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Section: Demographics > Disabilties
Disabilties
Colleges Responding to Growing Ranks of Learning Disabled
Some colleges and universities are focusing more attention on getting reluctant learning-disabled students to disclose their conditions before they run into severe problems in the classroom.
February 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Alternate Pathways to College Presidency
In the past, college presidents from other schools and college vice presidents have most often ascended the ranks to fill empty presidential seats.
February 11, 2014
Students
Feds Reviewing Pa. Student’s Bomb Arrest
The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Students
Feds reviewing Pa. student’s bomb arrest
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Students
Arizona State University Fraternity under Scrutiny for MLK Day Party
An Arizona State University fraternity’s operations have been suspended pending an investigation into accusations that the local Tau Kappa Epsilon’s chapter hosted a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
January 21, 2014
Students
Report: AAPI College Students Primarily Turn to Peers for Academic Advice
Low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) college students tend to seek academic advice from peers rather than from designated support centers on campus because of perceived barriers.
January 21, 2014
African-American
Diverse Conversations: Learning to Lead
When a faculty member is promoted to an administrative position, it can be quite a challenge to master the art of leading.
January 19, 2014
Students
Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements
A new report released by the New America Foundation urges reforms to ensure that the Parent PLUS loan program does not burden parent borrowers with debt they cannot pay back.
January 8, 2014
Sports
Every Student Needs a Success Plan
Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.
December 26, 2013
Disabilties
Creighton University Must Accommodate Deaf Student
Michael Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.
December 22, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Early Christmas Presents for Kids with Disabilities
A half-dozen children got some special early Christmas presents from a University of Georgia class this month.
December 22, 2013
Students
Diverse Conversations: Preparing Students for the Labor Force
William Peace University’s Dr. Lynn Owens explains how employers’ needs have changed and how educators can prepare graduates for today’s labor force.
December 15, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Diverse December 6 Edition
In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum reflection on James Meredith, activist and first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Also included are reports on the efforts of HBCUs to diversify and grow enrollment, the need for more alumni and wealthy donor giving at HBCUs, the struggle of Catholic universities adapting to modern changes in efforts to adhere to the Catholic Church, and the re-emergence of co-op programs that offer students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the real world.
December 10, 2013
Disabilties
Princeton Starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations
The bold move comes after eight cases of on-campus infections have been reported since March.
December 9, 2013
Faculty & Staff
UM, MSU students want gender identity protection
University of Montana and Montana State University students want the state Board of Regents to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy.
November 25, 2013
Sports
Stillman Student Campaigns for Ballet Company
As talk turns to dance, a grin spreads across Stillman College student Ellory Nichols’ face.
November 5, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: RPI Prevails in Suit by Disabled Former Ph.D. Candidate
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., has won a disability discrimination suit by a former Ph.D. student who failed his doctoral candidacy exam.
November 3, 2013
Disabilties
Michigan Schools Sue Over Contraception Mandate
Two Christian schools, Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids and Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, filed a federal lawsuit this week arguing that they should not have to comply with the contraception provision in the federal health care law.
October 24, 2013
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