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African-American
Race Not Mentioned in Gates 911 Call
The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did not mention race in the call, according to a statement issued by her attorney and backed up by Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas.  According to the Detroit Free Press, Lucia Whalen placed the 911 call July […]
July 26, 2009
African-American
The Professor, Policeman and President
President Barack Obama on Thursday backed off a statement he made the day before that Cambridge, Mass., police �acted stupidly� during the arrest of prominent Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. According to the Detroit Free Press, Obama said he never intended to call the officer �stupid� for arresting Gates on a disorderly conduct […]
July 23, 2009
Students
THE TOP 100: GRADUATE RANKINGS
The Top 100 degree tables published in this edition of Diverse, and the many more detailed tables included on the Diverse Web site, delineate the institutions that have conferred the most master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees to students of color in academic year 2007-2008.
July 22, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
New Asian American Civil Rights Book
A textbook on Asian Americans and civil rights has been published by the University of California, Los Angeles’ Asian American Studies Center Press. Untold Civil Rights Stories is aimed at high school students and college freshmen, officials say, and marks a rare work on the little-discussed topic.
July 22, 2009
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Sept. 15-17 NATIONAL COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE Hilton San Francisco Web: www.collegeaccess.org Sept. 22-26 National Black MBA Association 31st Annual Conference and Exposition “Connect” Ernest Morial Convention Center New Orleans, La. Web: www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 30-Oct. 3 NATIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE “Academic Advising: Deep in the Heart of Student Success” San Antonio Convention […]
July 22, 2009
African-American
Charges Against Gates Dropped
Cambridge officials announced Tuesday in a press release that a disorderly conduct charge against renowned Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be dropped, the Boston Herald reported.
July 21, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Perspectives: Thanks for Asking
We applaud White House and Education Department officials for visiting Hispanic-majority communities to better ascertain the challenges and key issues for Latino/a students. If the goodwill created by this initiative is matched by decisive action, the current administration can achieve educational improvements for Hispanic Americans.
July 21, 2009
African-American
John Brown Exhibit on Display at West Virginia University
Nineteenth century sketches depicting the trial and hanging of abolitionist John Brown, and the uniform of a Confederate militia commander who helped halt his Harpers Ferry insurrection are on display at West Virginia University.
July 16, 2009
African-American
Morgan State University Professor M.K. Asante discusses new film, The Black Candle
M.K. Asante, an awarding-winning poet, author and internationally acclaimed filmmaker, recently embarked on his most ambitious teaching assignment to date: educating the world about Kwanzaa.
July 13, 2009
Students
In Brief: Stories From Around the Academy
UNLV chancellor demoted; President Bill Clinton named honorary Phi Beta Sigma; Hampton names new provost; University of South Carolina trustee charged with bank fraud.
July 12, 2009
Sports
Native American Players Looking for Recognition
Less than four months ago, Wayne Holmberg scored 21 points to help lift his team to a small-schools Alaska state basketball championship.
July 9, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM:A POINEER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
In 1978, Joe McDonald of the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribes dreamed of a decent building for the newly created Salish Kootenai College. At the time, classes were being held in an abandoned building on the Flathead Reservation in Montana.
July 8, 2009
Students
Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication
An African-American newspaper that covered Boston’s busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of Black political leaders, and the rise of the state’s first Black governor, Deval Patrick, has suspended publication after 44 years and laid off its 12 employees.
July 8, 2009
Native Americans
Course Watch: Tribal College Offers Gaelic, Russian Classes
Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.) became the first tribal college to offer its students foreign language courses this academic year, according to the university.
July 8, 2009
African-American
Documentary on Controversial African Studies Scholar
This month on diverseeducation.com snippets of the film “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness,” which chronicles the life and career of the late Melville J. Herskovits, a pioneering American anthropologist of African studies, will be featured.
July 8, 2009
Students
Three Black Fraternities Unite With Big Brothers Big Sisters in a National Partnership
Three of the nation’s largest African-American fraternities – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. – have joined with the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization to help Black boys succeed.
July 6, 2009
Students
Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs
Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.
July 6, 2009
LGBTQ+
Study Finds Widening Generation Gap in United States
From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s and the culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women’s liberation.
June 29, 2009
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