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African-American
Bridges Improving Chicago Economy Through Small Business Program
Vasco Bridges III has taken his academic background and his commitment to social change and community development into a career that is improving the economic landscape in Chicago.
March 21, 2016
Community Colleges
Kentucky House Approves Free Community College
All students who graduate from Kentucky high schools, home schools or obtain their GEDs in Kentucky will be able to attend community colleges for free under a bill that passed the Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill now moves to the state Senate. House Bill 626 requires students to apply for available student aid and […]
March 20, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Nigerian-born Student Loses Bias Suit
A Nigerian-born graduate student who failed his doctoral qualifying exam three times has lost a lawsuit accusing Golden Gate University of discrimination and other claims.
March 18, 2016
Home
Wallace Foundation Earmarks $47M to Bolster Programs for Aspiring Principals
The Wallace Foundation announced Wednesday that it will make a $47 million commitment to help a select number of universities redesign their academic programs for aspiring principals.
March 18, 2016
African-American
Professor Says Only Law Can Cure Bias, Racism in Health Care
Dayna Matthew says that, when it comes to eliminating the racial disparities that plague America’s health care system, the cure is to be found in the law.
March 18, 2016
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Controversy Often Accompanies Executive Search Firms Study: Many Colleges’ Financial Outreach Coming at Pell Grant Recipients’ Expense University of Missouri Unrest Reverberates at ACE Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?
March 18, 2016
Students
Diverse on the Go
Vice President Will Cox is representing Diverse at the AAC&U Diversity, Learning, and Student Success 2016 Conference in Philadelphia today through Friday.
March 18, 2016
Sports
UC Berkeley to Review Head Coach’s Role in Harassment Case
BERKELEY, Calif. ― Officials at the University of California, Berkeley, are reviewing whether the men’s head basketball coach correctly handled sexual harassment allegations against one of his assistants. The review aims “to dispel any doubts” about Coach Cuonzo Martin’s role in the case that led to the firing of assistant coach Yann Hufnagel, athletic director […]
March 17, 2016
Students
Free Speech Bill Withdrawn After Islamic State Comments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A Republican lawmaker on Thursday defended his comments that free speech rights on Tennessee college campuses should apply to everyone ― even recruiters for the Islamic State group. State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville said on the floor of the state House that he supports First Amendment rights for people and groups […]
March 17, 2016
Home
Study: Many Colleges’ Financial Outreach Coming at Pell Grant Recipients’ Expense
More colleges and universities are using their institutional aid to woo wealthy students who can pay instead of using it to help low-income students to make up the difference between what their federal Pell Grants cover and what it costs to go to college.
March 16, 2016
Women
Career Undermatching: The Higher Ed Issue You Need to Know About
Career undermatching describes the phenomenon in which talented, college graduates from low-income families wind up in jobs that don’t match their abilities or ambitions.
March 16, 2016
Students
Meet the Teen Who Just Won $150,000 for Inventing a Device to Diagnose Lung Disease
California student Maya Varma has won the top prize for innovation at one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious high school science competitions, taking home $150,000 for inventing a new device to diagnose chronic lung diseases. “I’m so excited. I didn’t expect to receive an award, and it was such a surprise,” Varma said […]
March 16, 2016
News Roundup
How Baltimore Gas and Electric’s (BGE) First African American CEO is Fostering a Diverse Company Culture
As an attorney and skilled lobbyist, Calvin Butler’s journey to CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) is far from typical. After graduating with his Juris Doctor degree fromWashington University School of Law in St. Louis, Butler took a position with Central Illinois Light Co. working in its government affairs, legal and strategy departments. […]
March 16, 2016
Students
Former Oregon Basketball Players Sue After Rape Accusations
LANE COUNTY, Ore. ― Two former University of Oregon basketball players dismissed in 2014 as a result of rape allegations involving a freshman student are suing the university for $10 million each. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson in Lane County Circuit Court, The Oregonian reported. More than four months […]
March 16, 2016
Community Colleges
Kansas House OKs Campus Faith Groups Restricting Membership
TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a long-delayed proposal allowing faith-based groups on college campuses to restrict their membership to like-minded people. Nearly a year after the Senate approved the bill, the Republican-controlled House voted 81-41 to send the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong supporter of religious rights. Supporters have said […]
March 16, 2016
Students
Missouri Interim President: Faculty on Frontline of Quest for Diversity
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the American Council on Education held joint sessions at their co-located annual meetings on Tuesday with a heavy diversity emphasis.
March 16, 2016
Students
French Woman Aged 91 Gets PhD After 30 Years
A woman aged 91 has become one of the oldest people in France to gain a PhD after she completed a thesis that she had begun three decades earlier. Colette Bourlier was awarded the mark of “high distinction” for her work, which she successfully defended on Tuesday before a jury of the University of Franche-Comte […]
March 16, 2016
Students
Poll: About Half U.S. Students Identify as ‘Hopeful’ and ‘Engaged’
Only about half of U.S. students are “hopeful” and “engaged” in school, while the rest are either not engaged or actively disengaged and stuck or discouraged, according to an annual Gallup Student Poll.
March 15, 2016
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