Will Black Colleges Survive the Economic Downturn?

Two articles caught by eye today.

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is laying off 10% of its faculty and staff according to the February 7th edition of the Los Angeles Times.

And the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on the same day that Clark Atlanta University is cutting 70 faculty and 30 staff positions.

Separation Anxiety (HBCUs)

From the Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119638557991308817.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Columbia Students Call Off Racial Issues Hunger Stikre

From Emerging Minds, http://www.emergingminds.org/magazine/content/diaspora.php?itemid=5535

Minority Students Fuel Rise in Graduate Enrollments

From the Chronicle of Higher Education, http://chronicle.com/news/article/3520/minority-students-fuel-rise-in-graduate-enrollments

Monday, November 19, 2007

Study Naming Detroit Most Dangerous City Criticized for “an irresponsible misuse” of Crime Data, from the Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/NEWS05/711190333/1001

African American Juveniles 10 Times More Likely than White Children to be Given Life Without Parole , from the Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004022385_juveniles19.html?syndication=rss

Republican Party of Florida Kicks Off First Black Republican Conference, from PR Newswire, http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/11-16-2007/0004707558&EDATE=

Sony Pictures to Release This Christmas on November 21–Story of Middle-Class Black Family, http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thischristmas/

Websites of the Day:

Republic Party of Florida, http://www.rpof.org/

Matching Top Colleges & Low Income Students

From the Wall St. Journal CollegeJournal blog, http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20071116-carlton.html?mod=RSS_College_Journal&coljrss=frontpage

Soccer Team at Fisk University Beats Nashville #1

From blackathlete.net, http://www.blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Soccer_11/Fisk_University_s_Soccer_Team_Makes_History.shtml

Harvard Professor Gates Uses Paper & DNA to Trace African Ancestry

From the Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/11/15/harvard_professors_project_fine_tunes_searches_for_black_roots/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Massachusetts+news

Gates’ project web site: http://www.africandna.com/

Nooses Found At Cal State Fullerton Tolerance Rally

From the L.A. Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-noose16nov16,1,6722458.story?track=rss