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Rare Intellectual Gems and Timely Topics from the University Press
Before the dawn of 2010, many book writers, reviewers and bloggers offered assessments of the literary offerings of the past 12 months. A few even ventured to sum up the decade.
January 11, 2010
Angela Dodson
African-American
Rhode Island to Highlight African-American Memoir in Tours, School Curriculum
William J. Brown’s 1883 memoir is at the center of a yearlong project, funded by the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, which seeks to raise the free Black civic leader’s profile and further the public’s understanding of African-American history in Rhode Island.
January 11, 2010
Brown Memoir
Faculty & Staff
University of Virginia Names First Female President
The university’s Board of Visitors on Monday elected Teresa Sullivan to succeed President John Casteen.
January 11, 2010
Dr. Teresa Sullivan
Opinion
The Gender Imbalance on College Campuses
During the past few years, I have walked into a number of classes I’ve taught, looked around and have been startled at what I have witnessed. I am talking about the X/Y factor, or the gender ratio. Gender imbalance was striking. A number (though not all) of my classes were more than two-thirds female.   […]
January 10, 2010
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions to Benefit from Education Department Budget Increase
Nearly three months into the federal fiscal year, Congress and President Barack Obama reached an agreement on a 2010 education spending bill that will increase funds for minority-serving institutions and student financial aid with the possibility of more gains ahead.
January 10, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Former Howard U. President James Cheek dies at 77
WASHINGTON — James E. Cheek, who served as Howard University’s president for 20 years and oversaw major expansions at the school, has died. He was 77.
January 10, 2010
James Cheek
Sports
New BCS Chief Defends Bowl System
The new Bowl Championship Series executive director officially began his tenure Thursday by saying the often-criticized postseason represents a consensus among the 120 schools that play major college football.
January 7, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Norfolk State’s Meyers to Step Down June 30
After more than three years of leading the southeastern Virginia-based historically Black public institution, Norfolk State University president Carolyn W. Meyers is stepping down from her post on June 30.
January 7, 2010
Dr. Carolyn W. Myers
African-American
Congress Expected to Focus on Education in 2010
The U.S. Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher education in the new year.
January 7, 2010
U.S. Capitol
Opinion
Cultivating A Knack For Cross-Cultural Understanding
When I was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota in the 1990s, during the height of conservative efforts to repeal affirmative action, I often found myself the lone Indian-American attending demonstrations by minority-student groups to save it. I used to also be the only non-Black person at the Africana Student Center because it […]
January 6, 2010
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WOMENS STUDIES : Community Advocate
Dr. Stephanie Evans, an associate professor of African-American and women’s studies at the University of Florida, does not believe in scholarship for scholarship’s sake. For her, it’s scholarship for every one’s sake.
January 6, 2010
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POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Black Men’s Ministry
Dr. Said Sewell’s introduction to politics, a stint as a 16-year old volunteer on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign, proved indelible. Seeing political advisers and policymakers take on issues affecting young people made him realize the importance of Black political involvement.
January 6, 2010
Said Sewell III
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE : 2010 CAPITOL HILL OUTLOOK: MORE ATTENTION TO EDUCATION
Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher ed in the new year.\r\n\r\nFor a year that began with great expectations, 2009 ended with many top higher education legislative goals unresolved as other pres
January 6, 2010
HBCUs
SPECTRUM :FIVE QUESTIONS FOR SOLEDAD O’Brien
Committed to reporting on undercovered communities, CNN\’s Soledad O\’Brien spoke to Diverse about 2009\’s \”Black in America\” and \”Latino in America\” documentaries and other issues she\’ll cover.
January 6, 2010
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Emerging Scholars: Class of 2010
Every year, the Emerging Scholars edition features a diverse group of rising researchers, thinkers and leaders in various fields.
January 6, 2010
Students
ANTHROPOLOGY : Real Science For Real People
Amy Snipes since she was a little girl in Savannah, Ga., who grew up loving science, cherishing the “well-stocked” chemistry set her mother made sure was at her disposal, realizing that she was part tomboy and part “nerd,” and always asking “why?”
January 6, 2010
Shedra Amy Snipes
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LAST WORD : RACE-BLIND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
If higher education is to successfully promote diversity enrollment, it will take a combination of targeted programs. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called herself “the perfect affirmative action ba
January 6, 2010
Community Colleges
ON THE MOVE
DR. RITA HARTUNG CHENG has been named chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Cheng was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned a bachelor’s from Bi
January 6, 2010
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