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Leadership & Policy
Long-time Instructors Finally Get Benefits
BALTIMORE The Maryland Board of Regents has approved giving traditional benefits to long-term contractual lecturers. Some lecturers at Coppin State and Frostburg State universities weren’t even getting health insurance, even though they have been teaching for more than 10 years. The Baltimore Sun reported in December that nearly 300 full-time instructors were not eligible for retirement and other benefits.
April 16, 2007
Native Americans
Report: Investing in American Indian Students Improves Their Health, Income
WASHINGTON, D.C. Higher education can drive economic and social development for all American Indian communities, according to a recent study released by The Institute for Higher Education Policy.
April 2, 2007
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Health
Perspectives: Remembering The Dred Scott Case
We should remember Dred Scott to understand our past, recognize how far we’ve come and acknowledge how far we still have to go. Despite the progress made since Blacks were consider property, much needs to be done in terms of employment, health care, and education.
March 18, 2007
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Students
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
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Health
Research Roundup: More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
New research from the University of Michigan shows that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately placed in poor, minority neighborhoods. Meanwhile, a new Institute on Aging at the University of Southern California will study the health care needs of low-income and minority elderly.
February 26, 2007
Students
Grants & Gifts
Benedictine University (Ill.) and the College of DuPage (Ill.) will use a three-year, $199,952 grant from the National Science Foundation to help introduce biocalculus to more two- and four-year students at the two institutions. The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $500,000 grant to the North Alabama/Southern Tennessee region for the Second Generation of […]
February 21, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The Journey for Jackson State
In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University. The historically Black school of more than 8,000 students is undergoing a building boom…
February 7, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
The Journey for Jackson State
In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University…
February 7, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Resuscitating MLK/Drew
To this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…
February 7, 2007
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Students
Study: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living Conditions
Living conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.
January 29, 2007
Students
Project Town Gown
The neighborhood surrounding Rhodes College suffers from high infant mortality rates, among other ills; but the college refuses to stand by and watch its community deteriorate.
January 24, 2007
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Health
Morehouse Study: Untreated Prison Illnesses Can Expose Black Communities to Contagious Diseases
Untreated illnesses in a prison population can expose whole communities to the risk of infection from a contagious disease, according to one study. Another study has found that the rates of psychiatric disorder among U.S.-born Latinos have increased substantially over the past decade.
January 18, 2007
Health
Emerging Scholars: Class of 2007
Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars, because there are so many outstanding scholars of color in the academy who are breaking new ground in research, applying scholarship to public policy and grooming the next generation of leaders and professionals. Diverse’s 2007 Emerging Scholars are doing all of that, while setting records and earning the distinction of being the “first” or the “youngest” to win tenure or some impressive accolade.
January 10, 2007
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Health
Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2007
Just 10. Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars…
January 10, 2007
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Health
Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2007
Just 10. Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars…
January 10, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Investigating Health Disparities
Although many scientists have a passion for research because they enjoy working in a laboratory
January 10, 2007
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Health
Troubles continue at UMDNJ As former exec files lawsuit
Troubles at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey persist as the institution, a top producer of minority health professionals, was hit last month with a lawsuit from a former executive who claims he was forced out because he helped uncover allegedly illegal financial practices.
January 7, 2007
Health
Research Round-up
Recent studies show mental illness in Blacks go undetected, residents of Black neighborhoods are more likely to report poor health and minority medical students are usually under more stress.
November 14, 2006
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