Ronald RoachHomeFrom combat to campus: GI Bill gave a generation of African Americans an opportunity to pursue the American dream – Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 – Special Report: The Integrated Military – 50 Years – Cover StoryThe early champions of the GI Bill probably never envisioned the far-reaching impact the landmark legislation would have on American society.July 11, 2007HomeDoing what had to be done. The integrated military seen as model for society – Special Report: The Integrated Military – 50 YearsIn the almost fifty years since President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the military, the United States armed forces have fostered equal opportunity on a scale that few other institutions have matched.July 11, 2007HomeCause for ActionAdvocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollmentJuly 11, 2007HomeCause for ActionAdvocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollmentJuly 11, 2007Faculty & StaffActing out: black theater in transition – Cover StoryAugust Wilson has achieved the success most playwrights only dream about. His award-winning plays – which include “Fences”, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” and “The Piano Lesson” – have rendered sensitive and probing portrayals of African American life. Staged in venues ranging from regional theaters to Broadway, Wilson’s plays have earned two Pulitzer Prizes and lavish praise from critics.July 10, 2007StudentsThe enforcer: an interview with Raymond C. Pierce – civil rights chief at US Dept of Education – InterviewIn a span of nearly four years, Raymond C. Pierce, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, has supervised some 600 civil rights compliance reviews of school districts across the nation. His portfolio in higher education has included managing policy development on issues ranging from gender fairness in intercollegiate athletics to race-targeted scholarships to higher education desegregation.July 10, 2007StudentsClouded optimism: graduate and professional degree rate among minorities outpaces that of whites, but experts predict surge will end if affirmative action backlash continues – Special Report: Top 100 Graduate & Professional Degree ProducersThe numbers of African Americans earning graduate degrees at American colleges and universities from 1991 to 1995 increased at rates more than double the general graduate student population.July 10, 2007Community CollegesReport urges greater public investment in higher educationThe Council for Aid to Education’s Commission on National Investment in Higher Education (CNIHE) released a two-year study that warns a “growing shortfall in public funding may force the nation’s colleges and universities to turn away half the student population by the year 2015.”July 10, 2007HomeRacial attitudes: gaps narrow for young peopleIn a study on racial attitudes, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has found that although Black and white Americans remain far apart in their perceptions of race and race relations, the perception gap appears to be closing among America’s young adults.July 10, 2007HomePutting words in the president’s mouth: when Terry Edmonds writes, people listens – Morgan State University alumnus and presidential speechwriterSince Joining the White House in early 1995, presidential speechwriter Terry Edmonds has toiled far away from the news media spotlight that closely follows President Bill Clinton and his top aides.July 10, 2007Previous PagePage 40 of 55Next Page
