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Alumnus Continues to Build On Dream at Southern Cal Report Recommends Educational Policy Adjustments to Aid Minority Males Role of Technology Growing in Realm of College Advising The Real Hero in Movie ‘Boyhood’ is Education

Ebola in Mind, U.S. Colleges Screening Some Students

University students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate their campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

Delayed for Weeks in Liberia, 6 Tuskegee University Students Return to U.S.

Most international flights in an out of the West African nation had been canceled because of the Ebola epidemic.

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Deaf Student Wins Admittance to Medical Program

A judge ruled that Pacific Northwest University of Health Science’s osteopathic medical program must admit Zachary Featherstone this fall and must reasonably accommodate his disability.

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Ebola Survivor in Guinea Shunned by Boyfriend, Medical School

The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola.

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.

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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.

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University of Texas Regents Meet to Pick Chancellor Finalist

University of Texas System regents were scheduled to meet Tuesday night to possibly name a finalist in their search for a new chancellor to oversee the 15-campus system.

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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.

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Student-Centered Education for a Diverse 21st Century Population

Education that keeps the student at the center is the expectation of students and their families.

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Men and Suicide: An Alarming Epidemic

Finally, the walls of silence that have largely kept the topic under wraps are tumbling down.

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Federal Judge Backs Horry-Georgetown Technical College

U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis rejected all claims by former adjunct Sharon Williams in her failure-to-promote and bias case.

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