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Students
Weak Economy Spurs Growth for Community Colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities.
August 21, 2008
International
China Hopes to Attract More U.S. College Students
China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004.
August 21, 2008
Sports
NCAA Penalizes New Mexico for Football Violations
The NCAA put New Mexico’s football program on three years of probation Wednesday and cut five scholarships as punishment for academic violations involving two former assistant coaches.
August 21, 2008
Opinion
Being Black, Male and Educated in Today’s World
There are far too many black males being portrayed as useless citizens in our society.  We see pictures of us being sent to jail or being expelled from school.  Some of us still turn a blind eye to what is going on around us.  The CNN Special, “Black in America” pointed out that African Americans […]
August 20, 2008
International
Report: Interest Waning Among International Students for U.S. Graduate Schools
Declining graduate school admissions rates for international students have long-term implications on American institutions of higher learning and the stability and competitiveness of the U.S. economy and work force, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).
August 20, 2008
Native Americans
Study Finds Minorities More Likely to be Paddled in School
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million U.S. schoolchildren got them last year and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
August 20, 2008
Students
Survey Indicates Value of Education Varies Among Ethnic Groups
According to the new study “How America Pays for College,” only 54 percent of Hispanic parents surveyed said that college is an investment in a child’s future versus 81 percent of Whites and 85 percent of Blacks.
August 20, 2008
Community Colleges
Community College Students at a Glance
One-third of community college students who enrolled directly from high school in 2004 had no intention of going beyond earning an associate degree, but within two years 47 percent of this group raised their expectation to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
August 20, 2008
LGBTQ+
CORRECTION
The story, “Journalism Educators Association Aims to Step Up Diversity Efforts,” published online Aug. 11, 2008 contained factual errors that have since been corrected. The story should have said that Tony Atwater was the first African-American to lead AEJMC from 1992 to 1993. The Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on the Status of Minorities and the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Interest Group were established several years earlier than reported.
August 20, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Diversity Champions
Diversity — probably one of the most elastic and debated terms around today.
August 20, 2008
Students
Getting to Know Sandeep Junnarkar
With the Internet becoming a major source of news and advertising over the past decade, news organizations are increasingly catering to consumers who favor online media over print publications.
August 20, 2008
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HBCUs
On DiverseEducation.com – The Academy Speaks Blog
Because most of the faces in historically Black college classrooms are of a darker hue, we typically ignore the need for multicultural affairs and intercultural conflict resolution in our midst.
August 20, 2008
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African-American
Simmons Professor Wins Prestigious Poetry Prize
Afaa Michael Weaver, an English professor at Simmons College (Mass.), has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, one of the most prestigious honors, for his poem “American Income.”
August 20, 2008
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Home
New MLK Specialization at Union Institute & University
Doctoral students at Union Institute & University in Cincinnati will now have the opportunity to specialize in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work through the school’s interdisciplinary studies program.
August 20, 2008
Latinx
Approved HEA Bill Offers More Aid for Low-income Students
Reauthorized Higher Education Act includes new funding for graduate programs at minority-serving institutions.
August 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Report Urges U.S. Colleges to Adopt Europe’s Higher Education Accountability Reforms
It’s far from certain whether the U.S. higher education accountability movement will see colleges and universities nationally instituting learning standards and other accountability measures.
August 20, 2008
Students
Financially Struggling College Students Turn to Food Banks
For years, the small University District pantry, just blocks from the University of Washington, has offered help to the working poor and single parents in this neighborhood of campus rentals.
August 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Public Roles, Private Lives
Universities have become cognizant of the independent lives of presidential spouses, but it’s still a role these “accidental ambassadors” must grow into.
August 20, 2008
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