Michelle J. NealyStudentsNASPA Session Tackles Hazing Problem Among Black GreeksBlack Greek fraternity members feel hazing solidifies their loyalty to their organization and builds “character and discipline,” according to study results presented to a packed session at the 90th annual NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference.March 10, 2008Leadership & PolicyStatus of Black Women and HBCUs Focus of Urban League ReportThe National Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America this year examines the community through the eyes and the lives of Black women.March 5, 2008Community CollegesCollege Graduates With Career-oriented Majors Out Pace Those With Academic MajorsA college degree pays, and not just in knowledge and experience, but in dividends too.March 4, 2008StudentsUniversity of Rochester Students Demand More Faculty DiversityStudents at the University of Rochester are demanding that university officials hire more faculty members from underrepresented groups, insisting that the administrators spend less time strategizing about diversity and make it a reality.March 3, 2008StudentsBabson College Meets Changing Needs With Diversity OfficerDr. Elizabeth Thornton, Babson College’s newly appointed chief diversity officer, wasn’t hired to mitigate a highly charged climate of racial violence or vandalism or to appease student and faculty complaints on multiculturalism.March 2, 2008HomeAmerica Fails To Meet Justice Goals 40 Years After KernerOver the last 40 years, America has failed to make significant progress on poverty, inequality, racial injustice and crime, according to a report that updates the 1968 report of the Kerner Commission, the bipartisan National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.February 28, 2008African-AmericanBall State Professor Helps Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Former Liberian SoldiersThousands of Liberian children were forced into combat during the civil war that broke out in 1996.February 24, 2008HomeDuke Lacrosse Players Sue Over Distress From Discredited Rape CaseThirty-eight members of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team filed a lawsuit Thursday against the university, President Richard Brodhead, the city of Durham, N.C., and a nurse at Duke University Hospital for emotional distress and other damages resulting from a now-discredited rape case.February 21, 2008HBCUsAlumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).February 20, 2008Leadership & PolicyUC Berkeley Creates Multidisciplinary Chair For Equity and InclusionThe University of California, Berkeley has created a new $5 million faculty chair to further extend the university’s campus-wide initiative for equity and inclusion.February 19, 2008Previous PagePage 18 of 25Next Page
