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Black activists, political leaders and DEI supporters are urging Black student athletes to boycott colleges and universities in states that have promoted or passed anti-DEI policies.
As college students return to school — remotely, in-person or a mix of both — so do college athletes. The University of North Carolina initially decided to bring its nearly 30,000 students and ...
Black student athletes may not be aware of the potentially outsize influence they possess in shaping academic policies that work to their detriment — if they decide to leverage it.
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
In gridiron football and its variants, American football and Canadian football, the quarterback position is often considered the most important on the team. While there have been a growing number of players of African or minority descent throughout the history of collegiate and professional football, black players have historically faced difficulty in landing and retaining quarterback roles ...
Members of a university's governing body, regardless of their degrees, are entitled [citation needed] to wear doctor's gowns, faced only with black velvet and black velvet bars on the sleeves. However, their hoods ( see , below) may be only those of the degree actually held by the wearer (or one specially prescribed by the institution). [ 3 ]
Doc Rivers encapsulates plight of black athletes: "When they're wearing the uniform, they're seen as an athlete. When they take it off, it's a problem."
The data tell us that it is those institutions that are overwhelmingly preparing Black teachers to be in those public-school classrooms where they can model success for Black children and steer ...