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African-American
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Professor’s Early Experiences Combating Racism Come in Handy for Helping, Healing When the ‘Rule of Law’ is Unjust DREAM Youth Expressing Mixed Emotions over Obama Immigration Plan Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’
December 4, 2014
African-American
Poet, Professor Claudia Emerson Dies at 57
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, died early Thursday morning at age 57 after a long battle with cancer, the university said.
December 4, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Berkeley’s Campus Free Speech Movement Turns 50
In the waning days of 1964, University of California, Berkeley, students found their collective voice in challenging a campus ban on political advocacy.
December 2, 2014
Students
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Sees More Minority Students
Minority student enrollment at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus is the highest it’s been in at least two decades.
December 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
University of Utah Professor Wants ‘Drone Court’ to Approve Strikes
Today, when U.S. intelligence agencies believe they know the location of a terrorist in Pakistan and a few other countries, they are largely free to deploy a weapon that’s become the symbol of war on terror: an aerial drone.
November 30, 2014
Faculty & Staff
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Professors Examine Winter Driving
People who were perfectly fine driving on snow at the tail end of winter go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery the next winter.
November 26, 2014
Latinx
ASHE: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Could Face Rough Road Ahead
At a panel focusing on Hispanic-serving institutions, panelists looked to the past and future of the institutions that are predominantly serving one of the fastest growing demographics in the nation.
November 24, 2014
African-American
New Jersey Looks at ‘Yes Means Yes’ College Policy
You think the attractive woman at the party who has been chatting you up all night is ready to take things to the next level. She seems to be throwing all the right signals.
November 23, 2014
Latinx
At Age 10, Excelencia Still Fighting for Latino Educational Growth
Leaders from Excelencia in Education, Congress and others focused Thursday on the crucial role that Hispanic and Latinos will play in shaping the nations’ future.
November 20, 2014
Leadership & Policy
White House Now Turning Attention to Girls of Color
The White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after months of complaints that they were left out of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative for young men.
November 12, 2014
Students
Veterans Day Salute
The Diverse staff salutes the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Your dedication and sacrifice ensures that all of us have the freedom to do what we do.
November 10, 2014
Faculty & Staff
7 of 8 Fired Professors Returning to NYC Seminary
Seven of the eight professors who were fired in late September from the nation’s oldest Episcopal seminary are set to return to their classrooms.
November 9, 2014
Students
Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. Chair Themes Art Around Hair
Comb through the life story of Sonya Clark and it’s easy to see how she came to craft works of art themed around hair, a provocative and politicized thread of identity.
November 5, 2014
Latinx
Kellogg Initiative Seeks to Extend Diversity Beyond the Campus
In Battle Creek, Michigan, the new Center for Diversity and Innovation at Kellogg Community College targets not just the campus but extends its work to the entire city.
November 4, 2014
Latinx
Pipeline Programs Hope to Bring More Physicians to Underserved Communities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported in June that it would take approximately 8,200 additional primary care physicians to eliminate all of the currently designated “health professional shortage areas,” or HPSAs.
October 29, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Remembering the Enslaved at the University of Virginia
A symposium by the University of Virginia brought faculty and researchers together to honor the legacy that slavery has had on our nation.
October 21, 2014
Latinx
Joseph Francisco Developed Love for Science in Nurturing Environments
Even though the University of Nebraska―Lincoln’s Dr. Joseph Francisco didn’t have a role model at home who had gone to college — his grandparents, whom he lived with, did not go further than the second and third grade — he built his foundation to be a leader in academia there.
October 15, 2014
Latinx
Plan to Have College Enrollment Reflect Population Growth a Texas-Sized Success
The state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board is wrapping up a 15-year plan to boost Hispanic college student enrollment.
October 14, 2014
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