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Section: Demographics
Students
Purdue Faculty Say Cuts Will Hurt Areas with Most Diversity
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Some Purdue University faculty say a plan to overhaul graduate education negatively affects disciplines with the most minority and female graduate students. A five-year initiative laid out last semester by College of Liberal Arts Dean David Reingold would raise graduate teaching assistants’ pay and trim their teaching loads by reducing incoming […]
April 24, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Why It’s Important to Say #BlackGirlsMatter
The AERA panel was a production of love, a production of authenticity, and a shared sense of belonging and mattering.
April 22, 2016
African-American
#BlackLivesMatter Movement Should Broaden Perspective
We must be proactive in our communities to stop the violence among us.
April 22, 2016
Students
U. of Michigan’s New Multicultural Center Gets $3M Boost
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A $3 million gift will help fund a new building at the University of Michigan’s main campus that will house the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. The funding from Mark Bernstein, a member of the Board of Regents, and his wife, Rachel Bendit, was announced at a board meeting Thursday. […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Dolezal’s Visit to Omaha University Draws Backlash
OMAHA, Neb. ― Omaha residents have raised concerns about a visit from Rachel Dolezal, who resigned as president of an NAACP chapter in Washington last year after it was revealed that she is White. The Omaha World-Herald reports that University of Nebraska Medical Center professor Dr. Renaisa S. Anthony’s decision to bring her to […]
April 21, 2016
Students
University of Iowa Officials Re-evaluate Chalking Policy
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― University of Iowa officials are re-evaluating the university’s 6-year-old chalk art policy after an anti-abortion group’s sidewalk art caused a skirmish last week. The Students for Life group says its members drew 3,200 hearts on a university walkway with the intention of showing pedestrians the number of abortions occurring in the […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Proposed Tubman $20 Bill Igniting Controversy
A version that involves moving former President Andrew Jackson’s portrait to the back of the bill is drawing widespread attention with observers cautioning against quick judgments.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Fisk Provost Resigns, Taking U. of Minnesota, Morris Job
Fisk University’s road to stable leadership has hit another major bump.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
The World Mourns Loss of Influential Prince
Undoubtedly we have lost a monumental talent and an artist for whom love of all kinds seems to undergird his decades-worth of unique talent and creativity.
April 21, 2016
African-American
State Department, UNC Turn to Hip-Hop to Bring World Closer
With battles, braggadocio and bravado being the norm within hip-hop, diplomacy has to be one of the last things that comes to mind.
April 20, 2016
Students
Accusers at BYU Investigated by School After Reporting Rape
SALT LAKE CITY ― Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site. She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. That same day, she says, BYU’s honor code office received a copy of the […]
April 20, 2016
African-American
Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs
“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]
April 20, 2016
Latinx
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development in the School of Pharmacy and a professor of biomedical engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Brinton earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.
April 20, 2016
Sports
Coaches’ Academic Advising May Have Negative Impact on Students
A recent study questions the role coaches take in athletes’ scholarly decisions.
April 19, 2016
African-American
Federal Judge: Firing of Black Faculty Member Not Discriminatory
A federal judge in Indianapolis has ruled that an Indiana university did not discriminate against a Black tenured faculty member when he was fired for falsifying his credentials.
April 18, 2016
Students
Melton Breaks Down Diversity Barriers in Intercollegiate Sports
Nicole Melton has spent the last four years of her budding career in higher education teaching students the importance of breaking barriers in the intercollegiate sports arena.
April 17, 2016
Sports
Strategies for Diversity and Inclusion Key to Collegiate Sports Programs
The message at this year’s NCAA’s Inclusion Forum is simple: diversity and inclusion are essential components to building a successful collegiate sports program.
April 17, 2016
African-American
Young Girls of Color Still Facing Challenges on the Road to Higher Ed
Academicians, public policy officials and community advocates gather to discuss the numerous disparities that continue to plague young girls of color.
April 17, 2016
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