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Section: Demographics
Latinx
Brighid Dwyer: Advancing Diversity and Building Bridges Through Intergroup Dialogue
Dr. Brighid Dwyer specializes in helping people talk to each other. Not at each other or past each other, but across lines of division ranging from age, race and gender to religion, sexual orientation and political views.
August 21, 2018
African-American
Aretha Franklin: Entertainment Genius, Feminist and Social Activist
While not overtly political, Aretha Franklin was astute to the power of her platform and used her voice for more than just belting out songs and entertaining audiences. She was a proud and strong advocate for the Black community, in particular, Black women.
August 21, 2018
African-American
Scholars Remember the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin
The academic world took to social media and other venues yesterday to remember a legendary artist who transformed music with her soulful and bold lyrics and strident support for civil rights.
August 16, 2018
Latinx
Installing Collaborative Spaces Increased Retention at NMSU Engineering
As we begin another academic year, it is important to remember during the beginning-of-semester excitement that many students will not be returning to campus to complete their studies. Retention can be a problem for universities, specifically for those students who have been traditionally underserved.
August 16, 2018
Latinx
Saint Xavier University Receives First NSF Grant as HSI
Saint Xavier University recently received a $1.46-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), making the award the first NSF grant SXU has received as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). The funding is also the largest NSF award in the school’s history. As a participating school in the NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, […]
August 14, 2018
LGBTQ+
Spelman Expands its Admissions Policy to Include Trans Students
All eyes will be on Spelman College as it joins the ranks of all-women’s colleges that officially have an admissions policy for transgender students this 2018-2019 academic year.
August 13, 2018
Students
Vanessa Sansone: Determined to Make a Difference
Dr. Vanessa Sansone has used her personal background of being a first-generation college student and growing up in a low-income community as influence for her teachings and research on underrepresented groups.
August 9, 2018
Latinx
Report Details Wide Latino, White College-Attainment Gaps in Colorado
Colorado, the second most-educated state in the nation, has a college-attainment gap between White and Latino residents that is the worst among the nine states with the largest Latino populations.
August 8, 2018
African-American
New Research Center at Prairie View A&M Focuses on Marginalized Communities
Dr. Fred A. Bonner II is on a mission to dispel the notion that “good scholarship” — particularly research on African-American and other minority populations — can only be done at elite predominantly White institutions.
August 8, 2018
African-American
Kevin Hart Partners with Programs to Give 18 Students Scholarships
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart has partnered with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) to help 18 KIPP students earn a college degree, including two Lincoln University students: sophomore Marjani Walton and senior Alexys Smith. The 18 scholarship award recipients were chosen based on their academic and personal accomplishments. […]
August 8, 2018
Disabilties
CSUN Explorers Program to Benefit People with Disabilities
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) will begin a two-year program starting this fall called CSUN Explorers in hopes of increasing the employability and independence of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. CSUN Explorers is a postsecondary program accessible through the university’s Tseng College. Individuals in the program will not be earning a degree, but will […]
August 8, 2018
Students
Harvard’s Asian Problem Does Not Justify the Blum Lawsuit
That lawsuit filed by White conservative Ed Blum using Asians as proxies to fight affirmative action may have revealed in discovery a complex and unique admissions process at Harvard. But using race to determine admissions is legal, and the suit doesn’t justify changing current law.
August 7, 2018
African-American
Black Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott College
Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network is joining the faculty of the Social Justice and Community Organizing program at Prescott College,  a small liberal arts college in Arizona. Cullors, an activist, artist, educator and the author of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir will serve as […]
August 7, 2018
African-American
HBCUs and PBIs Usher in New Era of Cybersecurity
As a high demand for skilled laborers in cybersecurity and information technology continues – and concerns surge about the nation’s national security – historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions have stepped up to train their students for the jobs of the future.
August 2, 2018
LGBTQ+
Donors Help Gay High School Valedictorian Afford College
Seth Owen, a high school valedictorian from First Coast High school in Florida, who said he was shunned by his parents because of his sexuality, can now attend college in the fall thanks to a GoFundMe campaign. The campaign was started by Jane Martin, one of his teachers. After hearing that Owen was worried he […]
August 2, 2018
Students
Institute for University Women Leaders from Diverse Global Venues Builds Network
When undertaking American federal grants in the United States and England, we encountered international women students from countries in the midst of or having recently undergone political conflicts, violent kidnappings, and civil wars. Now they are in transitional stages moving toward democratic governments.
August 1, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
New Book Chronicles Aftermath of US Japanese Incarceration
Growing up in the 1950s, Kay Ochi heard nary a syllable about the incarceration camps where her parents and other Japanese Americans languished during World War II. A new book documents how ordinary people gained empowerment through their activism around the issue.
July 31, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Jean Zu: Pushing Stevens to National Prominence
Dr. Jean Zu has her sights on working to increase the number of international undergraduate students at her institution and she is looking to forge stronger alliances between the institution and the STEM industry.
July 31, 2018
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