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Section: Demographics

In Brief: Schools Chief Tells Principals No Assemblies for Ethnic Groups

Complaints about a meeting to improve Black and Hispanic test scores leads to mandate to end assemblies for ethnic groups; the incidence of hate crimes rose 8 percent last year, according to FBI; Jackson State University student is missing.

November 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Chicano Nationalist Professor Fired Despite Student Protests of Censorship

The teaching contract of a 25-year University of New Mexico instructor, who supports the secession of Southwest states to form an independent Chicano nation, is not being renewed despite protests from students who fear the university is stifling academic freedom.

November 19, 2007

University of California Tries to Better Understand Asian Students

The University of California is expanding the categories undergraduate applicants use to self-report their ethnicity as part of an effort to collect and better report the “complexities” of its Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

November 17, 2007

Black Greeks Debate Their Future

“Enough is enough” was the sentiment of panelists and participants in Diverse’s Web chat last week, when they expressed that dangerous hazing undermines the noble principles on which Black Greek-letter organizations were founded.

November 17, 2007

African-American

Study: Brutal, Corrupt Police Patrol Black, Latino Neighborhoods

CHICAGO A statistical study by a University of Chicago law professor indicates police officers most often accused of brutality and corruption work in groups that patrol mostly low-income Black and Latino neighborhoods.

November 15, 2007

Native Americans

Standing Rock Tribal Council Rejects Fighting Sioux Nickname

FORT YATES, N.D. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council has voted to reaffirm its opposition to the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, a council member says.

November 15, 2007

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Transcripts: Diverse Web Chat on the State of Black Greek Letter Organizations

Here is the modified transcript from Diverse’s web chat on the state of Black Greek-letter Organizations, held Nov. 14.

November 14, 2007

Arkansas State U. Panel Narrows List of Names for New Mascot

JONESBORO Ark. The panel picking a new mascot name for Arkansas State University has narrowed its list to a dozen finalists.

November 14, 2007

African-American

Ties That Bind Untangling the history of the “Black Seminoles”

As a transplanted Englishman, Dr. Kevin Mulroy might seem an unlikely candidate to peel back the layers of mystique and legend surrounding the “Black Seminoles.”

November 14, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Study See Inequities for Latino Students

Latino students lag far behind White and Asian students on every indicator of school success — achievement, high school graduation, and college preparation, according to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.

November 13, 2007

New Mexico Receives $3.5 Million Grant to Enhance Nursing Programs

SANTA FE, N.M The New Mexico Higher Education Department has awarded $3.5 million to support nursing programs at 17 of the state’s public colleges and universities. The grants ranged from $50,000 to $500,000, the department announced.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas School Board Member Wants Curriculum to Include More Hispanics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A Texas State Board of Education member said Monday that upcoming revisions to the state’s core public school curriculum must include lessons on historical contributions made by Hispanics, women and American Indians.

November 13, 2007

Veto Casts Cloud Over Education Bill That Would Have Increased Pell Grants, MSI Funding

President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a 2008 education budget bill that many advocates had championed for its proposed increases in student financial aid and college-access programs. Now, the House and Senate need to muster a two-thirds majority to bring into law the bill, which would have increased the maximum Pell Grant and provide more funding for minority-serving institutions.

November 12, 2007

African-American

Va. Memorial to Honor 2 Md. Slaves Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin

ALEXANDRIA Va. In a city well known for famous slaveholders George Washington and Robert E. Lee, an office building planned on the site of a notorious slave pen will provide its first monument to slaves.

November 12, 2007

Black Greeks: A Legacy in Peril?

During the time of their inception, the purpose of Black Greek-letter organizations was clear. Amid racial oppression and segregation, these elite groups of educated Blacks assumed the charge of activism, scholarship, social uplift and service.

November 12, 2007

Native Americans

Montana State University Project Aimed at Ending Shortage of American Indian Educators

PIERRE, S.D. A federal grant is funding an effort to recruit, educate and place more American Indians as administrators in schools that have larger numbers of Indian students.

November 12, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

University of Nevada, Reno Enrolls Highest Number of Students of Color

RENO Nev. Nearly one-fifth of the students at the University of Nevada, Reno identify themselves as students of color, the most diverse enrollment in school history, UNR officials said.

November 11, 2007

Diverse To Host a Web Chat on Black Greek Letter Organizations

Please join us for an exciting Web chat discussion about the state of Black Greek Letter Organizations at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Our panel includes Dr. Ricky L. Jones, author of “Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities and Dr. Gregory S. Parks, editor of the new book “Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century,” among others.

November 8, 2007