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Section: Demographics
Students
An Open Letter of Love to Black Students
Black professors know there is always more that people don’t see or hear or want to know, but we see you. We hear you.
December 8, 2014
African-American
North Carolina Central University Making History of its Own
In the 75 years since the history department came into existence at NCCU, the faculty have graduated more than 80 alumni who have gone on to earn Ph.D.s in history at other universities and have carved out careers as engaged researchers, university professors and museum curators.
December 8, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Picture Books For Gifting
Hidden among our weightier academic books, we often find some jewels that we don’t expect and that would be suitable for pleasure reading. Our search for books worthy of holiday gift giving this season turned up a number of illustrated storybooks suitable for children or adults
December 8, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Professor’s Early Experiences Combating Racism Come in Handy for Helping, Healing When the ‘Rule of Law’ is Unjust DREAM Youth Expressing Mixed Emotions over Obama Immigration Plan Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’
December 4, 2014
African-American
Poet, Professor Claudia Emerson Dies at 57
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, died early Thursday morning at age 57 after a long battle with cancer, the university said.
December 4, 2014
Sports
Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue
I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.
December 4, 2014
African-American
Students Nationwide Hold ‘Die Ins’ for Justice
Students joined other protestors this week in demonstrations for the lives that have been lost in controversial confrontations with police.
December 4, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Scholars: China Government Gets Foothold on U.S. Campuses
A congressional hearing was told that China’s authoritarian government is funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities.
December 4, 2014
African-American
Expert Urges Use of Classroom Interventions to Eliminate Stereotype Threat
Stereotype threat, when individuals internalize feelings of inadequacy linked to negative stereotypes about groups they are identified with and subsequently live up to such stereotypes, leads to academic underperformance.
December 4, 2014
Native Americans
Native Explorer
In this issue, Diverse profiles the Bard Prison Initiative and other prison education programs, as well as higher ed programs that focus on recruiting and retaining Native American students.
December 3, 2014
Native Americans
Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’
The White House 2014 Native Youth Report, released on Wednesday, finds that Native youth and Native education “are in a state of emergency.”
December 3, 2014
Leadership & Policy
South Carolina State University Wins Approval for $12M Loan
South Carolina State University received a lifeline Wednesday in the form of a $12 million loan from the state as the result of approval from the Joint Bond Review Committee.
December 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team
There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.
December 3, 2014
African-American
New Leadership Path Emerging for Virginia State University
Virginia State University has formed a presidential search committee whose work will begin in 2015, the university announced Wednesday.
December 3, 2014
Disabilties
Audit Reveals Equipment Thefts, Other Problems at Grambling
A new state audit of Grambling State University shows equipment thefts totaling more than $130,000 and an unbalanced budget with more total expenses than revenues in each of the five years analyzed.
December 2, 2014
Native Americans
Tribal Libraries Provide Lifeline to Higher Education
Librarians and directors are making the most of sometimes limited funds to help tribal citizens further their educational and job prospects.
December 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Berkeley’s Campus Free Speech Movement Turns 50
In the waning days of 1964, University of California, Berkeley, students found their collective voice in challenging a campus ban on political advocacy.
December 2, 2014
Students
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Sees More Minority Students
Minority student enrollment at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus is the highest it’s been in at least two decades.
December 1, 2014
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