Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship
NBC Latino — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a fellowship that can only be awarded to white students from Iowa...
Princeton mom to female students: Find a husband in college, or else
OPINION - After all these years of black women being pummeled with bad advice to relieve them from singleness, it’s sickly funny that our white counterparts are getting publicly heaped on for being single as well...
Rutgers fires basketball coach after player abuse exposed
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.
A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
100 percent of Urban Prep seniors college-bound
NBC Chicago - Urban Prep Academy is continuing its record of success...
Graduation rates improve for NCAA tournament teams, black players
(AP) - Overall graduation rates improved among players at schools in this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament, and African-American players in particular did better, according to a study released Monday...
Feds' loan changes hamper black college enrollment
ATLANTA (AP) - Thousands of students couldn't afford to go to college this school year because the U.S. Department of Education made changes to a popular loan program...
Emory president fighting for his job after slavery comments
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University president James Wagner is fighting to save his career following widespread criticism over controversial remarks he made about slavery in a university publication...
State of the Union takeaways for black America
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
theGrio’s 100: Walter Kimbrough, the 'hip-hop' college president
theGRIO'S 100 - The Atlanta native is the current president of Dillard University. Prior to this role, he served as president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he significantly increased the student enrollment and graduation rate...
