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Native Americans
Elders Work to Save Kenai’s First Language
Elders of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe have been teaching students from around the state their language as a way of preserving it.
September 7, 2008
Native Americans
Famed Artist Teaches Shell Carving at Muscogee
Dan Townsend, an internationally known Native American artist, recently spent a month at the College of the Muscogee Nation on Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology’s campus sharing the art of shell carving, the OSU-Okmulgee announced.
September 7, 2008
Native Americans
Tribal College Expanding Campus
United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck is officially marking the start of a campus expansion with a ceremony Friday at a 135-acre tract of land immediately south of the current campus.
September 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
New Report: Black Colleges Crucial to Grooming New Scientists
Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in producing future scientists and engineers, according to a recent report released by the National Science Foundation.
September 7, 2008
Home
Tennessee State Freedom Riders Get Overdue Recognition
Pauline Knight was a 21-year-old college junior when the chance to help change history beckoned.
September 7, 2008
Home
Lawyer: Neb. May Have to Adjust to Preferences Ban
The former dean of the University of Washington School of Law said Friday that Nebraska universities must be ready to adjust if voters approve a measure to ban most types of affirmative action in the state.
September 7, 2008
Home
RNC Panel Addresses Diversity on Final Day of Convention
Republicans predict end of affirmative action and racial issues while also launching outreach efforts to gain more minority voters.
September 4, 2008
Opinion
Obama Is Being Lifted Up by the Elders
Sen. Barack Obama made reference to a preacher who made America better in his acceptance speech on Aug. 28, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention. Obama is now officially his party’s nominee to be president of the United States of America. Let’s not forget the “preacher” that Obama referred to was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., arguably […]
September 3, 2008
HBCUs
HBCUs Seek Normalcy After Gustav
Officials of New Orleans’ historically Black colleges are anxiously planning their returns to campuses in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, but they remain cautiously optimistic their schools have avoided catastrophic damage.
September 3, 2008
International
Keep Fighting the Good Fight
We kicked off this academic year in the previous edition featuring 10 champions of diversity — from the PhD Project to the University System of Georgia’s African-American Male Initiative, just to name two, in efforts to highlight those organizations and individuals that are truly doing their part to promote access to higher education for underrepresented groups.
September 3, 2008
African-American
Getting to Know Dr. Kofi Lomotey
While Dr. Kofi Lomotey has held appointments at predominately White institutions, he understands the critically important roles that historically Black colleges and universities play in educating Black students.
September 3, 2008
Disabilties
Protecting Voters’ Rights
The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund unveiled a new nonpartisan voter awareness program, Prepared to Vote, to help reveal and address voting barriers in the upcoming November elections such as: voter ID requirements, voter purges, faulty voter rolls, poorly trained election officials and felon disenfranchisement statutes.
September 3, 2008
Latinx
On DiverseEducation.com
VOICES OF DIVERSITY: Tune in to DiverseEducation.com and listen to Diverse’s featured champions of diversity Dr. Roy Jones of the Call Me Mister program and Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education as they each explain the relevance of their organization’s work and the impact they are making in their spheres of influence.
September 3, 2008
Community Colleges
Music to Their Ears
Last month, the College of Music at the University of North Texas held its first-ever mariachi summer camp for Hispanic students in sixth through 12th grades.
September 3, 2008
MSIs
An Inside Look at a Law’s Renewal
Newly signed law includes more than 60 initiatives, including those for single parent students, active duty military and disabled students.
September 3, 2008
Students
University of Texas Program Demystifies Graduate School for Minority Students
Through the Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Cross-Disciplinary Consortium at UT, students of diverse backgrounds are being introduced to graduate-level work.
September 3, 2008
Students
10 Diversity Champions II
Introducing the “Champions of Diversity” in the Academic Kickoff issue proved a timely reminder of the mission of Diverse during the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of Cox, Matthews and Associates, the founder of the former Black Issues in Higher Education and publisher of Diverse.
September 3, 2008
International
‘Preserving Intellectual Capital’
As political strife is a constant around the globe, the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund assists scholars whose academic freedom is threatened in their home countries.
September 3, 2008
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