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Section: Demographics
African-American
Racial Threat Puts Ohio College on Alert, on Edge
An attacker could find many places to hide at Hocking College, a campus carved into a forest in the Appalachian foothills. And with the threat of a mass killing looming over Black students at the community college, Allen Edwards is steering clear of the trees.
January 28, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Minority Male Plight Demands Broad U.S. Action, College Board Says
A College Board report highlighting the “overwhelming barriers” U.S. minority males confront in becoming educated and productive citizens.
January 26, 2010
African-American
Scholars Speak Out on Haiti
In the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Diverse interviews three scholars of Haitian descent who study the island nation and teach its history and culture on the college level.
January 20, 2010
Students
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM : CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
Among longtime residents and higher education observers in and around Phoenix, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has been known for 30 years as “the little college that could.”
January 19, 2010
African-American
Haiti’s History Created Bond With Many U.S. Blacks
While a terrible earthquake anywhere in the Caribbean would hit a sympathetic nerve in most Americans, Haiti holds a unique place in the hearts of many American Blacks.
January 19, 2010
Students
Lottery-winning Alumnus Donates $10 Million to South Carolina HBCU
Hoping to spread the joy of a $260 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the Rev. Solomon Jackson has donated $10 million of his “good fortune” to his alma mater, Morris College, a historically Black college in Sumter, S.C.
January 19, 2010
African-American
Scholar West Urges Holiday Audience Not to ‘Sanitize’ King’s Legacy
A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.’s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon’s church, urging the audience not to “sanitize” King’s legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty.
January 18, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Delaware State Trustee Reflects on Interim Presidency
Dr. Claibourne Smith’s tenure as interim leader of Delaware State inspires him to take a more active role on the Dover-based institution’s board of trustees.
January 18, 2010
Latinx
Five Questions for Soledad O’Brien
Diverse correspondent María Eugenia Miranda spoke with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien about covering communities of color.
January 14, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Observers Say U. of Virginia Diversity Prowess Safe with Sullivan
When a highly selective institution garners an enviable diversity record as that found at The University of Virginia change at the top is bound to raise concerns. But those familiar with the school’s new president say those concerns are unwarranted.
January 14, 2010
African-American
Analysis: Post-racial Era Yet to Dawn in America
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s remarks about Barack Obama, only the latest such eruption since America’s first Black president took office a year ago, probably say more about the state of race relations in the United States than they do about Obama.
January 12, 2010
African-American
Rhode Island to Highlight African-American Memoir in Tours, School Curriculum
William J. Brown’s 1883 memoir is at the center of a yearlong project, funded by the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, which seeks to raise the free Black civic leader’s profile and further the public’s understanding of African-American history in Rhode Island.
January 11, 2010
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions to Benefit from Education Department Budget Increase
Nearly three months into the federal fiscal year, Congress and President Barack Obama reached an agreement on a 2010 education spending bill that will increase funds for minority-serving institutions and student financial aid with the possibility of more gains ahead.
January 10, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Former Howard U. President James Cheek dies at 77
WASHINGTON — James E. Cheek, who served as Howard University’s president for 20 years and oversaw major expansions at the school, has died. He was 77.
January 10, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Norfolk State’s Meyers to Step Down June 30
After more than three years of leading the southeastern Virginia-based historically Black public institution, Norfolk State University president Carolyn W. Meyers is stepping down from her post on June 30.
January 7, 2010
African-American
Congress Expected to Focus on Education in 2010
The U.S. Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher education in the new year.
January 7, 2010
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE : 2010 CAPITOL HILL OUTLOOK: MORE ATTENTION TO EDUCATION
Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher ed in the new year.\r\n\r\nFor a year that began with great expectations, 2009 ended with many top higher education legislative goals unresolved as other pres
January 6, 2010
Faculty & Staff
LAW : Native American Law and Order
University of Idaho law professor Angelique EagleWoman first became interested in the law after her African-American uncle was assaulted by a group of deputies and subsequently awarded $75,000 in punitive damages.
January 6, 2010
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