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African-American
Black Colleges Look to Increase Online Education Presence
Online education market could prove lucrative for HBCUs.
November 16, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Blackboard Seeks to Reconnect With Faculty
Blackboard Inc. is launching next generation online technology that will be free to higher education instructors.
November 16, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Academic Hiring Freeze Looms as Obstacle to Faculty Diversity
Recession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered.
November 16, 2010
Students
More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities
Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.
November 15, 2010
Latinx
Court Upholds In-state Tuition for Some Immigrants
The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that undocumented immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks offered to in-state high school students to attend public colleges and universities.
November 15, 2010
Home
University of Hawaii Among Two Universities Eyeing Obama Library
The University of Chicago is also interested in building a presidential library.
November 15, 2010
Opinion
The Personality of the K-12 Achievement Gap
I still remember my academic bliss in fourth grade. At a small private school in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., in a relatively large class taught by Mrs. Miles, I received 100 on all of my final exams. It probably went to my head but a cocky 9-year-old is considered cute. Almost 20 years later, whenever I […]
November 14, 2010
African-American
Perspectives: True Picture of Oppression Left Out of Social Studies Classes
Social studies class got the civil rights movement all wrong and left me unprepared to deal with race in America.
November 14, 2010
Opinion
Mississippi Goddam: Free the Scott Sisters
Nina Simone called it in 1964 with her civil rights anthem. Apparently, not much has changed since. Today, Jamie and Gladys Scott sit in a Mississippi prison, sentenced to double consecutive life sentences for a crime they have denied committing. Neither had a previous criminal record. And what was the alleged crime? Robbery. Was it a violent offense? No. […]
November 13, 2010
Opinion
How it Feels to Take Math Praxis
This week, I did something that few academicians would do. I voluntarily sat for one hour and took a 40-question math test. How would you feel sitting down for such a test? No Chi squared analyses, T-tests or ANOVAs. I’m talking the basics: geometry, algebra, ratios, fractions, proportions and probability—the stuff high school math is […]
November 10, 2010
Students
Singer John Legend Urges Howard Students To Consider Teaching
In an event that commingled star power and the power of the federal government, President Obama’s Education Secretary and soul singer John Legend visited Howard University Wednesday as part of a national teacher recruitment campaign aimed at making America’s teaching ranks as diverse as the nation’s students.
November 10, 2010
Latinx
Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist
The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold from 2001 to 2009.
November 9, 2010
Sports
Student in Ohio Says Headdress Led to Ouster from Game
A student at Miami University of Ohio says an American Indian headdress he wore to show school spirit got him thrown out of a home football game.
November 9, 2010
Students
First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class
Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.
November 9, 2010
African-American
Researching Obesity’s Complexity and Impact
As the obesity problem grows, researchers investigate all facets of this condition while also working to make the public aware of the personal and economic toll of being big.
November 9, 2010
Leadership & Policy
New Rules May Hurt For-profit Colleges
The for-profit college industry has been criticized as being predatory or too business-focused, but the institutions say new federal regulations on them will limit access to higher education.
November 8, 2010
African-American
Missouri Corrects Record on 1923 College Town Lynching
Eighty-seven years after the Missouri public lynching of a Black janitor accused of rape, civic leaders have come together to confront the ugly episode in Columbia and correct the record on the death of the accused, who insisted the rape allegation was a case of mistaken identity.
November 8, 2010
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Perspectives: How Diversity Goes Beyond Tolerance
Personal interaction through technology can foster an appreciative and welcoming environment for diversity that supplements acceptance.
November 8, 2010
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