Melanie EversleyLatest NewsStudy Finds Racial Differences on the Future of WorkAfrican-Americans are more interested than other groups in affordable education, people of color are more likely than Whites to pursue online or community college education and Latino workers are finding that they are more often relegated to hourly work as opposed to more frequent salaried employment than in the past, according to a new study.July 24, 2019African-AmericanColumbia HBCU Fellowship Empowers Students to ThriveThe Columbia HBCU Fellowship program allows young people to take classes on the Ivy League campus, work with organizations in New York, where Columbia is located, and receive industry mentoring.May 20, 2019Latest NewsNYC Task Force and Report Tackles IncarcerationThe head of a prominent New York City nonprofit is guiding a team of the Big Apple’s most-engaged community leaders to redo the way they prevent and address incarceration.April 22, 2019African-AmericanScholar Builds New Department at Columbia UniversityDr. Farah Griffin, is wearing two hats as the inaugural chair of Columbia’s new African-American and African Diaspora Studies Department and director-elect of Columbia’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies.March 18, 2019African-AmericanJohnnetta Cole, Jafari Allen: HBCUs Are Needed And RelevantTwo of the nation’s foremost Black academics and experts on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) say the 100 predominantly Black schools around the country may be fighting to survive, but they remain relevant as they train students how to create justice in the world and accept themselves.February 28, 2019StudentsIIE Summit Highlights the Importance of Study AbroadAgainst a backdrop of young people who communicate in fewer words and more pictures, and with young people of color continuing to avoid study abroad more than their counterparts, about 600 educators, students and administrators came together Sunday through Tuesday to share ways to promote and boost global education.February 20, 2019Latest NewsDocumentary Explores “Driving While Black”“Driving While Black,” a documentary in the works by a Cooperstown, N.Y., academic, a longtime documentary maker, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Steeplechase Films is scheduled to be shown on PBS next year.December 9, 2018HomeCelebrity Physician Reflects on Harvard ExperienceCelebrity medical expert Dr. Ian K. Smith is taking a turn in his career and promoting a new mystery he’s written based on his experience as one of a few Black members of an Ivy League secret society.November 22, 2018MSIsColin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle and Others Receive Du Bois Medals at HarvardInstead of taking a knee, Colin Kaepernick took home a prestigious award Thursday bestowed by Harvard University on those who’ve contributed greatly to African-American and African culture.October 11, 2018HomeColumbia Makes $100 Million Investment in DiversityColumbia University is taking steps to make sure its faculty and student body look more like the world around it, and this is helping the New York City school remain a diversity leader among institutions of higher education, especially Ivy League schools.December 6, 2017Page 1 of 1
