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Becoming a Force for Diversity and Inclusion

Rosemary E. Kilkenny is Georgetown University’s vice president for institutional diversity and equity, a position that was created for her in 2006, and she has become the university’s most visible cheerleader for diversity and inclusion.

Rosemary Kilkenny

African-American

Purdue Report Notes University’s Lack of Diversity

Purdue University needs to become more affordable and create additional programs to retain students to improve its campus diversity, the school’s vice provost for diversity and inclusion says in a report.

Christine Taylor

Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

Faculty & Staff

Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories

Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.

Faculty & Staff

Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs

In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke Thursday at the North Carolina Central University Centennial HBCU Symposium in Durham, N.C. (photo by Robert E. Lawson)

African-American

Public Policy Takes Center Stage at Race and Ethnicity Conference

Organizers of the 2010 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education used proximity to Washington, D.C. to invite the heads of leading education advocacy organizations and to schedule policy presentations for conference attendees.

University of Maryland System Chancellor William Kirwan

African-American

Lost Ark or African Treasure? Relic Stirs Passions

Tudor Parfitt has spent years chasing a theory that a lost tribe of Jews wound up in Southern Africa. But his latest leap has landed him in a minefield.

African-American

Experts Explore Black-White Divide in Youth Employment

The Urban Institute hosted a policy discussion Tuesday that examined the racial discrepancies in the time that it takes recent high school graduates and dropouts to connect to work or postsecondary learning opportunities.

Dr. William Spriggs

African-American

San Francisco Mayor Wants College Accounts for Kindergartners

Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to create college savings accounts for all of San Francisco’s kindergartners and make small initial deposits to get them started – even as the city grapples with a massive budget shortfall.

African-American

Interracial Marriage Still Rising But at Slower Pace Than 1990s

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures. While still growing, that number is a marked drop-off from the 65 percent increase between 1990 and 2000.

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures.

African-American

GAO Again Recommends Better Oversight of Grants to Minority Serving Institutions

Since 2004, the Government Accountability Office has been telling the U.S. Department of Education that it needs to improve the way it monitors and provides technical assistance to Title III and Title V grantees.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Learning Disabilities Researcher Brings Attention to Overlooked Asian American Students

As an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Dr. Lusa Lo contributes to an emerging body of learning disabilities research on Asian Americans despite stereotypes that imply Asians are inexplicably immune to any such disabilities.

Dr. Lusa Lo is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

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