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Commentary: Hazing and American Culture
Hazing is a problem of American society, a manifestation of our culture, writes University of Albany history professor Ibram Rogers.
September 13, 2012
African-American
Analysis: A Call to Accountability – The HBCU Board
Major studies of nonprofit boards have identified board recruitment as one of the most significant challenges, TMCF chief Johnny Taylor writes.
September 13, 2012
Community Colleges
House Passes Bill to Help Veterans with College Options
The House of Representatives this week approved a bill that would increase consumer protections for veterans using the GI Bill and ban colleges from paying bonuses or commissions for recruiting students.
September 13, 2012
Community Colleges
Beyond Borders—STEM Education as a Global Priority
Australia, like the U.S., has set its sights on transforming higher education in an era of increased demand for postsecondary degrees and credentials.
September 12, 2012
Students
Haskell Indian Nations U. Sports Programs on Probation through 2014
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has put all athletic programs at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas on probation through 2014 for “violations involving ineligible players.”
September 12, 2012
Sports
New Guide Offers Tips on Establishing and Maintaining Effective Campus Safety Teams
A new guidebook hopes to curb campus crime by leading campus teams through the process of anticipating and responding different types of campus problems or threats.
September 12, 2012
Students
Scholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers of Color
Engineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban public universities increase the number of engineers of color, whom they say are critical to the nation’s future economic growth.
September 12, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Minority Education Think Tank to Launch Online
A new online education think tank that aims to expand the involvement of people of color in the growing national debate over how best to educate America’s children is being launched this week.
September 12, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Republican, Democratic House Members Clash During Hearing on Scholars’ Right to Unionize
Republicans and Democrats squared off at a particularly cantankerous hearing Wednesday that dealt with whether graduate student assistants and faculty should have the right to unionize.
September 12, 2012
Students
The Model Minority Myth Continues
According to a recent research article, Asian Americans continue to feel immense pressure to conform to the stereotype of the model minority myth, including high educational attainment and hard work.
September 11, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Ex-prof Pleads Guilty to Killing Alabama Colleagues
An ex-professor pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, court officials said.
September 11, 2012
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Says It’s Not Responsible for Hazing Death
Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion.
September 11, 2012
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Analysis: Fighting for the Future of Black Men – Southern University’s Role
The president of the Southern University System in Louisiana is taking a comprehensive approach to uplifting and empowering Black men.
September 11, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Report: Interdepartmental Collaboration Favored as Means to Achieve Organizational Diversity
The American Association for Affirmative Action released a report called “Collaborative Relationships Between EEO/Affirmative Action, Human Resources and Diversity Professionals,” which found that there is interdepartmental collaboration in most organizations to achieve diversity goals.
September 11, 2012
Students
Q&A With Bernard Muir: Continuing Traditions
With more than 20 years in sports administration, Bernard Muir joined Stanford University in August as its new director of athletics.
September 11, 2012
Leadership & Policy
New Document Filing Expected To Boost Fisk University Efforts to Have Accreditation Reaffirmed
Fisk University has filed a monitoring report as part of efforts to persuade a powerful Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting agency to lift the Nashville-based HBCU from probation, a status it has held for nearly two years.
September 11, 2012
HBCUs
Dillard University Male Students Mark First Day of School by Wearing Suits
“When young men come to college, they have no idea what the image of a college man is, so I wanted their first image to be a man of honor,” says Jerome Bailey, Dillard’s SGA president, and the author of the idea. He adds that if students “are dressed professionally from the first day on, it […]
September 11, 2012
HBCUs
Michigan Secretary of State Runs Mobile Campus Registration
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says her department’s mobile office will stop on five university campuses this week to register voters.
September 10, 2012
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