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Perspectives: Boosting Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

African Americans make up about 45 percent of the prison population, but fewer than 200 minorities hold doctorates in criminology. HBCUs provide the perfect environment for nurturing minority criminologists, but they need resources.

May 13, 2007

Amid Loan Scandal, Attention Turns to College Affordability Crisis

After widespread reports of questionable practices in the student loan industry, the U.S. Congress — and, particularly, minority lawmakers — took the difficult first steps this week to refocus the debate on how best to reform the financial aid system to help low-income students.

May 10, 2007

Native Americans

We Want to be Included, Say Women Tribal Leaders

ATLANTA Four women from American Indian tribes came together in a panel organized by Spelman College on Wednesday to ask Americans not to forget about them in conversations about diversity and race.

May 10, 2007

New Prince George’s Community College President Formally Introduced

Largo, Md. Incoming Prince George’s Community College President Dr. Charlene M. Dukes was formally introduced to the public yesterday at a community forum, though she is no stranger to the college.

May 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Bettering the Black College Paradigm

As president of Huston-Tillotson University, Dr. Larry L. Earvin knows that a successful capital campaign will do wonders for his small, historically Black private school in Austin, Texas.

May 9, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” Myth

When early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”

May 9, 2007

High School Dropout Problem “About Class and Race,” Says Summit Participant

WASHINGTON, D.C. With only half of minority students graduating high school on time, U.S. secondary schools need more funding, rigor and accountability to address the “silent epidemic” of school dropouts, national and community activists said at a special Washington, D.C., conference Wednesday.

May 9, 2007

Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf Is Among Commencement Speaker Class of 2007

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will give the keynote address at commencement ceremonies at Langston University and Spelman College this month.

May 9, 2007

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Sparks Fly at Morehouse Panel on Black Athletes

ATLANTA Negative images of law-breaking Black athletes stem from societal issues, not something inherent to the athletes, according to a star-studded panel on the Black athlete at Morehouse College Monday.

May 8, 2007

The Diversity Dialogue Never Ends, But It May Get Easier

University of Missouri at Kansas City staff share their ongoing efforts to create a welcoming, inclusive environment.

May 8, 2007

Profiteers Snap Up Domain Names Related To Virginia Tech Shooting

BLACKSBURG, Va. Within minutes of the Virginia Tech massacre, online domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers.

May 8, 2007

Faculty Unions Come Together in Renewed Spirit

With private colleges governed by the National Labor Relations Act and only one-third of public colleges unionized, faculty and staff at many colleges are finding themselves voiceless.

May 7, 2007

Southern U Board Suspends System President Ralph Slaughter With Pay

Baton Rouge, La. Southern University System President Ralph Slaughter has been suspended for two months by his governing board while an internal investigation is conducted into his claims that the board chairman sexually harassed female employees.

May 6, 2007

University of California Marks Decade of Race-blind Admissions

BERKELEY, Calif. A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997. That’s when he was the lone Black student enrolled in the incoming law school class at the University of California, Berkeley, following the end of affirmative action admissions.

May 6, 2007

Perspectives: Creating a Community Where People With Mental Health Problems Are Embraced and Not Stigmatized

The senseless killings at Virginia Tech were deplorable and raised great consternation about the security of many campuses. However, the media’s labeling of the perpetrator as mentally ill – without being specific about his illness – not only further distorts the image society has of people with mental health problems, but also engenders and perpetuates stereotypes of people living with mental illnesses as deranged, impulsive and unstable.

May 6, 2007

Fighting Environmental Racism

BATON ROUGE, La. The National Conference of Black Mayors unveiled a partnership Friday with environmental consultants Envirosource and Historically Black Colleges and Universities aimed at studying the impact of landfills on African-American communities.

May 3, 2007

Texas Southern U. Ex-Financier Convicted

HOUSTON Texas Southern University’s former chief financial officer was convicted Thursday of misusing nearly $300,000 to help the school’s ex-president lavishly furnish and landscape her home.

May 3, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Supply and Demand Diversity

Minority-owned businesses are fighting for a place at the table in the lucrative higher education service industry.

May 2, 2007