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Leadership & Policy

University of Central Arkansas President Resigns over Food Service Contract Flap

Allen Meadors is the second university president in past four years to leave Central Arkansas under pressure.

September 5, 2011

African-American

Global Forum: Collaboration Yields Dialogue, Hope and Shelter in a Broken World

Educational exchanges afford others the opportunity to learn about the United States, while American academic research can have broad impact across international borders, an international educator writes.

September 5, 2011

Battle of the Bands highlights

Selected visuals from the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands in Atlanta, featuring the top HBCU marching bands in the country including Florida A&M University and Southern University.

September 3, 2011

African-American

Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House

Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.

September 3, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.

September 3, 2011

Saluting Dorothy Height

Cox, Matthews & Associates, the publisher of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, is proud to honor the life of celebrated civil rights activist Dorothy Height.

September 3, 2011

Arizona and Diversity

Diverse recently caught up with diversity educator Hugh Vasquez (pictured) and author-activist Tim Wise at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity higher education conference where they discussed Arizona’s controversial new education and immigration laws.

September 3, 2011

Undocumented Immigrants See Big Jump in Indiana Tuition

Hundreds of college students around Indiana have admitted to being undocumented immigrants and are being forced to pay out-of-state tuition rates that can triple their bills.

September 1, 2011

UC Berkeley Professor Goodwin Liu Confirmed to Calif. High Court

The state’s three-member Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously voted for Liu’s nomination, and Gov. Jerry Brown was scheduled to swear Liu in on Thursday.

September 1, 2011

Study: Hispanic-Serving Colleges Continue Steady Increase

The number of Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, nationwide has increased by 24 percent since 2004 and could grow by another 40 percent if “emerging” HSIs in 18 states and Puerto Rico continue to grow, a new study says.

September 1, 2011

Deborah Santiago

Leadership & Policy

A Conversation with Kentucky State University President Mary Sias

As chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities organization, Sias is charged with being one of the chief advocates for not only Kentucky State and the 17 other “1890s” land-grant HBCUs, but public land-grant institutions across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

President Mary Sias

Faculty & Staff

Notable African-Americans Urge Commemoration of Black History

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA; Alex Haley, award-winning author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots; Henry Hampton, creator/producer, “Eyes on the Prize” documentary series; and other distinguished individuals discussed the importance of discovering the past, analyzing the present and anticipating the future of African-Americans during a live broadcast to campus audiences across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

African-American

Tulsa Remembered

During the events surrounding the John Hope Franklin Park groundbreaking in November 2008, the late Dr. Franklin, in one of his last public interviews, talks about his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the newly dedicated park, and his long held hope for racial harmony in the U.S. (video courtesy of the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation.)

September 1, 2011

Obama Jobs Council Calls for More Engineers

More than 40 major companies have agreed to double the number of engineering internships they offer in a bid to help universities train more people for jobs that require math and science skills, President Barack Obama’s jobs and competitiveness council announced on Wednesday.

August 31, 2011

Commentary: A Finding in Search of an Explanation

Much of the public reaction to NIH’s acknowledgement of shortcomings in its grant giving blames the victim, a prominent advocate for diversity in science writes.

August 31, 2011

Five New Minority FBS Head Coaches Bring Total To Highest Ever

The 2011 season will see the most minorities leading Football Bowl Subdivision teams as head coaches when college game action gets underway Sept. 1.

August 31, 2011

Diverse In India: Innovation Academy Provides Cutting-edge Technology Education, Experience

For students, the primary benefit of the Microsoft i-Spark Centre Innovation Academy is having a place where they can get hands-on experience and work on projects that could potentially get recognition and support from Microsoft in their bid to take the products to market.

August 31, 2011

Ohio State Plans for Widespread Compliance Program

Ohio State’s top financial official on Tuesday recommended the university hire two firms to undertake a comprehensive review of campus compliance programs in the wake of the football team’s memorabilia scandal.

August 30, 2011

Robert Schottenstein