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Women
Federal Officials Ease Limits On Same-sex Schools
WASHINGTON The Bush administration is giving public schools wider latitude to teach boys and girls separately in what is considered the biggest change to coed classrooms in more than three decades.
October 23, 2006
Latinx
Systemic Change in Higher Ed Needed to Achieve Truly Diverse Academy
PHILADELPHIA Higher education needs systemic institutional change in order for colleges and universities to become truly diverse and multicultural.
October 23, 2006
African-American
Coca-Cola To Donate Atlanta Land for Civil Rights Museum
ATLANTA The Coca-Cola Co. announced Monday it would donate $10 million worth of prime downtown land to the city for a planned civil rights museum in the home town of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
October 23, 2006
African-American
Senator Accused of Racial Gaffes Draws Support From HBCUs
Despite facing allegations of racial insensitivity during his 2006 re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., continues to draw support from some African-Americans — particularly for his support of historically Black colleges and universities.
October 21, 2006
Students
Corporate Recruiting In the 21st Century
Recruiting for diverse talent is a major priority in corporate America. At a time when employee recruiting is being transformed…
October 18, 2006
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African-American
Bands Behaving Badly
I absolutely applaud the leadership of my alma mater in quickly and decisively dealing with individuals who don’t represent the very best of FAMU and African-Americans (see “FAMU Band Marches Into Trouble,” Oct. 5)…
October 18, 2006
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Latinx
Blacks Will Be Undercounted Under New Proposal, Civil Rights Groups Say
Civil rights groups are opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to change the way colleges and K-12 schools…
October 18, 2006
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Latinx
Conference Focuses on Improving Educational Opportunities For the Next Generation of Hispanics
When U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral visits Hispanic elementary school students across the nation…
October 18, 2006
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African-American
Enrolling In Hip-Hop 101
After all the students make their way into the lecture hall, the professor slips the audio CD into the stereo system…
October 18, 2006
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Latinx
UTEP, Maricopa County Community College Recognized for Hispanic Graduation Efforts
The University of Texas at El Paso and Maricopa County Community College in Arizona have the nation’s two best programs…
October 18, 2006
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Students
Science Revolution in Minority Communities
Students and science educators will gather later this month for the annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos…
October 18, 2006
Latinx
HACU Conference To Highlight Success Stories
The 20th Annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference, held later this month…
October 18, 2006
Students
Corporate Recruiting In the 21st Century
Recruiting for diverse talent is a major priority in corporate America…
October 18, 2006
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Students
A Chance to Prove Themselves
Sean Garballey, a senior at a state university in New England, recently won a highly competitive…
October 18, 2006
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African-American
Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs
WALTHAM, Mass. A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery. The conference focused on overcoming the present “religious and sexual legacy” of the Atlantic slave trade and systems of bondage embedded in the original teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
October 17, 2006
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Students
Racially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT Law
AUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.
October 16, 2006
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Disabilties
Voter Intimidation and Fraud Examined by U.S. Civil Rights Commission
With concerns about past election disputes and waning public confidence in the electoral process, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing on Friday to investigate voter fraud and voter intimidation.
October 15, 2006
Students
Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texas’ Public Universities
The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.
October 12, 2006
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