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Leadership & Policy

University System of Georgia Approves Tobacco Ban

The board governing Georgia’s public colleges and universities has approved a system-wide proposal to ban the use of all forms of tobacco products.

March 19, 2014

Students

League Innovations Conference Hones In on Diversity Issues at Community Colleges

Administrators discussed the need for more work to be done in the form of recruiting faculty, staff and administrators representative of the students they serve.

March 4, 2014

Latinx

Former NAACP President Moves to Venture Capital

Ben Jealous says he wants to grow opportunities for Blacks and Latinos in the tech economy.

March 4, 2014

Opinion

American Caste System? New ‘Gene Theory’ Dangerously Puts People of Color in Our Place

As if racism weren’t bad enough, here comes another “–ism” to make your day.

February 24, 2014

African-American

South Carolina State University Seeks Hand Out of $13M Hole

Plagued by turmoil of one kind or another for the last half decade, the university is asking the state for millions of dollars to help it avert a $13 million deficit this fiscal year ending June 30.

February 19, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Time for ‘Jigsaw Puzzle’ Diversity Model

“Salad bowl” and “melting pot” diversity models have run their course.

February 18, 2014

Faculty & Staff

John Lewis Takes Readers on a ‘March’ through Civil Rights

John Lewis’ best-selling graphic novel depicting the civil rights movement is the first in a trilogy, designed to tell the civil right story in an easy-to-read medium.

February 13, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Chancellor’s Contract Terminated at Southern University-Baton Rouge

Southern University System’s board of supervisors voted not to renew Baton Rouge chancellor James Llorens’ contract when it expires June 30.

February 9, 2014

Students

Tenn. Governor Proposes Free Community College Program

A popular Tennessee governor running for re-election wants to create a free community college program. Sound familiar?

February 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

The Next Generation

February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.

February 6, 2014

Students

Richard Sherman, Stanford Communications Major and Super Bowl Lout

You can study communications. But it doesn’t mean you’ve mastered it.

January 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success

This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.

January 26, 2014