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Section: Demographics > African-American
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
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
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
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
Faculty & Staff
Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim
It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.
December 22, 2013
African-American
Mississippi State House Just 1st Stop for Student Jeramey Anderson
At 22, Tulane’s history-making state representative aims to aid HBCUs along the way as he charts a course to the White House.
December 22, 2013
African-American
HBCUs Still Waiting for Solution to Parent PLUS Loan Crisis
HBCUs still have no news from the Department of Education on whether the problems over the Parent PLUS Loan program will be resolved before the 2014 recruiting season.
December 19, 2013
Students
Harvard Student Appears in Court on Bomb Hoax Charge
A Harvard University student appeared briefly in federal court Wednesday, accused of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of four campus buildings so he could get out of a final exam.
December 18, 2013
Students
Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game-Changing’ Higher Education Reforms
The Washington-based Center for American Progress releases a pair of research reports that highlight three approaches for higher education reform models.
December 18, 2013
African-American
December 19th Edition
In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum piece on Pamela Gibbs, the inaugural director of the SEC’s Office of Minority…
December 18, 2013
African-American
Are Americans Experiencing a Crisis in Faith?
A world that is marred with economic uncertainty, ongoing crisis, social upheaval and other forms of unrest can cause any person to feel disillusion.
December 17, 2013
African-American
Ohio University Helps Miami Tribe Preserve its History
Miami University is working to preserve 19th century land grant documents recently recovered by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
December 15, 2013
Students
Colorado Professor Suspended After Silent Protest
Naropa University professor Don Matthews filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after several African-American faculty left the university.
December 12, 2013
African-American
Pay Gains for Young Women; Inequality Still Seen
Taking time off or reducing hours for families still cited as main reason for gender gap in pay equality.
December 11, 2013
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