9 Search results for "the chronicle of higher education"

REPORT: Higher Education System Perpetuates White Privilege
A new report shows that the current state of higher education in the United States continues to perpetuate racial inequality.
University System of Georgia’s African-American Male Initiative Helps Young Men Navigate College
University System of Georgia’s African American Male Initiative has helped young men navigate their way through college, with much success! What other ways can organizations work to increase the college enrollment of black males?
The Relevance and Legitimacy of Black Studies
Even after her dismissal from The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog, Naomi Schaefer Riley’s words continue to be debated, turned over, torn apart and even defended. Ineptitude aside, Schaefer Riley stirred up an interesting conversation around the legitimacy and relevance of black studies, women’s studies and gay and lesbian studies. These are academic disciplines […]
Today in Post-Race History: Brainstorming
Although I was rather unceremoniously catapulted from it, I occasionally hear stirrings in the Ivory Tower. And sometimes those goings-on warrant a drivel-laced comment from me. Late last week, Brainstorm, one of the blogs on The Chronicle of Higher Education website, ran a response to the its own feature on some members of Northwestern University’s first class of […]
What Does College Achievement Look Like [Map Edition]
What Does College Achievement Look Like [Map Edition] Hatty Lee, Colorlines | February 3, 2011 In the week since President Obama’s State of the Union address, there’s been lots of talk about educational disparities and which reforms will be necessary to make today’s kids competitive in a global economy. But what do those disparities look like […]
The violence of Black fratenities is a Black masculinity problem
by Daniel Johnson James Baldwin’s January 1985 essay for Playboy, ““Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood”, engages with a discussion on androgyny and the American idea of sexuality in which he raises questions about the American idea of masculinity. In the essay, Baldwin affixes violence as the key to the (white) American imagination of […]
Upward Bound grants for young people denied due to double-spacing and font errors
For many people, Upward Bound stepped in and helped them prepare for a future they may not have even imagined yet. Through tutoring, mentoring and many other activities, the program has helped students from low-income families prepare for and succeed in college and beyond. Unfortunately, a focus on grammatical errors may be inhibiting the program […]
May 23, 2011 – May 29, 2011
Black male students face long odds Abbey Doyle , The Herald Bulletin, May 29, 2011 Plan to capture black youths on camera Giordano Fenzi, The Voice, May 29, 2011 If Joblessness and Hopelessness Undermine Democracy in the Middle East, What about Here at Home? Dave Lindroff, TCBH News, May 28, 2011 Teen brings toy Uzi […]
Black Students Experience More Online Bias Than Whites
Black Students Experience More Online Bias Than Whites Jill Laster, The Chronicle, April 30, 2010 A new study has found that black students experience more online racial discrimination and generally have a more negative view of campus racial diversity than their white counterparts. Brendesha M. Tynes of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Suzanne […]