The Top Feeder Schools for Black Medical Students
Howard University produced the most Black applicants to U.S. medical schools in 2011 but by a large margin Xavier University in New Orleans produced the most graduates who earned medical degrees.
Minority Residents at Yale Medical School Form a Networking Group
The Minority Housestaff Organization will help recruit and retain minority students and focus on mentorship, community outreach, and networking/social events.
A Check-Up on Black Enrollments and Graduates of U.S. Medical Schools
While the number of African American enrollments in U.S. medical schools increased by nearly 8 percent over the past decade, the Black percentage of all medical school enrollments has decreased.
Alfred Mathewson Is a Finalist for Dean of the University of New Mexico School...
Professor Mathewson holds the Henry Weihofen Chair in Law at the University of New Mexico. He is also the director of the university's Africana studies program. He has served on the faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law since 1983.
An Accounting of Minority Faculty in Business Programs
Since the inception of the PhD Project in 1994, the number of minority professors in business disciplines has increased from 294 to 1,172. There are currently 362 minority students in business doctoral programs in the United States.
A Check-Up on Black Progress in Nursing Degree Programs
According to data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Black have made tremendous progress over the past decade in increasing their percentage of students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in nursing.
Emilie Townes Named Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School
Dr. Townes currently serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Religion and Theology at Yale Divinity School. She also is the associate dean of academic affairs. She will assume her new post in July.
MBA Student Establishes MercyCards to Help the Homeless
Jed JohnHope, a native of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and an MBA student at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, noticed that fewer people are carrying cash and spare change that they can donate to the homeless.
Emory University Sending More Medical Residents to Ethiopia
Emory University School of Medicine is expanding its study abroad program in Ethiopia to include residents in surgery, pediatrics, dermatology, anesthesiology, pathology, gynecology and obstetrics, family and preventive medicine, and rehabilitation medicine.
Hampton University Enters a Partnership With the Dental School at Penn
The new HU-UPenn Biodental Program will allow students to earn a bachelor's degree in biology at Hampton University and a doctorate in dental surgery from Penn.
African Americans Are Slowly Closing the Gap in Medical School Enrollments
But a racial gap remains. African Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but are only 7.3 percent of all first-time enrollees at U.S. medical schools.
Online Publication Identifies Its Choices for the Best Law Schools for Blacks
Harvard Law School is rated as the best for Black students. The law school at historically Black Howard University ranks second and the Georgetown University Law Center is third.
A Check-Up on Black First-Year Medical Students
Brown University, Florida State University, and Florida Atlantic University reveal the racial make-up of their entering medical school classes.
Eric Jack Named Interim Dean of UAB School of Business
He is an associate professor in the department of management, information systems, and quantitative methods. He has also served as associate dean of the business school since 2008.
Study Shows the Importance of Race in Law School Admissions
The authors of the study concluded that "exposure to a diversity of viewpoints prepares the students to be better lawyers, making them more 'culturally competent.'"
Cecilia Rouse Named Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School
A member of the Princeton faculty since 1992, Dr. Rouse served on the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.
The Top Feeder Schools for Black Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools
By a large margin, Howard University in Washington, D.C., produced more Black graduates who applied to medical schools in 2011.
The New Dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law
Phyllis Craig-Taylor has been serving as associate dean for academics at the Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A Shake-Up in Diversity Efforts at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
The Office of Diversity and Community Outreach, established in 1968, has been shut down.
The New Director of The Design School at Arizona State University
Currently, Craig Barton is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Virginia.
Wayne State University Law School Receives Papers of Congressman John Conyers
Representatives John Conyers, the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee, earned his law degree at Wayne State in 1958.
Cornell Law Students Helping to Form a New Government in Somalia
Students at Cornell Law School are contributing to the effort to enact permanent political reform in the war-torn nation in the Horn of Africa.
A Check-Up of Blacks in U.S. Medical Schools
Over the first decade of the 21st century, the Black percentage of all U.S. medical school graduates has declined.
The PhD Project Moves AHEAD
The nonprofit, which has been successful in increasing the number of minority professors at business schools, sets its sights on increasing diversity in administrative posts.
Bowie State University to Offer Satellite Degree Program for Nurse Practitioner Training
The HBCU will offer a master of science in nursing degree at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.
The New Dean of the Business School at the University of Arkansas
Eli Jones is currently dean of the E.J. Curso College of Business at Louisiana State University.
Howard’s Online Executive MBA Program Is Up and Running
The program is designed for students to complete course work in about 18 months while continuing to work full-time.
The New Dean of the Florida A&M University and Florida State University College of...
Yaw D. Yeboah is currently a professor of engineering at Penn State. From 1975 to 1979, he earned four degrees in four years at MIT.
African American Legal History Archive at Wayne State University Receives Papers of Federal Judge
John Feikens was co-chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and served on the federal bench for the Eastern District of Michigan.
A Unique Opportunity for HBCU Business Students
HBCU students will spend two weeks in two consecutive summers at a business school in California.
Shenandoah University Selects a New Dean of Its Business School
Miles K. Davis is an associate professor of management at the university and the founding director of the business school's Institute for Entrepreneurship.
Two Black Women Are Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the Law School...
Marcella David and Beverly Moran will visit the Columbia, Missouri, campus next month for interviews and public forums.
A Check-Up of Black Progress in U.S. Medical Schools
Applications and first-year enrollments of blacks are both up from a year ago.
The Racial Gap in Dental School Faculty Is Hard to Swallow
In the entire country in 2007-08 academic year, there were only 42 tenured African-American faculty members in U.S. dental schools.
African Development Bank Program Aims to Increase the Number of Rwandan Women in the...
Girls make up nearly half of the total enrollments at the high school level. But only 14 percent of the students in higher education in Rwanda are women.
Duke University School of Nursing Looks to Increase Diversity
This summer 10 undergraduate students participated in a six-week program at Duke University designed to increase the number of minorities in nursing.
