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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Tennessee College Enrollment Up, State Wants Higher Graduation Rates
While enrollment is up almost 5 percent at Tennessee colleges and universities, the state Board of Regents wants higher graduation rates to go with the increased number of students.
September 7, 2010
Students
Fisk-Vanderbilt Program Set to Become Top Producer of Minority Scientists
The Bridge program, a partnership between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities, is likely to become the nation’s leading producer of minority doctoral graduates in astronomy, physics and material sciences.
August 24, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Purdue’s Córdova Leads University Into Firm Embrace of Diversity
Purdue University president France Córdova’s initiatives have boosted minority and female representation among administration and students, but the institution has a long way to go.
August 18, 2010
Faculty & Staff
NSSE Data Helps Institutions Foster Minority Student Success
Founded 11 years ago at Indiana University, the National Survey of Student Engagement program has grown in size and influence. Its annual results are widely reported in the media.
August 15, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Accelerated Community College Program Puts Achievement in Reach for Disadvantaged Students
Ivy Tech Community College’s one-year associate degree program places low-income and first-generation college students on a faster route to higher education attainment.
August 12, 2010
Faculty & Staff
IUPUI Minority Students Pressure School to Improve Diversity Outreach
A minority student group’s lawsuit threat to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for neglecting multicultural students’ needs has compelled the institution to reform its administration, community partnerships and curriculum.
August 11, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Oil Spill Mars UC Berkeley’s BP-funded Research
BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley’s research partnership with the British company, with activists on the famously liberal campus demanding a severing of ties.
August 1, 2010
Students
Opinion: University of Texas at Austin Continues Its Progress on Diversity
In response to a recent Diverse blog by Dr. Ibram Rogers, the chief diversity officer at The University of Texas at Austin elaborates on the recent decision by The University of Texas System Board of Regents to change the name of Simkins Residence Hall.
July 29, 2010
Students
Journalism Education Undergoes Academic Discipline Makeover
Media industry changes force the nation’s journalism schools to reinvent themselves to better prepare students for the demands of the job market.
July 28, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Tribute: Dr. David Blackwell, 1919-2010
Like many African-American mathematicians who came of age in the 1980s and afterward, I was first aware of professor David Blackwell’s contributions to probability theory before I knew that he was African-American.
July 26, 2010
Students
Arizona State University Journalism Professor Builds Expertise in Latino, Immigration Issues
Arizona State’s Rick Rodriguez is optimistic about news coverage of immigration issues. The shrinking news industry doesn’t stoke his hopeful outlook, but student journalists do.
July 25, 2010
Faculty & Staff
UC-Berkeley Mathematician Dr. David Blackwell Dead at 91
Dr. David Blackwell, a pre-eminent mathematician and the first Black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, has died. He was 91.
July 20, 2010
Students
Who is Marybeth Gasman?
People are surprised, and not always pleasantly so, to discover that Dr. Marybeth Gasman, one of the leading scholars on historically Black colleges and universities, is White. When she was a graduate student, one professor tried to steer her away from the topic, advising her that research of this nature would be “ghettoized.”
July 20, 2010
Faculty & Staff
New Louisiana Community College Campus May Prove Too Small
With President Barack Obama setting a goal of producing 5 million more community college graduates in the next decade, it seems community colleges are finally having their moment.
July 19, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Mass. Minority Professor Program Marks 20th Year
The Phillips Academy Institute for Recruitment of Teachers in Andover, Mass., is celebrating its 20th year, this month.
July 18, 2010
Faculty & Staff
New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs
A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.
June 20, 2010
Students
Community College Champion
In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.
June 14, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Expert Says Company Culture Helps Determine Prospects for Workplace Diversity
A commitment to diversity and inclusion has to be inextricably woven into an organization’s culture for that organization to realize its greatest potential, according to the keynote speaker at George Mason University’s Workplace Diversity Conference.
June 10, 2010
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