Read an article from Issue No. 62 (Winter 2008/2009):

Bob Jones University Apologizes for Its Racist Past --- Bob Jones University, the Bible college in Greenville, South Carolina, did not admit black students until the 1970s. Then, for a 30-year period, interracial dating was prohibited. Now the university has announced that its polices were wrong.

Outlook for the Endowments of Black Colleges --- Due to conservative investment strategies many black colleges and universities may have recorded a lower percentage drop in endowment values compared to the nation’s wealthiest universities. But this does not mean the black colleges are going to have an easier time weathering the severe current economic downturn.

The Snail-Like Progress of Blacks in Faculty Ranks of Higher Education --- Today there are more than 37,000 African Americans teaching full-time at colleges and universities in the United States. But at the current rate of progress, it will take nearly a century and a half for the percentage of African-American college faculty to reach parity with the percentage of blacks in the nation’s population.

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