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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Latinx
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Continue Growth With More Poised to Join Ranks
The nation had 370 Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in 2013, an increase of nearly 60 percent during the past decade, said the new report from Excelencia in Education.
February 25, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Special Focus: Black History Month
In this Black History Month-focused edition, Diverse takes a look at MIT professor Craig Steven Wilder’s new book, Ebony and Ivy, exploring the long history of slavery and Ivy League institutions.
February 17, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Divided FAMU Board Approves Mangum’s Contract for President
Trustees who oversee Florida A&M University are finally approving a new contract for the school’s new president.
February 13, 2014
Faculty & Staff
John Lewis Takes Readers on a ‘March’ through Civil Rights
John Lewis’ best-selling graphic novel depicting the civil rights movement is the first in a trilogy, designed to tell the civil right story in an easy-to-read medium.
February 13, 2014
Latinx
Farm Bill Gives Central State Land-Grant Status; New Grant Program for HSIs
The Agricultural Act of 2014 will authorize a new program for Hispanic-serving institutions to work with agricultural workers and designate Ohio’s Central State with land-grant status.
February 11, 2014
Latinx
Earnings Gap for College Grads Widest in 48 Years
The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century, a sign of the growing value of a college education despite rising tuition costs, according to an analysis of census data released Tuesday.
February 11, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Hampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega College
Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.
February 5, 2014
Sports
Super Bowl Halftime Show Picture of Diversity
Bruno Mars, with a Puerto Rican-Hungarian and Filipino background, shows entertainment’s growing diversity as well as his status as a world-class entertainer.
February 3, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Stanford Keeps Bill Walsh’s Diversity Legacy a Priority SiriusXM Radio Channel Broadcasts the HBCU Experience Prepared to Be a Professor, Not a Pioneer Latino Consortium Looks to Evolve for Growing Latino Community
January 31, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Korean Julia Sun-Joo Lee Brings New Face to Black Literature
Inspired by growing up in racially tense ’90s L.A and with help from mentors like Henry Louis Gates Jr., this 2014 Diverse Emerging Scholar is leaving her mark in the academic world of African-American literature.
January 29, 2014
Latinx
Latino Consortium Looks to Evolve for Growing Latino Community
The Inter-University Program for Latino Research is finding new ways to up their political clout, emphasize college completion and financial aid for students and better understand the diversity of the Latino community.
January 29, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.
January 26, 2014
Latinx
Genao Now More Than Willing to Lead the Way
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar’s upbringing in a lower-income Latino community inspires her to be part of a conversation about education and diversity.
January 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
In Our MOOC Moment, Public Opinion about Teacher Quality Irrelevant
MOOCs will most likely remain apart of the education landscape as President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology have urged him to let market forces develop better systems to employ the technology.
January 21, 2014
African-American
‘12 Years a Slave’ Shows Real Value of Ethnic History
This isn’t a movie that beats around the bush with style or euphemism.
January 19, 2014
African-American
Univ. of Nevada Professor Works to Preserve California Indian History
Dr. William Bauer uses his teaching and writing to change preconceived notions about what Native American history is about and who native peoples are.
January 13, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Baraka’s Controversial Legacy
Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.
January 9, 2014
Latinx
Colombian MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Honored in Physics
As a young student in Bogota, Colombia, Ana Maria Rey was discouraged by her parents from pursuing her love of physics.
January 6, 2014
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