Ibram RogersLeadership & PolicyNew Blueprint for Establishing Chief Diversity Officer PositionsToo often, college and university presidents are forced to reinvent the wheel when establishing the position of chief diversity officer (CDO) because they do not understand the role and function of the position, says Dr. Damon A. Williams, assistant vice provost for multicultural and international affairs at the University of Connecticut.January 28, 2008HomeBest & Brightest: A Natural Leader for African-American AffairsMansfield University senior Sharon Thomas isn’t exactly sure what career path she wants to follow. But she does want to advance towards the arena of human rights.January 21, 2008HomeResearchers’ Assessment of NCLB Shows Need for ImprovementWith the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act looming on the horizon this year, the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles (CRP/PDC) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies recently completed a collection of essays containing several critiques of the law as well as proscriptions for change.January 16, 2008HealthRacial Disparities In Cancer Treatment PersistsThe recent efforts to close the gaps in therapy for various kinds of cancer between Black and White Medicare patients have failed, a Yale University study released this week found.January 9, 2008Community CollegesProposed New York Higher Ed Reforms Said to Benefit MinoritiesThe New York State Commission on Higher Education recommended to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this week a series of reforms and a compact to ensure that the state’s public higher education institutions are properly funded. These recommendations and the compact could significantly improve the education of students of color in New York, educators say.December 20, 2007Faculty & StaffProposed Changes to Rutgers’ Africana Studies Prompt Concerns About Department’s FutureDr. Walton R. Johnson recently resigned as chair of Rutgers University’s Africana Studies department in protest of a proposal that he says attacks the very existence of his department and discipline.December 10, 2007DisabiltiesBest & Brightest: Told He Lacked the “Intellectual Capacity” To Learn, Ph.D Candidate Proves OtherwiseMarkell Harrison-Jackson grew up with a self-destructive combination of uncontrollable anger and learning inability.October 23, 2007HomeUC-Berkeley Study: Half of Black Employees in Low-Wage JobsThe unemployment crisis in the Black community has been well documented. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in July that the Black unemployment rate was 8 percent, nearly twice the rate for Whites.September 2, 2007HealthA Gift of Presidential ProportionsNobody understood why Bruce King took a job at the University of South Dakota. But the decision may have saved his life.August 22, 2007Leadership & PolicyKatrina Curriculum: A Lesson In Promoting Dialogues About Race and ClassA new curriculum is set to launch this upcoming school year at Columbia University, Teachers College, based on Spike Lee’s HBO documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”August 19, 2007Previous PagePage 3 of 8Next Page
