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African-American
Analysis: Torch Passes in Civil Rights Struggle
The recent deaths of Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, two icons of the civil rights era, nudge those who have come behind them closer to the control for which they have clamored.
April 22, 2010
Opinion
The Importance of K-12 Preparation
I received a call this week from the NAACP leadership in Chesterville County, Va., regarding the disproportionately low numbers of minority students enrolled in advanced placement, honors, gifted and other forms of advanced high school coursework there. The man I spoke with has a daughter who entered college with STEM aspirations only to be discouraged […]
April 21, 2010
African-American
Incoming IRA President Aims to Prepare Literacy Teachers to Instruct Diverse Classrooms
As a teenager in Albany, Ga., Patricia A. Edwards took the lead in teaching the younger kids in her community to read. When boys came to her father’s barbershop for haircuts she told them, “If you don’t let me teach you the alphabet, I’ll tell my daddy to give you a baldy.”
April 21, 2010
African-American
South Carolina Manual Drops ‘Negro’ and ‘Scalawag’ References
The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references “Negro” or “scalawag” in historical listings of Reconstruction leaders.
April 21, 2010
International
University of Iowa Broadens Its Global Reach
The University of Iowa aggressively recruits out-of-state and international students despite criticism that the institution’s budget shortfalls have compelled it to adopt the strategy.
April 21, 2010
Latinx
UC Campuses Report Record Low Admission Rates
Admission to the University of California was more competitive than ever this year as a record number of applicants competed for undergraduate slots, according to University of California officials.
April 21, 2010
Sports
University of Connecticut, NFL Launch Korey Stringer Institute
Partnered with the widow of the late professional football player Korey Stringer, the NFL and the University of Connecticut have collaborated to open the Korey Stringer Institute at UConn’s Neag School of Education to combat heat-related sports fatalities.
April 20, 2010
Home
Census Says Women Equal to Men in Advanced Degree Attainment
Women are now just as likely as men to have completed college and to hold an advanced degree, part of an accelerating trend of educational gains that have shielded women from recent job losses.
April 20, 2010
Sports
Biden, Duncan Tout Title IX Policy Change
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that strengthening Title IX is not only the right thing to do, but helps women reach their aspirations “so this nation can realize its potential.”
April 20, 2010
African-American
Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 98
Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday.
April 20, 2010
Opinion
It is High Time for a Black Woman on the High Court: Part II
Am I the only one who finds it troublesome that of the three people widely reported as likely finalists for Justice John Paul Stevens’ soon-to-be vacant seat on the Supreme Court — all White, two of whom are women — there is not one African-American among the trio? This is hard to understand, particularly since, […]
April 19, 2010
Sports
Obama Administration Reverses Bush on College Sports Equity Policy
The U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equal opportunities for female athletes.
April 19, 2010
Students
Hispanic-serving Institution Officials Urge Education Reform to Expand Latino Opportunity
In response to the booming Latino student population across the country, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is encouraging concerted collaboration between Hispanic-serving higher education institutions and public school systems.
April 19, 2010
African-American
Harvard Professor Ogletree: Sharpton is Obama’s Link to the Streets
The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend Charles Ogletree said Saturday at a forum in Harlem.
April 19, 2010
African-American
Overcoming Life on the Streets to Teach Literature
Before he taught English at a Massachusetts college, before he completed two terminal degrees at the University of Iowa, before he took courses at a local community college, Dr. Jerald Walker was a drug-abusing dropout running the streets of Chicago, committing petty crimes.
April 19, 2010
Students
Va. Gov., Black Fraternity to Meet Over Confederate History Month Flap
Members of a Black fraternity at the College of William and Mary plan to meet with Gov. Bob McDonnell to discuss the contentious issue of Confederate History Month.
April 18, 2010
African-American
Fayetteville State Wins Record Fourth OFC Business Plan Competition
Fayetteville State continues dominance at business plan competition, part of an initiative to promote entrepreneurship education at HBCUs.
April 18, 2010
Home
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans Grill Federal Appellate Court Judge Nominee Goodwin Liu
In his opening remarks at the confirmation hearing on law professor Goodwin Liu’s federal appeals court nomination, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) prompted a ripple of laughter that swept the room as he said what many were likely thinking: “Professor, welcome to the Judiciary Committee and the Supreme Court nomination process.”
April 18, 2010
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