Margaret KamaraHomeBlack Students Receive F in Economics, According to National Report Card AssessmentWASHINGTON, D.C. When it comes to knowing the basics of economics, such as how banks use money deposited into checking accounts to fund loans and what the nation’s primary source of revenue is, Black students are the most clueless, according to the Nation’s Report Card on Economics.August 14, 2007StudentsBlack History AP Course Faces Obstacles by College BoardSome K-12 school district officials have proposed a remedy to the lack of Black student enrollment in Advanced Placement classes: an AP course in African-American History.August 12, 2007Faculty & StaffMinority Junior Professors Less Satisfied With Campus Climate Than White ProfessorsMinority professors at both private and public institutions are not as satisfied as their White counterparts with their institutions. According to a report by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHE, campus climate plays a significant role in the satisfaction disparity.August 6, 2007Native AmericansALA Inaugurates its First American Indian PresidentFor the first time in its 131-year history, the American Library Association has tapped an American Indian to lead the world’s oldest and largest library organization. Dr. Loriene Roy, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, was installed as president at the 2007 ALA national conference in late June.August 2, 2007HealthHarvard Study Examines Hidden Biases Among ER PhysiciansA new Harvard University study reports that physicians’ subconscious racial biases play a significant role in the care and treatment they provide to patients and is a contributing factor to the health disparity that exists between Black and White patients.August 2, 2007STEMWill CUNY’s New Math Standards Hurt Minority Admissions?The chancellor of City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, has approved a new standard that may make it harder for Black and Hispanic students to gain admittance.July 30, 2007StudentsMulticultural Dorm Project Rewarded For Retention ResultsFive years ago, when Purdue University’s administrators sat down to brainstorm ways to improve diversity and retain students, they came up a solution they never thought would become an award-winning retention program.July 30, 2007Asian American Pacific IslanderEducational Challenges of Some Asian Students Being Overlooked, Says GOA ReportThe perception of Asian American and Pacific Islanders as the “model minority” because of their exceptional educational achievement needs reevaluation, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.July 29, 2007StudentsSmall, Minority Student Loan Providers Cry Foul Over Subsidy CutsOfficials at Urban Ed. Express, a minority-owned newcomer to the student loan industry, say legislation before Congress designed to make college more affordable hurts their efforts to help minority students fund their college educations.July 24, 2007StudentsTexas State U. Professor Teaches South African University How To Infuse ‘Multiculturalism’ in CurriculumTexas State University-San Marcos’ Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Project, a program designed to help diversify its faculty teaching methods and course content, has caught the attention of a university a world away — in South Africa.July 22, 2007Previous PagePage 2 of 5Next Page
