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African-American
Climate Change Exacerbates Disparate Health Conditions Among Vulnerable Populations, Experts Say
At a Washington think tank forum on climate change and public health, experts said extreme weather conditions, whether caused by climate change or by other reasons, pose a great health risk to children and other vulnerable populations.
July 27, 2010
Students
Proposed Federal Rules Target For-profit Colleges
The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations this past Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don’t earn enough after graduation to repay them.
July 26, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Tribute: Dr. David Blackwell, 1919-2010
Like many African-American mathematicians who came of age in the 1980s and afterward, I was first aware of professor David Blackwell’s contributions to probability theory before I knew that he was African-American.
July 26, 2010
Students
Fayetteville State University to Launch College Journalism Program
This fall, Fayetteville State, a historically Black university, debuts an undergraduate program in journalism, four years after creating one in mass communication.
July 26, 2010
Home
Webb Calls for Ending Diversity Programs
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., has called for ending government-run diversity programs in a Wall Street Journal column, saying they have hurt the cause of racial harmony.
July 26, 2010
Home
Known as “Russia’s Obama,” Sagbo Is The Country’s First Black Elected Official
People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a Black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician.
July 25, 2010
African-American
William and Mary Professor Thinks He Found Oldest Black School
A College of William and Mary professor thinks he may have found the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for African-American children.
July 25, 2010
Students
Arizona State University Journalism Professor Builds Expertise in Latino, Immigration Issues
Arizona State’s Rick Rodriguez is optimistic about news coverage of immigration issues. The shrinking news industry doesn’t stoke his hopeful outlook, but student journalists do.
July 25, 2010
Opinion
Gaslight: Proving Institutionalized Racism
In a recent talk, I stated that institutional and structural racist systems of opportunity and privilege still exist in the academy. Noticing the pushback — furrowed brows looked like neon signs plastered on folks’ foreheads — I engaged them in a conversation that went something as follows: Search committees talk about the difficulty they face […]
July 24, 2010
Opinion
Why a Focus on Minority Men Means a Focus on the Whole
As some may recall, an early blog post featured data and opinion on the state of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate degree completion for women of color (including top degree-granting institutions). Although much of my work has addressed the experience of women and women of color in STEM, as a gender and diversity […]
July 22, 2010
African-American
Black Racism: A Real Problem or Pure Politics?
The Shirley Sherrod affair brings to the fore a simmering question over whether Black racism is cause for concern in America under its first Black president.
July 22, 2010
Home
College Board Releases ‘Scorecard’ Report on U.S. Degree Completion Progress
Building on the movement to boost college completion rates in the United States, the College Board on Thursday released a new report meant to be the first “scorecard” in a series of assessments on how well the nation is doing at getting more of its citizens to earn college degrees.
July 22, 2010
Students
Hometown Hero Clyburn Brings Federal Spending to South Carolina
U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn brings federal financial support to better Morris College and its surrounding communities in his native Sumter, S.C. This is the second of two features DiverseEducation.com has published this week on Clyburn.
July 22, 2010
Opinion
KKK Leader’s Name Erased, But What About UT’s Confederate Statues
Last week, the University of Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously to change the name of Simkins Residence Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. In defiance of the 1954 Brown ruling that deemed unconstitutional educational segregation, UT leaders named the newly constructed residence hall after William Stewart Simkins, the deceased longtime UT […]
July 21, 2010
Sports
Alabama Football Coach Unleashes Attack on Sports Agents
Three SEC teams—Florida, Alabama and South Carolina—are investigating allegations involving improper contact with an agent. Alabama coach Nick Saban and SEC commissioner Mike Slive both say it is time for a change to NCAA rules governing agents.
July 21, 2010
Home
Gel Breakthrough Changes Face of Africa AIDS Fight
South African research that helped produce a promising anti-AIDS gel will change the nature of the fight against the disease, the head of the university that pioneered the research said Tuesday.
July 21, 2010
African-American
Clyburn Remains Rooted as a Rising Power in Congress
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has fought for the historically marginalized since his college days. When he was a student at South Carolina State College in the late 1950s, his political activism compelled classmates to refer to him jokingly as “senator.” This is the first of two features on Clyburn.
July 21, 2010
Latinx
Poll: U.S. Hispanics Mix Hopes, Strains
Hispanics have been hit disproportionately hard by the economic slump. Forty-five percent say they or a family member have lost a job since last September, with similar numbers or more expressing deep worries about becoming unemployed, paying bills and saving for college.
July 20, 2010
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