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An Institution of the People

It may have produced one of the most contentious fights ever in U.S. higher education

February 21, 2007

Native Americans

Another Frame of Mind

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced the creation this year of the…

February 21, 2007

Texas Campus Serving Healthy Portions

Across the country, university cafeterias are trying to serve up less processed and lower-salt items, more organic products and access to nutritional information on Web sites or in the cafeteria.

February 20, 2007

African-American

Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month Organization Is On The Rebound

As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History headed into Black History Month, its senior management told Diverse that the most important factor in the association’s ability to teach history was its ability to learn basic economics. The association that Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915 was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1990s, but is now on the rebound.

February 19, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois To Retire Chief Illiniwek Performances

URBANA, Ill. The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.

February 18, 2007

African-American

Black History, Studies To Get Renewed Focus With Painter at Helm of Organization of American Historians

Dr. Nell Irvin Painter will assume the presidency next month of the Organization of American Historians, the 100-year-old organization dedicated to the study, practice and teaching of American history. African-American history and studies are expected to receive renewed attention under Painter’s leadership.

February 14, 2007

Study: Hispanics in the West Perceive Roadblocks To College

PORTLAND Ore. Hispanics aspiring to college see themselves as facing more roadblocks than their White counterparts, concludes a study led by a University of Oregon professor.

February 12, 2007

Native Americans

Black, American Indian Scholars Correct History Books At “State of the Black Union 2007”

The 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown this year gives America the chance to revisit and correct stories about the relationships between these Africans, American Indians and White colonists, as well as the pillaging of American Indian villages, the institution of slavery and the impact these events continue to have in 2007, said Dr. Cornel West and a group of other academics at a panel discussion that was part of “State of the Black Union 2007.”

February 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Despite Harvard’s Historic Move, Appointment of Women, Minority President Is Lacking, Says Study

In a historical first, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has been named the 28th president of Harvard University. According to a press release issued on the university’s Web site, Faust, a Civil War scholar, was confirmed by the Board of Overseers on Sunday.

February 10, 2007

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities I have a college-aged son who was contemplating attending the University of North Dakota (see “Damage Control at Dartmouth,” Dec. 28). He was very discouraged and decided not to attend after hearing of the hostility generated on campus and in Grand Forks by campus alumni and conservative […]

February 7, 2007

Translating Disabilities in Foreign Countries

Students with disabilities have long felt that studying abroad was an impossible dream…

February 7, 2007

African-American

Book of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory Tower

In 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degree…

February 7, 2007

Minority-Serving Institutions Find New Technology Advocates

When the new U.S. Senate opened for business in January, it didn’t take long for minority-serving colleges to find a new sponsor for a…

February 7, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Overshadowed

Ask the average person what comes to mind at the mention of the Black Panther Party…

February 7, 2007

African-American

Empowering the Black Masses

Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia joins a growing body of literature on the civil rights and Black power movements…

February 7, 2007

Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go

Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.

February 4, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface. Three-hour workouts five days a week, long bus rides to weekend games in other states and keeping up with her studies are all part of life for the University of Alabama student…

January 31, 2007

The Diversity Lessons the NCAA Can Learn From the NFL

Professional football fans, particularly African-Americans, were instantly ecstatic that for the first time two National Football League teams led by Black coaches will be facing each other in the nation’s most popular annual sporting event. The event shows how far the NFL has come with respect to diversity among head coaches, and how far collegiate sports still lags behind.

January 31, 2007