Walter HudsonNews RoundupReport: Elementary and Special Education Teachers’ Knowledge of Reading Instruction is LackingA new report indicates that many states are failing to maintain the necessary requirements when it comes to elementary and special education teachers’ knowledge of reading instruction. In the report titled, “Strengthening Reading Instruction Through Better Preparation of Elementary and Special Education Teachers, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) said that 40 states still […]August 13, 2018Latest NewsCalifornia Gets Low Marks When It Comes to College AttainmentWhen it comes to higher education, California has not kept pace with changing workforce demands of the needs of the state’s racially diverse populations. That’s the finding of a new report by The Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit that works to ensure that college-age students in California have the opportunity to go to college and succeed.August 10, 2018Asian American Pacific IslanderJean Zu: Pushing Stevens to National ProminenceDr. Jean Zu has her sights on working to increase the number of international undergraduate students at her institution and she is looking to forge stronger alliances between the institution and the STEM industry.July 31, 2018Latest NewsMichael Waterstone Prepares Students for ServiceSeveral years after he began work as an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson, a white-shoe law firm in downtown Los Angeles, Michael Waterstone decided that he wanted to make the transition to teaching, where he could also write and think broadly about social justice issues.July 24, 2018Latest NewsDon LeDuc Helps to Make Law School More AccessibleDon LeDuc, president of the Western Michigan University’s Cooley Law School, has one piece of advice for students interested in entering the legal profession.July 23, 2018HBCUsHaywood Strickland Leaving Wiley College in Good HandsShortly after Dr. Haywood L. Strickland announced his retirement from Wiley College — after 18 years at the helm — trustee Patsy Ponder and her husband, Gene, gave the small, historically Black college in Marshall, Texas an unrestricted gift of $2 million.July 6, 2018InternationalColleges and Universities Express Concerns Over Travel Ban RulingColleges and universities across the nation are expressing concern following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that the Trump administration has the authority to implement the controversial travel ban.June 26, 2018HBCUsBi-Partisan Congressional Internship Program Offers HBCU Students Experience on the HillThe third class of HBCU Bi-Partisan Congressional Internship program interns traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to begin a summer internship aimed at increasing diversity and engagement on Capitol Hill vis-à-vis HBCUs.June 13, 2018Latest NewsHarvard Scholar Under Investigation Amid Allegations of Sexual MisconductDr. Roland Fryer, Jr., who became the youngest African-American to win tenure as an economics professor at Harvard University in 2008, is now facing allegations of sexual misconduct and is under investigation by Harvard University and the state of Massachusetts.May 29, 2018Latest NewsStacey Abrams Could Become Nation’s First Black Female GovernorStacey Abrams, the 44-year-old Spelman graduate, shocked the political establishment when she beat out her opponent, former state Rep. Stacey Evans, to win the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary.May 23, 2018Previous PagePage 3 of 7Next Page