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News Roundup
Report: OSU Makes Strides in Achieving College Affordability
The Ohio State University (OSU) has made strides in making college education more affordable for its students, according to a new report from the Ohio chancellor of higher education. Public colleges and universities in Ohio have saved a combined $320 million in institutional funding in the 2018 fiscal year, and approximately $179 million of that […]
December 28, 2018
News Roundup
Second-Oldest All-Women’s College to Begin Admitting Transgender Women
Stephens College, the second-oldest all-women’s college in the country, has implemented a new admissions policy that will allow transgender women, but not transgender men, to be admitted into the institution. The Missouri college has been considering the policy change since 2014, according to The Hill. The new policy states that Stephens will “continue to admit […]
December 28, 2018
Latest News
Diversity in Tech: Make School Bachelor’s Program with Dominican Accredited
Make School, a postsecondary educational program created by two 20-something techies, is now offering an industry-driven, project-oriented bachelor’s degree in partnership with Dominican University of California that students can complete in two years – and don’t have to start paying for until they graduate and secure a job that pays at least $60,000 a year.
December 28, 2018
African-American
HBCU Chaplains Evolve to Meet the Spiritual Needs of their Students
For years, HBCU chaplains have played a critical role in nourishing students from entry to exit. The job has become a bit more difficult, in part because there has been an overall decline in the number of church-going college students in recent decades.
December 28, 2018
Latest News
Report Shows Varied Progress in Achieving Equality in NYC
A new report by the City University of New York (CUNY) highlights a complicated narrative about equality in New York City. Overall citywide levels of inequality improved slightly compared to the 2015 baseline, with positive and negative results across certain areas.
December 28, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019
The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isn’t exactly clear at first.
December 28, 2018
News Roundup
10-Year-Old Math Genius Esther Okade Enrolls as a College Student
Esther Okade, a 10-year-old from Walsall, England has just become one of the country’s youngest college freshmen after enrolling at Open University, a UK-based distance learning college. Okade, a math prodigy, first began her freshman year in January 2018 and is already the top of her class, scoring a 100 percent in a recent exam, […]
December 28, 2018
News Roundup
Bates College Appoints Noelle Chaddock as Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Noelle Chaddock, currently the associate provost and deputy Title IX coordinator at Rhodes College, has been appointed vice president for equity and inclusion at Bates College, effective June 1. Chaddock also previously served as chief diversity officer at the State University of New York at Cortland. In this new role, Chaddock will work with […]
December 28, 2018
News Roundup
Former Lehigh University Student Charged with Poisoning Roommate
Yukai Yang, a former chemistry major at Lehigh University, is charged with attempted murder after a months-long investigation concluded he tried to poison his roommate by putting deadly chemicals into his food and drink. The victim, Juwan Royal was shocked after hearing about Yang’s actions, and said that he believed they had a good relationship, […]
December 20, 2018
News Roundup
Court: University of Mary Washington Could’ve Done More to Protect Students from Online Harassment
In a 2-1 decision, judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said that University of Mary Washington (UMW) officials could have done more to protect its students from online harassment. The case reached the court after members of Feminists United, a student-run feminist organization, sued the university in 2015 for adopting […]
December 20, 2018
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Year in Review 2018
Diverse takes a look back at Higher Education Highlights of 2018.
December 20, 2018
Opinion
How Researchers of Color are Left out of the Gun Violence Conversation in Media and Academia
Although the frequency of mass shootings has increased, and the constant media coverage makes it seem that it is now a more common form of gun violence, it only makes up a sliver of gun deaths in the U.S. Homicide and suicide make up a majority of gun deaths.
December 20, 2018
Students
2018 Higher Education Highlights
Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, equity and higher education. Most notably, this past year we witnessed up close a number of racial incidents on campus involving law enforcement being called on students and staff of color.
December 20, 2018
African-American
USC Scholar Uses Technology to Enhance Learning
Dr. Theophilus “Theo” Fowles utilizes his love of technology to get people to engage with one another.
December 20, 2018
Funding
Tuition rises for some students at military junior college
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Tuition is going up for international students at a military junior college in Roswell. The Roswell Daily Record reports that the New Mexico Military Institute’s Board of Regents approved the 3 percent tuition hike last week. The $367 increase applies to all international students, except those from Canada and Mexico, for […]
December 20, 2018
Veterans
Peer sponsors help veteran students succeed at Ohio State
After a six-year career in the Air Force, Hannah Rodas was looking to begin the next step in her life and it started in higher education. “When I was originally looking into school after getting out of the military, I didn’t anticipate going to Ohio State,” Rodas said. “I’m from Michigan to begin with. It […]
December 20, 2018
Funding
Miller awarded grant to study military strategic culture in India
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, is part of a collaboration (with Assistant Professor Rohan Mukherjee of Yale-NUS College, Singapore) that received an Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 Grant from the Ministry of Education in Singapore to study military strategic […]
December 20, 2018
Academics
Director of military and veteran services out at UT
The University of Toledo has decided to part ways with Haraz Ghanbari, director of military and veteran affairs. “They simply said, ‘We appreciate your service and they would like to move in a different direction,’” Mr. Ghanbari said. “It was not for cause.” Mr. Ghanbari was an at-will employee, meaning the university could terminate him […]
December 20, 2018
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