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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
21 Black Women Among 2,054 University of Alabama Sorority Recruits
Annual recruitment has ended for sororities at the University of Alabama with Black women making up just 1 percent of new members.
August 17, 2014
African-American
St. Augustine’s University Taking First Steps Down Road to Recovery
In the last academic year, the HBCU faced a $3 million drop in net tuition revenue, the firing of its previous president and a federal investigation of allegations that the university provided false information on a federal grant proposal.
August 17, 2014
African-American
HBCUs Ramping Up, Revamping Recruiting Techniques
Institutions are increasing efforts to attract top scholars, using technology, and publicizing notable alums and work.
August 14, 2014
African-American
Special Focus: HBCUs
This issue of Diverse includes a special focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s).
August 14, 2014
African-American
Ex-MIT Professor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fraud
A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and his son who ran hedge funds have agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud charges that federal prosecutors say cost their investors $140 million.
August 13, 2014
Students
Going ‘All In’ for Our Nation’s Students of Color
Only 3 out of 10 African-American students with high potential for success in AP science course work take an AP science course.
August 13, 2014
African-American
Holley-Walker Eagerly Leads Law Students into Redefined Realms
Newly appointed dean of Howard University School of Law preparing students to tap into the opportunities and responsibilities of sometimes being “the only voice in the room for people who look like them and things that might interest them.”
August 11, 2014
Faculty & Staff
‘Authentic’ Blackness Debate Continues
The fact is that most of us who are Black, regardless of socioeconomic status or educational level, will be confronted with the reality that our skin color will render us vulnerable to the fact that we are the “other” in the eyes of some Whites and some other non-Blacks.
August 7, 2014
African-American
Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates
Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?
August 6, 2014
African-American
Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates
Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?
August 6, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Ohio State University Stands By Firing; Band Director Wants Reversal
Ohio State University officials on Tuesday stood by their firing of the marching band director, who said he wants his job back and another chance to change the cultural issues in the unit that led to his dismissal.
August 5, 2014
African-American
Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students
The program was so successful that the school will offer the camp during the upcoming academic school year and has increased its efforts to recruit additional students.
August 5, 2014
African-American
Scholars Dig Deeper into Educational Challenges Black Boys Face
The book’s editors, Drs. James L. Moore III and Chance W. Lewis, collaborated on the project to “highlight those educational research practices, and policies that weakens school and life outcomes for Black males.”
August 4, 2014
Students
Powerball Win Helps Marilyn Fields Spread Her Love for Shaw University
Good fortune allows devoted alumna and employee the opportunity to fully capitalize a scholarship she had started earlier this year.
July 31, 2014
African-American
Lead Exposure Study to Focus on Black Women in Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati researchers are launching a study of African-American women to determine whether childhood lead exposure has affected bone and muscle health.
July 31, 2014
African-American
Damon Williams Hired to Lead Emory University’s Recruitment, Diversity Efforts
After five years as director of the McNair Scholars Program and the University Summer programs at Xavier University, Damon L. Williams Jr. will begin a new job this week as director of diversity, community and recruitment for The Laney Graduate School at Emory University.
July 29, 2014
African-American
Rethinking President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
The initiative lacks components that would aggressively respond to the pervasiveness of institutional and structural racism that yet persists in America.
July 28, 2014
Students
Hine Awarded 2013 National Humanities Medal at White House
Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history, was among a group of individuals honored Monday at the White House.
July 28, 2014
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