David PluvioseAfrican-American‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres TonightTonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.February 27, 2017StudentsProject Funded to Promote Civility in Classroom DiscourseThe University of Connecticut awarded a $215,000 grant to Essential Partners to “shift classroom cultures toward more open, curious, and intellectually humble modes of dialogue.”February 22, 2017StudentsLeadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National ConversationAt an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.February 19, 2017StudentsSides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy TrialThe plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]February 9, 2017StudentsJohn King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEOThe announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.February 2, 2017Faculty & StaffCornel West: We’re All Responsible for ‘Gangster’ TrumpIn his lecture at Harvard, Dr. Cornel West waxed introspective about the courage he believes is necessary to speak truth to power during Donald Trump’s presidency.January 25, 2017StudentsFlorida Community College Students Experience Washington Politics Up CloseFor the past two weeks, a group of Miami Dade College students and faculty advisors has joined students at a number of select institutions participating in The Washington Center’s 2017 Presidential Inauguration Academic Seminar.January 19, 2017StudentsMorehouse Students, Faculty Shut Out of Process of Ousting PresidentStudent and faculty trustees at Morehouse College decry lack of input in board of trustees’ decision over the weekend not to renew the contract of President John Wilson.January 17, 2017StudentsTMCF Boss: Nothing Political About $26M Gift from KochsThe Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced on Thursday the launch of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, which is supported by a $26 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.January 12, 2017Faculty & StaffIbram Kendi Directs Nation’s Focus to History of RacismDr. Ibram X. Kendi hopes that the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction he was awarded for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, could bring more attention to other scholars taking a hard look at the history of racism in America.January 9, 2017Previous PagePage 2 of 17Next Page
