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The Dilemma of Diversity

Opponents of racial diversity often style themselves as proponents of intellectual diversity. These positions are not mutually exclusive. No doubt there are advocates who wish to hear multiple viewpoints being expressed on campus without the speakers suffering adverse consequences, who are sincere in their beliefs. Racial diversity and intellectual diversity, however, are related.

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Southwest Arkansas Schools Courting Hispanic Students

Holding an ESL course at a local chicken processing plant, diversity celebrations, connecting with student families and Spanish-speaking campus tour guides are just some of the ways universities in an area like Southwest Arkansas reach the local Hispanic population.

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The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Selects New Leader

After an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Noël Suzanne Harmon, has been selected as the new president and executive director of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF).

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Campus Child Care Critical in Raising Single Mothers’ Graduation Rates

Access to campus child care is a key factor in determining if single mothers in college will graduate within six years, according to the latest in a series of reports released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

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HSI Increases Reflect Growing Student Enrollment, Matriculation

New data analysis about Hispanic Serving Institutions from Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reveals that such institutions are on the rise around the country, including in less-expected states such as Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee.

Writing Groups as Counterspaces for Black Women Graduate Students at PWIs

It is no secret that Black women graduate students are severely underrepresented at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). As a result, counterspaces that serve Black women specifically are needed now more than ever.

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Report: Asian American Electorate Marginalized

Unless political candidates and their operatives more consistently and aggressively mobilize the Asian-American electorate and steer them into voter registration, the impact of this racial group at the polls will remain limited. So says a professor in response to an eyebrow-raising new study.

Growing Roses in White Concrete

As an academic, I am constantly traveling to present at conferences, network and create change in communities. The one question I am always asked is, “Where are you from?” My response is Salt Lake City, Utah. It is my home, and not the answer people expect to hear.

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Why Are Only the White Marches the Right Marches?

High school activism is now commonplace in America. Students are no longer the leaders of tomorrow: they are the leaders of today. In response, colleges and universities have voiced their support of these students exercising their free-speech rights. However, institutions give validation to which topics are okay to march for – and which are not.

Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

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Being a Good Ally

Much has been said about the African-American graduate student at Yale who was reported by a White peer to campus police for napping in a common room. I can identify. In stating my sympathy as an Asian American, however, I appreciate that my circumstances are easier. A good ally takes care to avoid appropriating another person’s suffering.

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New Book Explores Unsung Black Women Freedom Fighters

The title of Dr. Keisha Blain’s critically acclaimed new book about Black nationalist women may portend her own future as a scholar and historian. “Set the World on Fire” and her other projects reveal a woman ablaze with momentum.

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