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Students
Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister
Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.
October 11, 2009
African-American
First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland
The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.
October 11, 2009
Sports
Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.
October 8, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation
Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”
October 8, 2009
Home
With Olympics Comes Lessons on Race in Brazil
To Dr. Vânia Penha-Lopes, the selection of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the first in South America, is a teachable moment.
October 8, 2009
Students
UMass-Amherst Journalism Professor Teaches Students To Be Culturally Sensitive
Journalism professors say it’s imperative to sensitize future journalists to racial issues so that they can adequately report on hot-button topics such as this summer’s arrest of Harvard University professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a White police officer.
October 7, 2009
Sports
With Olympics Comes Lessons on Race in Brazil
To Dr. Vânia Penha-Lopes, the selection of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the first in South America, is a teachable moment.
October 7, 2009
HBCUs
NC A&T Debates Rapper’s Appearance at Homecoming Concert
While leaders at North Carolina A&T State University consider a replacement for a controversial rapper with gang ties, his possible appearance at the homecoming concert has sparked debate among students at the historically Black college.
October 6, 2009
African-American
Wheaton College Was Underground Railroad Stop
An entry buried in a 120-year-old manuscript has confirmed what local historians long have believed: Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
October 6, 2009
African-American
S.F. State University Hosts Conference To Celebrate, Further Explore Ethnic Studies
At a time when some pundits and critics contend that ethnic studies are no longer needed, the dean of the only U.S. college devoted to the discipline calls the struggle to survive a collective one.
October 6, 2009
Opinion
Making My Mark
One of the most important things I learned as a journalist was to compel the reader to follow my story. One of the toughest tasks I face is to make you, the reader, care about this blog. I guess I should get to the point: I’m kind of unique. During this academic year, I will […]
October 5, 2009
Opinion
No More Excuses
Leaders at institutional, local and national levels are looking for effective practices to accelerate college degree completion in the United States. Given the growth and youth of the Latino population, identifying practices with evidence of effectiveness in increasing Latinos’ educational achievement in college will be useful. However, before the creation of the Examples of Excelencia […]
October 5, 2009
Home
Out-of-School Activities Play Role in Helping Close Achievement Gap, Experts Say
At Educational Testing Service conference, researchers and educators say out-of-school activities, such as those facilitated after-school programs, have a role in stimulating learning, and should be addressed in strategies to close racial and ethnic achievement gaps.
October 5, 2009
Students
Innovative Retention Policies Highlighted in New York Meeting
More than 500 college and university officials learn winning student retention strategies at national symposium last week in Buffalo, N.Y.
October 5, 2009
African-American
Mass. Legislation Could Authorize Study of Slavery’s Economic Legacy
Legislators in Massachusetts are considering a bill that could authorize a study to determine how much state and local institutions profited from the African slave trade.
October 5, 2009
Opinion
The Prideful Bigotry of the Present
America’s increasing polarization along racial and ideological lines is seriously undermining democratic ideals and principles. The fringes of the political left and the political right are putting power, privilege and prejudice over civility, community and commonality. The result is a country that values acerbic rhetoric over intelligent discourse, suppression of speech over freedom of speech […]
October 4, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies
Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.
October 4, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession
Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.
October 4, 2009
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