Bijan C. BayneLatest NewsStudy: Wide Black-White Wealth Gap GrowingDespite increases in Black business ownership, elected office, and university enrollment, a new study indicates that wealth disparities between U.S. Blacks and whites have been widening.February 21, 2018Latest NewsLeading Historian and Author Lerone Bennett, Jr. Dies At 89Lerone Bennett, Jr., a leading Black historian and journalist, died this week at age 89. He had vascular dementia.February 15, 2018Latest NewsAccreditation Council Discusses ‘New Normal’ at Annual ConferenceEducators, legislators, and others attending the annual conference of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s annual conference this week in Washington, D.C. are addressing numerous issues related to this year’s theme, “The New Normal For Accreditation: Values, Practice & Policy.”January 30, 2018HomeBethune-Cookman Sues Virginia Union President, Others Over Dorm ScandalBethune-Cookman University is suing Virginia Union University’s president, Dr. Hakim Lucas, and other former Bethune-Cookman officials, alleging “illicit and fraudulent” conduct related to the construction of a 1,200-bed dorm.January 30, 2018StudentsReport Lauds “Model” of School DiversityA school integration plan that takes into account the demographics of a student’s neighborhood rather than the student’s race when making school assignments has been endorsed by University of California researchers as a model for other school districts seeking to maintain diversity.September 1, 2009Page 1 of 1
