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Section: Demographics
African-American
Harris-Perry’s Apology May Be Too Smart for Right-Wing Zealots
I saw her apology and hope it was enough to kill the fake outrage over a joke made on her show about Mitt Romney’s adoptive Black grandchild.
January 6, 2014
Latinx
Colombian MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Honored in Physics
As a young student in Bogota, Colombia, Ana Maria Rey was discouraged by her parents from pursuing her love of physics.
January 6, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Scholars Gather in Bid to Preserve History’s Role
Hundreds of historians made their way to the nation’s capital for the American Historical Association’s 128th annual meeting.
January 5, 2014
African-American
Here’s Hoping That the Current Racial Climate Will Improve
Another year is upon us and it is time to reflect on how racially intense the year 2013 was.
January 2, 2014
Students
Former Emerging Scholars of the Year: Where are they now?
Brian Blake Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Dean of the Graduate School University of Miami Class of 2007 Dr. Mitchell Chang Professor, Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles Class of 2006 Dr. Sean Decatur President Kenyon College Class of 2007 Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick Interim President Howard University Class of 2011 […]
January 2, 2014
Students
Special Report: Emerging Scholars
In this edition Diverse also presents the Emerging Scholars Class of 2014. This is our annual look at 12 standout scholars, under age 40, who are making their mark in the academy. And in honor of our 30th anniversary we also take a look back at 18 Emerging Scholars from years past to find out […]
January 2, 2014
Students
Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class
A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.
January 1, 2014
African-American
Financial Crisis Knocks Arkansas Baptist College to its Knees
A group of faculty and staff are calling for the immediate ouster of the school’s president, Dr. Fitz Hill, and the chief financial officer, Billy Owens, after being forced to go for more than a month without receiving paychecks.
January 1, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
‘Anchorman 2’ and the Normalization of an Ethnic Slur
Filipino dog-eater joke no different from tired, old jokes about Blacks eating watermelon and fried chicken.
December 29, 2013
African-American
History Motivates SEC Inclusion Program Boss to Keep Door Open
For Pamela Gibbs, the need to create paths to diversity and equality within the workplace is rooted in a history of personal and academic triumphs during the civil rights movement.
December 29, 2013
Sports
Every Student Needs a Success Plan
Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.
December 26, 2013
African-American
FAMU’s New Recruiting Strategy Paying Off
So far applications for the fall, 2014 academic year are up 10 percent compared to this time same a year ago, said university interim President Larry Robinson.
December 26, 2013
LGBTQ+
Colorado State Assistant Suspended for Using Gay Slur
Coach Greg Lupfer suspended without pay for two weeks after yelling a slur at Washington State quarterback in bowl game.
December 24, 2013
Sports
Akron Assistant Football Coach Killed in Car Accident
Mississippi native, nicknamed “Tank,” killed in home state at age 44.
December 24, 2013
African-American
Dr. James W. Loewen Changing the Way America Views its History
Inspired by Mississippi’s flawed teaching of history, Harvard-trained sociologist Loewen is attempting to set the record straight through his best-selling textbooks.
December 24, 2013
Students
University of North Florida Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Guns
President John Delaney states that students will be allowed to store guns in their cars.
December 23, 2013
Students
Crazy Horse Program Jumpstarts College Careers
Program’s CEO says about 68 percent of the students who have attended Indian University of North America summer sessions in the backdrop of the mammoth mountain carving in South Dakota’s Black Hills have continued to pursue degrees at private public or tribal colleges and universities.
December 23, 2013
Disabilties
Creighton University Must Accommodate Deaf Student
Michael Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.
December 22, 2013
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