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Sports

Study: Few Minority Football Coaches Reflects Leadership

Study: Few Minority Football Coaches Reflects LeadershipORLANDO, Fla. The dearth of minorities who are college football head coaches reflects the lack of diversity among campus and conference leaders, a University of Central Florida study released in November concludes. UCF’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found there were five Blacks and one Hispanic employed […]

December 15, 2004

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From Humble Beginnings

From Humble BeginningsEveryone at Bethune-Cookman College knows the elements of the legend. The five little girls who were in the first class. The $1.50 Mrs. Bethune had in her pocket. The blackberry juice they used for ink. The boxes that became desks. From this humble beginning, Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become a legend in […]

November 17, 2004

Students

Taking it to the NEXT LEVEL

Taking it to the NEXT LEVELBy Ronald RoachFew former college presidents can boast of a career as accomplished and varied as Dr. Michael L. Lomax. His résumé, which include tenure as a college professor, 12 years in political office as the Fulton County executive in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the presidency of Dillard University […]

September 8, 2004

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Hip-Hop Viewed Through the Prisms Of Race and Gender

Hip-Hop Viewed Through the Prisms Of Race and GenderAs the nation’s premier historically Black college for women, the Spelman community prides itself on addressing issues of race and gender through critical thinking and meaningful dialogue — asking questions and seeking answers to the nuances of history and popular culture that relate to and affect Black […]

August 11, 2004

Faculty & Staff

The Best Is yet to Come

The Best Is yet to ComeWomen of color have risen to the top ranks in higher education, and observers agree that more leadership opportunities are on the horizonBy Kendra HamiltonIn some ways the picture for women of color in higher education leadership has never looked brighter. “We have Ruth Simmons, a woman of amazing grace […]

June 16, 2004

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Reading the Notes for Hip-Hop, Popular Culture

Reading the Notes for Hip-Hop, Popular CultureCheck It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public SphereBy Dr. Gwendolyn D. PoughNortheastern University Press, June 2004, 256 pages, $50.00 cloth, ISBN 1555536085; $20.00 paper, ISBN 1555536077 In this book, Dr. Gwendolyn D. Pough explores the complex relationship between Black women, hip-hop and feminism. […]

April 21, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Who’s Playin’ Whom?

Who’s Playin’ Whom?Overwhelming influence of hip-hop  culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty    By Pearl StewartIn December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article in Black Issues titled “The Miseducation of Hip-Hop,” Midgette didn’t hold back: […]

April 21, 2004

HBCUs

N.C. Students, Faculty Address HIV Outbreak

N.C. Students, Faculty Address HIV OutbreakBy Eleanor Lee YatesDURHAM, N.C.More than 450 students and faculty from North Carolina’s 12 historically Black colleges and universities recently gathered to discuss the alarming increase of HIV rates among Black students. “Stomp Out HIV/STDs,” held on the weekend of March 20, was sponsored by North Carolina Central University and […]

April 21, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Racism, Sexism Persist on U.S. College Campuses, Study Finds

Racism, Sexism Persist on U.S. College Campuses, Study FindsCOLUMBIA, Mo.A new study shows large numbers of female and minority faculty experience a particularly challenging and sometimes hostile campus climate, even as universities across the United States seek to create an academic environment free of such hindrances as racism and sexism. “We found that the lack […]

December 17, 2003

HBCUs

Georgia On the Mind

Georgia On the MindThe state’s higher education system puts research, policy focus on Black males By Ronald RoachAmong education researchers and higher education administrators around the nation, it is well known that African American male college attendance and completion rates are lagging behind those of males in other racial and ethnic groups as well as […]

October 22, 2003

Students

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your HomeworkSo you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, […]

July 2, 2003

Health

Study Documents Domestic Violence by Race, Income

Study Documents Domestic Violence by Race, Income PROVIDENCE, R.I.Black and Hispanic women, especially Black women in more affluent neighborhoods, are overrepresented in police-reported domestic violence information compiled by the Rhode Island Department of Health, according to a new analysis published in the journal Public Health Reports. Four Brown University researchers found that although Black and […]

May 7, 2003