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African-American

Stanford: Ethnic Studies Courses Help At-risk High School Students

High school ethnic studies courses focusing on how race and culture can impact life and identity can sometimes improve attendance and academic performance of students who are at risk of dropping out.

February 3, 2016

International

Diverse Docket: Retired Professor Waited Too Long to Sue

Judge rules Iran-born retired business professor waited too long to sue the University of Illinois at Springfield for purported racial and national origin discrimination.

January 3, 2016

African-American

Men and Religion: A Reluctant Relationship

This is news that is probably not all that surprising to most people: men are less likely to embrace religion than women.

January 3, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Defending the Relevance, Importance of HBCUs in a White Privileged Society

There are some HBCUs that are struggling to survive and there are some thriving as well. The same applies to PWIs. However, unlike HBCUs, these institutions are not lumped into one category and treated as monolithic.

December 2, 2015

African-American

Suicide, Substance Abuse Taking Toll on Segment of Middle-aged Whites

There has been a lot of buzz about the recent report conducted by recent Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton and his co-author and wife, Anne Case.

November 12, 2015

Faculty & Staff

2 University of Iowa Student Groups Say They Have Lost Faith in Regents

University of Iowa students are joining the faculty in issuing votes of no-confidence in the school’s governing board, days after the hiring of a president with little campus support or higher education experience.

September 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Setting the Curve

Becker College’s academic, enrollment, fiscal metrics all show marked improvement under leadership of Dr. Robert Johnson.

August 12, 2015

Students

HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News

The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.

July 9, 2015

African-American

Symbolic Gestures Distracting from Black Community’s Key Issues

Many times such nominal gestures wind up having insufficient funds when it’s time to cash them in. We cannot lose sight of the importance of substance.

July 6, 2015

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Baltimore Stands in Stark Contrast to Charleston Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment Media Fuels Negative Perception of Black Athletes Diverse Conversations: Why Diversity on Campus Matters in Real World

June 11, 2015

Opinion

‘San Andreas’ Movie Stereotypes Academics

Are all professors doomed to not kiss the girl and look like Paul Giamatti?

June 8, 2015

African-American

And Still We Rise

Construction of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture belies struggle of many Black history museums.

February 13, 2015