More than 40 national organizations joined in noting DOE’s apparent failure to embrace its duties in civil rights when it comes to higher education.
Preparation for a step competition at Bowie State University intersects with the anxiety-filled college application process.
JP Morgan Chase and Company recently announced that they would be extending their Fellowship Initiative to four cities including Los Angeles as part of the firm’s efforts to provide adults and young people with the education, skills and resources that contribute to greater economic mobility. This year, 117 students completed The Fellowship Initiative in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City and, 100 percent of those students are graduating from high school. Combined, they have been accepted into over 200 colleges and universities across the country. JPMorgan Chase launched the TFI pilot in New York in 2010 to explore
In a recent Saturday panel titled “One Step Ahead”, adults shared knowledge with young people
I just completed my freshman year of college, and words cannot express how much of a blast and an eye opener my first year was.
The University Of California Board Of Regents announced Georgia Tech Engineering Dean, Dr. Gary S. May, as the next University of California, Davis Chancellor. Dr. May will be UC Davis’ first African-American Chancellor.
Today, you are set to begin a new chapter in your life. Celebrate and bask in your well-deserved feeling of accomplishment now, because tomorrow is a new day and there is much work to be done.
Brandon sits with Cheryl Miller and talks plans for basketball
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before enrolling at Harvard University in 2017, a year later than had been widely expected, the president and his wife said in a long-awaited announcement Sunday.
Harvard encourages admitted students to defer for one year to travel, pursue a special project or activity, work or spend time in another meaningful way. The student must not enroll in a program at another college that would grant the student a degree.
Racial and gender hiring practices in college sports have improved slightly from a year ago but still lag behind those in professional sports, according to a diversity report released Thursday. The annual report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) reveals that in 2015, hiring for women made a slight improvement, while hiring for minorities took a marginal step backward from 2014. The combined overall grade for college sports in 2015 was a B with 81.2 points, up slightly from 81.1 points in 2014. The score for racial hiring in 2015 was a B with 83.6
Veterans and consumers of color often targeted for fraud
Among the 68 teams in the tournament, 12 have African American head coaches.
Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins pauses during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Chicago. Hawkins, who’s Christian, and posted her views on Facebook and wore a headscarf to show solidarity with Muslims, is disputing the university’s account of interactions with administrators who’ve initiated steps to fire her. Suburban Chicago’s Wheaton College initiated the termination-for-cause proceeding against Hawkins on Tuesday, saying she refused to participate in “clarifying conversations” about theological issues. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) The professor of a Christian college who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God said Wednesday that her views are in line with
Mike Gipson Joint oversight hearing on progress toward protecting UC and CSU students Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson), chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), conducted an oversight hearing to update the status of recommendations made in a 2014 report by the State Auditor regarding sexual violence at California Universities. The hearing brought together the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and Select Committee on Campus Climate, chaired respectively by Assemblymember Jose Medina and Assemblymember Shirley Weber. “While our universities continue to take measures to improve student safety, recent studies show that 1 in 4 women who attended college in
The CSU African American Initiative kicked off its’ 9th Annual CSU Super Saturday College Fair, which brought all 23 California State University Schools together at CSU Dominguez-Hills (CSUDH) on August 8, to provide over 2,000 young people and their families with important information about attending college.