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Leadership & Policy

Georgetown University to Atone for Slavery Ties

Georgetown derived operational funds from the profits of Maryland plantations and benefited from the sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.

September 1, 2016

Sports

Thanks to Colin Kaepernick and Those Who Can’t Stand Racial Injustice

The presence of sport in American society has always lived under the long shadow of racism.

September 1, 2016

Students

A Recipe for Success in Educating STEM Leaders

Is there a recipe for success? Nothing beats hard work, we can all agree on that.

August 31, 2016

Students

The Letter No School Administrator Wants to Write

Tim King founded Urban Prep Academies to help Chicago’s young Black men succeed. Each time a current or former student is killed in a shooting, he has the difficult task of delivering the news.

August 31, 2016

Students

Chicago Native Can’t Escape Feeling of Vulnerability to Violence

Darius Johnson, a Columbia University graduate student, says he left a violent Chicago neighborhood to go to college but says that “feeling completely safe is a luxury I fear I’ll never have, no matter where I am.”

August 30, 2016

Students

Police Probe Brawl that Killed College Student after Party

ITHACA, N.Y. ― An Ithaca College student fatally stabbed at Cornell University was attacked while trying to help a fellow student amid a series of fights after a weekend party, his sister said Monday. Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old sophomore from New York City who was majoring in business administration, and his friend were stabbed early […]

August 30, 2016

Students

Texas University President Fired after Controversial Remarks

SAN ANTONIO ― A Texas university has fired its president after he had been placed on medical leave because of “uncharacteristic behavior and comments.” The San Antonio Express-News reports the University of the Incarnate Word’s governing board on Monday announced it had voted to remove Louis Agnese Jr. as president. The newspaper says Agnese’s firing […]

August 30, 2016

Students

Another University furls Confederate-themed Mississippi Flag

JACKSON, Miss. ― Another Mississippi university has stopped flying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi State University becomes the sixth of the state’s eight public universities to do so. University spokesman Sid Salter said Tuesday that President Mark Keenum approved deans’ plans to remove the flag from four locations […]

August 30, 2016

Students

Increasing HBCU Retention: It’s the Small Things

Administration may overlook the collection of issues that may lead students to attrition, transferring from an HBCU to a predominantly White institution (PWI), community college or giving up higher education altogether for each individual student.

August 28, 2016

African-American

Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home Gets New Lease on Life

A plan to sell Langston Hughes’ Harlem home has been derailed — at least for now ― thanks to the tenacious work of poet and teacher Renee Watson.

August 24, 2016

Students

Yousufzai Introduces Students to Beauty of Science

Dr. Sardar Yousfzai, an assistant professor in the Division of Natural Sciences at Paine College, has dedicated each summer for the past 10 years to hosting a free summer chemistry camp to middle and high school youth.

August 24, 2016

African-American

Restoring Voting Rights to Felons a Step Toward Ending Black Voter Suppression

In deciding to restore voting rights to 13,000 former felons, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took a “bold” step to end a practice of Black voter suppression that hearkens back to the Reconstruction Era.

August 22, 2016