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WSU President: Professor Who Used Racial Term to Face Reprimand

PULLMAN Wash. A professor who used a vulgar racial term while arguing with a student about a political demonstration is likely to face a reprimand, but will be allowed to continue teaching, Washington State University President Lane Rawlins said.

December 11, 2006

Research Roundup

New studies show workplace diversity has little effect on employee retention rates and minority actors are possibly being discriminated against as the majority of acting roles are specifically available to Whites.

December 11, 2006

University of Wisconsin-Madison Develops Resources to Teach Diverse Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. Professors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed new resources to help teach current graduate students and future faculty how to effectively teach to a diverse student body.

December 10, 2006

Just the Stats: Minority Student Enrollment At Schools With High-Profile Racial Incidents

Some schools struggle more with their minority enrollment and graduation rates than others. I took a close look at the minority enrollment of Pennsylvania State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

December 7, 2006

MLA Report Calls for Tenure and Promotion Changes

New demands for research productivity, shrinking humanities lists by academic publishers and fears about limited opportunities for junior scholars are among the factors that prompted a landmark study released today by the Modern Language Association of America.

December 7, 2006

Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers

The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York.

December 5, 2006

Wisconsin Regents Consider Rewriting Admissions Policy To Include Race, Income

MADISON, Wis. A proposed rewrite of the freshmen admissions policy for the University of Wisconsin System would de-emphasize class rank and give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.

December 4, 2006

American Indians Get Apology from Dartmouth College Head

HANOVER The president of Dartmouth College has apologized for a string of incidents this fall that many American Indian students viewed as racist.

November 29, 2006

In His Own Words – Dr. Edward Brent

Dr. Edward Brent, a professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia…

November 29, 2006

Cultivating ‘New Achievers’

Widening the use of K-12 classroom “cultural relevancy” tactics to engage minority…

November 29, 2006

Michigan Higher Ed Leaders

In Maya Weitzer’s world, Nov. 7 will be remembered as a significant day. It was on that day…

November 29, 2006

FAMU Kappas’ First To Face Felony Hazing

A Florida hazing trial that had profound implications for the future of fraternities

November 29, 2006

An Ethnic Studies Evolution

As a student in the Chicana/o studies program at the University of Texas at El Paso…

November 29, 2006

Questions of Conduct

When Jason Johnson, a student at the University of the Cumberlands in the eastern Kentucky hills…

November 29, 2006

Achieving K-12 School Diversity Without Considering Race

Over the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of race-conscious…

November 29, 2006

Graduation Rates Drop As Schools Take On More Low-income Students

Graduation rates drop systematically as the size of an institution’s low-income student population increases, even at selective four-year colleges and universities, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.

November 28, 2006

Boston University Student Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarship

The Boston University chapter of the College Republicans wanted to start a dialogue about racial preferences when members created a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship, the group president told ABC News.

November 26, 2006

Research Roundup

A new study shows disadvantaged children who attend preschool need tutoring and mentoring in elementary and high school to sustain momentum. Another study on the sleeping habits of Blacks, Whites, the poor and the rich shows sleep is related to socioeconomic status.

November 26, 2006