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African-American
Couple Donates Largest Individual Gift to Morgan State
A Las Vegas couple is expected to make the largest individual contribution to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University headquartered in Baltimore.
February 9, 2016
African-American
Black Students Choosing Low-paying Majors
Although African-Americans have increased access to higher education, African-American students tend to choose college majors that don’t pay very much, according to a new Georgetown study released Tuesday.
February 9, 2016
Students
Getting Published While Black
Minority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.
February 8, 2016
Disabilties
Billions of Free Federal Grant Money Go Unclaimed
More than $2.7 billion in free federal grant money went unclaimed during the past academic year, according to a yearly analysis of incomplete or unsubmitted Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms by NerdWallet, the personal finance website.
February 8, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Are Colleges Doing Enough to Close the Achievement Gap?
When it comes to truly closing the achievement gap between students from all life backgrounds, ethnicities and races, P-12 institutions seem to be held to a higher standard than their 13–20 counterparts.
February 8, 2016
Women
Frontier Goes the Distance in Serving the Underserved
Frontier Nursing University—a school system focused on serving the underserved and that offers degrees and certificates in nursing and midwifery—allows students to remain in their rural communities while working toward a degree.
February 8, 2016
News Roundup
Michigan State University Police Unit Focuses on Inclusion
by Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State University Police Department has formed an Inclusion and Anti-Bias Unit as part of an effort to improve its community relationships. The East Lansing school announced Monday that the unit is committed to addressing police and community-related issues associated with bias. It will work to provide […]
February 8, 2016
Students
The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing
The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.
February 7, 2016
Students
Chang Takes Autism Education to New Level
Dr. Ya-Chih Chang—a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar—balances educating graduate students on the methods of teaching children with autism and helping families work with children who have autism.
February 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Demarcus Cousins Cries Foul and We All Lose
Monday, February 8, is the start of the Lunar New Year and, for Asian Americans of Chinese descent, a very big deal.
February 7, 2016
Students
Georgetown University Revamps Diversity Initiatives
The nation’s oldest Catholic university has initiated a wide range of sweeping reforms in an effort to address racial inequities both on and off campus.
February 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Professor Who Wore Headscarf to Leave Christian College
By Associated Press CHICAGO — A professor at a Christian college who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God will leave her post, the school near Chicago announced. In a statement posted on Wheaton College’s website, the school and Larycia Hawkins said they “have reached a confidential agreement under which they will part ways.” […]
February 7, 2016
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8 Universities Unite to Guide More Latinos to Professoriate Journalism Vet Incorporates Syrian Refugee Experience Into Classes Stanford: Ethnic Studies Courses Help At-risk High School Students Fighting for a Place at the Table of Discourse
February 5, 2016
Students
Support for the Scholarship of Faculty of Color and Minority Journals Vital
We cannot discount and neglect the increasingly diverse nation and scholars and readers of color.
February 4, 2016
Women
Doctor Determined to Win Age-old Battle Against Hypertension
Heather Johnson, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, has found that 1 in 10 young adults suffer from hypertension and at rates close to those of people as old as their parents and grandparents.
February 4, 2016
Students
Sanders is Right: Tuition-free Education for All
His proposal would subsidize attendance to public colleges and universities so that students, and in many cases, their parents, would no longer have to bear the financial burden of college.
February 4, 2016
Home
AASCU Trying Crowdsourcing Approach to Improving Student Outcomes
Forty-four of the AASCU’s member institutions will participate in a three-year program in an effort to improve college completion by “redesigning” the first year of college.
February 4, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Stanford Names Tessier-Lavigne as Next President
PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Stanford University’s governing board has named a neuroscientist who leads a prestigious graduate school in New York City as the California university’s next president. The Board of Trustees announced that Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of The Rockefeller University, will become Stanford’s 11th president on Sept. 1. Tessier-Lavigne will succeed President John Hennessy, […]
February 4, 2016
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