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Students
Focus Intensifies on Falloff of Students En Route to College
“Summer melt” is said to impact between 10 and 20 percent of all “college-intending” students throughout the United States. One estimate puts the number of students who “melt away” during the summer at 200,000 students per year.
Disabilties
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.
Students
Powerball Win Helps Marilyn Fields Spread Her Love for Shaw University
Good fortune allows devoted alumna and employee the opportunity to fully capitalize a scholarship she had started earlier this year.
Latinx
Fired Band Director Says He Was Repairing Ohio State University’s Vulgar Culture
Jonathan Waters said he was working to fix a vulgar culture “in dire need of change” before he was dismissed last week, he said in a document released by his attorney.
African-American
Lead Exposure Study to Focus on Black Women in Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati researchers are launching a study of African-American women to determine whether childhood lead exposure has affected bone and muscle health.
Latinx
Millennials Even More Left of Center Than in 2012
Even political pollsters have joined in the ongoing critique of this age demographic.
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.
African-American
Damon Williams Hired to Lead Emory University’s Recruitment, Diversity Efforts
After five years as director of the McNair Scholars Program and the University Summer programs at Xavier University, Damon L. Williams Jr. will begin a new job this week as director of diversity, community and recruitment for The Laney Graduate School at Emory University.
African-American
Rethinking President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
The initiative lacks components that would aggressively respond to the pervasiveness of institutional and structural racism that yet persists in America.
Students
Hine Awarded 2013 National Humanities Medal at White House
Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history, was among a group of individuals honored Monday at the White House.
Leadership & Policy
Wilberforce University Delays Selection of President
The trustees of the Ohio school had planned to announce Dwayne Smith as the school’s 20th president Saturday night at its annual alumni conference in Memphis.
LGBTQ+
Ohio State to Form Task Force After Band Scandal
Ohio State University says a task force will be formed to help bring changes after the firing of its celebrated marching band’s director amid allegations he ignored rampant sexual harassment.
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