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Sports

Study: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than Pipeline

A recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.

May 22, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Current Head of Mississippi Valley is Pick for Jackson State

JACKSON, Miss. — The College Board is choosing the head of Mississippi Valley State University as its preferred candidate to lead Jackson State University. Trustee C.D. Smith announced the choice Monday. William Bynum Jr. became president of Mississippi Valley, the smallest of Mississippi’s eight public universities, in 2013. He will meet with members of the […]

May 22, 2017

Students

Swygert: Loan Servicing Change Could Rock HBCUs

Any wrong turn, albeit well intentioned, could further jeopardize the fragile state of HBCUs, Dr. H. Patrick Sywgert warned a crowd of several hundred attendees this weekend at “The Grand Boule Forum on HBCUs.”

May 21, 2017

Students

Harvard Student Submits Rap Album as His Senior Thesis

BOSTON — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of an […]

May 21, 2017

African-American

NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes

WASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]

May 21, 2017

Leadership & Policy

3 African Americans Selected to Lead Community Colleges in N.Y.

Three African Americans were recently appointed to lead three community colleges in the state of New York. The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees, along with the boards of Jefferson, Rockland, and Tompkins Cortland community colleges boards named Drs. Ty A. Stone, Michael A. Baston and Orinthia T. Montague to these top […]

May 21, 2017

African-American

Experts See Early STEM Exposure as Key to Fortifying Cybersecurity

If students were exposed to STEM earlier in life, the nation’s cybersecurity could be improved, a U.S. Congresswoman said Thursday at a forum called “Defending The Web.”

May 18, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Search for New Jackson State President Continues

JACKSON, Miss. — Trustees are still looking for a new president for Jackson State University. After hours of closed debate Thursday, College Board President C.D. Smith said trustees haven’t reached a consensus, and are now broadening their search beyond the three unnamed finalists they have been considering. Smith says it’s wrong to say the search […]

May 18, 2017

Students

Leaders of Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant

The presidents and chancellors of 10 minority-serving institutions called on members of Congress to strengthen federal investment in the Pell program, in a letter released on Wednesday afternoon.

May 17, 2017

Students

Newly-minted Doctor Mixing Hip-hop and Science

Just prior to Dr. Edmund Adjapong receiving his doctoral hood, he and his mentor, Dr. Christopher Emdin, reflected on how they inspire students of color to embrace science by infusing their teaching with hip-hop culture.

May 17, 2017

Students

Intondi Changing Lives Through Education and Civic Engagement

Dr. Vincent Intondi not only propels meaningful discussion in the classroom, but he also creates space on campus for thoughtful conversation and solidarity.

May 16, 2017

Students

Post-Brown Diversity has to Mean More Than Numbers

Brown v. Board of Education was as much a stepping stone to building a diverse democracy as it was about the attainment of equal educational opportunities for non-White students.

May 16, 2017