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It’s Ph.D. Application Time: Here are a Few Tips

It’s that time of the academic year — the time when students begin to ask for advice, and more importantly, letters of recommendations to pursue their Ph.D. research. As I care greatly about the future of the professoriate (and I think being a professor is the last great job — one gets paid to think!), I […]

November 24, 2008

History in Their Own Words

On account of jury duty all last week, I was not able to be on campus at Lincoln the day after the election. I was looking forward to hearing about my students’ experiences of standing in line for hours upon hours, finally voting for the first time, celebrating wildly by climbing all over the Frederick […]

November 24, 2008

Leadership & Policy

University Presidents Call for Lifting Educational Exchange Restrictions: AASCU Members Seek U.S. Policy Change to Cuba-Related Travel

Members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) have called for lifting all restrictions on educational exchanges with foreign countries, including exchanges with Cuba that are currently limited by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Members ratified this policy position today at the Association’s Annual Meeting as they endorsed the Association’s 2009 Public […]

November 24, 2008

Change of Heart?

The news comes a day after Gannet News Service reported that President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reached an agreement that will make way for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation.

November 24, 2008

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More Than Half Of Campus Hate Crimes Involve Race

Bill includes provision that requires more reporting by colleges and universities.

November 24, 2008

Law School Admission Council Launches Diversity Campaign

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) today announced that it is launching a $1.5 million integrated campaign designed to encourage racially and ethnically diverse first- and second-year college students to discover career opportunities in law and to choose a path in undergraduate school that helps them get there. The campaign – DiscoverLaw.org – is the […]

November 23, 2008

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database Debuts at Emory: ‘Voyages’ sheds light on hidden history of 12.5 million slaves

A group of international scholars will gather at Emory University Dec. 5-6 to celebrate the debut of “Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database” ( http://www.slavevoyages.org) as it begins its own maiden expedition. Two years in the making at Emory, the free and interactive Web-based resource documents the slave trade from Africa to the New World […]

November 23, 2008

Congressional Freshman Class Adds New Faces of Color

Congress picked up five new minority members in the November elections, including two that cannot vote.

November 23, 2008

Howard Nursing Faculty, Students in Conflict

Twenty-four hours after Howard University nursing students took to the streets with picket signs and a list of demands, meetings are underway to address their issues.

November 23, 2008

Illinois, Northwestern Retire Tomahawk Trophy

The University of Illinois put Chief Illiniwek on the shelf last year and the school says it’s now retiring another piece of American Indian imagery.

November 23, 2008

Best & Brightest: From Farm Girl to Rarity in the Library

Shaneka Morris always knew she would be the first in her family to attend college.

November 20, 2008

Inspired by Obama, European Minorities Take Action

An Obama effect is rippling across Europe.

November 20, 2008

Perspectives: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Intellectual Diversity on Campus

A 2006 study by Gross and Simmons found that 68.2 percent of 1000 Americans surveyed believe that academia favors professors with liberal social and political views.

November 20, 2008

Wal-Mart Foundation Donates $12.5 Million to King Memorial

The leadership of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. announced today that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., through the Wal-Mart Foundation has provided a $12.5 million letter of credit which will expedite the beginning of physical construction of the memorial. The Wal-Mart Foundation’s latest effort is in addition to the $1 […]

November 19, 2008

Too Hot To Handle Web sites Baffle College Officials

One ill-fated lapse in cyber-judgment by a college athlete has cost him his position on one of the top football teams in the country.

November 19, 2008

Bill Clinton to raise funds for King Memorial

Organizers of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial say former President Bill Clinton will help raise funds to complete the project planned for the National Mall.

November 19, 2008

Congratulations Brother President! Congratulations Mr.President!

Think about the following: · 1789 – The U. S Constitution declares that Black Americans were only three-fifths of a human being. · 1857 – Dred Scott decision was handed down by the Supreme Court · 1896 – The separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. · […]

November 18, 2008

University of Maryland Becomes U.S. ‘Minority-Serving Institution’ for Asian Americans

The University of Maryland has been granted status as a “minority-serving institution” for Asian Americans and related groups, a gateway to targeted federal support for scholarships and the growth of academic programs. It’s the first “minority-serving” designation for the University of Maryland. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education has granted Maryland $2.4 million over two […]

November 18, 2008