Facebook, Myspace, Yahoo, MSN ... you name it. If it is a social media site, you can be fired for comments you post.
There have been a number of cases where an employee’s misuse of social media has lead to their dismissal. However, it appears tha...
Posted Friday, August 6th 2010 at 3:19PM
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Finally - a place where you can voice your opinion. Welcome to the HBCU Online Radio Show. Come and join us this Thursday where we discuss HBCU issues and the HBCU community, things going on with the web site, HBCUConnect, and other general topic are...
Posted Monday, June 14th 2010 at 5:17AM
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Benjamin L. Hooks, who as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for 16 years championed minorities in an increasingly conservative political era, died at his home in Memphis. He was 85. Leila McDowell, a...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 1:05PM
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The plan also includes $255-million a year to help historically black colleges, as outlined in the House bill.
President Obama signed into law some legislation to overhaul the student-loan system, promising annual inflation-adjusted increases in t...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 1:10PM
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American universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter.
Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite l...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 1:17PM
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Now, more than ever, America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities need our support. That's why Ford has pledged a donation of
up to $250,000 to help our schools. Just go to www.drive4hbcu.com to register for a test-drive at
your local For...
Posted Wednesday, November 25th 2009 at 6:38AM
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FACULTY ROSTERSHORTER COLLEGE FACULTY ROSTER Carrington, JoyAdjunct FacultyM.A., Social WorkM.A., DivinityB.A., Psychology Cone, AliceFulltime Faculty, English, Speech, & LiteratureM.A. in Public CommunicationB.A. in SociologyInstructor, University o...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 at 1:55PM
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Minorities and the Labor Market in the Recession by the Numbers
The economy shed 598,000 jobs in January alone, and the nation’s unemployment rate reached 7.6 percent for the first time in more than 16 years. Since the beginning of the recession i...
Posted Monday, March 9th 2009 at 10:27PM
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The Stimulus Package: Winners Large and Small
by CHARLES DERVARICS
As the dust clears on the newly enacted economic stimulus package, it’s clear there are some big winners, some smaller winners and only a few left out in the cold under the compro...
Posted Thursday, March 5th 2009 at 11:12AM
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