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Section: Demographics
African-American
Former Tuskegee Airman, Educator Roscoe Brown Remembered as ‘Real Pioneer’
Roscoe C. Brown also will be remembered for the forays he made on behalf of diversity in the realm of academe and access to higher education.
July 5, 2016
African-American
Study Links Black Men’s Lower Life Expectancy to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker examined healthcare utilization and outcomes across demographic groups before and after 1972 and found that the closer Black men lived to Tuskegee, Ala., the less likely they were to visit a doctor.
June 30, 2016
African-American
Mentoring Pluses for Underrepresented Faculty
Much has been written about the demands from mentoring students, but much less has been written about the benefits to underrepresented faculty from mentoring students.
June 30, 2016
Sports
NCAA: Baruch College Gave Players More Than $255K in Improper Benefits
NEW YORK ― Baruch College gave 30 student-athletes more than $255,000 in improper benefits over the course of five years, NCAA officials said in a decision issued Thursday. The NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions said the school’s former vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and its former head women’s basketball coach both […]
June 30, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline
SEATTLE ― The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience […]
June 30, 2016
Latinx
University of New Mexico Starts Chicano Studies Online Plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― Facing a growing Latino student population and pressure to increase its graduation rates, the University of New Mexico is launching an online degree program in Chicana and Chicano Studies beginning this fall just as ethnic studies programs are facing challenges in neighboring Arizona. Officials say the online classes will allow nontraditional students […]
June 29, 2016
African-American
University of Connecticut Revokes Cosby’s Honorary Degree
STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut on Wednesday revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, saying he engaged in conduct “incongruent” with the university’s values. Trustees voted unanimously to rescind the Doctor of Fine Arts given to Cosby in 1996. Officials said it was the first time UConn has revoked an honorary degree. […]
June 29, 2016
Students
Team Chosen to Review University of Missouri After Turmoil
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last year’s turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission Wednesday. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given millions […]
June 29, 2016
African-American
South Carolina State Names James E. Clark President
South Carolina State University looked within its ranks and named Board of Trustees member James E. Clark the 12th president of the historically Black institution on Wednesday.
June 29, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Ono Tapped as New President of University of British Columbia
Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leaving the University of Cincinnati to become president at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
June 28, 2016
African-American
The Horror in Orlando: And Black Lives Still Matter
As it is with most of the world community, I find the massacre that recently occurred in Orlando, Fla., to be extremely disturbing.
June 28, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?
On the week of the disappointing coincidence of the Brexit vote and the Supreme Court decision to block DACA, I happened to be performing my one-man show on Asian American history in New York City.
June 27, 2016
African-American
Randolph Dedicates Career to ‘Discovering’ Florynce Kennedy
The course of Dr. Sherie M. Randolph’s career completely changed when she discovered Flo Kennedy, whose life she chronicles in a book two decades in the making.
June 27, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Race Still a Crucial Factor in College Admissions Process
A new college guidebook examines the college admissions process from the Asian American perspective.
June 26, 2016
LGBTQ+
LGBTQ Leaders Explore Pathways to Success
LGBTQ leaders say defining leadership goals and implementing and communicating a clear inclusive policy are keys to success at annual LGBTQ Leadership Institute in New York.
June 26, 2016
African-American
Education Department Providing Second Chance to Prisoners
The U.S. Department of Education announced a new development in its efforts to combat recidivism and reform the criminal justice system.
June 23, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Willie D. Larkin Resigns After 1 Year as Grambling State University President
Grambling State University lost its third president in less than two years Thursday when Dr. Willie D. Larkin resigned the post amid widespread reports that he was facing being fired by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.
June 23, 2016
Students
Scholars: Fisher Decision Gives Colleges ‘Breathing Room’ to Consider Race in Admissions
A number of scholars say the Supreme Court’s decision signals that the “race-neutral” alternatives that Fisher argued should be used in college admissions would be an ineffective way to achieve diversity and that race still is necessary to accomplish this end.
June 23, 2016
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