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Leadership & Policy
Philadelphia Mayor Takes Part in Community College Black Male Summit
Numerous organizations intent on reversing alarming disparities in high school and college drop out and incarceration rates among Black males gathered in Philadelphia this week for a Call to Action Summit, sponsored by the Presidents’ Round Table of African-American CEOs, a group of Black community college presidents.
April 8, 2008
Health
Virginia Tech to Hold “Lie-In” on Anniversary of Tragedy
Family members of the victims of the shooting last April at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy with other gun violence victims, college students and community members by hosting a “lie-in” on the school’s campus.
April 8, 2008
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Federal Lawsuit Filed Over UT Race-based Admissions Policies
A legal group that fights racial preferences in schools filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the University of Texas at Austin, claiming its undergraduate admissions policies violate the Constitution and federal law.
April 8, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College Leaders Say Ohio’s New Education Plan a Good Start
College administrators generally support Ohio’s new goals of making higher education more affordable through lower tuition and more accountable by setting up a system of benchmarks.
April 7, 2008
Students
N.J. Investigating Why Camden Students Made to Eat on Floor
State Education Department officials are investigating how 15 Hispanic elementary students were punished in Camden.
April 7, 2008
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Connerly Campaign Surrenders in Oklahoma
The campaign to ban affirmative action in five states has suffered its first loss with Ward Connerly, chief backer of the effort, saying Monday he is abandoning the Oklahoma campaign for lack of enough signatures on petitions to get the issue on the November voting ballot.
April 7, 2008
African-American
Blacks in Higher Education Meet
“I really feel good” was Dr. Roland Smith’s reaction to a question about the recently held meeting of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education.
April 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Breaking Down Barriers: Women of Color in the Sciences
When Angelica Patterson became program manager for the department of environmental science at Barnard College, the undergraduate women’s college of Columbia University, she saw very few fellow women of color in her department.
April 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Johns Hopkins Pledges $5 Million Toward Faculty Diversity Initiative
Johns Hopkins University announced plans to invest at least $5 million over the next five years in the Mosaic Initiative, a program focused on hiring and retaining women and people of color.
April 7, 2008
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University of Richmond investigates possible hate crime
Police at the University of Richmond are investigating the simulated lynching of a miniature Black doll.
April 6, 2008
Students
Champlain College Helps Refugees Start New Lives Without Tuition Fees
When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn’t speak English.
April 6, 2008
HBCUs
CNN Hosting HBCU Contest on Being Black in America
CNN is asking HBCU students what it means to be “Black in America” through its Campus iReporter Contest.
April 6, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Poor Race Relations May Force St. Mary’s College to Lose Accreditation
St. Mary’s College may face sanctions by its accreditors for officials’ inaction amid racial tensions on campus, according to an article in the Contra Costra Times.
April 6, 2008
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Health
Wake Forest University Hosts Conference on Student Mental Health Issues
“Students are much more active and busy than they used to be,” Schubert says.
April 6, 2008
Students
Amidst Complaints, Hampshire College Officials Pledge Diversity Initiatives
As part of an ongoing effort to create a more inclusive campus climate, officials at Hampshire College have pledged to implement new diversity initiatives.
April 6, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Tennessee Higher Education Officials Deny Honor For `Freedom Riders’
The rejection by Tennessee higher education officials of a proposal to award honorary degrees to 13 former Tennessee State University students expelled from the college in 1961 because of the students’ participation in the historic freedom rides has stirred criticism of the action from the college’s president, alumni and some state lawmakers.
April 3, 2008
African-American
Thousands Flock to Memphis to Reflect on King’s Legacy
After their four-hour meeting concluded on the afternoon of April 4, 1968, Jesse Epps extended a dinner invitation to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had arrived in Memphis with other civil rights leaders to rally on behalf of the city’s striking Black sanitation workers.
April 3, 2008
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Perspectives: Time to Talk About Race
Participating in small civic conversations about race and doing volunteer work in the community may not be as dramatic as marching in Memphis in 1968. CNN is not likely to interview you. But they are the opportunities available to us in our time, and they are in the deepest sense, history-making.
April 3, 2008
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