Tag: African American/Black: Page 23

Leadership & Policy

Howard-Vital Steps Down as Cheyney University President

Cheyney University is the latest HBCU to experience a swift change in leadership, about a month before undergraduate students are scheduled to return to campus.

July 3, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Process to Pick New College President in Philadelphia Proves Problematic

The unconventional search process for a new community college president at CCP managed to both frustrate faculty and embattle a mayor and new president.

July 3, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Course Correction Uncertain for Increasing Black Enrollment in Higher Ed Financial Help Not Likely on Horizon for Tribal Colleges Panel: Community-Based Programs Vital for Black Male Educational Achievement Help for the Armchair Athletic Director

June 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Cornell University ‘National Treasure’ Points to Poverty as Root of World’s Turbulence

As an international authority on African legal systems, human rights and development, Muna Ndulo has keen insight into some of the conflicts and turbulent events that have dominated world news in recent months.

June 19, 2014

Students

HBCUs Challenged to Address LGBT, Diversity Issues

Leaders at HBCU Student Success Summit say that they are making progress, but their campuses remain conservative at the core despite shifting national sentiment.

June 19, 2014

African-American

Reflections on the O.J. Simpson Trial

It has been 20 years since the trial of O.J. Simpson captivated the nation.

June 11, 2014

African-American

Furious Flower Poetry Center Ensures Voices Like Angelou’s Continue to Be Heard

Arguably one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, her work has been taken up by a new generation.

June 10, 2014

Students

Chicago’s Urban Prep Applauds Its First College Graduates

The inner-city charter high school for young Black males is celebrating its first alums to earn their bachelor’s degrees.

June 5, 2014

African-American

Yuri Kochiyama, Human Rights Advocate and Malcom X Ally, Dies

She is perhaps most known for cradling Malcolm X’s head in her lap as he died from gunshot wounds in 1965, an image captured in a Life magazine photo.

June 4, 2014

African-American

North Carolina Scraps Plan to Consider Elizabeth City State Closure

The North Carolina state Senate reversed itself over the weekend and removed a provision in its $21.2 billion budget that would have called for plans to potentially close Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black school that has struggled with declining enrollment and its resulting financial challenges.

June 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Those Who Lived It See Unresolved Issues of Brown v. BOE Today

The panel, “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era,” addressed issues of continuing inequality in the U.S. school system at the Rayburn House.

June 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

The Downside of Trigger Warnings

Though designed to protect, trigger warnings can suppress academic freedom.

May 27, 2014