Jamal EricAfrican-AmericanExploring Civil Rights History over Spring BreakDozens of college students traveled to Alabama this week to participate in the annual commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” organized by the National Action Network and other civil rights and labor groups.March 8, 2012African-AmericanCivil Rights Veterans Teach the MovementRobert Moses and Charles Cobb are among the 1960s civil rights activists who have made the transition to academia, helping students born in a different era understand how the freedom struggle transformed America.February 21, 2012African-AmericanSpeaking Freely: Cornel West Takes Aim and FiresWhether the target is the Obama administration or a colleague in the civil rights movement, Dr. Cornel West pulls no punches when it comes to his advocacy.February 8, 2012African-AmericanRobert Franklin to Step Down as Morehouse College PresidentMorehouse College has announced that school president Dr. Robert M. Franklin will spend the 2012-13 academic year on sabbatical as a Scholar-in-Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Institute.February 1, 2012African-AmericanBlack Students Seeking Action on Racial Climate at DukeA group of Black students at Duke University are continuing their push to force college administrators to improve the racial climate on campus.January 31, 2012StudentsCornel West to Leave Princeton UniversityThe nation’s most visible Black intellectual, Dr. Cornel Ronald West is leaving his endowed professorship at Princeton University in July to become a professor of philosophy and Christian practices at Union Theological Seminary — an institution where he first began his teaching career as an assistant professor some 35 years ago.November 17, 2011StudentsCornel West to Leave Princeton University for UTSAThe nation’s most visible Black intellectual, Dr. Cornel Ronald West is leaving his endowed professorship at Princeton University in July to become a professor of philosophy and Christian practices at Union Theological Seminary — an institution where he first began his teaching career as an assistant professor some 35 years ago.November 17, 2011HomePoet-Professor Files Federal Charge Against Cleveland State UniversityWith her employment discrimination case against Cleveland State University heading to trial to begin in a Columbus, Ohio, courtroom this week, Nuala M. Archer has opened a federal legal front, according to documents obtained exclusively by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.November 8, 2011Community CollegesMichigan Scholars’ Book Explores Arab-American Life in the Motor CityArab Detroit 9/11 features essays from a diverse group of contributors, including artists, academicians and community activists, who examine the impact that the terror attacks had on Detroit’s Arab community.October 23, 2011HomeLand-Grant Institutions Alleged to Drift from Their Public MissionsThe Education Trust organization reports that as many land-grant flagships strive to keep costs low for students, they have not been as successful in yielding high graduation rates, and, as a result, many students—including high numbers of Blacks and Latinos—fall through the cracks.August 28, 2011Previous PagePage 27 of 30Next Page
