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Section: Institutions
HBCUs
UC’s Santa Barbara Campus Recognized for Latino Enrollment
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has become the fourth UC campus and the nation’s first major research university to be recognized for having a student body that is at least one-quarter Hispanic, university officials announced Wednesday.
January 28, 2015
Students
Finley Excels in STEM Career
Dr. Stacey Finley, a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar, has used her expertise in the STEM field to research the growth and development of cancer and to become an advocate for diversity in the academy.
January 28, 2015
Faculty & Staff
National Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men
In an effort to improve the outcomes for underrepresented men of color at community colleges, a new national consortium is being launched with the intended purpose of strategizing over how best to serve this growing demographic.
January 28, 2015
MSIs
Lawmaker Wants to Increase State Funding for Tribal Colleges
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker proposed Monday that tribal colleges receive the same per-student funding that community colleges receive.
January 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Top UNC Leader Cites Coincidence in Ross Replacement Timing
It was a coincidence that the oversight board for North Carolina’s public university system began rewriting its 18-year-old rules for finding a new president just before the current leader was forced out, the board’s chairman said Tuesday.
January 27, 2015
African-American
U.S. Energy Department Powers New HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium
A consortium including 13 historically Black colleges and universities has launched an ambitious pipeline initiative aimed at recruiting and training cybersecurity professionals and researchers.
January 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Sexual Assault Reports Double at University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas received nearly twice as many sexual assault complaints in 2014 than the year before, likely because of increased awareness after public criticism of the school’s handling of rape allegations, a school official said.
January 26, 2015
Students
Colleges Meet in Nashville in Effort to Fight Sex Assaults
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A two-day summit focused on fighting sexual assaults at college campuses is drawing about 400 officials from 76 schools across Tennessee.
January 26, 2015
African-American
Disaggregating Asian American Pacific Islanders
New push to disaggregate data that uncovers disparities for NHPIs.
January 25, 2015
Community Colleges
Humboldt Students Protest Firing of Native American Scholar
About 30 people have taken over a building at Humboldt State University to protest the firing of a Native American professor and other actions they say have made it harder for minority students to find support on campus.
January 25, 2015
Sports
In Case You Missed It …
Limbo Name of Game for Non-revenue-generating Collegiate Sports Researchers: ECO Intervention Project Paying Off for Select Low-Income Students Diverse Analysis: Why President Obama’s New Community College Plan Matters White House Taking Optimistic View on Prospects for Free Community College
January 22, 2015
Community Colleges
Obama Idea to Trim College Savings Plans Hits GOP Opposition
President Barack Obamas proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings accounts is running into opposition from Republicans in Congress.
January 22, 2015
Community Colleges
Diverse Analysis: Why President Obama’s New Community College Plan Matters
America’s College Promise offers a vision around which states, community colleges, foundations, research organizations, corporations, activists and citizens can mobilize to bring long-term innovation to community colleges.
January 22, 2015
Faculty & Staff
2 on Leave at University of Oregon After Records Illegally Released
The University of Oregon has put two unnamed employees on leave after the illegal release of 22,000 pages of records from the president’s office.
January 21, 2015
HBCUs
NYU Says it Erred in Not Immediately Reporting Alleged Assault
New York University said Wednesday it erred in not immediately reporting to police accusations that a student set a sleeping classmate on fire over the summer, then recorded her putting out the flames.
January 21, 2015
African-American
The Double-Edged Sword of Stereotypes
Stereotyping is the act of making judgments and assumptions about people without knowing them and it is often the worst form of patronizing behavior.
January 21, 2015
Community Colleges
White House Taking Optimistic View on Prospects for Free Community College
President Obama’s proposal of free community college has caught the nation’s imagination at the very least, even if some are saying that it is too visionary to ever be implemented.
January 21, 2015
Students
Diverse on the Go
Diverse Sales Administrator Elena Maconaughey  will be among the staffers attending the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ 2015 Annual Meeting today at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Diverse also will host a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
January 20, 2015
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