Historically black colleges and universities

Securing the Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) On August 1, 2015, the National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Alumni Association (NHBCUAA) had a conference on the campus of Bowie State University. The theme of the conference was “The Role of Alumni for the 21st Century HBCU.” The goals of the conference were to engage participants in thought-provoking discussions on the challenges of HBCUs in the 21st Century, such as political attacks and threats of…

the Puritans established Harvard College in order to ensure a civilized society with knowledgeable leaders and an educated clergy education” (p. 11). The candidates for this education consisted of elite white males, which were the only ones educated by colleges and universities during the 1600s and 1700s. As a result of the history of higher education an unbalance started a trend that is seen in higher education. According to McCarthy, in 2007 the majority of college students are in the…

result of the 1960’s Civil Right Movement. It is a way for minorities or historically discriminated ethnic or racial groups to get an advantage in society, however some people see affirmative action as reverse discrimination or racism. Affirmative action benefits previously mistreated groups or minorities when trying to get in accepted into a school or trying to get a job. For example, you might be an African-American or black person trying to go to Mississippi State, Ole Miss, or any of…

Taking Ethnic Studies class at Northern Arizona University, I have been show the idea of intersectionality and how historically and presently people fail to note that individuals possess multiple identities that come together to make who they are. In addition, with these multi-faceted identities come a unique blend of privileges and disadvantages that people face throughout their lives (Robyn, 2017). For example, Transgender Native American/American Indian women faces much more disadvantages…

Most of the similarities happen to be in the social setting with the mistrust and stereotyping of black men. Whether it be buying a car, or just shopping in the mall, it was recognized that the white man was more trusted, and the black man was either ignored, lied to, or not trusted (specifically financially.) With affirmative action aiding in the acceptance of people of color to colleges and universities, there are increasingly more diverse campuses around the country. The issue of racial…

researching the lives of Black students and how living on a predominately white school has affected them in their public and personal lives. This will give people an opportunity to hear about the cultural and societal values that black students hold and why spaces like the Black Student Union (BSU) are important and highly valued. My goals are to (1) see If potentially being the only black person in a space has discouraged black students from taking up opportunities. (2) If Black students fear…

Oliver Otis Howard was a valiant union general, a member of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and the founder Howard University. Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, but he spent most of his childhood at a school in North Yarmouth, until he went to Bowdoin College and graduated in 1850. Four years later, he graduated from the U.S. military academy at West Point. Although he studied military tactics, he proceeded to become an assistant professor in mathematics at West Point. His military career started out with…

and in 1953 the College was named in honor of Bernard M. Baruch, benefactor, statesman, financier, and alumnus of the Free Academy. In 1968 Baruch College was established as an independent senior college of the City University of New York. US News & World Report, Forbes, and The Princeton Review, among others, rank Baruch College among the top colleges in the United States. Today, Baruch College enrolls more than 18,000 students representing over 168 countries; its student body continues to be…

Thurgood Marshall Thurgood Marshall was the first black Supreme Court Justice member. He is well remembered for his accomplishments and life story. He started from a very young age till the day he died standing up for what he believed in. Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908. His Great-Great-Grandfather was a slave. His parents were William and Norma Marshall. He had an older brother William Aubrey Marshall Jr., he was named after his father. Thurgood Marshall went to Fredrick Douglass…

states, higher education was infused with diversity, which extends beyond admissions into the core of various disciplines and student life. “Diversity effectively conveyed the organizational, intellectual, and human complexity of the contemporary university and the society it served (Loss, 2012, p. 229). Serving faculty, staff and students from varying populations (origin, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status) requires policies, initiatives, and disciplines to retain diverse populations,…