Jamal WatsonAfrican-AmericanNew Black Studies Program To Launch This Fall Is Latest To Offer DoctorateAfter years of planning, Northwestern University is launching its doctoral program in African-American studies next month, making it only the seventh American university to offer a doctorate in the academic discipline.August 7, 2006African-AmericanStudents, Alumni Lament the Closing of Columbia’s African Studies InstituteDozens of current and former students of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) are expressing outrage over a decision by the Ivy League institution to temporarily shut down its Institute of African Studies.July 23, 2006HomeScholars Look For Winning Strategies For Young Black MenA panel of high-profile academics, activists and political leaders gathered in New York on Friday to tackle what they called the most pressing issue facing African Americans in the post-civil rights era: the plight of the Black male.July 16, 2006HomeCUNY Retention ProgramOfficials at New York’s Medgar Evers College (MEC) are challenging a complaint filed last month by a local civil rights…June 14, 2006Previous PagePage 17 of 17
