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African-American

Diverse Conversations: 3 Reasons You Should Care About Hispanic-Serving Institutions

As HSIs grow in number, it’s important for all college educators to realize the effect these schools will have on everyone else and why we should embrace Hispanic-friendly college policies.

December 22, 2015

African-American

Report: Muhammad Leaving Schomburg Center for Harvard

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is leaving his position as director of Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture next summer to take a tenured teaching position at Harvard University, according to the Amsterdam News. Muhammad, a great-grandson of the Nation of Islam’s former leader Elijah Muhammad, has been guiding the center for the past […]

December 20, 2015

African-American

Jackson State Raises Non-Black Enrollment, Gains Control of Endowment

JACKSON, Miss. ― Jackson State University will become the second of Mississippi’s three historically Black universities to gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit. Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce announced the transfer of $24.3 million at a meeting of the College Board last week. “We will transfer the money to them […]

December 20, 2015

Students

Desegregation Not Same as Diversity and Inclusion

Do colleges and university senior administrators have a coherent definition of diversity that moves beyond demographics?

December 17, 2015

African-American

A Crisis in Black Leadership? : Let Us Call a Spade a Spade

For many, me included, it is time that we as Black people in America critically examine the effectiveness of the leadership that we are providing to empower ourselves and other Black people in the Diaspora.

December 13, 2015

Students

Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award

ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]

December 10, 2015

Students

No Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat Party

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]

December 10, 2015

African-American

Man sues College of Charleston Citing Racial Discrimination

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― An employee at the College of Charleston has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to respond to complaints that his supervisor used the N-word and drew a racially insensitive picture of a black man while on the job. The Post and Courier reports Frederick Fortner, a Black man, […]

December 10, 2015

African-American

After Fisher Arguments, Justices Appear Typically Divided

The liberal and conservative justices showed themselves to be deeply divided over whether race should be a consideration in admissions policies at UT Austin and other institutions of higher education across the nation.

December 9, 2015

Students

Penn Latest to Rename Dorm ‘Masters’ over Racial Concerns

PHILADELPHIA ― The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest Ivy League institution to drop the title “master” to refer to student dorm leaders following weeks of protests against racial insensitivity on college campuses across the country. Penn decided to change the name from faculty “masters” to faculty “directors” to refer to the tenured, full-time […]

December 9, 2015

Students

Yale Teacher Resigns Over Offensive Halloween Costume Email

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― A Yale University faculty member who sparked protests when she said students should be free to push boundaries with Halloween costumes, even to the point of offense, resigned from her teaching position, the school announced Monday. Erika Christakis chose not to continue teaching in the spring semester, the university said on […]

December 8, 2015

Sports

University of Maryland President Urges Stadium Name Change

BALTIMORE ― Former University of Maryland President H.C. “Curley” Byrd’s name should come off of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium because he worked to maintain racial segregation and endorsed “separate but equal” education, the current president said Monday. Wallace D. Loh said in emails and letters to the university community and the Board of […]

December 7, 2015