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Native Americans

And North Dakota Makes Four

It seems that the long battle for state support of tribal colleges is beginning to slowly pay off for American Indian leaders and supporters.

University panel says student parody “harassed” blacks

BOSTON A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal “harassed” blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many found racist.

Native Americans

We Want to be Included, Say Women Tribal Leaders

ATLANTA Four women from American Indian tribes came together in a panel organized by Spelman College on Wednesday to ask Americans not to forget about them in conversations about diversity and race.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” Myth

When early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”

The Diversity Dialogue Never Ends, But It May Get Easier

University of Missouri at Kansas City staff share their ongoing efforts to create a welcoming, inclusive environment.

Documenting American Indian Success

AIHEC says it has all the data federal officials need to determine that tribal colleges are grant-worthy.

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Native Americans

Antioch’s Seattle Campus Chooses First American Indian Woman College Head

Dr. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet of the Navajo, or Dine, tribe appears to be the first American Indian woman to be appointed president of a mainstream university outside of the tribal college system. She was named this month to lead Antioch University Seattle from a pool of more than 40 candidates. She formally begins her presidency July 15.

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African-American

An Unusual Suspect

Often working behind the scenes, Grace Lee Boggs has intrigued scholars and students with her lifelong mentoring of Black radicals.

Faculty & Staff

Minority Scholars Share Strategies At ‘Keeping Our Faculties’ Conference

MINNEAPOLIS When Dr. John Brooks Slaughter was being recruited as president of Occidental College, he asked one professor on the search committee how many African-Americans were on the faculty. He vividly recalls her answer: “You’re looking at 50 percent of them.”

Asian Americans Urge Not to Stereotype Community

Asian-American community members are fearful of a backlash given the recent events at Virginia Tech and are urging Americans not to reduce the tragedy into stereotypical assumptions about Asian Americans or Korean Americans in particular.

Faculty & Staff

A One-Stop Shop

Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.

African-American

Just Focus on the Facts

Just Focus on the Facts(“Scholars Disagree Over Former Slave’s Amazing Tale,” www.diverseeducation.com, March 29) While I can appreciate the pursuit of historical accuracy, this find is interesting but unnecessary. It would be wonderful for the United States to actually talk about the existence, horrors and implications of slavery. Whether or not Equiano was born in […]

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