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African-American

‘12 Years a Slave’ Shows Real Value of Ethnic History

This isn’t a movie that beats around the bush with style or euphemism.

January 19, 2014

Students

Some Schools Working Through MLK Holiday

While most public colleges and universities will be closed today to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a number will be open for business.

January 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Baraka’s Controversial Legacy

Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.

January 9, 2014

African-American

Harris-Perry’s Apology May Be Too Smart for Right-Wing Zealots

I saw her apology and hope it was enough to kill the fake outrage over a joke made on her show about Mitt Romney’s adoptive Black grandchild.

January 6, 2014

Students

Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class

A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.

January 1, 2014

Home

Foundation Organizes Community-Focused U.S. College Attainment Campaign

The Lumina Foundation has launched a community mobilization campaign aimed at helping residents in selected metropolitan areas increase their attainment of postsecondary degrees and certificates.

December 23, 2013

African-American

Mississippi State House Just 1st Stop for Student Jeramey Anderson

At 22, Tulane’s history-making state representative aims to aid HBCUs along the way as he charts a course to the White House.

December 22, 2013

Students

Harvard Student Appears in Court on Bomb Hoax Charge

A Harvard University student appeared briefly in federal court Wednesday, accused of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of four campus buildings so he could get out of a final exam.

December 18, 2013

Students

Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game-Changing’ Higher Education Reforms

The Washington-based Center for American Progress releases a pair of research reports that highlight three approaches for higher education reform models.

December 18, 2013

Students

Educators Protest Koch Gift to Catholic University

Some Catholic educators are protesting Catholic University of America’s recent acceptance of a $1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, which is affiliated with the libertarian Koch brothers.

December 17, 2013

African-American

Ohio University Helps Miami Tribe Preserve its History

Miami University is working to preserve 19th century land grant documents recently recovered by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

December 15, 2013