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Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.
September 11, 2016
Students
University of Texas Honoring First Blacks who Enrolled
AUSTIN, Texas ― When Nathaniel Bradford enrolled at the University of Texas in 1963, he couldn’t join the band. Or a fraternity. Or play on the football team. The reason: He’s Black. The Austin American-Statesman reports the campus was slow to integrate, waiting until 1956 to enroll African-American undergraduates even though the U.S. Supreme Court […]
September 8, 2016
Students
Presidential Candidates not Registering with College Students
With the 2016 presidential election approaching, campus leaders at some schools say neither candidate seems well-connected to issues that matter to college students.
September 8, 2016
Students
Renewed Focus Needed on Intangible Factors for Students
As students begin the 2016-17 school year, there is a need for a fresh effort to encourage students to develop key intangibles and invest in their inner development.
September 8, 2016
Students
Tribal Culture, Oil Access Collide in North Dakota
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters, who have been protesting the construction of the pipeline daily, are attempting to peacefully stop the bulldozing of the site.
September 8, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: How Black Colleges Can Win Against Tough Competition
How will HBCUs compete against PWIs that now accept and actively recruit minority students and have more resources to serve them?
September 8, 2016
Students
Ky. Attorney General Intervenes in University Suit Against School Paper
FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s attorney general has ratcheted up his dispute with the state’s flagship university in an open-records case that spurred the school to sue its campus newspaper after it asked for investigative documents pertaining to a professor under investigation for alleged sexual harassment. In the latest twist, Attorney General Andy Beshear said Wednesday […]
September 7, 2016
Students
Experts: Minority Students Need Aerospace Opportunities
In order to diversify the workforce of the aerospace and defense industries, business and higher education leaders must be proactive and intentional.
September 7, 2016
Students
Education the Ticket for Success
Having a solid education will help you in your future endeavors. This is what many of us know, not what we think.
September 7, 2016
Students
Organizations Launch Campaign to Bring Facts to Light about MSIs
Organizations Launch Campaign to Bring Facts to Light about MSIs
September 7, 2016
Students
2 Laid-off ITT Educational Employees File Federal Lawsuit
CARMEL, Ind. ― Two employees laid off by the parent company of for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen Federman, a business analyst at ITT Educational Services Inc.’s Carmel, Indiana, headquarters, and Steve Ryan, an instructor at two ITT […]
September 7, 2016
Students
San Jose State Professor on Leave in Sexual Harassment Case
SAN JOSE, Calif. ― A San Jose State professor accused of sexually harassing a student last year has been placed on paid leave nearly five months after a campus investigation into the matter concluded. An investigation by the Bay Area News Group into Professor Lewis Aptekar raises questions about the campus’ response to a problem […]
September 7, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Why Curriculum Diversity is a Good Plan
Colleges and universities should incorporate diversity learning into all subjects in an effort to better prepare students for careers in their fields.
September 6, 2016
Students
Malveaux Pushes for Advancement of Blacks in Higher Ed, ‘Social Economic Justice’
Former president of Bennett College Dr. Julianne Malveaux has created a legacy of sounding off about injustices against Blacks from the higher ed realm to the political arena.
September 6, 2016
Students
Report: Free College Proposal a Threat to Private Colleges, Diversity
Hillary Clinton’s free college proposal could ultimately cause enrollment at private colleges to drop and diversity at public schools to suffer, according to a new study.
September 6, 2016
Students
Brown University Making Headway on Diversity and Inclusion Plan
Several months after Brown University announced its ambitious plan to improve climate issues at the school, Brown has made significant strides toward its goals.
September 5, 2016
Students
Enrollment Numbers Early Sign of Success for Colleges
Early enrollment numbers emerging on college campuses around the nation are a signal that the 2016-17 school year is helping institutions around the country achieve new goals.
September 5, 2016
Students
Analysis: Child Care Centers Losing Ground at Public Colleges
Despite an increase in the number of college students with children, campus-based child care at public colleges is steadily becoming more scarce, according to a new analysis released Thursday.
September 1, 2016
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