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Faculty & Staff

Black Professors Under Pressure At Duke; Six Black Faculty Quit

Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway threatened to quit yesterday citing exhaustion.

June 12, 2006

Students

Operation Black Male

The media and scholarly literature are replete with countless reminders of the negative plight of…

May 31, 2006

African-American

Looking for a Cut Card

When a million immigrants flooded the streets of Los Angeles, and a quarter as many thronged into the customary protest space…

May 31, 2006

African-American

Howard University Trio Repeats Skins Competition Victory

Repeating their winning ways for a second consecutive year, three Howard University seniors took top honors…

May 31, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Auditor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Faculty Diversity Is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty…

May 17, 2006

African-American

University of Arkansas Professor Identifies School’s First Black Student

A University of Arkansas professor has identified the person he believes was the school’s first Black student. Sociologist Gordon Morgan has sought the identity of the student for years and recently got his answer: James McGahee, one of the institution’s original students when it opened in 1872.

April 30, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Auditor: UMKC Faculty Diversity is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty, according to an audit commissioned by the school.

April 27, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Kentucky Looks for Better Ways to Retain Minority College Students

Minority high school graduates are heading off to Kentucky colleges and universities in record numbers, but studies show they’re still lagging behind their White classmates when it comes to getting a four-year degree…

April 11, 2006

Faculty & Staff

National Geographic Unveils Ancient Manuscript on Relationship Between Jesus and Judas

For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story…

April 5, 2006

Students

Clemson Best Practices Conference

In an academic climate where affirmative action continues to come under attack, creating a campus environment to help…

February 22, 2006

African-American

A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

In his best-selling book The World Is Flat, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman examines the technological and social shifts that have leveled the economic world…

February 8, 2006

Students

Clemson Hosts National Conference in Black Student Achievement

Creating a climate for diversity on college campuses will help attract, retain and graduate more Black students…

January 26, 2006