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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
Higher Ed Solution? ITT Technical Institute Wasnāt It
The problem is when you relinquish the role of education from the non-profits to the for-profits, youāre not just talking about education anymore.
September 11, 2016
Students
University of Oregon Removing Klan-affiliated Name from Building
The University of Oregonās board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a classics professor from a student dormitory on campus because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.
September 11, 2016
Students
Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool ā also known as the GDIB ā is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.
September 11, 2016
Students
University of Texas Honoring First Blacks who Enrolled
AUSTIN, Texas ā When Nathaniel Bradford enrolled at the University of Texas in 1963, he couldnāt join the band. Or a fraternity. Or play on the football team. The reason: Heās Black. The Austin American-Statesman reports the campus was slow to integrate, waiting until 1956 to enroll African-American undergraduates even though the U.S. Supreme Court [ā¦]
September 8, 2016
Students
Presidential Candidates not Registering with College Students
With the 2016 presidential election approaching, campus leaders at some schools say neither candidate seems well-connected to issues that matter to college students.
September 8, 2016
Students
Renewed Focus Needed on Intangible Factors for Students
As students begin the 2016-17 school year, there is a need for a fresh effort to encourage students to develop key intangibles and invest in their inner development.
September 8, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: How Black Colleges Can Win Against Tough Competition
How will HBCUs compete against PWIs that now accept and actively recruit minority students and have more resources to serve them?
September 8, 2016
Students
Experts: Minority Students Need Aerospace Opportunities
In order to diversify the workforce of the aerospace and defense industries, business and higher education leaders must be proactive and intentional.
September 7, 2016
Students
Organizations Launch Campaign to Bring Facts to Light about MSIs
Organizations Launch Campaign to Bring Facts to Light about MSIs
September 7, 2016
African-American
University Study Finds Inequality Unchanged in Hollywood
Despite widespread attention over diversity in the movie business, a new study finds that little is changing in Hollywood for women, minorities, LGBT people and others who continue to find themselves on the outside of an industry where researchers say inequality is āthe norm.ā A report to be released Wednesday by the Media, Diversity and [ā¦]
September 7, 2016
Students
Malveaux Pushes for Advancement of Blacks in Higher Ed, āSocial Economic Justiceā
Former president of Bennett College Dr. Julianne Malveaux has created a legacy of sounding off about injustices against Blacks from the higher ed realm to the political arena.
September 6, 2016
Sports
Kaepernick, Race and the Hypocrisy of the American Public
It always seems to perplex and, in fact, disturb me when certain fellow Black folk decide to wallow and sit in judgment of another personās Black bonafides.
September 4, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Georgetown University to Atone for Slavery Ties
Georgetown derived operational funds from the profits of Maryland plantations and benefited from the sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.
September 1, 2016
Sports
Thanks to Colin Kaepernick and Those Who Canāt Stand Racial Injustice
The presence of sport in American society has always lived under the long shadow of racism.
September 1, 2016
Students
A Recipe for Success in Educating STEM Leaders
Is there a recipe for success? Nothing beats hard work, we can all agree on that.
August 31, 2016
Faculty & Staff
At the Bottom of the Resource Gap Lies the Diversity Desert
Actually, it really is difficult to hire a more diverse faculty, and itās a phenomenon that affects colleges across the country.
August 31, 2016
Students
The Letter No School Administrator Wants to Write
Tim King founded Urban Prep Academies to help Chicagoās young Black men succeed. Each time a current or former student is killed in a shooting, he has the difficult task of delivering the news.
August 31, 2016
Students
Chicago Native Canāt Escape Feeling of Vulnerability to Violence
Darius Johnson, a Columbia University graduate student, says he left a violent Chicago neighborhood to go to college but says that āfeeling completely safe is a luxury I fear Iāll never have, no matter where I am.ā
August 30, 2016
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