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Diverse On The Go
Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will attend the 128th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association today through Sunday at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Jamal can be reached at jwatson1@diverseeducation.com
January 2, 2014
Students
Maine Student Loan Tax Credit Program Falls Flat
Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as a bold plan to prevent “brain drain” and keep the best and the brightest in the state when they approved it in 2007.
January 1, 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
Community Colleges
Community College Grapples With Ways to Help Students Without Housing
According to FAFSA data, 58,000 applicants nationwide self-identified as homeless in the 2013-2014 academic year, up from 33,000 students in 2010-2011.
January 1, 2014
Community Colleges
GED Test Overhauled; Some States Opt for New Exam
The General Educational Development (GED) test, for decades the brand name for the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes.
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
Sports
Alabama A&M Hires Nevada’s James Spady as Football Coach
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Alabama A&M has hired Nevada assistant coach James Michael Spady to lead the football program.
December 30, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Ohio State to Invest $200M to Create Arts District
Ohio State University wants to invest as much as $200 million over the next decade to create an arts district with a goal of helping make Columbus a world-class arts destination.
December 30, 2013
Home
Diverse Docket: Kentucky Appeals Sends Gender Discrimination Suit to Trial
The Kentucky Court of Appeals calls for a trial to determine if Northern Kentucky University’s denial of tenure to assistant professor Andrea Weickgenannt was discriminatory.
December 30, 2013
Students
Ex-Frat House Becomes Home for Va. Tech Entrepreneurs
Virginia Tech invited freshmen with “entrepreneurial spirits” to apply to live in the $5 million brick mansion after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was kicked off campus in May for bad behavior.
December 30, 2013
Home
A Year to Remember
Diverse takes a look back at the challenges and surprising turns in higher education in 2013.
December 30, 2013
Asian American Pacific Islander
‘Anchorman 2’ and the Normalization of an Ethnic Slur
Filipino dog-eater joke no different from tired, old jokes about Blacks eating watermelon and fried chicken.
December 29, 2013
Students
University of Minnesota to Offer Gender-neutral Student Housing
The University of Minnesota is preparing to offer gender-neutral housing at its Twin Cities campus.
December 29, 2013
International
Egyptian Student Dies During Protests at Campus
Riot police moved into Egypt’s main Islamic university on Saturday, firing tear gas and breaking up a strike by students that threatened to disrupt midterms.
December 29, 2013
Home
Faculty Protest Reforms They Say ‘Dumb Down’ Higher Ed
Critics are sounding the alarm that speeding up college graduation process and making it cheaper risks dumbing it down.
December 29, 2013
Home
Hawaii in Chicago’s Shadows in Bid for Obama Library
First family’s links to University of Chicago and the city weigh heavily in the search for a home for the future presidential library.
December 29, 2013
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
Home
Immigrant Students Seek Va. In-State Tuition Rate
Ramiro Vazquez has lived in the Charlottesville area since he was 10 ― a graduate of Monticello High School, he’s continuing his education in Piedmont Virginia Community College’s culinary arts program.
December 26, 2013
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