Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 13

Faculty & Staff

Harvard University Under Fire for Secret Photos of Classrooms

Harvard University is coming under fire from faculty and students for secretly photographing about 2,000 undergraduates in 10 lecture halls last spring as part of a study on classroom attendance.

November 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

After Toppling Cantor, Professor Brat Wins His Seat

Republican Dave Brat followed his stunning primary victory over then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by easily beating his Democratic opponent Tuesday to win the congressional seat.

November 5, 2014

Students

Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. Chair Themes Art Around Hair

Comb through the life story of Sonya Clark and it’s easy to see how she came to craft works of art themed around hair, a provocative and politicized thread of identity.

November 5, 2014

Sports

What Does It Mean to Not be Black Enough?

So the question comes up, what is Black enough and what are the qualifications?

November 4, 2014

Students

Review: Howard Fuller Chronicles His Road to Education Activism

The recently-released memoir, No Struggle, No Progress: A Warrior’s Life from Black Power to Education Reform, recounts Fuller’s education and evolution.

November 3, 2014

African-American

HBCUstory Symposium Convenes in D.C., Provides Healing for Founder

A group of historians (and just plain storytellers) gathered in the nation’s capital over the weekend to discuss the past, present and future of historically Black colleges and universities in this country.

October 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Keene State Professors Concerned Student Riots Becoming Accepted as the Norm

Student celebrations associated with Pumpkin Fest, which was originally founded as a family celebration, devolved into an hours-long riot between students and police on Saturday afternoon.

October 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Revisions Get Mixed Initial Reviews

Critics focus on implementation of loan counseling for those with adverse credit ratings and decry changes not going into effect until July 2015.

October 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Law Professors Blast Sex Assault Policy

More than two dozen current and retired Harvard Law School professors, including Alan Dershowitz, are asking the university to abandon its new sexual misconduct policy because they say it violates the due process rights of the accused.

October 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UCLA Study Offers Hope on Emergency Room Crowding

The research could offer hope to those who worry that the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will not ease emergency room crowding as President Obama and others have predicted.

October 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Darker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More Frequently

A new study—titled “The Relationship Between Skin Tone and School Suspension for African Americans”—found that darker-skinned African-American students were more likely to be suspended than those with lighter skin tones.

October 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Roderick Smothers Selected as Philander Smith College’s President

Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, who currently serves as vice president for institutional advancement and development at Huston-Tillotson University, has been tapped to lead Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.

October 2, 2014