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Diverse Conversations: Should Diversity of a College be Ranked?

Using diversity as a college ranking benchmark would force colleges to step up their game, recruiting more diverse student and faculty populations.

Haskell Indian Nations University Employee Sues Over School’s Treatment of Rape Victim

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― A Haskell Indian Nations University employee alleges in a lawsuit that she was demoted from her job as a student counselor after trying to help a student who said she was raped. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Angelina Adams sued Monday in Douglas County District Court. Adams says Haskell leaders improperly expelled […]

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University of Arkansas to Study Native American Remains

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ― The University of Arkansas System has been awarded nearly $60,000 in federal funds to aid the study of at least 345 sets of American Indian human remains in its possession. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the National Park Service’s award was announced last week. The grant money will be used for […]

Institutions Need to Better Serve American Indian/Alaskan Native Students

Institutions must make systemic changes to improve outreach efforts, accessibility, retention programs, and better serve American Indian/Alaskan Native students to eliminate educational achievement gaps.

California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will now mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in every public high school across the state.

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Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity

The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.

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Tribal Culture, Oil Access Collide in North Dakota

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters, who have been protesting the construction of the pipeline daily, are attempting to peacefully stop the bulldozing of the site.

Calif. High School Ethnic Studies in Governor’s Hands Now

A California Bill that would mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in public schools across the state has cleared a legislative hurdled in the senate and assembly and is now headed to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.

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Native Communities Get Help with Health Disparities

BOZEMAN, Mont. ― Montana State University and its partners have received $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities facing Native communities in Montana and Alaska. University officials say the new American Indian-Alaska Native Clinical and Translational Research Program includes collaborators from Blackfeet Community College, the University of Montana, the […]

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Diverse Conversations: Professoriate Still Lacking in Diversity

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, only 16 percent of full-time professors at postsecondary institutions are minorities.

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After 20-plus AAJA Conferences, Achieving Diversity in Media No Different Now, Maybe Even Harder

In education, in the media, we fight the same battles. It boils down to the basics: How do we get more of us in there? Not just as foot soldiers, but as generals. In academics, it means lifting a young prof to the ranking of dean, or higher. In journalism, it’s transforming a young reporter […]

University of Wisconsin-Madison to Test Diversity Program

MADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin-Madison is creating a diversity program for its incoming freshmen students after a series of race-related incidents have occurred on campus. The campus will test the program, called Our Wisconsin, on up to 1,000 freshmen to allow students to learn about themselves and others, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. […]

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