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Transformations Through
In a day when top radio show hosts hurl sexist and racist remarks at women college athletes and White college students don Afro wigs and gold teeth at parties, it is clear that many are in need of diversity training.
January 23, 2008
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Getting to Know Dr. Chi Dang
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January 23, 2008
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Spectrum
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January 23, 2008
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What Works!
What Works!How Online Instructors Improved Communication With Students PROBLEMDr. Philip Ice, an assistant professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who has taught 30 online courses and designed 100 others, noticed that instructors’ heavy reliance on text for giving students feedback on their work was not very effective. In his experience, […]
January 23, 2008
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2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers
Controversial Upward Bound experiment halted, and some MSIs win in earmarks.
January 23, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Accreditation Probation for Country’s Two Largest HBCUs
Institutions must address laundry lists of issues after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ meeting last month.
January 23, 2008
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When Diversity Training Goes Awry
Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.
January 23, 2008
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Encouraging The Discouraged
An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.
January 23, 2008
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The Path to the Professoriate
A Survival Guide: A Ph.D. candidate on the job market chronicles her recent MLA experience.
January 23, 2008
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Thinking for the Sake of Thinking
With no apparent connection, two scholarly books reveal how established fields of study dealt with the push for racial revolution.
January 23, 2008
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Professional Appointments
Dr. Carmen Puliafito has been named dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Most recently, he served as director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Puliafito earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, an […]
January 23, 2008
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Grants & Gifts
California State University, Dominguez Hills has received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program. In addition to helping the seven scholars who are currently participating in the initiative, 19 new students have been admitted into the research-intensive program. Colorado College has received $10 […]
January 23, 2008
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A “Legacy” of Racial Injustice
It’s admission time again — this month admission staffs at the nation’s elite institutions are scrutinizing hundreds of college applications. It’s also legacy time again.
January 23, 2008
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Latina Wins 2007 Rona Jaffe Award
Alma García says she has always wanted to be writer. “I was one of those peculiar seven-year-olds who, when asked, ‘What are you doing?’ I would frequently answer, Oh, just writing a book.”
January 21, 2008
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Just the Stats: U.S. Students Lag Behind in Math and Science
Overall, U.S. students are performing better in math and science than students in foreign countries. However, U.S. students perform considerably behind the highest-achieving countries, based on a recent study released by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization based in Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2008
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Scholarship Deadlines Approach
Three opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.
January 21, 2008
Community Colleges
Chat Transcripts: International Talks – Community Colleges and Global Recruiting
Read transcripts of the Diverse web chat event on community colleges and global recruiting. Chat was held on Tuesday, January 22nd.
January 21, 2008
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2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers
For higher education, Congress’ long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.
January 21, 2008
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