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Section: Demographics

Study Finds Rising Narcissism, Self-centeredness Among College Students

Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.

February 28, 2007

UCLA Gets $1 Million to Study Legal Topics Involving Gay Couples

LOS ANGELES A gay couple that hope to marry one day has donated more than $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to fund research on legal topics involving same-sex relationships.

February 28, 2007

Hed: Bringing a Unique Perspective

The University of New Mexico is building a multimillion-dollar health policy center to increase American Indian and Hispanic scholars’ involvement in national health policy research and development.

February 27, 2007

African-American

To Atone For Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million to Local Public Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The new programs follow a report of the school’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, released last October, that found much of Brown’s endowment came from slave owners’ wealth.

February 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of A Mess

For Diverse’s Web readers only: an advanced copy of our March 8th edition’s exclusive on how Black professors are under fire at Duke. With the criminal case against the lacrosse players unraveling, a group of professors are now facing fierce criticism that their own biases fueled a “lynch-mob mentality” on campus that has destroyed the reputations of three young men.

February 25, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Perspectives: University of Illinois Misses A Teachable Moment On The Mascot

When University of Illinois officials announced the retirement of Chief Illiniwek, the controversial mascot who made his last offensive performance yesterday, they missed an opportunity to acknowledge the concerns of the Native community and address the hostile campus environment created by the Chief. Instead, opponents of the Chief fear they may have generated more resentment of American Indian students.

February 21, 2007

Despite Higher Pell Grant, Budget Has Few Other Increases

Despite proposing a large Pell Grant increase for next year, President Bush’s 2008 education budget falls short…

February 21, 2007

‘Stomp’ Steps Into the Mainstream

Gregory Anderson left Tallahassee after graduating from Florida A&M University in 1996 with hopes of jumpstarting a career in the film industry…

February 21, 2007

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