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U. of Alabama Football’s Integration Legacy Revisited
Matched against the University of Texas, the University of Alabama’s quest to win the national championship at the Rose Bowl this week recalls turning point for southern college football in early 1970s.
January 3, 2010
Latinx
Students Begin Washington Trek for Immigrant Rights
Four South Florida students celebrated the New Year by setting out by foot on a 1,500 mile journey they are calling the “Trail of Dreams” to raise awareness about national immigration reform.
January 3, 2010
D.C. Immigration Rally
Faculty & Staff
Obama’s Presidential Campaign Explored by Language Scholars
Professors and students of languages and literature examined the historic campaign and election of the nation’s first Black president at the 125th annual Modern Language Association convention.
January 3, 2010
Michael Delli Carpini
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December 29, 2009
Students
LASTWORD : DIVERSITY IN SUPPORTING OUR NATION
Embracing, building and nurturing a diverse work force are business imperatives in today’s federal government arena.
December 23, 2009
Latinx
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM : CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
Among longtime residents and higher education observers in and around Phoenix, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has been known for 30 years as “the little college that could.”
December 23, 2009
Sports
DIVERSE BOOKSHELF: Holiday Helpings
Here are a few delectable dishes that can satisfy any literary appetite until the new year.
December 23, 2009
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December 23, 2009
Faculty & Staff
PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL CAREERS TO MINORITIES
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) is on a mission to promote careers in agricultural economics for minority college students. For the past two years the ERS has conducted a distance learning program that brings experts
December 23, 2009
Students
SUPPLYING THE DEMAND
With the economy still reeling, Hampton University didn’t get its usual contingent of 100 employers at its fall 2009 career fair for students and alumni. But one sector was there in force — federal government agencies look
December 23, 2009
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS
Politics as Usual for the Professoriate Career scholars are routinely tapped for high-level policymaking jobs in government. As a child, Harold Koh paid rapt attention to his father’s dual career as a diplomat and professor.
December 23, 2009
Disabilties
WASHINGTON UPDATE
Federal Official Pushes for More Diversity in Government In an exclusive interview with Diverse, hiring leader talks about federal government plans to boost diversity hiring, especially among disabled individuals.
December 23, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM: MIXED IN AMERICA
Louie Gong, an education resource coordinator at Muckleshoot Tribal College in Auburn, Wash., is wellversed on issues of multiculturalism and mixed-race heritage but he isn’t an expert and has no intentions of becoming one.
December 23, 2009
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LETTERS : STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE AND LEGALITY: HBCU FAT DISCRIMINATION
I am a plump African-American professor at an HBCU and a national expert on media weight discrimination and people of color in the professoriate. I am concerned about some of the statements in Dr. Marybeth Gasman’s response
December 23, 2009
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Diverse Presents John Hope Franklin Award to Arturo Madrid
Pictured with Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown, Dr. Madrid, a renown scholar, was presented the award medallion during Excelencia’s 2009 Examples of Excelencia program.
December 22, 2009
Opinion
Princess and the Frog, Tiger and the Cablinasian, Tier One and the Good Journal: Of Fairy Tales Meta-narratives and Affirmation
In a recent newspaper article, an author claimed Disney broke barriers by presenting the first African-American princess to audiences across the globe. Ribbit! Had I too been kissed by a frog?  You see, I have seen African-Americans depicted as royalty in life and in film – years ago and now. What were they talking about? […]
December 22, 2009
African-American
Advocates Want More Help for Jobless Blacks
Citing different approaches needed for those hardest hit by joblessness, scholars say chronically high Black unemployment defies easy solutions when both discrimination and low education attainment are among factors plaguing African-American job seekers.
December 22, 2009
Algernon Austin
Students
Hispanic College Fund President Steps Down
Idalia Fernandez announced Tuesday she will resign from the position she has held since 2007.
December 22, 2009
Idalia Fernandez
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