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Section: Demographics
African-American
Jackson State’s Accelerated Higher Ed Executive Ph.D. Program Comes of Age
The faculty and staff are preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the program, which focuses on issues faced by urban institutions of higher education.
May 22, 2014
African-American
S.C. State University Runs Out of Cash, Wants to Tap Loan
The HBCU wants to draw more than $1 million from an emergency loan to pay employees and cover debt payments, according to the school’s president.
May 22, 2014
African-American
Two African-American Scholars Join Ranks of Deans
Dr. Jonathan Holloway and Dr. Alondra Nelson have been appointed deans at Columbia and Yale University, raising the profile of Blacks in senior-level positions at two of the nation’s most selective academic institutions.
May 22, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Dream Catcher
In this issue, Diverse salutes Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, the influential former president of Cuyahoga Community College.
May 22, 2014
African-American
Dream Catcher
In this issue, Diverse salutes Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, the influential former president of Cuyahoga Community College.
May 22, 2014
LGBTQ+
University of Arkansas Reverses Course on Gay Health Benefits
The University of Arkansas System has reversed its decision to include same-sex couples in the health benefits that is offered to spouses.
May 21, 2014
Latinx
Mexico, U.S. Seek to Boost Student Exchanges
President Barack Obama’s new higher education exchange initiative aims to have 100,000 students from each country participate.
May 21, 2014
Students
Report: Financial Aid, Student Support Reforms Should Embrace Non-Traditional Black Students
National Urban League offers insight into why and what supports are needed to improve higher education outcomes for African-American college students, a majority of whom are non-traditional and independent.
May 21, 2014
Faculty & Staff
A Model Minority? A National Look at Asian-Americans and Endowed Professors of Education
What would a critical look at endowed professors in colleges of education reveal?
May 20, 2014
Students
South Carolina Panel Rejects Sale of Charleston School of Law
A committee of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is recommending that the sale of Charleston School of Law to a for-profit company be denied.
May 20, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Judge Rejects Suit Against Southern University
A state judge Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by Southern University student Author Joiner who sued the school for refusing to renew its contract with Chancellor James Llorens.
May 20, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Social Activism Loses ‘Peaceful Warrior’ Vincent Harding
He was a renaissance man. A productive scholar, who wrote about the Civil Rights Movement, not as a distant outsider but as one who was intimately involved in the day-to-day struggles of Blacks in the American South.
May 20, 2014
Students
Student, Professor Meet in Lifesaving Encounter
A trip to the races could have been deadly for East Tennessee State University pharmacy professor Charles Collins if circumstances had been slightly different.
May 19, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Experts: Intentional Race-conscious Outreach Needed in Admissions Process
Test scores alone and skewed admissions criteria seen as roadblocks to achieving diversity.
May 19, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Israeli, Chinese Universities to Collaborate
Two top universities from Israel and China announced Monday that they are starting a $300 million research project focused on nanotechnologies.
May 19, 2014
African-American
Low Profile of New President of NAACP Might Be Obstacle for Group’s Growth
Cornell Brooks does not come to the job with national name recognition, which experts say is critical to helping push the organization forward.
May 19, 2014
African-American
IU Professor Describes the Origins of the Asian ‘Model Minority’ in the U.S.
Ellen Wu, assistant professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington, recalls the origins and development of the Asian “model minority” stereotype in recent book.
May 18, 2014
Students
Student Overcomes Autism Disorder to Receive Degree
Justice Martins, who has Aspergers Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, will receive his degree after overcoming challenges in an intensive baking and pastry arts program.
May 18, 2014
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