Margaret KamaraStudentsSparked by Wright Controversy, Northwestern’s Black Alumni Call on University to Correct Racial InjusticesNorthwestern University’s decision to rescind an invitation to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to receive an honorary degree was the last straw for many Black alumni, who have started an online petition that calls for changes to how the university treats Black students and the Black community, including an investigation into the decrease in Black student enrollment.June 19, 2008African-AmericanLow Performance of Children Tied to “Ecological Risk”Living in high-poverty neighborhoods has such a detrimental effect on verbal abilities of Black children that it’s the equivalent to missing a year of school, according to a recent study by sociologists from Harvard and New York universities and the University of Chicago.February 7, 2008StudentsBest and Brightest: A Selfless Southern University Leader is BornOne of Carey Ash’s first acts as president of the Student Government Association at Southern University at Baton Rouge was to make sure students who couldn’t afford textbooks had access to them anyway. That meant giving up his own scholarship money to purchase the books.November 26, 2007HealthScholars: Institutional Racism a Mental Health Issue For Black Youth and FamiliesCHESTNUT HILL, Mass. Some behavioral problems in Black youths can be attributed to their effort to protect themselves from racism, and is a “manifestation of depression,” one researcher told a panel at the seventh annual Diversity Challenge Conference at Boston College.October 20, 2007Leadership & PolicyNew HBCU Rankings Get Mixed ReviewsU.S. News & World Report has launched a new ranking series, “America’s Best Black Colleges,” which ranks historically Black colleges and universities separately but by using the same methodology as its annual “America’s Best Colleges” rankings.October 2, 2007StudentsNew Graduates Crushed By Student Loan Debt, Study SaysNew graduates are leaving college with more debt, but their starting salaries at new jobs are not keeping pace with their debt, a new study by the Project on Student Debt indicates.September 25, 2007HomeReport Says Eliminating Weight of SATs Will Offer Minorities More Access to CollegeHow can colleges and universities ensure minorities have access to higher education without using affirmative action?September 5, 2007Community CollegesOn the Big Screen: Poor UsIn the new documentary “Indoctrinate U.,” filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney poses this question: What do all of the colleges and universities featured in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 100 have in common?August 22, 2007HBCUsStop Snitchin Start StudyingThe National Black College Alliance, a grassroots booster of historically Black colleges and universities, is using T-shirts and its unique spin on popular culture to promote HBCUs.August 22, 2007StudentsAsian and Pacific Islander Students in California Say ‘Count Us Correctly’When Christine Santos arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles from Guam in the fall of 2004, she said she felt like a foreigner even though nearly 34 percent of new students at UCLA were Asian.August 22, 2007Page 1 of 5Next Page
