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Faculty & Staff
The Rebirth of D-Q University
The Phoenix is a traditional symbol of rebirth, but for D-Q University, a bolt cutter may be a more appropriate image. After more than 30 years as California’s only two-year tribal college…
April 19, 2006
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Students
Grants & Awards
The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]
April 19, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Summers’ Nixing of Latino Studies
In the months following his ascension to the presidency in July 2001, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was…
April 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Minority Culture Course Requirement Debated at UPenn
A recently proposed addition to the core arts and science curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania has sparked debate among its administrators and faculty about what should be taught to freshmen and why…
April 16, 2006
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U.Va., Black Colleges Plan Student Exchange
The University of Virginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…
April 13, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Univ. of Colorado Diversity Commission Reviews Colorado Springs Campus
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs should do more to encourage mentor relationships between students and professors, and recruit more minority students and faculty, several students said at a meeting on diversity…
April 9, 2006
Faculty & Staff
National Geographic Unveils Ancient Manuscript on Relationship Between Jesus and Judas
For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story…
April 5, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Study: Races Have Different Wishes for Twilight Years
A recent study by a University of Michigan faculty member suggests that racial and ethnic cultural differences extend even to the final days of life…
April 5, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Diversity Delayed, Excellence Denied
Champions of diversity in higher education collectively celebrate the rising young academic stars featured in Diverse magazine’s annual Emerging Scholars issue…
April 5, 2006
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Students
More College Students Seeking Mental Health Help, Says Study
More college students are seeking help for mental illness than in previous years, according to the 2005 National Survey of Counseling Directors….
March 29, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Summers’ Nixing of Latino Studies a Deal Breaker for Some Harvard Faculty
In the months following his ascension to the presidency in July 2001, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was presented with two proposals to…
March 26, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Up and Running
“It was more than we could have ever imagined,” says Dr. Loui Olivas, referring to the attendance and support that the newly formed American Association of…
March 22, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Up and Running
“It was more than we could have ever imagined,” says Dr. Loui Olivas, referring to the attendance and support that the newly formed…
March 22, 2006
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Students
New Book Sheds Light on the Doctoral Student Experience
A new book authored by Drs. Michael T. Nettles and Catherine M. Millett offers a comprehensive look inside the experience of graduate…
March 22, 2006
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Students
Wanted: The Retention of Female Graduate Students
Like many new mothers, Hrefna Marin Gunnarsdottir, 29, was nervous about the responsibilities that come with being a first-time parent…
March 22, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Indiana University Admissions Plan
A civil rights attorney and visiting Indiana University professor says a proposal to raise admission standards would prevent poor and minority students from enrolling…
March 22, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Starting Anew
Not a day goes by that Dr. Jeanine R. Burse doesn’t wonder what she would be doing if she hadn’t been laid off from her job at Xavier University of New Orleans…
March 22, 2006
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Students
Restructuring, Restoring and Rebuilding
A city of trailers on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain. Overlooking the Mississippi River, a hotel hung with banners welcomes a new clientele — students…
March 22, 2006
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