Cassie M. ChewHomeCounting On a More Diverse WorkforceWith a new corporate recruitment program in place, auditing firm Deloitte & Touche reaches out to minority students with the lure of scholarships, training and mentoring.October 16, 2007HomeFive Men, Five Different Views on Educating Black MalesBlack males are discovering that they don’t need to ‘hit the books’ in order to make a living, and this is the reason behind recent statistics that report that as many as half of them drop out of high school and don’t pursue a college education.October 14, 2007HBCUsMorgan Stanley Partners with HBCUs to Train TalentTwo business school instructors at Morehouse College and a third instructor at Howard University are the first to participate in a partnership between HBCUs and New York-based investment firm Morgan Stanley.September 17, 2007HealthHBCUs, Black Voters Figure Prominently In 2008 Presidential RaceThere’s consensus among political experts that the location, moderator and audience at last week’s Democratic presidential debate, held at Howard University, forced candidates to discuss solutions to issues concerning Blacks and other minority voters. A second forum for candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination will be broadcast by PBS in September from another historically Black campus, Morgan State University in Baltimore.July 1, 2007HomeBowie State Students: N-Word Not Welcome HereResidents of historically Black Bowie State University’s all-male residence halls are accustomed to watching the news on their communal flat screen television every night between 5:00 and 8:00 pm. They often discuss each other’s entrepreneurial plans. What they aren’t used to is hearing each other use the “n-word.”May 21, 2007Native AmericansBlack, American Indian Scholars Correct History Books At “State of the Black Union 2007”The 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown this year gives America the chance to revisit and correct stories about the relationships between these Africans, American Indians and White colonists, as well as the pillaging of American Indian villages, the institution of slavery and the impact these events continue to have in 2007, said Dr. Cornel West and a group of other academics at a panel discussion that was part of “State of the Black Union 2007.”February 12, 2007HomeNew Federal Grant Shuts Out SomeThousands of community and technical college students enrolled in certificate programs won’t be eligible…August 23, 2006HomeThe Post-Doc Job SearchPostdoctoral students conducting research in science and technology were treated like kings and queens for the day at an inaugural post-doc conference and career fair held this week on the campus of the University of Maryland at Shady Grove.May 24, 2006Previous PagePage 2 of 2
