The next “Controversies of Culture” program will take place Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 PM in room 1-200 of the Technology Enhanced Learning Center (TLC). Speaking will be Dr. Faramarz Parsa on the topic “Oppression of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran.” Faculty, staff, students and the general public are welcome to attend.
For more information, contact Jack Jenkins at 678-839-5940.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As is true at many historically black colleges and universities, black women significantly outnumber black men in the University System of Georgia.
Of the system’s 89,000 black students enrolled in fall 2011, more than 60 percent are female.
System officials recognize the gender gap, and through the systemwide African-American Male Initiative — which has created 37 programs on 23 campuses geared toward their educational achievement — schools have attempted to attract, recruit, retain and ultimately, graduate black men.
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“My office sees every African-American male at the university as a target for our efforts to help them to graduate,” said the University of West Georgia’s Jack Jenkins, who oversees the school’s AAMI programming.
UWG is 30 percent black, and the AAMI program features tutoring, mentoring and bonding programs for men if they want it.
Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/recruiting-retaining-black-men-1321899.html
