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Ex-Student Says NJ Medical School Discriminated Over Racial Labeling
A former student claims in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for the way he described his background in classroom discussions on cultural diversity.
May 12, 2009
Students
BOOK REVIEW: Creatiing a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens
It is not by chance that Dr. Mitchell L. Stevens, the author of Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites (Harvard University Press, 2007), appropriately chooses the word “class” in his book titles.
May 12, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Ohio-based Professor Examines Lives of Black Women Scholars in Book
Finding herself the lone Black, female professor in her department, Dr. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy confronted her situation the best way she knew how.
May 11, 2009
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Obama’s Anticipated Notre Dame Commencement Address Divides Catholics
A campaign by outraged Roman Catholics to keep President Barack Obama from delivering the commencement address at Notre Dame shows that the gulf between the church and backers of abortion rights remains deep.
May 11, 2009
Opinion
The Perils of a “post-racial” Presidency
A recent New York Times/CBS poll concluded that race relations are improving in the wake of the election of President Obama. According to the survey, about 66 percent of Americans said that race relations are generally good compared with 53 percent in July of last year. Fifty-nine percent of African-Americans – along with 65 percent […]
May 10, 2009
HBCUs
Black Colleges Will Fight Cut to Federal Program
Leaders of historically Black colleges say they’ll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.
May 10, 2009
HBCUs
New Graduates Face Difficult Job Market
As they hit the job market in the midst of an economic recession, many minority students of the class of 2009 may find themselves at an even greater disadvantage if they have not developed the contacts needed to get them in the door for an interview.
May 10, 2009
Students
Naval Academy Graphic Novel to Aid Recruiting
The Naval Academy released a graphic novel Thursday to attract minority students and applicants from areas that don’t send many students to the college, using sharp drawings, tales of saving the world and sound-effect words such as “FZZZZZZZ” and “FZAAAAAAT.”
May 10, 2009
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions To Lose Funding Under Obama Budget
The Obama administration proposed its first full education budget Thursday, with funding for an array of new programs but a net decrease for minority-serving colleges and universities.
May 7, 2009
African-American
Voorhees College Names Romanian Student Valedictorian
Victorita Paun’s first name may mean “little victory,” but Saturday the Voorhees College co-ed will claim a big victory — being named the first non-Black valedictorian in the historically Black institution’s 112-year history.
May 7, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Hampton University Brings the Latest and Greatest in Cancer Treatment
Despite having no medical school, Hampton University is one of the leading research institutions on cancer treatment.
May 6, 2009
Students
‘Class of Katrina’ Graduating, 4 Years After Storm
In the months after Hurricane Katrina swamped the University of New Orleans campus in August 2005, the basketball team had to practice across the state line in Texas and played its entire season on the road, winning just three games.
May 6, 2009
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Opinion
Mentoring is Absolutely Essential for the Future of the Professoriate
Yesterday as I was chatting on Facebook (yes, I do that) with a faculty member at a different institution than my own.  He’s brand new on the tenure-track at a research university.  In addition, he is African American at a traditionally White institution and as such, most likely has to contend with additional pressures.  I don’t […]
May 5, 2009
Community Colleges
Best & Brightest: After a 13-year Absence From School, Academic Excellence and an Associate Degree
While explaining her future career plans, Audra Jeffers’ voice bubbles with excitement.
May 5, 2009
Opinion
Predicting Academic Success Using Shoe Size: Affirming the Action in College Admissions
Many higher educational institutions no longer rely exclusively on standardized tests as a primary indicator of future academic success. However, the courts continue to be bombarded by numerous allegations of rampant reverse discrimination, and public outrage that stems from students’ performances on standardized tests. In light of the insurmountable testimony from students and subsequently courts […]
May 4, 2009
Opinion
Racial Intolerance, Historical Streotypes and Paranoia on the Rerun
Racial Intolerance, Historical Stereotypes and Paranoia on the Rerun While many Americans of all races celebrated the election of our first Black president, there were others who did not. These are the men and women who have been seething in resentment and rage at the fact that a person of non-Eurocentric origin is occupying the […]
May 4, 2009
Community Colleges
First Black Chancellor of Rutgers-Camden Brings Community-conscious Approach to Job
When Dr. Wendell E. Pritchett becomes the first Black chancellor of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden — the southernmost of three regional campuses that make up The State University of New Jersey — he will preside over a campus that is steadily growing even as other institutions are experiencing a decline in enrollment.
May 4, 2009
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81 Unusual Projects Get $100K in Gates Grants
Can tomatoes be taught to make antiviral drugs for people who eat them?
May 4, 2009
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