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Sports

HBCU Football Teams Suffer Losses for Greater Gain

The athletic departments of Historically Black Colleges and Universities have once again benefitted financially but their football teams certainly paid the price in this season’s matchups against big-time opponents.

September 23, 2013

Students

N.C. County School Board Removes ‘Invisible Man’ From Library Shelves

The Randolph County School Board has voted to take Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man from its library shelves after a parent complained.

September 19, 2013

Sports

Give Them the Chance to be Young, Gifted and Black

I have often said that if you are Black and male, when you leave the house, you may never see it again. Why? The chances of us being shot or killed are pretty high.

September 19, 2013

Sports

College Football Obsession: Sending the Wrong Academic Message?

This glorification of a sport, particularly in the case of college athletes, puts priorities in the wrong spot.

September 19, 2013

Students

Millennials the Victims of Circumstances

I would argue that circumstances have treated Millennials poorly as they have reached young adulthood and their post college years.

September 18, 2013

Sports

Football Effect? Texas A&M Raises Record $740M

Johnny Football isn’t just helping Texas A&M University on the football field.

September 16, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Former Ole Miss Chancellor Recalls Journey in New Memoir

Robert Khayat, University of Mississippi’s chancellor from 1995 through 2009, writes about the university’s challenges in his new book, The Education of a Lifetime.

September 15, 2013

Sports

UNC Considers Recruiting More Out-of-Staters at Minority Schools

North Carolina’s university system is debating whether to counter falling enrollment at six campuses that primarily serve Black and American Indian students by recruiting more out-of-state students.

September 12, 2013

Sports

Grambling Fires Head Football Coach

Grambling State fired head football coach Doug Williams on Wednesday after the Tigers lost the first two games of the season.

September 11, 2013

Sports

Analysis: 2012 Higher Education Enrollment Rate of Latino High School Graduates Surpassed That of Whites

For the first time, the college enrollment rate of Latino high school graduates surpassed that of White high school graduates in 2012, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project.

September 10, 2013

Sports

FAMU Band Back on the Field After Suspension

Florida A&M University’s famed band made its first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months on Sunday after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.

September 1, 2013

Sports

11-Year-Old Enrolls as a Freshman at Texas University

Like most college freshmen, Carson Huey-You is hoping to get good grades, make new friends and not get lost on campus. But unlike most freshmen, Carson is just 11 years old.

August 28, 2013