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Section: Demographics
Faculty & Staff
Southern University System Names Presidential Contenders
Southern University’s presidential search committee announced Friday that the pool of candidates for the job of system president and chancellor of the system’s Baton Rouge campus is down to six.
May 17, 2015
Students
College Fairs Aim to Boost College Success Among AAPIs
Journey to Success, a series of daylong college fairs across California, aims to improve rates of college enrollment, retention and graduation among underserved and educationally disadvantaged AAPIs.
May 17, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Groups File Complaint Against Harvard
A coalition of more than 60 Asian American organizations filed an official federal complaint against Harvard University on Friday.
May 17, 2015
Students
Consumer Agency Opens Review of Student Loan Services
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans “stressful or harmful.”
May 14, 2015
Native Americans
Committee Investigates Failing State of Indian Education
Of the students who attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, only half graduate from high school. Even fewer make it to college.
May 14, 2015
African-American
Xavier University Selects Verret as Next President
Dr. C. Reynold Verret, who is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Savannah State University, has been tapped to be the next president of Xavier University in New Orleans.
May 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Black Professor Regrets Comments Critical of White Students
An incoming Boston University professor who called “White college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the university’s president said late Tuesday she regrets making the remarks.
May 13, 2015
Sports
Willie Lanier Funding Endowed Lectureship at Morgan State
Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is giving $500,000 to Morgan State University, his alma mater, to establish the Willie E. Lanier, Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics.
May 13, 2015
Students
States Vary in Success at Improving High School Grad Rates
The record high American graduation rate masks large gaps among low-income students and those with disabilities compared to their peers.
May 12, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Need to Disaggregate AAPI Data Reemphasized at Summit
Although it is true that many Asian Americans are doing well as far as educational attainment and income, at least according to a Pew Research Center study on Asian Americans from 2012, others face significant challenges.
May 12, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
AAPI Role Models Matter
For today’s AAPI students, seeing educational leaders who share their background is integral to developing positive orientations toward school and self.
May 12, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Ono’s Deft Touch Lifts University of Cincinnati
After nearly three years on the job at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Santa J. Ono is redefining the role of the college president in bold and unusual ways.
May 12, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diverse on the Go
Executive Director of Advertising Donald Washington will be among the Diverse staffers attending the The White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders today at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
May 11, 2015
African-American
Southern University President to Take Reins at UDC
Ronald Mason Jr., president of the Southern University system, is expected to be named the next president of the University of the District of Columbia at a press conference Tuesday.
May 11, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Educational Strategies Overlook AAPI Diversity
The model minority perception is just that: a perception. It overlooks one big issue: Asian Americans are far from homogenous.
May 11, 2015
African-American
Young Men of Color Matter Before They’re Victims
President’s comforting words arrive too late for some.
May 10, 2015
African-American
Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home
On Saturday, Michelle Obama became the second first lady to visit Tuskegee University and, like Roosevelt, she used the opportunity to train a national spotlight on the issue of race.
May 10, 2015
African-American
Lifelong Learner, Activist Earns Her Degree
Alabama State University cites Jean Graetz and her husband, Robert, as “famous and nationally acclaimed civil rights pioneers, who were among the few White residents of Montgomery who openly and actively supported the civil rights movement.”
May 10, 2015
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