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Section: Demographics > African-American
Faculty & Staff
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Stillman College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.
July 28, 2015
African-American
NADER TEHRANI
NADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelor’s degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s from Harvard University.
July 28, 2015
African-American
Black Students Lagging in College Readiness Despite Taking Prep Courses
Even when African-American students complete the recommended “core or more” college readiness courses in high school, they still don’t meet the “college readiness” benchmarks on the ACT at the same rate as other students, according to a new report released jointly Monday by ACT and UNCF.
July 27, 2015
African-American
Remembering Dr. George E. Cooper
When I met Dr. Cooper in September 2013, he had just been named Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
DANIELLE CONWAY
DANIELLE CONWAY has been appointed a professor and dean of the University of Maine School of Law. She was the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law and director of the Hawai‘i Procurement Institute at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Conway earned a bachelor’s from New York University, a juris doctor from Howard University and a master’s from The George Washington School of Law.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
CARLOS PATO
CARLOS PATO has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Southern California. Pato earned a bachelor’s from Brown University and an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
July 27, 2015
Students
U. of Richmond Suspends Fraternity for Policy Violations
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s chapter at the University of Richmond has been indefinitely suspended for violating the school’s policies.
July 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
With Africa Tour, Obama Establishes Himself as the “Diversity” President
And you thought President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” at the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s wake in Charleston was a bold statement of his identity as an African- American president.
July 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Cosby’s Lawyer Remains Chairman of Temple University Trustees
Bill Cosby, once the very public pride of Temple University, parted ways with the school last year amid allegations that he had drugged and sexually assaulted women.
July 23, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Lincoln University Professor’s Facebook Comments Stir Controversy
Lincoln University professor Dr. Kaukab Siddique has made waves over anti-Semitic, misogynistic and homophobic comments on his Facebook page.
July 23, 2015
African-American
Congress Pondering How to Catch Up With Education
As Congress moves towards reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), members of a Senate committee said that they would hope to encourage innovation in higher education.
July 22, 2015
Students
Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame
Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.
July 22, 2015
African-American
Young Men and the Epidemic of Anger, Violence
It is truly an alarming and disturbing state of affairs.
July 21, 2015
Students
Black Students Outpacing Other Groups for Loans
Students of all races and ethnicities are taking out loans, but a larger percentage of Black undergraduates took out students loans than any other demographic group in 2011-12.
July 21, 2015
African-American
Jobs Elusive for Puerto Ricans Flocking to Central Florida
MIAMI — Mayra Rios didn’t want to leave her native Puerto Rico, but the constant bullying that her autistic son faced at school and the lack of services available to him were the last blows. “Over there, it’s almost impossible to live,” she said in Spanish at her modest two-bedroom Orlando apartment. “There’s a blow […]
July 21, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Clemson Trustees Call Tillman ‘Repugnant,’ Fail to Remove Name
COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Clemson University trustees passed a resolution Friday calling the racist views of one of its founders, Benjamin Tillman, “repugnant to our values and our fundamental purpose,” but did not call for removing the name of the late governor and U.S. senator from a key campus building. Instead, the trustees unanimously agreed to […]
July 19, 2015
African-American
Using History to Become Constructively Critical
In history as well as other disciplines, the need to corroborate the narrative is simply a given.
July 16, 2015
African-American
The Sad Reality of Bill Cosby’s Downfall
Last week, a U.S district judge ordered that depositions given by Bill Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit be unsealed and made available for public consumption.
July 14, 2015
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