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Section: Demographics
African-American
Old Problem, New Approach
Jackie Johnson, an instructor of computer education at Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina, has developed an educational Web site with the goal of making science “cool” for Black youth.
May 16, 2007
Students
In Fairness
Tribal college leaders criticize proposal to fund nontribal institutions with 10 percent American Indian student enrollment.
May 16, 2007
Faculty & Staff
A Tenure Not Soon Forgotten
After 34 years on the Wellesley College faculty, Dr. Tony Martin’s teachings have at times been controversial, but his mentoring of Black women is what his students will remember most.
May 16, 2007
Students
HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students
Campus silence is read as lack of support.
May 16, 2007
Native Americans
And North Dakota Makes Four
It seems that the long battle for state support of tribal colleges is beginning to slowly pay off for American Indian leaders and supporters.
May 13, 2007
Students
University panel says student parody “harassed” blacks
BOSTON A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal “harassed” blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many found racist.
May 13, 2007
Native Americans
We Want to be Included, Say Women Tribal Leaders
ATLANTA Four women from American Indian tribes came together in a panel organized by Spelman College on Wednesday to ask Americans not to forget about them in conversations about diversity and race.
May 10, 2007
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” Myth
When early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”
May 9, 2007
LGBTQ+
The Diversity Dialogue Never Ends, But It May Get Easier
University of Missouri at Kansas City staff share their ongoing efforts to create a welcoming, inclusive environment.
May 8, 2007
Students
Documenting American Indian Success
AIHEC says it has all the data federal officials need to determine that tribal colleges are grant-worthy.
May 2, 2007
Native Americans
Antioch’s Seattle Campus Chooses First American Indian Woman College Head
Dr. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet of the Navajo, or Dine, tribe appears to be the first American Indian woman to be appointed president of a mainstream university outside of the tribal college system. She was named this month to lead Antioch University Seattle from a pool of more than 40 candidates. She formally begins her presidency July 15.
April 29, 2007
African-American
An Unusual Suspect
Often working behind the scenes, Grace Lee Boggs has intrigued scholars and students with her lifelong mentoring of Black radicals.
April 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Minority Scholars Share Strategies At ‘Keeping Our Faculties’ Conference
MINNEAPOLIS When Dr. John Brooks Slaughter was being recruited as president of Occidental College, he asked one professor on the search committee how many African-Americans were on the faculty. He vividly recalls her answer: “You’re looking at 50 percent of them.”
April 24, 2007
Students
Asian Americans Urge Not to Stereotype Community
Asian-American community members are fearful of a backlash given the recent events at Virginia Tech and are urging Americans not to reduce the tragedy into stereotypical assumptions about Asian Americans or Korean Americans in particular.
April 19, 2007
Faculty & Staff
A One-Stop Shop
Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.
April 18, 2007
African-American
Just Focus on the Facts
Just Focus on the Facts(“Scholars Disagree Over Former Slave’s Amazing Tale,” www.diverseeducation.com, March 29) While I can appreciate the pursuit of historical accuracy, this find is interesting but unnecessary. It would be wonderful for the United States to actually talk about the existence, horrors and implications of slavery. Whether or not Equiano was born in […]
April 18, 2007
African-American
An Unusual Suspect
Often working behind the scenes, Grace Lee Boggs has intrigued scholars and students with her lifelong mentoring of Black radicals.
April 18, 2007
Faculty & Staff
A One-Stop Shop
Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.
April 18, 2007
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