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Section: Demographics > African-American
Sports
Coaches’ Academic Advising May Have Negative Impact on Students
A recent study questions the role coaches take in athletes’ scholarly decisions.
April 19, 2016
African-American
Federal Judge: Firing of Black Faculty Member Not Discriminatory
A federal judge in Indianapolis has ruled that an Indiana university did not discriminate against a Black tenured faculty member when he was fired for falsifying his credentials.
April 18, 2016
Sports
Strategies for Diversity and Inclusion Key to Collegiate Sports Programs
The message at this year’s NCAA’s Inclusion Forum is simple: diversity and inclusion are essential components to building a successful collegiate sports program.
April 17, 2016
African-American
Young Girls of Color Still Facing Challenges on the Road to Higher Ed
Academicians, public policy officials and community advocates gather to discuss the numerous disparities that continue to plague young girls of color.
April 17, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Black Intellectuals Ponder How Best to Share Knowledge
A recurring theme was how the world beyond the academy has to affect how a Black intellectual views his or her teaching and research within a broader societal context.
April 14, 2016
African-American
Is Affirmative Action Failing the Students It Was Designed For?
Since the “Harvard Revelation,” several scholars have noted the changing racial and ethnic ancestry of Blacks attending selective higher education institutions.
April 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address
President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]
April 14, 2016
African-American
Diverse on the Go
Staff Writer Catherine Morris and Sports Writer Frank J. Matthews will be representing Diverse at the 2016 NCAA Inclusion Forum in Indianapolis from Saturday through Monday. Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will be covering the National Action Network’s convention at the Sheraton Times Square hotel in New York today through Saturday.
April 13, 2016
African-American
Children Donate $250K to Tennessee State in Parents’ Honor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The children of a couple who met at Tennessee State University in the 1930s have donated $250,000 to the schools in their parents’ honor. University officials say it is among the five largest donations from a family in the university’s history. The university said Damon Lee III and Kimberly Lee-Lamb made the […]
April 12, 2016
African-American
How Gordon Parks’ Photographs Implored White America to See Black Humanity
Gordon Parks is one of America’s most celebrated photographers. He is also one of the most misunderstood. Museums and galleries around the world have celebrated him as the creator of some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Yet to appreciate only his achievements as an artist is to underestimate his importance as a documentary […]
April 12, 2016
Students
Need for Research that Centers on Female Experiences at HBCUs
Historical accounts of HBCUs often exclude the stories of Black women at these institutions and the history of women’s access to higher ed focuses mainly on experiences and struggles of White women.
April 11, 2016
African-American
Lumina Reports Uptick in College Completion
College completion numbers show incremental improvement from last year, according to the annual Lumina Foundation report, “A Stronger Nation.”
April 11, 2016
Students
Expert at AERA: States not Equipped to Support Schools
Even though states have new flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act their departments of education aren’t set up to take advantage of it.
April 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
In Case You Missed It…
Professor Tackles Turbulent History of Latinos and the LAPD Duke Students Persist in Demands for Asian American Studies Major Is it Time for a New NCAA? Final Four of Urban Design Gives Students Real-life Experience
April 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Historian Cobb Joining Faculty at Columbia University
Dr. William Jelani Cobb, a prolific Black historian and journalist, is joining the faculty of Columbia University??s Graduate School of Journalism.
April 7, 2016
African-American
GOP Blaming Others for Its Implosion
Rather than looking inward to find the root of its problems, many members of the Republican party establishment seem to be looking for scapegoats.
April 6, 2016
African-American
Colleges, Universities Traveling Different Paths to Diversity
Colleges and universities are taking different measures to make their campuses not only diverse, but inclusive.
April 6, 2016
African-American
Professor Tackles Turbulent History of Latinos and the LAPD
Scholars present research in the growing area of Chicana/o and Latina/o geography, specifically comparative racialization at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers.
April 5, 2016
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