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The University of Oxford is to tackle the small number of black British students taking its postgraduate courses by introducing a scholarship programme to boost their numbers. The universitys Black …

fall 2019.)His photo project, The Black Yearbook, was meant to be complete before graduation, but second semester presented several unexpected variables. First, there was a pandemic that disrupted higher education and took a disproportionate toll on Black communities.“The pandemic forced me to sit with the work longer,” Mr. Bereal, 22, said. Then there was the…

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo(Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Thursday it was working with 10 additional historically Black universities and colleges to become “hubs” that will teach computer programming…

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo(Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Thursday it was working with 10 additional historically Black universities and colleges to become “hubs” that will teach computer programming…

As part of its Community Education Initiative, Apple today announced it is partnering with an additional 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to bring coding and creativity opportunities to their campuses. Apple says this initiative will introduce more students and adult learners to coding and app design through its free “Everyone Can Code” and…

(SAN FRANCISCO) — Dr. Michael Drake was chosen Tuesday to be president of the University of California, the first Black leader in the system’s 150-year history. Drake, a seasoned university administrator, replaces Janet Napolitano in overseeing a sprawling, 280,000-student system dealing with issues of accessibility for Blacks and other minorities, along with slashed budgets and…

Melz Owusu has addressed research seminars, given a TED Talk and performed raps at academic conferences to try to decolonise higher education. But eventually the Phd student and former sabbatical of…

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Raising black boys in America involves “constant mental anguish,” Danielle Pattillo, a special education teacher in New York City and mother to two sons, ages 14 and 22, said. Every day Pattillo told her sons they were unique, wanted, valued, and loved – “each step in their life, each plateau…

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Gives $120 Million To Historically Black Colleges (nytimes.com) Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:20PM from the chunk-of-change dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix, and his wife, Patty Quillin, donated $120 million to the United Negro College…