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Leadership & Policy

White House Now Turning Attention to Girls of Color

The White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after months of complaints that they were left out of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative for young men.

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Native Americans

Remembering The First

The American Indian College Fund suggests that one of the ways to observe Native American Heritage Month, also known as American Indian Heritage Day, is to read a book about the history of the native people. Most people know very little about the “First Americans” – first to occupy our continent — and all of […]

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Tennessee Promise Program Has 35K Applications

With the Nov. 1 deadline to apply approaching, the Tennessee Promise program could be on pace to perhaps double the state’s goal of applications.

School Bets Video Game Scholarship Can Draw Talent

CHICAGO ― As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted.

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African-American

Black Culture Centers Embracing Multiculturalism and Intellectual Conversation

From a proposal in 1987 to create a national network of Black culture centers, the ABCC grown into an international and multicultural organization.

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Leadership & Policy

David Gipp Named Representative of American Indian College Fund

The chancellor of the tribal college in Bismarck has been named as a representative of a scholarship program that is part of a $3.4 billion government settlement with Native American landowners.

Faculty & Staff

‘Authentic’ Blackness Debate Continues

The fact is that most of us who are Black, regardless of socioeconomic status or educational level, will be confronted with the reality that our skin color will render us vulnerable to the fact that we are the “other” in the eyes of some Whites and some other non-Blacks.

Special Focus: STEM

In this issue of Diverse, we look at STEM, or the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. We take a deeper look at what higher education leaders are doing to boost the number of American Indians earning Ph.D.s. We also look at the success of a San Jacinto College program that promotes STEM among its underserved minority students. Among other feature articles, we look at the emerging tech scene in Washington, D.C., and what stakeholders are doing to keep diversity at the forefront.

Native Americans

Experts: More Focus Needed on Guiding Native Americans to Doctoral Programs

Higher Ed stakeholders are looking to boost the number of Native Americans earning Ph.D.s and their representation in the STEM fields.

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Colleges Woo Native Americans With New Programs

A growing number of universities are offering programs to recruit and prepare Native American students for a transition to college life.

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African-American

The Redskins Fight and the Legacy of Richard Oakes

It’s amazing how even some young people at the school, and even some regular folks in the city I asked at random, had no idea who Oakes was.

Financial Help Not Likely on Horizon for Tribal Colleges

At an address earlier this month at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, President Obama promised a renewed commitment to American Indian interests, with a particular focus on education.

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