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African-American
Perspectives: Black Churches Are Unfairly Under Attack
From where I sit Black churches are under attack. Cable news shows have over zealously played the sound bites of a few of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons to a point where I believe it damages the positive role that Black churches play in the community.
March 31, 2008
Faculty & Staff
At Diversifying Colleges Tenure Still a Hurdle for Women, Minorities
Educators gathered for the workshop on promoting faculty diversity at the National Education Association: American Federation of Teachers (NEA-AFT) conference held in Washington last week, heard from higher education officials about not only achieving a racially diverse faculty, but achieving a diversity, which also includes women and people with disabilities.
March 30, 2008
Students
North Dakota State Probes Bawdy Campus Skit
North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a White student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.
March 30, 2008
Latinx
Immigrants More Likely to Commit Suicide After Divorce, Study Finds
A study of Riverside County residents co-authored by a team of sociologists found that divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced.
March 25, 2008
Latinx
Immigrants More Likely to Commit Suicide After Divorce, Study Finds
A study of Riverside County residents co-authored by a team of sociologists found that divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced.
March 25, 2008
Latinx
New Report Says Oklahoma’s Anti-illegal-immigrant Bill to Cost State $1.3B
A new study estimates that Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigration law will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses as foreign-born workers flee the state.
March 25, 2008
Students
Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint
A group of American Indian students is upset about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which students dressed up in Indian costumes and wore red makeup on their faces and bodies.
March 23, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
State Board Says No Time for Hispanic Input on New Curriculum
The chairman of the State Board of Education said there is insufficient time to seek input from Hispanic experts before new reading and writing curriculum standards for Texas public school students are adopted.
March 19, 2008
Latinx
Significant Increase in College-bound Hispanics Projected For The South
The current number of Hispanic high school graduates in the 16 states that constitute the Southern Regional Education Board is projected to more than double by 2022, outpacing national projections, according to a new report released by Denver-based Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
March 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Letters
INCLUSION IS JUST PART OF THE STORY “Perspectives: Tradition of Inclusion Left Out of William & Mary President’s Story,” Feb. 26, 2008 Inclusion is indeed part of [President Gene] Nichol’s story, but it is a minor issue in the chaos that Nichol created at W&M. And diversity of intellectual thought was not on his agenda. […]
March 19, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Getting to Know Dr. Purnima Mankekar
Ask Dr. Purnima Mankekar about family meals during her childhood in India, and she immediately recalls table conversation always revolving around feminist politics and social justice issues.
March 19, 2008
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African-American
Telling Her Story
The roles of women then and now make appealing subjects.
March 19, 2008
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Diverse Calendar
March 27-30 MELUS — Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 22nd Annual MELUS Conference “Towards a Confluence of Multi-Ethnic Arts and the University” The Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Web: http://webspace.ship.edu/kmlong/melus March 29-April 2 American College Personnel Association83rd Annual Convention “Professionalism with Purpose: Advancing […]
March 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Divinity School at TCU Still Plans to Honor Obama Pastor
Controversy surrounding the longtime minister of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is not deterring a Texas divinity school from honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a ceremony later this month.
March 18, 2008
Latinx
Celebrating a Ripe Audience: A New Publishing Imprint Highlights Hispanic Celebrities
With the recent launch of the Celebra publishing imprint, Raymond Garcia hopes to tap into the emergent Hispanic book-buying market.
March 18, 2008
Latinx
Justice and Immigration Clinic Opens at California’s University of La Verne College of Law
The University of La Verne (ULV) College of Law has announced the opening of its Justice & Immigration Clinic (JIC).
March 18, 2008
Latinx
From South America to Europe, Scholars Discuss Equity
While affirmative action programs are being challenged in the United States, Brazil is readily adopting these admissions policies in their colleges and universities as the morally correct thing to do to address the socioeconomic exclusion of Blacks, according to research done by Fulbright New Century scholar, Dr. Michele S. Moses.
March 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Tribal College Leaders Bow Out of UND Advertisement, Citing Nickname
Five current and former tribal college presidents have decided not to take part in a photo shoot for a University of North Dakota student recruiting campaign because of their opposition to the Fighting Sioux nickname, a UND official says.
March 16, 2008
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