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Diverse Docket: Weatherford College Prevails in Discrimination Suit

A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas community college’s defense against discrimination and retaliation charges by the former chair of its Kinesiology Department.

April 30, 2014

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Faculty & Staff

Sterling Controversy Shows Race to Be America’s Achilles Heel

Here we are in 2014 and race remains at the top of our social disorders list.

April 28, 2014

Dr. Ruth Simmons – President Emeritus, Brown University

In 2001, Simmons became the 18th president of Brown University, the first African-American to lead an Ivy League institution. She was president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, after serving as vice provost of Princeton University and provost of Spelman College. She has served in various administrative positions at the University of Southern California […]

April 28, 2014

NCAA Penalizes University of Idaho on Academic Standards

The NCAA has levied penalties, including a ban on postseason play next season, against the University of Idaho football team for failing to meet academic standards for the 2009 through 2012 seasons.

April 27, 2014

Donald Sterling’s Free Speech and Latest Ruling on Affirmative Action

To understand L.A. Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling is to understand the modern racist. It’s all about, “Do as I say, not what I do.”

April 27, 2014

Dr. Yvonne Maddox – Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

As the deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, Maddox guides the NICHD’s organizations and programs, and advises the director on internal affairs of the Institute’s $1.3 billion budget. Maddox has received both the Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award and the […]

April 25, 2014

Dr. Sharon Beverly – Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of New Jersey

Beverly is the assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation at The College of New Jersey. Previously, she was director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College. In 2010, Beverly was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year. A student -athlete on Queens College’s women’s […]

April 25, 2014

Grambling Students Vote for Athletics Fee

Grambling State University’s athletic programs will get a boost in the fall after students approved an athletics fee that will generate an additional $1 million annually.

April 24, 2014

Transfer Numbers Are Up for College Basketball

The number of transfers from one Division I school to another jumped from 259 to 325 from 2012-13 to 2013-14 alone.

April 24, 2014

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TSU Men’s Golf Coach Catana Starks Goes From The Rough to the Big Screen

The inspirational story of Catana Starks, the first African-American woman to coach an NCAA Division I men’s golf team, makes it to the big screen in From the Rough.

April 24, 2014

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Leadership & Policy

University of North Carolina Reading Specialist Says She’s Resigning

The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says she’s resigning at the end of the semester.

April 22, 2014

Did Big Time Football Trump Justice at Florida State University?

Investigation shows Florida State University and Tallahassee cops botched case of rape suspect and Heisman winner Jameis Winston.

April 21, 2014

UT Austin President Says $325K Payment was Properly Approved

AUSTIN, Texas—University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers said he was told that $325,000 in extra compensation he received while dean of the law school was properly authorized at the time even though a newspaper found no evidence that the chancellor ever signed off.

April 21, 2014

Iona College’s Billi Godsey Inspires Young Women On and Off the Court

Billi Godsey, Iona College’s head women’s basketball coach, is one of a relatively small but emerging group of young women of color becoming head coaches.

April 21, 2014

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9 Pennsylvania Colleges Target of Gender Complaint

A women’s legal organization has filed discrimination complaints against nine universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, alleging the schools have repeatedly failed to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students over several decades.

April 17, 2014

Diverse Interactions

Diverse would like to warmly welcome all new readers whom we met over the weekend at the Hispanic Association of College and Universities (HACU) conference in Denver. We look forward to your readership and staying connected with you!

April 17, 2014

University to Keep Nickname, Add Ute Scholarships

The University of Utah will keep its “Ute” name for sports teams under a new agreement announced Tuesday with leaders of the Ute Indian Tribe that also provides increased recruiting and financial help for tribe members.

April 15, 2014

Colleges Seek to Improve Remedial Programs

The odds have long been stacked against students like those in Edward Ennels’ remedial math classes at Baltimore City Community College.

April 14, 2014