Noteworthy News Remedying the Black Male “Crisis” With high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend. May 1, 2008, 13:30
Noteworthy News Deconstructing the Politics of Race Set up as part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diversity initiative, its Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society is analyzing important issues in race relations. Apr 17, 2008, 13:30
Noteworthy News It’s Crunch Time for Fisk Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge. Feb 7, 2008, 16:04
Noteworthy News Helping Foster Care Youth Access College Aida Chávez was one of the thousands of foster youth who, when formally emancipated from the system at 18 years old, was not prepared. It was time to enter the real world: to get a job and go to college. But she had only $500 in her bank account. Jan 10, 2008, 14:00
Noteworthy News Study Suggests Colleges Do More To Reach Under-represented Students Information about college from traditional sources is not as accessible to or easily understood by low-income and first-generation students, who tend to rely on high school counselors and unsolicited marketing materials when researching colleges, according to new research that suggests the best ways to reach under-represented students. Jan 10, 2008, 13:40
Noteworthy News Poll: Racial Groups View Each Other With Mistrust America, the proverbial melting pot, is boiling over with racial tension. A new poll, “Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny,” by New America Media, the nation’s largest collaboration of ethnic news media, reveals some unflattering realities concerning the ways in which America’s largest ethnic groups view each other. Jan 10, 2008, 13:20
