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Asian American Pacific Islander
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“Judge Sotomayor’s hearing begins, and she graciously introduces her extended family, including her twin nephews Corey and Conner Sotomayor, who are adopted from Korea. It’s one example of how complex the modern American family is, and how outdated traditional ideas of race and culture are. When the Sotomayor twins apply to college, which box will […]
African-American
IU Press Puts Books, Journals Online
Indiana University’s academic press has started putting books and journals online.
Latinx
Power Players for HSIs and Tribal Colleges
These are some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.
Students
Who Should Teach Hip-hop Studies?
By most criteria, hip-hop has now been solidifi ed as an essential domain of inquiry and learning in higher education. This status entails a sizable body of scholarship; symposia, conferences and courses devoted to its study; and a growing pool of scholars who have centered it in their research agendas.
Latinx
Report: Texas Still Lags in Hispanics in Higher Ed
Hispanic enrollment in Texas colleges and universities would need to almost double in the next six years to meet the state’s goals by 2015, according to a new state report.
African-American
Harvard Scholar Says He Received Death Threats
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer, but also described receiving death threats and dreaming about being arrested at the White House. According to the Washington Post, in his first public appearance since sharing a beer at the White House on Thursday with the officer, […]
Leadership & Policy
Texas colleges’ math-science push falling short, board says
Texas colleges and universities aren’t coming close to meeting goals to increase graduates from math and science programs and enroll more Hispanic students, according to a report released Thursday. That comes from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s annual “Closing the Gaps by 2015” report presented in Austin, The Dallas Morning News reported. © Copyright […]
Native Americans
Law Professor Building Native American Program
Angelique EagleWoman remembers the moment she decided she wanted to devote her life to law.
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Battle It Out
Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.
African-American
Race Not Mentioned in Gates 911 Call
The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did not mention race in the call, according to a statement issued by her attorney and backed up by Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas. According to the Detroit Free Press, Lucia Whalen placed the 911 call July […]
African-American
The Professor, Policeman and President
President Barack Obama on Thursday backed off a statement he made the day before that Cambridge, Mass., police �acted stupidly� during the arrest of prominent Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. According to the Detroit Free Press, Obama said he never intended to call the officer �stupid� for arresting Gates on a disorderly conduct […]
Students
THE TOP 100: GRADUATE RANKINGS
The Top 100 degree tables published in this edition of Diverse, and the many more detailed tables included on the Diverse Web site, delineate the institutions that have conferred the most master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees to students of color in academic year 2007-2008.
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