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African-American

In Architecture, African-Americans Stuck on Ground Floor in Terms of Numbers

Fewer than 2 percent of the 105,000 licensed architects in the USA are African-American, according to the National Association of Minority Architects.

August 5, 2013

Community Colleges

EDGE Program Helps Women Complete Graduate Math Programs

In 2010, although women represented about 52 percent of all Ph.D.s, they earned fewer than 30 percent of math and statistics Ph.D.s.

August 1, 2013

African-American

What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?

We live in a sex-crazed culture.

July 29, 2013

Leadership & Policy

The Passing of a Cherished Mentor

One of my closest friends and mentors, Dr. Barbara Eleanor Adams, transitioned early last week at the age of 74.

May 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Mississippi Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Woolworth Sit-In

Education and Tourism Officials Unveil a Marker to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-In.

May 27, 2013

Disabilties

AAUW Urges Action on Child Care, Women’s STEM Participation at Community Colleges

The American Association of University Women released a report to highlight the need for child care services at community colleges as well as the role two-year schools can play to provide STEM opportunities for women.

May 9, 2013

African-American

These Junior Rocket Scientists Have Their Sights on Top-Flight Colleges

Team Rocket Power is the only African-American all-girls team to qualify for national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge.

May 5, 2013

Students

Diversity in College Faculty Just as Important as Student Body

In order for colleges and universities to truly prepare students for the real world, these places of higher learning need to cultivate diverse populations.

April 24, 2013

Students

Tennessee HBCUs Take On Obesity

The Tennessee Department of Health has announced that five historically Black institutions in the state are part of a grant program to help the schools educate their respective campus communities about the dangers of obesity.

February 27, 2013

African-American

Black History Month: The Debate Rages On

One cannot log on to the Internet, listen to talk radio (of all political persuasions) come across a number of blogs and other forms of media without encountering a discussion on Black History month.

February 21, 2013

African-American

Humiliation, Ridicule of Black Women Must End

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or are a transplant from another planet, you are most likely aware of the controversy surrounding the formerly, now recently cancelled proposed Oxygen network program “All My Baby Mamas.”

January 16, 2013

Community Colleges

More college-age women than men treated for drunkenness

Paramedics in the college town of Amherst say a rising number of college-age women need medical attention for alcohol abuse.

December 9, 2012