Toni ColemanFaculty & StaffBlack Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored ResearchEnvisioning a more competitive future, a number of Black college leaders have challenged their faculties to pursue aggressive research agendas.January 5, 2011Faculty & StaffNSSE Data Helps Institutions Foster Minority Student SuccessFounded 11 years ago at Indiana University, the National Survey of Student Engagement program has grown in size and influence. Its annual results are widely reported in the media.August 15, 2010StudentsVeteran Journalist Pinkston Sees Bright Prospects for the News ProfessionEncouraged by educators to become a reporter, CBS newsman Randall Pinkston says he’s optimistic about the news profession because of the promising student journalists he meets while guest lecturing at journalism schools.August 4, 2010HomeMass. AppealMassachusetts is ideal to feature in our state-focused series.February 18, 2009HomeAction on Both SidesNo sooner had Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency than talk about America entering a “post-racial” era began. The election of a Black man to the White House is a momentous milestone that proves race is no longer a barrier in minorities’ lives, the chatter went. Of course evidence to the contrary is everywhere —segregated […]February 4, 2009HBCUsMuch Work To Be DoneAs the country this month celebrates the commencement of the Obama era and annual observance of Martin Luther King’s birthday and legacy, many events conspire to remind us much remains to be done. Nowhere are such reminders more pressing and consequential than in the higher education community.January 21, 2009HomeThe Right ApproachDo the following words ring a bell? “Someday, I’m going to come back to you and let you know how I am doing, or you’re going to read about me.”January 7, 2009MSIsA Year for the History BooksWhat an exciting and traumatic year 2008 has been. A historic presidential campaign that ended with the election of an African-American to the U.S. presidency. An economic meltdown not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.December 24, 2008HBCUsHard Times in Higher EducationThe nation’s worsening financial crisis is rippling through nearly every sector of the economy. Higher education, usually more immune than other sectors, is no exception this time.December 10, 2008Tribal CollegesThe Obama EffectMy immediate reaction to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s election as the 44th president of the United States was to promptly follow his admonition — turn off the television and read with my daughter.November 26, 2008Page 1 of 4Next Page
