Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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Aug 28, 2019 | 0 comments
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65 Years After Brown: America’s Public Schools Remain Racially Segregated
According to a new report from The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, White students, on average, attend a school in which 69 percent of students are White. Black students, who account for 15 percent of enrollment, as they did in 1970, attend schools that on average have Black enrollments of 47 percent.
May 20, 2019 | 3 comments
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Uju Anya Wins First Book Award From the American Association for Applied Linguistics
Uju Anya is an assistant professor of education and research affiliate for the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Pennsylvania State University. The award recognizes a scholar whose first book represents outstanding work in the field of applied linguistics.
Mar 29, 2019 | 0 comments
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Danielle Laraque-Arena Named Scholar-in-Residence at New York Academy of Medicine
Most recently, Dr. Laraque-Arena served as President and Health System CEO of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. She has held academic appointments at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Jan 18, 2019 | 0 comments
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Study Finds That Institutional Support Is Essential for Black Ph.D. Students in STEM Fields to Succeed
The research team investigated why Black graduate students were nearly three times less likely to have published a paper in an academic journal than White, Asian, and graduate students from other underrepresented groups.
Jan 14, 2019 | 2 comments
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UCLA Renames Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance to Honor Herbie Hancock
The change is in line with a decision by the Washington, D.C.-based Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz following a request by the Monk estate regarding the continued use of Thelonious Monk’s name.
Dec 18, 2018 | 0 comments
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Harvard University Acquires the Papers of Angela Davis
Professor Davis, who taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz until 2008, has been a political activist for most of her life, advocating for the rights of African Americans, women, and prison inmates.
UCLA-Led Survey Examines Racial Differences in Public Policy Views
A major survey conducted after the 2016 election led by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, shows widespread racial differences in public policy issues involving health care, climate change, federal spending, immigration, education, and other issues.
Mar 27, 2017 | 0 comments
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Walter E. Williams to Receive the $250,000 Bradley Prize
Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Professor Williams, a conservative economist, writes a syndicated newspaper column and is the author of 10 books.
Mar 14, 2017 | 0 comments
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UCLA Study Examines the Racial Disparity in School Discipline
The report found that the largest racial gap in school suspensions in the elementary grades is in Missouri. For secondary school students, the largest racial gap in suspensions is in Wisconsin.
Mar 23, 2015 | 0 comments
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A Statistical Portrait of First-Year Students at Black Colleges and Universities
This nationwide survey prepared by UCLA compares current first-year students in terms of characteristics such as family income, grades in high school, future goals, study habits, political views, and social activities.
Feb 16, 2015 | 2 comments
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Eugene Washington Named Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University
Dr. Washington has been serving as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, vice chancellor for health sciences, and CEO of the University of California, Los Angeles Health System. He will begin his duties at Duke on April 1.
Jan 26, 2015 | 0 comments
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UCLA Faculty to Vote on Instituting a Requirement for Undergraduates to Take a Diversity Course
The proposal calls for each undergraduate to complete a course with a grade of C or better that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious, or other types of diversity.
Oct 21, 2014 | 0 comments
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Product of Foster Care System Accepted at Nine Different Medical Schools
Festus Ohan was removed from the care of his mother at the age of 5. When he was 13, his father abandoned him and one of his two sisters. He was placed in foster care. Only 2 percent of children placed in foster homes earn degrees from four-year colleges but Ohan beat the odds.
Jun 11, 2014 | 2 comments
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Four Elite California Universities in Joint Effort to Boost Minority Ph.D.s in STEM Fields
The consortium, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, includes Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of California at Los Angeles and is led by the University of California at Berkeley.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Dec 20, 2013 | 0 comments
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Task Force Finds Fault in UCLA’s Racial Bias Complaint Policies
An internal task force at the University of California at Los Angeles issued a report that concluded that policies and procedures currently in place to deal with complaints of racial bias and discrimination from faculty members are inadequate.
Oct 28, 2013 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
May 10, 2013 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Antronette Yancey, 1957-2013
A professor of public health at the University of California at Los Angeles, she was a leading advocate of brief periods of exercise throughout the day for schoolchildren and office workers. As an undergraduate, she played varsity basketball at Northwestern University.
May 02, 2013 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Racial Differences in Sources of Stress for College and University Faculty
A new report from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California at Los Angeles finds personal finances and perceived discrimination are major sources of stress for Black faculty members.
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 comments
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