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Examining a Class-Divided Society Inside And Outside the Classroom

Americans traditionally have fancied themselves as living in a “classless” society, in contrast to the way most of the world functions.

September 3, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Dr. Guy Bailey has been appointed president of Texas Tech University. Previously, he served as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bailey earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Alabama and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee. DR. DAVID KROLL has been named the first chairperson of the pharmaceutical sciences department […]

September 3, 2008

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received a $1 MILLION donation from long-time Bakersfield residents, Tom and Barbara Hardt, to help build the university’s baseball training and playing facility. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE’s Cinema and Television Arts Department has received $66,000 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY (Ohio) has received $599,500 in scholarships […]

September 3, 2008

Diverse Calendar

Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference & Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. Web: www.nbmbaa.org

September 3, 2008

The I.P.O.D. Generation

To work with the millennials in college classrooms today is to understand them.

September 3, 2008

Arkansas Project Highlights Migrant Labor History

Arkansas State University is participating in a history research project on the “braceros” guest-worker program that brought Mexican laborers to the United States to address a labor shortage, beginning in World War II.

September 2, 2008

African-American

Leading Chicano Artist to Visit NIU

Malaquias Montoya, one of the nation’s top Chicano artists, will be on hand for the opening reception of an exhibit of his artworks, Northern Illinois University announced.

September 2, 2008

Morehouse Seeks to Build a ‘World House’ With King Collection

Morehouse College is teaming up with Atlanta’s leaders to develop the $125 million center that will exhibit the Morehouse King Collection and highlight the role of historically black colleges and universities in social justice struggles.

September 2, 2008

Arkansas State University Project Studies Mexican Laborer History

Arkansas State University is participating in a history research project on the “braceros” guest worker program that brought Mexican laborers to the United States to address a labor shortage, beginning in World War II.

September 2, 2008

Perspectives: Understanding the I.P.O.D. Generation

To work with the millennials in college classrooms today is to understand them.

September 2, 2008

Kansas University Professor Measures the Impact of Desegregation

During a recent session at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting, Dr. Argun Saatcioglu, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy and an adjunct assistant professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, asserted that desegregation increased schools’ contribution to minority success.

September 1, 2008

IU Offers Support for American Indian Group

Indiana University administrators are working to find a new space and director for a support group for American Indian students weeks after student leaders accused IU of not supporting the group.

September 1, 2008

Virginia Tech to Increase Investment in Diversity

Virginia Tech plans to invest nearly $1 million over the next five years to increase ethnic diversity on campus.

September 1, 2008

Claflin University Ranked Best Black College by Forbes

This past week, Forbes determined that Claflin University is the best Black college in the country. The magazine bases its assessment on the quality of education offered to students, the number of alumni listed in Who’s Who in America, student debt, graduation rates and the number of faculty who have won nationally competitive awards. Forbes […]

August 31, 2008

An Inside Look at a Law’s Renewal

Newly signed law includes more than 60 initiatives, including those for single parent students, active duty military and disabled students.

August 28, 2008

Lincoln University Hosts its First Football Game in 48 Years

For the time in 48 years, Lincoln University’s football team will take the field. They are scheduled to play George Mason University Saturday afternoon. The football game begins a huge weekend of home events for the Lincoln University Athletics Department.

August 28, 2008

Harvard To Review Campus Police After Complaints

Harvard University is reviewing its campus police department amid concerns officers have unfairly stopped Black people because of their race.

August 28, 2008

From the Classroom to the Democratic National Convention Hall

Victor Cedeno’s academic year began earlier than usual when he arrived in Denver in mid-August for seminars, lectures and volunteer opportunities with the Democratic National Convention.

August 27, 2008