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Faculty & Staff
Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty. – movie reviews
I am associated with [the] Chicano Studies [department], where many people on this campus assume that we do second-rate scholarship and third-rate research, and that most of us are-fourth-rate teachers…. It is a continuous process of having to prove myself, including to students.” – Dr. Alex M. Saragoza, University of California Berkeley.
July 11, 2007
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New data book: most African American students want to attend college – African American Education Data Book
FAIRFAX, Va. African American high school students want to go to college as much as White students, but they tend not to be as well prepared, according to statistics gathered by the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of The College Fund/UNCF.
July 11, 2007
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The pace of racial progress on university failures
Recent articles and events have prompted discussion about the pace and amount of racial progress in our nation.
July 11, 2007
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Black caucus, others join opposition to national testing – Congressional Black Caucus
Opposition is building to President Clinton’s national testing proposal from a coalition that includes conservative Republicans and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
July 11, 2007
HBCUs
In the spirit of healing; Morehouse medical professors win grant to teach the medicinal power of spirituality – Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia
When a pastor who is also an internist, and a “Christian who happens to be a physician” get together, their conversations begin with medicine but always end on religion, says Dr. Valencia Clay of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.
July 11, 2007
HBCUs
HBCUs must celebrate and mobilize – Historically Black Colleges and Universities
More than $1 billion has flowed to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through the Higher Education Act Title IIIB program since its passage in 1986. One billion dollars worth of federal support is an occasion to celebrate.
July 11, 2007
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One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew. – book reviews
One of my best literary friends is crime investigator author Dan Moldea. Often interviewed on national television, Moldea is the author of The Hoffa Wars. The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy, and Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.J. Simpson. When examining a mysterious case in which a well known person has died, Moldea told me his first objective is to get to the basic facts – review the public record, examine the physical evidence, and talk to all possible sources and witnesses.
July 11, 2007
Latinx
Who speaks for you? – representatives of colored people in government’s higher education policy
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans has a new director, but who is speaking for other underrepresented groups?
July 11, 2007
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Students
Robbing Peter to pay Paul – reauthorizing the higher education act
Reauthorizing the higher education act amid the new political reality means some programs may lose so that others might gain.
July 11, 2007
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New political leadership – Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah – Cover Story
No one could ever accuse Congressman Chaka Fattah of being timid about taking risks.
July 11, 2007
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Forthcoming ETS Report proclaims the importance of HBCUs – Educational Testing Service; Historically Black Colleges and Universities – includes related article on ETS Report
WASHINGTON Every time the public funding of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is discussed, the same question arises: Now that colleges and universities are no longer segregated, why should a separate system of colleges and universities, begun in the time of segregation, be maintained?
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Hostile words in Texas – campus rallies against University of Texas law professor
AUSTIN, Tex. Led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, about 10,000 students rallied last month to protest comments by a White University of Texas law-school professor who said African Americans and Hispanics cannot compete academically with Whites. University of Texas officials have criticized Professor Lino Graglia for his remarks, but say he will not be disciplined.
July 11, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Hostile words in Texas – campus rallies against University of Texas law professor
AUSTIN, Tex. Led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, about 10,000 students rallied last month to protest comments by a White University of Texas law-school professor who said African Americans and Hispanics cannot compete academically with Whites. University of Texas officials have criticized Professor Lino Graglia for his remarks, but say he will not be disciplined.
July 11, 2007
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African-American
Does education rationing have racial undertones?
For much of this summer, I have clipped a series of articles that raise questions about access to higher education. Though the articles have taken different approaches, they end up asking a similar set of questions – who should go to college and how should it be financed?
July 11, 2007
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The Cattle Killing. – book reviews
Because The Cattle Killing, John Edgar Wideman’s first work of fiction in six years, is about loss – loss of life, loss of faith, loss of hope, innocence and direction – it seems only fitting that this review should begin like the book, with a metaphorical slaughtering.
July 11, 2007
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Cross-cultural understanding spiced with the Indian Diaspora – author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and her book ‘The Mistress of Spices’
Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni laughs gently as she talks about the success of her first novel, The Mistress of Spices.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Powerful pages – unprecedented public impact of W.W. Norton and Co’s Norton Anthology of African American Literature
New African American Literature Anthology is Finding Academic and General Audiences
July 11, 2007
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Short-circuiting college airwaves – radio station WCDU-FM and radio stations at college campuses – includes related article on University of the District of Columbus’ financial problems
The Sale of UDC’s Radio Outlet Raises Concerns About the Future of Campus Stations
July 11, 2007
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