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Students

Citywide College Scholarship Programs Show Promising, Limited Results

During a panel discussion at the Education Writers Association’s national seminar, journalists who have covered citywide scholarship initiatives detail the pros and cons of such programs.

May 18, 2014

African-American

Texas House Panel Set to Vote on Hall Impeachment

A group of state lawmakers is set to vote on whether to recommend removing Wallace Hall from office as University of Texas System regent.

May 11, 2014

Home

Nation’s Report Card: No Gains for 12th-Graders

In an abysmal showing, only about one-quarter of U.S. high school seniors performed solidly in math in a major assessment known as the nation’s report card.

May 7, 2014

Students

Texas Tech Invites Rice as Commencement Speaker

Texas Tech University remained hopeful Tuesday that ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will accept one of three speaking offers for future graduation ceremonies.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Condoleeza Rice Backs Out of Rutgers Commencement

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ― Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

May 5, 2014

Students

U.S. Teachers Not Nearly as Diverse as Their Students

WASHINGTON ― U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.

May 5, 2014

African-American

Pay Gap Persists at University of Iowa

On average, female professors at the University of Iowa make less money than their male counterparts.

May 1, 2014

Students

Dr. Victoria Defrancesco Soto

Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto is a fellow at the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Aff airs at the University of Texas. Her research on political behavior has been widely published in scholarly journals and cited in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, and POLITICO. […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma

Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma is associate professor of African-American studies, Asian American studies and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she has received several outstanding teaching awards. Her scholarship focuses on Afro/Asian American relations, especially in studying the relationship between the two through hiphop music. Sharma is writing her second book, “Hidden Hapas: Multiracial Blacks […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud

Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud is dean of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University. Her research interests include diversity, mentoring and intergroup relations. Friday – Stroud has more than 20 years of consulting experience in strategic planning, leadership training and diversity course development. She has done consulting for General Mills, Eli Lilly and […]

May 1, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta University President to Retire in June 2015

Clark Atlanta University President Carlton E. Brown has announced plans to retire in June of 2015.

April 30, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Budget Board Approves $6M Loan to South Carolina State University

The loan is to keep the financially battered HBCU afloat for the rest of the school year, but how it continues to operate after that remains questionable.

April 30, 2014