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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
What Not to Wear on Halloween — Blackface
Julianne Hough’s star burns less brightly after ill-advised get-up.
October 28, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Society of Women Engineers Conference Offers Women Connections and Support
Nearly 6,000 women engineers attended the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) annual conference to sharpen their skills, network and meet recruiters.
October 27, 2013
African-American
VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education
Dr. Donna Christensen, the sole Democratic congressional leader from the Virgin Islands, is passionate about seeing Black boys succeed academically despite the day-to-day challenges against them.
October 27, 2013
Students
Health Sciences Special Focus
In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Levi Watkins, a pioneer in the medical field, as well as diversity champion for minority enrollment, staffing and programs at Johns Hopkins University. Diverse also reports on the decline in African-American enrollment in medical schools and the impact the cost to attend is having on this trend, the nursing shortage in America and the accelerated programs available to increase the number of nurses entering this profession from diverse backgrounds, and the expansion of services at student health centers to include mental health care and wellness services.
October 25, 2013
Students
In Case You Missed It
Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Research Scholars Take Aim at Improving Black Achievement Jackson State Makes the Most of a Strange Homecoming NAACP Increases Efforts to Target College Students Diverse Conversations: Supporting LBGT College Students
October 25, 2013
African-American
SUNY College Police Investigating Racial Posting
Campus police at an upstate New York college are investigating a “racially offensive posting” in a campus residence hall.
October 24, 2013
African-American
Scholars Reveal Best Practices to Keep Black Males in Education
As the second annual international colloquium on Black males in education continues, scholars offer solutions aimed at solving the series of problems that confront Black males in education.
October 24, 2013
Students
Research Scholars Take Aim at Improving Black Achievement
Group gathers to strategize solutions and share best practices for the second year in a row.
October 24, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Norfolk State Interim President Ready to Take on Challenges
Eddie Moore Jr. was hired as a fixer as NSU is grappling with a range of problems, including poor graduation rates, declining enrollment, high turnover among administrators, a governing board shake-up, and an investigation by its accrediting agency.
October 23, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Penn State to Offer Doctoral in African American Studies
Next fall, Pennsylvania State University will offer a dual-degree program in Black studies, allowing students to also earn a degree in disciplines such as history or English.
October 22, 2013
Sports
Grambling Football Boycott Draws Attention to Financial Struggles
Grambling president says he’s used the national attention as a way to highlight campus academic and facility needs, which has sparked interest from donors across the country.
October 22, 2013
African-American
Diverse on the Go
Diverse Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will be reporting from the 2013 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas through Saturday.
October 21, 2013
Students
NAACP Increases Efforts to Target College Students
Though many have argued that the NAACP no longer resonate with young people of this generation, NAACP college chapters across the country are seeing an upswing in participation among student leaders.
October 21, 2013
Students
Grambling Players Have No Regrets about Boycott
After ending their boycott and agreeing to resume practice, Grambling player Naquan Smith says team “took a stance on what we thought was right.”
October 21, 2013
Students
Jackson State Makes the Most of a Strange Homecoming
Grambling University football team protest leaves Jackson State University with no homecoming game.
October 20, 2013
Students
Firmly in Place, Elizabeth City State Student/Councilman On the Move
One of Montrvias King’s first orders of business is to further establish and cultivate the relationship between ECSU and the city.
October 17, 2013
African-American
Black Scholar’s Post-Civil War Diploma Survives
Two rare documents from a fleeting time after the Civil War when the University of South Carolina first admitted African-American students and faculty went on exhibition Tuesday.
October 15, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Iran’s President Calls for Academic Freedoms
Iran’s president stepped up his challenge to the country’s hard-line factions on Monday, calling for the lifting of restrictions on academic freedoms and for granting Iranian scholars more opportunity to take part in international conferences.
October 14, 2013
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