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Students

Study: Hazing Still a Problem on Campus

Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.

March 11, 2008

Community Colleges

More High-achieving Students Are Choosing Community Colleges First

Two-year colleges are increasingly serving high-achieving students, while at the same time, trying to avoid mission creep.

February 20, 2008

Community Colleges

All In The Family

Last February, associate editor Toni Coleman looked into whether DNA tracing was an expensive waste of time, given the increasing popularity of African-Americans setting out to learn their African lineage.

February 20, 2008

Community Colleges

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month.

February 6, 2008

Students

Transcripts: Diverse Web Chat on the State of Black Greek Letter Organizations

Here is the modified transcript from Diverse’s web chat on the state of Black Greek-letter Organizations, held Nov. 14.

November 14, 2007

Students

Best & Brightest: An Immigrant’s Story From a Community College to Cornell

It was a bit unsettling, all the moving around Julio Torres did as a child, from the Dominican Republic, to Puerto Rico, to live with a grandmother; to the United States, to live with an aunt.

October 15, 2007

Students

Navajo Leaders Struggle To Understand University of Arizona Tragedy

The two Navajo girls, scholarship winners studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson, were the kind of young people Navajo elders hope and pray will carry on for them. Now, one is dead; The other is charged with her murder; And a community struggles to understand.

September 13, 2007

Faculty & Staff

BIG Black Issues Quiz

The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth 10 points.

July 14, 2007

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Black Issues Quiz

The Black issues Quiz, offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth ten points.

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

Black Issues Quiz

The Black Issues Quiz, or BIQ offers you the opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth ten points.

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

How did they do that?

Forthcoming Mellon Foundation study documents activities that lead to African American success on standardized tests

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

Black scientists: a history of exclusion, part 2 – includes related article – Cover Story

The first African American to receive a doctoral degree in the United States was a scientist. Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet (1852-1918) was a native of New Haven, Connecticut, who graduated from Yale University’s undergraduate school in 1874, and completed his Ph.D. in physics there in 1876.

July 12, 2007