College News

'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:17 AM on 03/12/2010

OPINION - The amount of money made during March Madness exceeds that which is earned in the playoffs for the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball...

Every Urban Prep senior is college-bound

By theGrio

9:48 AM on 03/08/2010

100 percent of first senior class at all male, all African-American Englewood academy is accepted to universities...

College officials flunk in face of repeated racist incidents

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:43 AM on 03/04/2010

OPINION - The propensity of some students to slander, slur, mock and insult black and Latino students mirrors the hate acts that occur virtually daily in society...

Why minority students don't graduate from college

By theGrio

9:10 AM on 02/22/2010

The picture of diversity--black, white, and brown students cavorting or studying together out on the quad--is a stock shot in college catalogs. The picture on graduation day is a good deal more monochromatic...

Calif. race-based college admissions ban challenged

By theGrio

12:15 PM on 02/17/2010

CALIFORNIA (AP) - The federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary...

Free early college for at-risk students brings success

By theGrio

10:23 AM on 02/08/2010

From The NY Times - At a new wave of early-colleges across the country, the goal is to keep at-risk students in school by eliminating the divide between high school and college...

Ohio college remains open in face of racial threat

By theGrio

11:06 AM on 02/02/2010

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- The president of an Ohio technical college is spending a few days living in a dorm where graffiti warned black students would be killed Tuesday...

Four California teens team up to succeed at college

By theGrio

5:28 AM on 01/06/2010

From LATimes.com When Keymarian Washington was in eighth grade, he was shot at while hanging out with gang members on a Pasadena street. By Bruce Palmore's sophomore year, his father feared that his son's poor grades and lack of motivation meant he would never finish high school, much less make...

YES, inner-city prep school can succeed

By theGrio

9:50 AM on 01/04/2010

HOUSTON (AP) -- This year, North Central, which opened in 2003 and serves 6th through 12th grade, will become the second YES Prep campus to graduate seniors...

Many blacks are out of work and back in the classroom

By Ethyln Harris

8:43 AM on 12/10/2009

OPINION - Many adult Americans are finding themselves in a place they never thought they'd be again - back in the classroom...

Myths that keep black Americans unemployed

By John McWhorter

8:48 AM on 12/01/2009

OPINION - Opportunity isn't what it was a few years ago, to be sure. But recessions pass, and people promulgate the myths even when the economy is flush anyway...

Black woman is the highest paid college president

By theGrio

8:53 AM on 11/02/2009

(AP) - Topping the list of the nation's highest-paid university presidents is Shirley Ann Jackson at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., whose total compensation is pegged at nearly $1.6 million...

College football player suspended by NCAA for lying

By theGrio

9:58 AM on 10/28/2009

Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant will remain suspended for the remainder of the football season for lying to NCAA investigators...

Wyclef Jean goes back to school

By theGrio

4:54 PM on 10/02/2009

BOSTON (AP) - Wyclef Jean is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.

U of Michigan's "optional" practices highlight need for reform

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

10:00 AM on 09/18/2009

OPINION -- The University of Michigan football team has a storied tradition when it comes to winning. The program is equally storied when it comes to making money by putting athletes...

HBCUs are still vital to American education

By Lyneka Little

8:00 AM on 09/01/2009

OPINION - HBCUs are not just relevant, they are a necessary tool of educational obtainment for some black, and even white, students...

16-year-old arrested for 'all black people' leave Wal-Mart prank

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - "This was an extremely disturbing event on many levels," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference."...