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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Professor Says Only Law Can Cure Bias, Racism in Health Care
Dayna Matthew says that, when it comes to eliminating the racial disparities that plague America’s health care system, the cure is to be found in the law.
March 18, 2016
African-American
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Controversy Often Accompanies Executive Search Firms Study: Many Colleges’ Financial Outreach Coming at Pell Grant Recipients’ Expense University of Missouri Unrest Reverberates at ACE Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?
March 18, 2016
Sports
UC Berkeley to Review Head Coach’s Role in Harassment Case
BERKELEY, Calif. ― Officials at the University of California, Berkeley, are reviewing whether the men’s head basketball coach correctly handled sexual harassment allegations against one of his assistants. The review aims “to dispel any doubts” about Coach Cuonzo Martin’s role in the case that led to the firing of assistant coach Yann Hufnagel, athletic director […]
March 17, 2016
Students
Missouri Interim President: Faculty on Frontline of Quest for Diversity
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the American Council on Education held joint sessions at their co-located annual meetings on Tuesday with a heavy diversity emphasis.
March 16, 2016
Students
50 Years of Access in Jeopardy
Voting rights, money to attend college and diversity are so common today that many of us forget they were not always hallmarks of American identity.
March 15, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Board Upholds Firing of Missouri Professor who Protested
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators upheld its decision to fire an assistant professor whose run-ins with student journalists and the police during race-related protests last fall drew widespread attention, the university system said Tuesday. The board found that Melissa Click’s appeal “brought no new relevant information,” the university system […]
March 15, 2016
Sports
Blacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in Degrees
PHILADELPHIA ― Young Black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than Black male students at the same schools ― despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent of […]
March 15, 2016
Students
University of Missouri Unrest Reverberates at ACE
Handling unrest among underrepresented students was a hot topic of discussion at the 98th American Council on Education Annual Meeting which concludes today.
March 15, 2016
Students
Delaware State Cutting 23 Degree-granting Programs
Delaware State University, the sole historically Black public college in Delaware, is “deactivating” 23 degree granting programs it identified as low enrollment.
March 14, 2016
Students
Harvard Agrees to Retire Law School Shield Tied to Slavery
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University is retiring the official shield of its law school following complaints over its ties to an 18th-century slaveholder. The university’s governing body announced the decision Monday, supporting a campus committee’s previous recommendation to remove the shield. The shield was approved in 1937 and depicts three bundles of wheat. It’s modeled […]
March 14, 2016
African-American
Senate Votes to Confirm King to Head Education Department
WASHINGTON ― The Senate narrowly voted Monday to confirm John B. King Jr. as the nation’s education secretary. The vote was 49-40. King has served as acting secretary at the Education Department since Arne Duncan stepped down in December. As secretary, King will oversee the department as it puts in place a bipartisan education law […]
March 14, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?
If you like your politics raucous and raunchy, Donald Trump has been your candidate this year.
March 14, 2016
African-American
Controversy Often Accompanies Executive Search Firms
Value, effectiveness and objectives constantly under scrutiny in competitive realm of higher education executive search firms.
March 13, 2016
African-American
11 Higher Ed Institutions Uniting to Boost Minority Students’ Grad Rates
Eleven institutions of higher education are joining an Education Trust-led initiative meant to improve graduation rates for underrepresented minority students.
March 10, 2016
Students
U. of Michigan Program for At-risk Youth Headed for Chicago
A University of Michigan-based program designed to prevent substance abuse, violence and early sexual activity among African American boys who do not live with their fathers, is gaining national recognition.
March 10, 2016
African-American
Audit: Elizabeth City State Improperly Admitted Students
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. ― A new internal audit shows that Elizabeth City State University improperly admitted students who did not qualify last year and improperly awarded financial aid. The audit started last October following allegations that an administration had told staff to make financial awards to ineligible students, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. […]
March 10, 2016
African-American
Man Gets 2nd Plea Hearing Over Noose on Ole Miss Statue
JACKSON, Miss. ― A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors say placed a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first Black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty March 24 to a criminal charge […]
March 10, 2016
African-American
Canada No Stranger to Racial Discrimination, Profiling
Canada, often seen by many as a progressive oasis of racial inclusiveness and tolerance, has a complex history of racial discrimination and profiling.
March 9, 2016
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