Valley State University professors and students have shared with police their recent work to identify crime trends in Saginaw, noting poverty and vacant homes as key factors in the city.
July 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Napolitano Aims to Grow University of California Role in Fighting Hunger
University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she plans to leverage the state’s role in agriculture and research to tackle one of the world’s most pressing problems: food.
July 1, 2014
Students
Booker T. Washington Descendant: Fight for Quality Education Constant
Amanda Washington, Booker T. Washington’s great-great granddaughter, assesses the state of education 50 years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 1, 2014
African-American
Diverse Conversations: Is a 4.0 at an HBCU the Same as a 4.0 at a PWI?
One of the biggest struggles, perhaps, is the equalizing of values, of recognition and importance.
June 30, 2014
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