Lois ElfmanSportsNCAA Addresses Gender Equity: Where Do We Go From Here?“An area within women’s intercollegiate athletics that hasn’t had a voice is the status of women of color,” says Charlotte F. Westerhaus, NCAA vice president for diversity and inclusion.April 23, 2008Faculty & StaffBreaking Down Barriers: Women of Color in the SciencesWhen Angelica Patterson became program manager for the department of environmental science at Barnard College, the undergraduate women’s college of Columbia University, she saw very few fellow women of color in her department.April 7, 2008HomeAERA Session Addresses New Approaches to the Ed.DOver the past few years, universities have really differentiated Ph.D. programs from Ed.D. programs and have developed three-year Ed.D. models largely geared for students who are already working professionals in education.March 27, 2008InternationalScholars Explore Whether For-Profit Universities Improve AccessIn the United States and Mexico, private, for-profit institutions clearly seem to possess an appeal for a growing number of underserved individuals, particularly women, minorities and older students.March 23, 2008SportsSo You Want to Be a Coach?In 2000, the NCAA took a look at the number of minority women who were head coaches in Division I women’s college basketball and the statistics were underwhelming — only 19 head coaches out of 330 programs.March 20, 2008Faculty & StaffImproving the Communities Scholars StudyThe research taking place in Africa on educational equity most often benefits the scholars who publish studies and has little direct impact on the lives of those being studied, a researcher said during a presentation Monday at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society.March 17, 2008HomeA Chat with Dr Cary GoodmanLast year, Directions for Our Youth, an organization founded in 1991 to address high drop out rates, organized the first Dropout SUMMIT, which brought together parents, teachers, students, researchers, and community organizations to develop a strategy for dropout prevention.February 11, 2008HomeA Chat With Dr. Cary GoodmanLast year, Directions for Our Youth, an organization founded in 1991 to address high drop out rates, organized the first Dropout SUMMIT, which brought together parents, teachers, students, researchers, and community organizations to develop a strategy for dropout prevention.February 10, 2008African-AmericanA Conversation With Dr. Yvonne S. ThorntonDiverse correspondent Lois Elfman talks with best-selling author, gynecologist and educator Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton about the enduring impact of the soon-to-be re-released book, “The Ditchdigger’s Daughters,” higher education and being a Black female physician.January 14, 2008LGBTQ+Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Sets a PrecedentSo far this year, Columbia University Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic has secured political asylum in the U.S. for a gay Jamaican man and for a lesbian from Turkmenistan, who feared persecution for her sexual orientation and political opinions in that mostly Muslim country. These are just two of the cases being handled by the fledgling clinic embarking on an emerging field — sexuality and gender law.November 24, 2007Previous PagePage 40 of 41Next Page
