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Faculty, Students Challenge University of Maryland’s Diversity Plan
A town hall meeting at the University of Maryland on the school’s proposed diversity plan revealed divisions among the invested students, faculty and staff members who critiqued everything in the document from word choice to the exclusion of some groups to the definition of diversity.
October 28, 2009
Opinion
Professor, Academic Adviser, Personal Counselor
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced since coming to Lincoln has been the added task of advising students. Many large universities have full-time advisers available within departments while others have advisers who stick with a student for the duration of their college careers. Not so at Lincoln, where the professor is also adviser. When […]
October 27, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
Obama Restores Asian American Initiative, Gives Ed. Dept. a Lead Role
Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with the U.S. Education Department in a major leadership role.
October 27, 2009
Students
Temple University’s Commitment to Diversity Questioned
When budgetary cuts become necessary at a college, the programs and departments most vulnerable are often the least fundamental to a school’s central mission. But when an institution has been ranked as the most diverse student body in higher education, it can be difficult to explain why an office that caters to multicultural students was downsized dramatically.
October 27, 2009
Opinion
Perfectionism: Just Stop It!
The best piece of advice received in my academic career thus far was given to me by Dr. Wayne Urban, an historian and professor at the University of Alabama. During my first year as a faculty member, I walked into his office and asked, “Wayne, how do you write so much excellent scholarship, how […]
October 26, 2009
African-American
Ayers Settlement Falls Short of Funding
A legislative watchdog panel this month gave a generally rosy report about how Mississippi is meeting its obligations in a decades-old college desegregation case, but a closer examination reveals flaws with a private endowment that has failed to reach its goals.
October 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Haskell Indian Nation U. President Faces Backlash on Tuition
Haskell Indian Nation University President Linda Sue Warner’s ambitious plans for the campus, and the proposed fee hike to finance them, have been met with strong opposition.
October 26, 2009
African-American
Parsing the Reaction to Obama
Scholars say extreme criticisms of U.S. president defy simple explanation.
October 26, 2009
Students
Two-Year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge
Rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system.
October 25, 2009
Latinx
Minority Lawmakers: No Census Citizenship Question
A coalition of Black, Latino and Asian lawmakers oppose a proposal that would require next year’s census forms to ask about the status of a person’s citizenship.
October 25, 2009
Students
Minority Graduate Students Urged to Address Pipeline Issues
During mentoring institute, minority graduate students were told by senior scholars that they will soon inherit responsibility to help lead the push for diversity in American higher education.
October 25, 2009
Opinion
Cultivating Cultural Curiosity
I took Monday off to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. This was the first time in my teaching career that there wasn’t a campus community that observed Diwali, which has different meanings for followers of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Diwali is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. It dates to centuries B.C. […]
October 22, 2009
Community Colleges
College Tuition is Up Sharply Amid Recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.
October 22, 2009
African-American
Grambling State President To Step Down
The president of historically Black Grambling State University is stepping down from his position after five years with the university, effective October 31.
October 22, 2009
Opinion
The House Rules
Morehouse College has laid down the law. And not a moment too soon… As has been widely reported in many of the major national news outlets, the storied all-male private college, known as “Harvard of the South,” has issued a sweeping dress code for all of its 2,700 students. In case you haven’t seen it, […]
October 20, 2009
Leadership & Policy
U of Ill. Chancellor Quits Amid Admissions Scandal
University of Illinois Chancellor Dr. Richard Herman resigned Tuesday following months of pressure after reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus.
October 20, 2009
African-American
Reforms Across Multiple Policy Areas Key to Eliminating Health Disparities, Experts Say
A panel of health policy experts Tuesday told congressional staff members and policy professionals that, while health care reform could play a powerful role in reducing health disparities between minorities and Whites, major policy reform in areas such as housing, transportation, agriculture and labor will also prove necessary to close the health care gap.
October 20, 2009
Students
UW Bothell Chancellor Champions For Diversity Among College Leadership
The under-representation of minorities, particularly Asian-Americans, in U.S. college presidencies can be due to the fact that many potential minority leaders in the faculty ranks are “ignored” and “overlooked,” said University of Washington Bothell Chancellor Dr. Kenyon S. Chan, who encourages chancellors to think hard about how they develop leadership on their campuses.
October 20, 2009
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