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Section: Demographics
Asian American Pacific Islander
Being a Tourist is Not the Same as Being a Minority
I recently returned from China. I spent the summer teaching American law, in English. As a Chinese American, I must confess one of the most annoying statements that White Americans make is that, after they have been a tourist overseas, they understand what it is like to be a minority back home.
July 5, 2018
African-American
Burnim Comes Out of Retirement to Lead UMES on Interim Basis
Higher education officials in Maryland have called seasoned college administrator Dr. Mickey Burnim out of retirement to serve as interim president of the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (UMES) starting next week as a replacement for retired president Dr. Juliette Bell.
June 25, 2018
Students
A Seat at the Table for KIPP Alumni
WASHINGTON â The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) centered students who are alumni of the charter school network at the forefront of a conversation this week about what it takes to get to and through college during a panel on Capitol Hill.
June 25, 2018
Native Americans
As American as Apple Pie
America isnât divided by pundits and peddlers. It isnât divided by vacuous political labels that tell us little about peopleâs commitment to mutual progress. Our country is divided because promoting the politics of exclusion is as American as apple pie.
June 21, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Americans: Right to Be Angry at Harvard, Not African-Americans
People of all backgrounds become so angry about affirmative action that it is difficult to discuss the subject. The current emphasis is on Asian American applicants to Harvard College and younger Asian American students competing for entry to the magnet high schools of New York City.
June 20, 2018
Latinx
Report Highlights MSIs as âEngines of Upward Mobilityâ
A new report this week from the American Council on Education affirms what those familiar with minority serving institutions (MSIs) know to be true of the institutionsâ significant role in bolstering the economic mobility of low-income students.
June 13, 2018
African-American
A Scholar Without Borders
As chair of the African American studies department and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson is a scholar without borders. His research crosses academic disciplines and creative art forms in multiple ways, to the extent that he describes himself only half-jokingly as âan academic trickster.â
June 12, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Dilemma of Diversity
Opponents of racial diversity often style themselves as proponents of intellectual diversity. These positions are not mutually exclusive. No doubt there are advocates who wish to hear multiple viewpoints being expressed on campus without the speakers suffering adverse consequences, who are sincere in their beliefs. Racial diversity and intellectual diversity, however, are related.
June 12, 2018
Students
Southwest Arkansas Schools Courting Hispanic Students
Holding an ESL course at a local chicken processing plant, diversity celebrations, connecting with student families and Spanish-speaking campus tour guides are just some of the ways universities in an area like Southwest Arkansas reach the local Hispanic population.
June 11, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Selects New Leader
After an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Noël Suzanne Harmon, has been selected as the new president and executive director of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF).
June 7, 2018
African-American
Campus Child Care Critical in Raising Single Mothersâ Graduation Rates
Access to campus child care is a key factor in determining if single mothers in college will graduate within six years, according to the latest in a series of reports released Wednesday by the Institute for Womenâs Policy Research.
June 6, 2018
Latinx
HSI Increases Reflect Growing Student Enrollment, Matriculation
New data analysis about Hispanic Serving Institutions from Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reveals that such institutions are on the rise around the country, including in less-expected states such as Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee.
June 5, 2018
Students
Writing Groups as Counterspaces for Black Women Graduate Students at PWIs
It is no secret that Black women graduate students are severely underrepresented at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). As a result, counterspaces that serve Black women specifically are needed now more than ever.
June 2, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report: Asian American Electorate Marginalized
Unless political candidates and their operatives more consistently and aggressively mobilize the Asian-American electorate and steer them into voter registration, the impact of this racial group at the polls will remain limited. So says a professor in response to an eyebrow-raising new study.
May 29, 2018
Latinx
Growing Roses in White Concrete
As an academic, I am constantly traveling to present at conferences, network and create change in communities. The one question I am always asked is, âWhere are you from?â My response is Salt Lake City, Utah. It is my home, and not the answer people expect to hear.
May 22, 2018
African-American
Why Are Only the White Marches the Right Marches?
High school activism is now commonplace in America. Students are no longer the leaders of tomorrow: they are the leaders of today. In response, colleges and universities have voiced their support of these students exercising their free-speech rights. However, institutions give validation to which topics are okay to march for â and which are not.
May 20, 2018
Disabilties
Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline
Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled âSchool to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Educationâ co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,
May 17, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Being a Good Ally
Much has been said about the African-American graduate student at Yale who was reported by a White peer to campus police for napping in a common room. I can identify. In stating my sympathy as an Asian American, however, I appreciate that my circumstances are easier. A good ally takes care to avoid appropriating another personâs suffering.
May 16, 2018
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