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A Month of Discoveries
Black History Month brings out the best publishers have to offer.
February 19, 2008
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Hispanics Bearing the Brunt of Xenophobia
Resentment of undocumented immigrants has become a major part of the political agenda from national presidential races to local elections.
February 19, 2008
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Professional Appointments
Dr. Ronald L. Carter has been appointed president of Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) effective July 1. Currently, he is provost and dean of faculty at Coker College (S.C.). He earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College and a master’s and doctorate from Boston University.       CATHIE CAROTHERS has been named director of the […]
February 19, 2008
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Grants & Gifts
The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt to be used for scholarships for working students. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY’S NANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund. The […]
February 19, 2008
Native Americans
Study Reveals Low Retention Rates for Nevada’s American Indian Students
A study presented to the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents shows that only 57 percent of American Indian freshmen at Nevada colleges and universities continue on to their sophomore year, according to an article in University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s student newspaper, The Rebel Yell. The rest either transfer to an out-of-state […]
February 19, 2008
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HBCUs
Morgan State Audit May Lead to Criminal Investigation
Auditors’ findings that Morgan State University made up to $2.4 million in “questionable” and duplicate payments to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. may lead the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into the matter, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The auditors, who work for the Maryland state legislature, found contract irregularities with Morgan State’s […]
February 19, 2008
African-American
Diverse Calendar
March 12-16 The National Black Graduate Student Association 20th Annual Conference “Brilliance in Black”Four Points Sheraton at O’Hare HotelChicagoWeb: www.nbgsa.org March 13- 15Eleventh Annual Regional HBCUSummit on Retention“Improving Retention at HBCUs:Retention is a Shared Enterprise”Clarion Resort HotelOcean City, Md.Contact: Dr. Anne L. Gaskins-NeddPhone: (301) 860-3687e-mail: anedd@bowiestate.edu March 14-15Faculty Resource Network at New York University“The Molecules […]
February 19, 2008
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Beyond Diversity Training
Diversity and equity work require taking action.
February 19, 2008
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Native Americans
Congress May Apologize to American Indians
WASHINGTON  A resolution that formally apologizes to American Indians for years of government mistreatment and abuse will be part of an Indian health care bill expected to pass the Senate later this month. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who has pushed the measure since 2004, said he hopes the measure “helps heal the wounds that have […]
February 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall
STORRS, Conn. Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans. The University of Connecticut is asking the state Board of Higher Education to approve an interdisciplinary major it will call African-American Studies. […]
February 19, 2008
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O’Keeffe Museum Argues Fisk Should Forfeit Prized Art Collection
NASHVILLE Tenn. Attorneys for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in New Mexico argued that Fisk University has violated the terms of an agreement with the late painter and should forfeit a prized art collection she donated. In the opening day of the trial over the 101-piece Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern American and European Art, lawyers […]
February 19, 2008
Students
AP Course Access and Scores Improve for Hispanics in Some States
Although Hispanic students have continued to close the “equity and excellence gap” in 15 states in the Advanced Placement courses, gaps persist in California and Texas, two of the biggest states with a high percentage of Hispanics in their population, the College Board reveals in its annual AP Report to the Nation.
February 19, 2008
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Hispanics Bearing the Brunt of Xenophobia
Angry at what some believe is federal inaction in policing borders, states and localities are adopting a slew of laws that deny services to undocumented residents, prompt police to act as Immigration.
February 19, 2008
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Enrollment of Hispanic Students Down at Some Tulsa-area Schools
Since Oklahoma’s crackdown on illegal immigration took effect on Nov. 1, enrollment numbers for Hispanic students in many Tulsa-area school systems have dropped.
February 19, 2008
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Just the Stats: Science Foundation Program Producing Results
More than 200,000 students from underrepresented populations have so far participated in a program started by the National Science Foundation to increase minority representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, according to the foundation.
February 19, 2008
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Students
Suffering the Borrowing Blues
Low-income students and students of color may have a harder time getting some college loans because of an ongoing credit crunch and tighter underwriting rules in the industry.
February 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Students to Study University of Maryland’s Ties To Slavery
The University of Maryland, College Park is the latest institution of higher education to announce plans to examine its ties to slavery, this time doing so with the help of students in a research course.
February 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UC Berkeley Creates Multidisciplinary Chair For Equity and Inclusion
The University of California, Berkeley has created a new $5 million faculty chair to further extend the university’s campus-wide initiative for equity and inclusion.
February 19, 2008
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