Kenneth J. CooperFaculty & StaffProven Leader Takes the Helm at Emerson CollegeHarvard-educated scholar of English and poetry, Dr. M. Lee Pelton puts a prominent face on changes that are under way at Boston’s Emerson College.September 21, 2011StudentsHBCUs Rally to Help State University of Haiti Recover From EarthquakeA dozen historically Black colleges and universities have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.July 31, 2011StudentsMichigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.July 14, 2011HomeAt Long Last, a Harvard Degree for Joel IacoomesHarvard University conferred the posthumous degree on Wampanoag tribe member Joel Iacoomes 346 years after his death at its May 26 commencement; his bachelor’s degree was accepted by Tiffany Smalley, another Wampanoag tribe member who on the same day received her Harvard undergraduate degree.June 26, 2011African-AmericanU.S., Foreign Higher Education Institutions Unite To Help HaitiNew consortium hopes to help Haitian universities recover and improve a year after earthquake.June 12, 2011Faculty & StaffAcademic Hiring Freeze Looms as Obstacle to Faculty DiversityRecession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered.November 16, 2010African-AmericanExploring the Connection Between Residential Segregation and HealthHarvard sociologist David R. Williams argues that residential segregation by race is the fundamental cause of racial disparities in health in the United States.November 8, 2010StudentsMinority Leaders Oppose “Gainful Employment” Rules for For-profit CollegesSome African-American and Hispanic leaders have taken a stand against proposed federal rules designed to curb student-loan defaults at for-profit colleges, arguing the strictures would reduce the educational options of minority students, who represent a large part of the enrollment at the schools.September 19, 2010StudentsFayetteville State University to Launch College Journalism ProgramThis fall, Fayetteville State, a historically Black university, debuts an undergraduate program in journalism, four years after creating one in mass communication.July 26, 2010African-AmericanOvercoming Life on the Streets to Teach LiteratureBefore he taught English at a Massachusetts college, before he completed two terminal degrees at the University of Iowa, before he took courses at a local community college, Dr. Jerald Walker was a drug-abusing dropout running the streets of Chicago, committing petty crimes.April 19, 2010Previous PagePage 6 of 9Next Page
