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STEM
New Study Examines Diversity in STEM Fields
A shortage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers is threatening to push the United States from its global leadership position as a key innovator in these fields, say CEOs and other executives at Fortune 1000 STEM companies.
September 17, 2008
African-American
Forging Ahead in a Changing Landscape
I am passionate about three things: the news, diversity and education. A newspaper reporter by training, I was attracted to the profession by its public watchdog role.
September 17, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Getting to Know Dr. Ricardo Romo
When Dr. Ricardo Romo scouted photos that might pair well with his writings on urban Los Angeles, his search took him to an art gallery.
September 17, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
On DiverseEducation.com
A diverse group of professors are blogging on issues affecting people of color in the academy. Here are some excerpts; visit www.DiverseEducation.com to read more.
September 17, 2008
Community Colleges
Colleges Trading Up Cafeteria Trays
Students will have to find other ways to sled this winter as U.S. colleges retire cafeteria trays to conserve water and energy and cut down on wasted food and water-polluting detergents.
September 17, 2008
Home
Surf Your Way to a Diploma
North Island College in Vancouver Island, Canada, is now offering North America’s first surfing studies program, according to a report by Canwest News Service. In conjunction with an Australian University, the two-year program is designed to teach the business behind the sport.
September 17, 2008
MSIs
Democratic Platform Promises More for Education
Education plan includes a tax credit for college students who perform community service and grants for community colleges.
September 17, 2008
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UT-Brownsville, Feds Compromise on Border Fence
Critics say proposed border fence was less about security than about the politics of illegal immigration.
September 17, 2008
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Students
Grooming a New Cadre of Faculty Leaders
The Leadership Alliance has produced more than 100 Ph.D.s, one-third of whom are now working in the academy.
September 17, 2008
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Students
Expanding the Scope of Advanced Placement Classes
Hispanic educators launch an effort to create an AP Latin American History course.
September 17, 2008
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Students
The Next Best Thing to Family
As more Hispanic women are enrolling in college, Hispanic sororities are filling a personal void that other campus groups don’t.
September 17, 2008
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Asian American Pacific Islander
The Hybridization of Ethnic Studies
The intersection of Asian and Latin American studies has produced a burgeoning new field in transnational studies.
September 17, 2008
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Students
Building a Friendly Environment for Hispanic Students
In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote and sang about how “The Times They Are A-changing.”
September 17, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
Dr. Cecilia Y. M. Cervantes has been named president of Hennepin Technical College (Minn.). Previously, she served as president of the College of Alameda in California. Cervantes earned a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Texas at El Paso. DR. PATRICIA ALEXANDER has been named the new Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy at […]
September 17, 2008
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Students
Grants & Gifts
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has received a $360,000 grant from the University System of Georgia to participate in the USG’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative (STEM). CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY has received a $100,000 Wal-Mart grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to help CLU recruit and retain more firstgeneration college students. CALIFORNIA STATE […]
September 17, 2008
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Oct. 1-4 National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference “Taking Advising to New Heights” Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/ AnnualConf/2008 Oct. 1-5 Association for the Study of African American Life and History 93rd Annual ASALH Convention “Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism” Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Birmingham, Ala. Web: www.asalh.org/93rdconvention Oct. 9-11 National Society […]
September 17, 2008
Home
Keeping the Affirmative Action Debate in Context
With Sen. Barack Obama just one step away from the presidency of the United States, many are questioning the need for affirmative action.
September 17, 2008
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Opinion
Virginia State Election Board’s Use of Jim Crow-like Student Residency Questionnaire Raises Voting Rights Questions
The New York Timesreports that E. Randall Wertz, the county registrar of voters in Montgomery County, Va., recently issued two outrageous and confusing (at best) press releases with regard to college student voter registration.             The first of the official missives made several patently false claims:  1) the parents of students who register and vote […]
September 16, 2008
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