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Section: Demographics
African-American
House Bill Provides $8M for HBCU Historic Preservation Fund
Advocates for historically Black colleges and universities are praising the passage of a U.S. House of Representatives āminibusā appropriations bill that will increase funding for the HBCU Historic Preservation Fund if approved by the Senate for fiscal year 2019. Earlier this year, the H.R. 6147 bill originally set aside $5 million for the fund for [ā¦]
July 20, 2018
Students
TCUs: Saving Native American Education
Native Americans have the lowest educational attainment of any race. One of the ways in which mainstream institutions are failing them is by simply not addressing the values of Native American students.
July 19, 2018
African-American
UNCF to Showcase āPurposeful Disruptionsā at HBCUs
For the third year in a row, the United Negro College Fund will hold their Career Pathways Initiative Annual Convening & Data Institute, bringing together data industry experts and faculty, staff and executive leadership from more than 40 historically Black institutions this month in Fort Lauderdale.
July 13, 2018
LGBTQ+
HBCU Leaders Push to Make their Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive
Creating better inclusion for LGBTQ students at historically Black colleges and universities was the focus of the second annual āHistorically Black Colleges and Universities Leadership Summit on LGBTQ Inclusion for University Presidents and Senior Executivesā hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
July 11, 2018
African-American
Setting the Agenda for Tennesseeās HBCUs
Brittany L. Mosby is in the role of her dreams as the nationās first director of HBCU Success for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. In marrying her passion for historically Black colleges and universities, higher education, diversity and inclusion and state-level policy research, Mosby is setting a strategic agenda to move the stateās seven HBCUs forward.
July 11, 2018
African-American
New Dean Makes Her Mark at Webster University
Dr. Simone Cummings, who was recently named the new dean of the Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University, became intrigued with business at a young age, as she watched her father go to work as a marketing executive for Anheuser Busch.
July 10, 2018
Students
Sisters, Other-Mothers and Aunties: The Importance of Informal Mentors for Black Women Graduate Students at Predominantly White Institutions
Mentoring is paramount to the success of Black women pursuing graduate degrees. Unfortunately, mentors at predominantly White institutions who provide formal mentoring for Black women graduate students are few and far between.
July 10, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diversity of Convenience in Higher Education
As I sat, looking through a window in a bookstore at a prestigious university, I could not help but notice how monolithic the institution was. It was nothing like how it was advertised on their brochure and website, where they presented a diverse campus filled with people from different racial and cultural backgrounds.
July 6, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Being a Tourist is Not the Same as Being a Minority
I recently returned from China. I spent the summer teaching American law, in English. As a Chinese American, I must confess one of the most annoying statements that White Americans make is that, after they have been a tourist overseas, they understand what it is like to be a minority back home.
July 5, 2018
African-American
Burnim Comes Out of Retirement to Lead UMES on Interim Basis
Higher education officials in Maryland have called seasoned college administrator Dr. Mickey Burnim out of retirement to serve as interim president of the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (UMES) starting next week as a replacement for retired president Dr. Juliette Bell.
June 25, 2018
Students
A Seat at the Table for KIPP Alumni
WASHINGTON ā The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) centered students who are alumni of the charter school network at the forefront of a conversation this week about what it takes to get to and through college during a panel on Capitol Hill.
June 25, 2018
Native Americans
As American as Apple Pie
America isnāt divided by pundits and peddlers. It isnāt divided by vacuous political labels that tell us little about peopleās commitment to mutual progress. Our country is divided because promoting the politics of exclusion is as American as apple pie.
June 21, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Americans: Right to Be Angry at Harvard, Not African-Americans
People of all backgrounds become so angry about affirmative action that it is difficult to discuss the subject. The current emphasis is on Asian American applicants to Harvard College and younger Asian American students competing for entry to the magnet high schools of New York City.
June 20, 2018
Latinx
Report Highlights MSIs as āEngines of Upward Mobilityā
A new report this week from the American Council on Education affirms what those familiar with minority serving institutions (MSIs) know to be true of the institutionsā significant role in bolstering the economic mobility of low-income students.
June 13, 2018
African-American
A Scholar Without Borders
As chair of the African American studies department and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson is a scholar without borders. His research crosses academic disciplines and creative art forms in multiple ways, to the extent that he describes himself only half-jokingly as āan academic trickster.ā
June 12, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Dilemma of Diversity
Opponents of racial diversity often style themselves as proponents of intellectual diversity. These positions are not mutually exclusive. No doubt there are advocates who wish to hear multiple viewpoints being expressed on campus without the speakers suffering adverse consequences, who are sincere in their beliefs. Racial diversity and intellectual diversity, however, are related.
June 12, 2018
Students
Southwest Arkansas Schools Courting Hispanic Students
Holding an ESL course at a local chicken processing plant, diversity celebrations, connecting with student families and Spanish-speaking campus tour guides are just some of the ways universities in an area like Southwest Arkansas reach the local Hispanic population.
June 11, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Selects New Leader
After an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Noƫl Suzanne Harmon, has been selected as the new president and executive director of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF).
June 7, 2018
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