By Lea Skene During an internship with the Baltimore Police Department this summer, Yasmine Bryant met the mother of a city homicide victim struggling with acute grief and growing frustration: Despite repeated attempts to contact detectives about their open investigation, she heard nothing from law enforcement in more than five months. “Her only child was
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When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs and help ensure that students from racial minorities have teachers who look like them. Months later, conservative media outlets have erupted with denunciations of the policy as racist
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By Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard Universitywill host the second annual “Truth and Service Classic” college football game at Audi Field against Harvard University on October 15 at 4 p.m. EDT. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Tickets go on sale September 7. In addition to the game, there will be a host of events
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By Eddie Francis At Dillard, community service fits like a glove. With part of the University’s mission focused on “cultivating ethical leaders” and with a significant part of Dillard’s value resting in connection, service helps members of the community achieve high standards of self. Two weekends in a row, members of the Dillard community took
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Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University announced a new partnership with Amazon naming Maryland’s largest Historically Black College and University (HBCU) as a new ‘Education Partner’ for the technology company’s Career Choice program. Offered in collaboration with the University’s College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies (CICS), the Career Choice program now allows Amazon hourly employees
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By David Thompson Students at Bowie State University can now enroll in four new undergraduate programs that are designed to prepare them for positions in the burgeoning technology sector. Applications are now open for students to apply to earn bachelors degrees in cyber operations engineering; data science; software engineering and philosophy, political science and economics
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By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU Students desiring a career in the field of Transportation may now get enhanced practical work experience, via paid internships, to put on their resumes while still attending college. The initiative is part of Alabama State University’s office of Transportation Workforce Development (TWD), explains Dr. Carl S. Pettis, ASU’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. TWD was established by
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By Lincoln University A summer spent among the coffee farms and sugarcane fields of Colombia has yielded a bounty of opportunities for a Lincoln University professor’s study of rural local governments in developing nations. Brian Norris, an associate professor of political science at Lincoln, began work this summer on a three-year study of basic service
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