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Can Barack Obama Save Public Schools?

Guyton Elementary School typifies the challenges the new administration faces in trying to improve troubled elementary schools.

January 11, 2009

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Voting Rights Law Under High Court Review

Days before the first Black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities.

January 11, 2009

Immigration Advocates To “Cleanse” ICE Headquarters Following Inauguration

Christian, Jewish and Muslim clerics said Thursday that they will press the day-old Obama administration to shake up immigration policy at a demonstration to ritually “cleanse” the national Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters following his inauguration.

January 8, 2009

Boy Scouts See Hispanics as Key to Survival

As it prepares to turn 100, the Boy Scouts of America is honing its survival skills for what might be its biggest test yet: drawing Hispanics into its declining and mostly White ranks.

January 8, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Perspectives: Ascending the Hierarchy of Success

Whether you’re an emerging scholar or experienced administrator, it’s never too early to start preparing to ascend to a college presidency.

January 8, 2009

Correction

A story published on this web site this morning erroneously reported that the accreditation status of Bennett College for Women was in jeopardy. Bennett is fully accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is not being sanctioned. Visit the SACS Web site for more information: http://www.sacscoc.org/searchResults.asp Diverse apologizes for the error.

January 7, 2009

Forgotten No More: Schools Cater To Transfers

For many new students, the first-year college experience is an academic and social buffet, a dizzying array of activities and opportunities to herald the passage into adulthood. Not so for transfer students, a growing but largely neglected group whose needs are as varied as the circumstances that bring them to campus in the first place.

January 7, 2009

Colo. 1st State With 2 Black Legislative Leaders

Sharecropper’s grandson Terrance Carroll was chosen Wednesday as speaker of Colorado’s House of Representatives, making the state the first in the nation where Blacks lead both chambers of its Legislature.

January 7, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars

This year’s group of “emerging scholars” is a force to be reckoned with. The audacity of their excellence inspires everyone around them, and we at Diverse cannot help but marvel at this extraordinary ensemble of academicians. This diverse group of young (under-40) crusaders is pushing the boundaries of research, technology and public policy in ways never imagined and reaching new heights of accomplishments.

January 7, 2009

The Right Approach

Do the following words ring a bell? “Someday, I’m going to come back to you and let you know how I am doing, or you’re going to read about me.”

January 7, 2009

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Not Just Black and White

As a teenager, Dr. Anne Cheng held in awe the novel Invisible Man.

January 7, 2009

Still Building The Dream

Fundraising organizers for a national monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. report they have topped more than $100 million in donations.

January 7, 2009

African-American

The Evolution of Barack Obama

With President-elect Barack Obama set to take the oath of office, it’s worth noting how Black Issues in Higher Education, the predecessor to Diverse, has covered him over the years.

January 7, 2009

Most Laud Obama’s Choice for Education Post

Arne Duncan’s supporters praise his inner-city reforms, while others decry his lack of experience on higher education issues.

January 7, 2009

Faculty & Staff

New Books Focus on the Needs of Emerging Faculty

As expected, new faculty members spend most of their time focusing on their students, but where can a budding professor go to learn how to be a better instructor or how to survive in the institution? Who stands ready to help the young academician? Too often, the answer has been no one, but a couple of recent books can help fill the void.

January 7, 2009

Professional Appointments

DR. MARILYN SANDERS MOBLEY has been named the first Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio). Previously, she was the provost at Bennett College for Women. Mobley earned a bachelor’s from Barnard College, a master’s from New York University and a doctorate from Case Western Reserve. DR. MIRON […]

January 7, 2009

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE has received a $200,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to develop an arts program that would bring K-12 students from the San Fernando Valley to the CSUN campus. The Department of Journalism at COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO has received a $10,000 grant from the Tribune Foundation to support the school’s Minority Journalism […]

January 7, 2009

Diverse Calendar

Feb. 1-4 National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities2009 Annual Meeting|Hyatt Capitol HillWashington, D.C.Web: www.naicu.edu Feb. 5-7 Research Association of Minority Professors28th Annual Conference“Education & Healthcare: Approaches To Bridge The Gap In Disparities For Minority Populations”Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & SpaMontgomery, Ala.Contact: Dr. Rondell E. BaileyPhone: (713) 873-2917E-mail: rondell_bailey@hchd.tmc.eduWeb: www.researchprofessors.org Feb. 7-10 American Council on Education91st […]

January 7, 2009