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Native Americans
Clinton affirms commitment to Native American issues
Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged her commitment Tuesday to tribal sovereignty and Indian health care.
May 29, 2008
Students
Diversity Themes Feature Prominently at 30th Annual NISOD Conference
“We’re an open-door institution, but not enough African-American men are finding that door,” said Dr. Stephanie Bulger, explaining to NISOD Conference attendees about an ambitious plan the Wayne County Community College District has launched to enroll 1,000 Black men within the next five years.
May 29, 2008
Community Colleges
N.C. Bill Aims To Keep Undocumented Students Enrolled in Two-Year Colleges
Several House members want to keep undocumented immigrants in North Carolina’s community colleges and public universities by barring officials from asking potential students about their immigration status.
May 28, 2008
Community Colleges
Citing High Energy Costs, Community College Cuts Back to 4-Day Week
With student commuters feeling the pinch of gasoline prices approaching $4 per gallon, a community college in southeast Missouri is cutting back to a four-day school week.
May 28, 2008
Community Colleges
Ala. Supreme Court Upholds Stay on Community College Double-dipping Ban
The Alabama Supreme Court is upholding a judge’s decision to temporarily block the implementation of the two-year college system’s double-dipping ban.
May 28, 2008
STEM
United States Failing to Produce Next Generation of Scientists, Technology Leaders Say
As interest in science, technology and innovation grows around the world, the United States is failing to produce the next generation of scientists, minority scientists in particular, NACME says.
May 28, 2008
Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
Sports
Arthur Ashe Jr. 2008 Finalists
Cliff Hammonds, who led Clemson University to its best basketball season in years, has also impressed his architecture classmates and professors — so much so that they recently created a Citation for Excellence for the senior’s ability to squeeze in basketball practice between drafting architecture models throughout his four-year college career. “They actually made up […]
May 28, 2008
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Students
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2008
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.
May 28, 2008
Home
In Brief: South African Dorm in Racist Video Site For New Diversity Center
South African university dorm involved in racist video to become diversity institute; Wake Forest drops SAT requirement; and a professor whose wife died in Virginia Tech shootings to head new peace center.
May 28, 2008
Sports
Saluting an All-time Great
This year’s annual tribute to student-athletes takes on special meaning as it is the 15th anniversary of the death of tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. for whom the award is named.
May 28, 2008
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International
Letters
Going for $1 Billion I’m very proud of Howard University (see “A Fundraising Blueprint,” May 1). As an alum who has pledged a contribution to the most recent campaign, I am looking forward to the $1 Billion Campaign for Howard. I think a $1 billion campaign is long overdue and will certainly be a success. […]
May 28, 2008
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Community Colleges
Highest Level of Accounting Graduates in More Than 30 Years
Over 64,000 students graduated with a bachelor’s or master’s in accounting in the 2006-07 academic year, adding up to the largest number of graduates in this discipline since the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) started tracking the data 36 years ago. Female graduates slightly outpaced male graduates in accounting at 52 percent to […]
May 28, 2008
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African-American
Course Watch: University of Akron Offers Class on Black Male Issues
The first course on Black men’s history and studies in the nation will be taught this summer as a special topics course at the University of Akron (Ohio) by Dr. Zachery Williams, assistant professor of African-American history and interim director of Pan African studies at the university. “‘African American Men’s History and Studies’ represents an […]
May 28, 2008
Students
Understanding the “Bling-bling Generation”
Many of the constructs that describe Millennials, or 21st-century young people, also referred to as Generation M, don’t seem to apply to Black undergraduates, according to research in the current National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. Sheltered, indulged, protected. These describe most millennials, but for students of color “these factors have been at best […]
May 28, 2008
Students
A Waning Priority
Despite high expectations with Democratic Congress, public policy groups are losing hopes of repealing financial aid ban on students convicted of minor drug offenses.
May 28, 2008
Students
Fostering an Inclusive Environment
Leaders at Cal Poly Pomona aim to create an inclusive environment for undocumented students, first by creating an AB 540 liaison.
May 28, 2008
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Sports
For the Love Of the Game
Momei Qu is leading the way in academics and athletics, shining in each arena.
May 28, 2008
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Students
Tried, Tested, Yet Undeterred
After overturned prison sentence, Marcus Dixon blazes a stellar record of academic and athletic achievement at Hampton University.
May 28, 2008
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