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Diverse Conversations: Why the U.S. College Landscape Still Needs HBCUs

Declining enrollment has unsurprisingly led to a domino effect, reducing the resources available to students on campus and making the HBCU experience less attractive to students choosing between a plethora of higher education options.

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Carolina Postdoctoral Program Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Hailed as one of the nation’s most successful initiatives in helping recent minority Ph.D.s gain tenure-track teaching jobs, The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

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In Case You Missed It…

Short-Term Certificates Might Not Be the Best Bet Scholars Agree to Make Concerted Effort to Reform Urban Education La Salle University Program Hones In on SAT Underperformers Asheville-Buncombe Tech Finds STEM Recruitment Success by Refocusing Message

Bowie State Fires Ex-NFL Player Charles Grant for Body-Slamming Student

Former NFL player Charles Grant has been fired from his position as a volunteer football coach at Bowie State University after a video surfaced showing him throwing a student to the floor.

Happy Anniversary!

Please join us today in celebrating the one-year anniversary of Copy Editor Grace Austin, the self-proclaimed “Army brat” and proud Ohio University alum, joining the Diverse team

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Election Diversity Problem Emerges: Faulty Opinion Polling

How polling methods leave out people of color.

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Faculty & Staff

Future of HBCUs May Rest on Adopting a Growth Mindset

Instead of asking deficit-oriented questions, we should change our mindset and ask new questions to uncover how HBCUs are supporting students despite the challenges they encounter.

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Chinese Gaining Momentum as Language Option Among HBCUs

Though most HBCUs focus their language instruction on the traditional standbys, Spanish or French, a handful are moving in a new direction: developing Chinese programs.

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Leadership & Policy

University of Kansas Student Fights Expulsion Over Twitter Posts

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― A former University of Kansas student is fighting his expulsion over social media posts about his ex-girlfriend.

Ex-Band Member Guilty in Florida A&M Drum Major’s Hazing Death

ORLANDO, Fla. ― A former Florida A&M band member accused of being the ringleader of a brutal hazing ritual known as “Crossing Bus C” that killed a drum major was convicted Friday of manslaughter and felony hazing. Dante Martin, 27, was the first to stand trial in the November 2011 death of 26-year-old Robert Champion […]

Virginia State University President to Step Down Dec. 31

ETTRICK, Va. – Virginia State University President Keith T. Miller is resigning at the end of the year amid concerns over declining enrollment and financial woes. Miller on Friday agreed to step down Dec. 31 as he and the school’s board of visitors acknowledged a need for a change in leadership at the historically black […]

Alabama Pastor: College Official Touched Me, Too

A Baptist minister in Alabama said Thursday that he was inappropriately touched by a man now accused of sexually assaulting students at a state university in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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