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Sports
Academic Racism in Play in Regard to Athletes
The University of North Carolina has contributed in a bold and disturbing way to one of the greatest problems in higher education.
December 7, 2014
Home
First Lady Lends Hand to College Application Push at Capital City Public Charter School
First Lady Michelle Obama visited the school to encourage the Class of 2015 as they walked their college applications to a mail bin as part of the school’s second annual “College March.”
December 7, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
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
Community Colleges
For-Profit College Accused of Using Strippers to Lure Students
A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Miami.
December 4, 2014
Sports
Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue
I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.
December 4, 2014
African-American
Students Nationwide Hold ‘Die Ins’ for Justice
Students joined other protestors this week in demonstrations for the lives that have been lost in controversial confrontations with police.
December 4, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Scholars: China Government Gets Foothold on U.S. Campuses
A congressional hearing was told that China’s authoritarian government is funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities.
December 4, 2014
African-American
Expert Urges Use of Classroom Interventions to Eliminate Stereotype Threat
Stereotype threat, when individuals internalize feelings of inadequacy linked to negative stereotypes about groups they are identified with and subsequently live up to such stereotypes, leads to academic underperformance.
December 4, 2014
Native Americans
Native Explorer
In this issue, Diverse profiles the Bard Prison Initiative and other prison education programs, as well as higher ed programs that focus on recruiting and retaining Native American students.
December 3, 2014
Students
2 Charged With Rape at Johns Hopkins Frat House
Two Maryland men have been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl at a Johns Hopkins University fraternity party, Baltimore police said Wednesday.
December 3, 2014
Home
UNLV English Professor Fired for Plagiarism
University of Nevada, Las Vegas officials say the school has fired an English professor for plagiarism.
December 3, 2014
Native Americans
Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’
The White House 2014 Native Youth Report, released on Wednesday, finds that Native youth and Native education “are in a state of emergency.”
December 3, 2014
Leadership & Policy
South Carolina State University Wins Approval for $12M Loan
South Carolina State University received a lifeline Wednesday in the form of a $12 million loan from the state as the result of approval from the Joint Bond Review Committee.
December 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team
There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.
December 3, 2014
African-American
New Leadership Path Emerging for Virginia State University
Virginia State University has formed a presidential search committee whose work will begin in 2015, the university announced Wednesday.
December 3, 2014
Home
Australian Senate Rejects Student Fee Deregulation
The Australian Senate on Tuesday rejected government legislation that would have cut public funding to universities but allowed campuses to raise student fees to make up the shortfall.
December 2, 2014
Disabilties
Audit Reveals Equipment Thefts, Other Problems at Grambling
A new state audit of Grambling State University shows equipment thefts totaling more than $130,000 and an unbalanced budget with more total expenses than revenues in each of the five years analyzed.
December 2, 2014
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