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Faculty & Staff

North Carolina HBCU Students Embrace Technology to Discuss Foreign Policy

Faculty members and students from five HBCUs gathered in the battleground state via videoconference to prep for Monday night’s presidential debate.

October 23, 2012

Tenure

Appreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick Bell

The heroic life of Derrick Bell demonstrates that even in the most difficult of circumstances, it is possible to protect one’s moral autonomy, an Eckerd College political scientist writes.

October 17, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Book Special, Part III

DiverseEducation.com celebrates Black History Month with a three-part book review series, featuring a broad selection of African-American historical and cultural titles.

February 24, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Starts Here

As Black History Month approaches, many readers look for new books, either for their own reading pleasure, for courses or for special seminars and discussions. Diversebooks.net offers many titles that would be excellent additions to any library.

January 11, 2011

African-American

Black College Graduate Excels as UNCF Special Programs Leader

Aaron Andrews, the CEO of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp., credits the mentoring he received at Morgan State University for transforming “an insecure, inner-city kid” into a first-generation college graduate now bringing education to a new generation of disadvantaged minorities.

October 11, 2010

HBCUs

White House, U.S. Department of Education Officials to Address Historically Black Colleges and Universities National Conference

White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes will address attendees at the 2010 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference Monday morning, Sept. 13. The annual HBCU conference takes place Sept. 12-14 during National HBCU Week, which is Sept. 12 -18.

September 12, 2010

Latinx

Assessing Arizona

Three Mexican-American scholars discuss Arizona’s immigration law and its ramifications on the state’s colleges and universities.

June 21, 2010

Latinx

Obama Naming Hispanics to Top Posts at Record Pace

More than half of the Hispanic appointees, whose jobs required Senate confirmation, hold an Ivy League degree, and more than a quarter, like the president, have a diploma from Harvard, an Associated Press review found.

December 21, 2009

Students

Family, Education Struggles Motivate Immigration Reform Activism

Latino students, including Georgetown University freshman Alma Huerta, are seeking to revive national immigration reform debate.

October 13, 2009

Home

The Obama Books Boom

As Barack Obama’s rise to power inspires a flood of books, scholars hope the publishing trend will yield serious analysis.

July 8, 2009

Home

Trusted Obama Adviser Susan Rice to be UN Envoy

Susan Rice, the first African-American woman named as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, brings to the job a lifetime’s work on international issues, an insider’s knowledge of the White House and State Department, and close ties to President-elect Barack Obama.

December 1, 2008

Students

Both Obama and McCain Seen as Keeping Muslim Americans at ‘Arms Length’

Muslim and Arab Americans could tip the balance in the close presidential race.

October 27, 2008