Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 55

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Commonwealth University Group Seeks to Increase Number of Black Faculty

RICHMOND, Va. — A group at Virginia Commonwealth University is working to reverse a decline in Black faculty members. Black Education Association president and psychology teacher Faye Z. Belgrave tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the percentage of Black faculty is lower today than it was a decade ago. A report presented to the Board of […]

December 28, 2014

African-American

Effigies of Blacks Found Hanging by Nooses at UC Berkeley

Three cardboard cutouts of Black people were found hanging by nooses Saturday on the Berkeley campus of the University of California.

December 14, 2014

Students

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Sees More Minority Students

Minority student enrollment at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus is the highest it’s been in at least two decades.

December 1, 2014

Students

Universities Building Again After Recession

The University of Notre Dame campus is becoming a vast construction zone, leading a building boom that’s taking hold on campuses across the country as the economy improves.

November 30, 2014

African-American

New Jersey Looks at ‘Yes Means Yes’ College Policy

You think the attractive woman at the party who has been chatting you up all night is ready to take things to the next level. She seems to be throwing all the right signals.

November 23, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Marion Barry, The People’s Choice

The former city councilman and four-term mayor was nothing short of a living, breathing testament to fortitude.

November 23, 2014

Students

University of Virginia Suspends Fraternal Activities Amid Investigation

The University of Virginia on Saturday suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations amid an investigation into a published report in which a student described being sexually assaulted by seven men at a fraternity in 2012.

November 23, 2014

Students

Official Says Florida State University Gunman Was Alumnus

A Florida State University alumnus and attorney shot three people at the school’s library early Thursday before being killed by police, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

November 20, 2014

Leadership & Policy

White House Now Turning Attention to Girls of Color

The White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after months of complaints that they were left out of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative for young men.

November 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State Get Cancer Research Grant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama State University have been given a federal grant to research and reduce disparities in cancer rates.

November 11, 2014

HBCUs

Election Diversity Problem Emerges: Faulty Opinion Polling

How polling methods leave out people of color.

November 9, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

In Case You Missed It…

Many For-Profit Institutions Do Little to Benefit Students Review: Howard Fuller Chronicles His Road to Education Activism San Francisco State Encouraging Underrepresented to March Forward, Give Back Xavier University to Lead Chinese Language Study in La. Schools

November 7, 2014