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African-American

Saint Paul’s College Proceeds to Close Its Doors

Millard “Pete” Stith Jr., who was hired to raise funds for Saint Paul, is now in charge of officially closing down the campus.

July 22, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alcorn State Celebrates Medgar Evers’ Civil Rights Legacy

The thriving land-grant institution in rural Mississippi hosted the last leg of celebrations in the state honoring Evers 50 years after his assassination.

June 13, 2013

African-American

Ifill Ready to Resume Fight for the Marginalized

Sherrilyn Ifill wanted to be a civil rights lawyer, but she never dreamed she would someday lead the historic NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

February 19, 2013

Leadership & Policy

UNCF’s Latest Challenge is Engaging Youth

The United Negro College Fund’s primary goal remains keeping students in school after getting them in.

February 18, 2013

Community Colleges

A Guide for Embracing Diversity at Elite Institutions

Elite institutions are often criticized for their historical legacy of excluding specific populations and facilitating privilege.

November 21, 2012

African-American

Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington

Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.

June 8, 2010

African-American

Black History Month Special: Oberlin’s Celebrated, But Difficult History

In his new book, the Oberlin emeritus archivist and professor of history talks about how his book painstakingly unravels clues of how the college faced the challenges of establishing a racially and culturally diverse institution from 1835 up to 2007.

February 24, 2010

Students

BOOK REVIEW: Creatiing a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens

It is not by chance that Dr. Mitchell L. Stevens, the author of Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites (Harvard University Press, 2007), appropriately chooses the word “class” in his book titles.

May 12, 2009

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Howard Alternative Spring Breakers Get Harsh Realities

Local news headlines in Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, La., featured the work of Howard University students striving to make a difference by exchanging the carefree luxuries of spring break for an alternative.

March 24, 2009

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A “Legacy” of Racial Injustice

It’s admission time again — this month admission staffs at the nation’s elite institutions are scrutinizing hundreds of college applications. It’s also legacy time again.

January 23, 2008

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Perspectives: A “Legacy” of Racial Injustice in American Higher Education

It’s admissions time again — this month admissions staff at the nation’s elite institutions are cooped up for days, scrutinizing hundreds of college applications. It’s also legacy time again….

January 21, 2008

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: ACE Names First Woman President

Former UNC president Molly Corbett Broad was named president of ACE; Johns Hopkins researchers find Blacks’ reluctance to participate in medical studies is a direct result of the Tuskegee experiment; and recipients of the Tien Education Leadership Awards are announced.

January 14, 2008