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Asian American Pacific Islander
Ellis Island Immigration Museum to Document the ‘Peopling’ of the U.S.
The Peopling of America Center will be rolled out in two phases, with the first chronicling migration patterns before 1892 and the second documenting post-1954 migration.
August 1, 2011
International
University of Wyoming Draws More Out-of-State, International Students
Low tuition at the University of Wyoming, along with recent efforts to attract students from out of state, has boosted the number of students attending from other states and countries.
August 1, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Course Correction at FAMU
Florida A&M University president James Ammons takes bold action to mitigate financial crises at the historically Black Tallahassee-based university.
August 1, 2011
African-American
Henry Louis Gates Explores Black Culture in Latin America
“Black in Latin America” is the companion book to the PBS television series Henry Louis Gates Jr. produced tracing the legacy of slavery in six Caribbean and Latin American nations.
August 1, 2011
African-American
NAACP Sees Education as Key to Boosting Black Men
Education is the key to breaking Black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said last week at the close of the annual NAACP convention.
July 31, 2011
Community Colleges
Interview: Researcher Davis Jenkins Discusses the Challenge of Improving U.S. Community College Graduation Rates
The Hechinger Report recently spoke with Davis Jenkins, a senior researcher at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, in recognition of the second anniversary of President Obama’s American Graduation Initiative.
July 31, 2011
Students
HBCUs Rally to Help State University of Haiti Recover From Earthquake
A dozen historically Black colleges and universities have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.
July 31, 2011
African-American
Texas Higher Education Enrollment Topped 1.5 Million in 2010
Texas is in line to meet the 2015 higher education enrollment goal of 1.65 million students, but the state must work harder to encourage minorities to pursue advanced degrees, according to the state’s higher education commissioner.
July 31, 2011
Latinx
Brazil to Send 100,000 Science Students Abroad
Brazil will grant 100,000 scholarships for university students to study abroad as the rapidly developing nation tries to boost the country’s competitiveness, officials said Tuesday.
July 28, 2011
Home
Question & Answer with Dr. Lawrence T. Potter
Part 3 of three-part series – Dr. Potter talks with Diverse about the challenges — and triumphs — of his job as chief diversity officer at Allegheny College.
July 28, 2011
Home
Charter Schools and College Access
A small but emergent body of research suggests that enrollment in charter schools does increase a student’s chance of graduating from high school and going on to college.
July 28, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Gov. Jerry Brown Nominates Scholar Goodwin Liu to California High Court
A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.
July 27, 2011
African-American
Ohio Educator Frank Hale Dies
Longtime educator and civil rights activist Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., vice president emeritus at Ohio State University, died Wednesday at 84, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
July 27, 2011
African-American
Making the Work of Black Scientists Accessible to the Public
With compelling video interviews of the nation’s top African-American scientists telling their life stories, the ScienceMakers website helps further the mission of increasing African-Americans, women, and other minorities in STEM professions.
July 27, 2011
Students
Raising the Bar on Diversity
Part two of three-part series — Allegheny College’s transformation emerges with dialogue, relationships and structural change.
July 27, 2011
African-American
Wealth Gap Widens Between Whites, Minorities
The wealth gaps between Whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century.
July 26, 2011
Latinx
Forum: Digital Divide Could Leave Latinos Further Behind in Education, Jobs
Panelists at a Tuesday forum held by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) suggested that lack of broadband Internet access could hinder the progress of Latinos living in the U.S.
July 26, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Aiming for More Than Tolerance at a Private Pennsylvania College
Part one of three-part series — Allegheny College’s Lawrence T. Potter aligns diversity components at the Pennsylvania school to build an inclusive, multi-ethnic pluralistic environment.
July 26, 2011
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