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Sports
10 Black coaches who should get a chance to be a head coach in 2017
With the recent announcement of Les Miles being fired at LSU there is much discussion about possible replacements.
September 29, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Dominican College Wins Title VI Suit
A federal judge in New York City has cleared Dominican College in a Title VI suit by an African American former student who was dropped from its occupational therapy program for low grades in a required course.
September 28, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Delaware’s 1st Black Female University President Selected
NEW CASTLE, Del. ― Wilmington University Executive Vice President LaVerne Harmon has been named the school’s next president and will become the first Black woman to lead a university in Delaware. Local news organizations report that the university’s board of trustees unanimously approved Harmon’s selection last week. She is slated to take the reins in […]
September 28, 2016
Students
Student Protesters Halt Debate About Black Lives Matter at University of Michigan
YPSILANTI, Mich. ― Student protesters halted a debate at the University of Michigan about whether the Black Lives Matter movement is harmful to race relations. Protesters voiced their displeasure with the Michigan Political Union’s decision to host the debate Tuesday at the Michigan League, The Ann Arbor News reported. Lawrielle West, a University of Michigan […]
September 28, 2016
African-American
Report Finds Black-White Wage Gap Worst Since 1979
The wage gap between Black and White workers is the worst it has been since 1979, according to a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
September 27, 2016
Students
Expert: Higher Ed not Immune from Unconscious Bias
Those who work in higher education should not see themselves as immune from the same kind of unconscious bias that many believe is a factor in the fatal police shootings of Black men in the U.S., a higher education leader told CUPA-HR conference attendees.
September 27, 2016
Students
Data Show Just 86 Freshmen Enrolled at Chicago State
CHICAGO ― Only 86 full and part-time freshmen enrolled at the financially troubled Chicago State University for the fall semester and overall enrollment is down 25 percent, according to figures released Tuesday. The school, which is dealing with money troubles due in part to loss of state funding amid the budget crisis, has fewer than […]
September 27, 2016
Students
Algebra Project to Pave Way for Minority Students to Pursue STEM
The Algebra Project, a unique approach to teaching mathematics that was developed by civil rights activist Bob Moses, will make its entry into new school districts across the country
September 26, 2016
Leadership & Policy
‘Diddy’ Donates $1 Million to Howard University
WASHINGTON ― Sean “Diddy” Combs is donating $1 million to Howard University, where he once was a student. The rapper and music mogul made the announcement alongside Howard President Wayne Frederick at his Bad Boy Records reunion tour show last Thursday night in Washington, D.C., where the historically Black college is located. Howard says the […]
September 25, 2016
Sports
Tennessee State Legendary Track Coach Ed Temple Dies
Ed Temple guided women’s track athletes to 40 Olympic medals as he served for some four decades, making him a legend worldwide among coaches and athletes.
September 25, 2016
Students
The Clueless, Careless and Outright Racist Rhetoric of Some in the GOP
Just when you thought the madness of the 2016 presidential campaign couldn’t get anymore insane, guess what, it has.
September 25, 2016
Sports
Colin Kaepernick Controversy Puts Presidential Debate in Perspective
Fans don’t realize it, but Colin Kaepernick knows there are more important things in life than football
September 25, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Unveils Statue, Museum for Former President Hytche
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. ― The legacy of former University of Maryland Eastern Shore President William P. Hytche Sr. was saluted by hundreds of his admirers and university supporters who gathered to honor one of the longest-serving chief executives in the university’s history. A highlight of the Saturday, Sept. 10 occasion was the unveiling of a […]
September 25, 2016
African-American
Highly Anticipated African American History Museum Begins Its Mission
Thousands of people are expected to gather this weekend to celebrate the opening, see and tour the Smithsonian Institution’s new and massive National Museum of African American History and Culture.
September 22, 2016
Students
South African Police Battle Stone-throwing Students
JOHANNESBURG ― South African police battled students on a university campus on Thursday in the latest violence over protesters’ calls for free education, a demand that the government has dismissed as unrealistic in a country with a weak economy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing students on the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus in the city […]
September 22, 2016
Students
Amid Scrutiny, For-profit Colleges See Enrollment Slide
Some of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are suffering steep declines in enrollment amid growing competition, new regulation and government pressure that led to the collapse this month of one of the industry’s biggest players, ITT Technical Institute. The industry has been losing students for the past six years, but the crisis appears to be […]
September 22, 2016
African-American
Hands Up, Hands Down! It Doesn’t Matter
I was talking to one of my childhood friends today about the shooting of an unarmed African-American male in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His remark about the shootings of Black men by police officers made me realize one thing. These shootings will not stop. There may be a temporary respite from time to time but the shooting […]
September 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Benedict College President David Swinton Retiring
Dr. David H. Swinton, who has served president and CEO of Benedict College for 23 years, has announced he will retire June 30, 2017.
September 20, 2016
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