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Asian American Pacific Islander
Commentary: Toward More Meaningful Campus Celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
To overcome end-of-the-academic-year oblivion for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, some campuses celebrate it as early as October.
May 30, 2012
Sports
Mark Emmert – The Man in the Middle
In a wide-ranging interview, Diverse editor David Pluviose goes one-on-one with NCAA president Mark Emmert at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.
May 30, 2012
Sports
Alcorn State University’s Newly-hired Football Coach to be First White to Head SWAC Team
The school announced the hiring of Jay Hopson on Monday and, according to Alcorn State, he will be the first White head football coach in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
May 29, 2012
Sports
As Stanford Teammates, Sisters Excel on the Basketball Court, Classroom
The Ogwumike sisters at Stanford University made history when both were named All-Americans, with Nneka selected to the first team and Chiney to the second team.
May 29, 2012
Champions Award
John Roueche Awarded Inaugural Diverse Champions Award
On the eve of his retirement from the Community College Leadership Program, Dr. John E. Roueche said farewell Tuesday to his community college colleagues at the 34th annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development conference.
May 29, 2012
African-American
Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength
Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.
May 28, 2012
Community Colleges
NISOD Session Highlights Latino Student Success Imperative
Improving student completion rates at community colleges goes hand- in-hand with improving educational outcomes for Latinos, Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown said Monday at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) in Austin, Texas.
May 28, 2012
Home
Experts: Remedial College Classes Need Fixing
A growing body of research shows that college remedial education courses are eating up time and money, often leading not to degrees but student loan hangovers.
May 28, 2012
Community Colleges
Editor’s Note: An Ode to John Roueche
What’s most striking about John Roueche’s legacy are the epic battles he fought, and won, to recruit women and minorities to Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine editor David Pluviose writes.
May 24, 2012
Home
Cal State Chancellor Charles Reed Announces Retirement
California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed announced Thursday that he plans to retire as soon as his successor is found.
May 24, 2012
Sports
HBCUs Could Be Hit Hard by New NCAA Rules
When NCAA’s Division I bowed to increasing pressure last year to address lagging academic performance among student-athletes, its decision to raise the minimum academic requirements to qualify for intercollegiate competition stirred a backlash among officials at many HBCUs.
May 24, 2012
Community Colleges
An Appreciation: John and Suanne Roueche
In the fourth of a four-part series, Dr. Terry O’Banion, president emeritus of the League for Innovation, pays tribute to community college leaders John and Suanne Roueche.
May 24, 2012
African-American
Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms
An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.
May 23, 2012
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Attorney General Eric Holder Stresses Need for Safeguarding Minority Access to Polls
Citing legal attacks to a key provision of the historical Voting Rights Act of 1965, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder on Wednesday stressed the need to safeguard minority access to the polls.
May 23, 2012
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Commentary: Gorilla Taunts of a Professor as Jim Crow Flaps at UCLA
Relating Black people to gorillas was and still is the ultimate attack on Black people, on Black humanity, SUNY College-Oneonta historian Ibram Rogers writes.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants
Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 23, 2012
Community Colleges
John and Suanne Roueche – Community College Dream Team
In the third of a four-part series, Diverse explores how Drs. John and Suanne Roueche have played a key role in shaping the modern-day community college movement through their dynamic personal and professional partnership.
May 23, 2012
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Brown University Names First Director for Slavery Center
Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice has named Dr. Anthony Bogues as its first director.
May 22, 2012
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