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Swastikas, `KKK’ Written on Deaf Student

WASHINGTON A group of students at a Washington high school for the deaf, on the campus of Gallaudet University, scrawled “KKK” and swastikas on a Black student’s body with a marker while holding him against his will, police said Wednesday.

October 2, 2007

Perspectives: Empty Promises in the STEM Fields

Are efforts to broaden diversity leading to empty promises of increased employment opportunities in science and engineering? The U.S. Government has been promoting and funding programs since the 1980s to increase the number of American women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

October 2, 2007

What Is the Context of Our Emotions Related to the “Jena 6”?

Why has the Jena 6 situation garnered so much attention and outrage? Many of us, as people of color, feel responsible and compelled to stand up for our brethren in small town America who are resigned to the persistent unjust treatment of African- Americans.

October 2, 2007

Report Blames Supreme Court For Re-segregation Of Schools

Resegregation in American public schools has intensified over the last two decades, particularly in the American South, and the U.S. Supreme Court is largely responsible for this trend. Those are the findings in a new report released by the Civil Rights Projects, which is headquartered at the University of California, Los Angeles.

October 2, 2007

White House HBCU Initiative Chief Quits During Contentious Board Meeting

On the job for slightly over a year, White House Initiative on HBCUs Executive Director Charles Greene has called it quits. This came at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs last week, in which several members expressed frustration with Greene for failing to deliver on time a completed 2004-05 report on federal agencies’ grant activity with HBCUs.

October 2, 2007

Defeating Stereotypes of Muslim Women

Memoirs increasingly providing diverse perspectives, representations of Muslim women.

October 2, 2007

MSIs, low-income and minority students fare well in higher education funding bill.

At 119 pages, the final agreement on the College Cost Reduction Act are a challenging read. But tucked inside the plan, which promises the largest infusion of financial aid in a generation, are a series of provisions to promote college access for students of color.

October 2, 2007

Grants and Gifts

The AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT, a nonprofit sponsor of group insurance and charitable giving programs for the more than 400,000 members of the American Bar Association, has donated $3.7 MILLION to improve the ABA Fund for Justice and Education. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and the regents of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA have received $7.5 MILLION […]

October 2, 2007

Defeating Stereotypes of Muslim Women

Memoirs increasingly providing diverse perspectives, representations of Muslim women.

October 2, 2007

Missouri’s Journalism School

Ten outstanding leaders in the field of journalism will receive one of the industry’s highest awards, the prestigious Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism presented annually by the Missouri School of Journalism.

October 2, 2007

Remixed and Reloaded

Spelman College’s Museum of Fine Art is presenting a groundbreaking exhibition of video art by Black women artists.

October 2, 2007

Video Football Gaming

A video game soon to hit stores will offer what has yet to be seen: the Black college footballwatching experience.

October 2, 2007

Stamp Honors 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, a landmark desegregation ruling opened the door toward equality in education for Mexican American students in California — and ultimately for all students in the United States.

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Getting to Know: Dr. Robert Franklin Jr.

Prior to profiling Morehouse’s new president in the pages of Diverse, we reported online about his speech at the HBCU Week conference last month where he essentially outlined some of his plans for the all-male college.

October 2, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

A Sign of the Times

Prior to profiling Morehouse’s new president in the pages of Diverse, we reported online about his speech at the HBCU Week conference last month where he essentially outlined some of his plans for the all-male college.

October 2, 2007

Asianisation of Campus Fellowships

Students flock to university Christian groups to find solidarity and acceptance, say educators.

October 2, 2007

Sagging pants among banned clothing at U of West Alabama

LIVINGSTON Ala. The University of West Alabama’s 1,850 students aren’t being forced to wear uniforms, but a new campus dress code stresses what not to wear.

October 2, 2007

Affirmative Action officer at University of North Dakota says division over Fighting Sioux nickname can create unwelcome environment

The University of North Dakota’s affirmative action officer says campus departments and programs that oppose the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo might create an “unwelcome” environment for nickname-supporting students.

October 2, 2007