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African-American
Cedar Valley College Names Osaro Airen Dean of Student Retention
Among other duties, Dr. Osaro E. Airen will administer a $2.45 million grant that will be used to promote the success of Black male students and their participation in STEM programs.
June 21, 2016
African-American
Expert: Attrition Among Women of Color Faculty in Medical Schools Troubling
A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges indicates that the number of women of color faculty in medical schools across the nation continues to hover below 30 percent.
June 21, 2016
Home
Michael Middleton Hopes Measures Keep Mizzou Out of Eye of Storm
The University of Missouri System interim president hopes that initiatives meant to bring about more diversity, equity and inclusion at the flagship campus can stave off the tumult that rocked the campus last fall.
June 21, 2016
Students
U of Missouri Dismissive of Grad Student Unionization Effort
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri asserts in a court filing that graduate students have no rights to collective bargaining. And if they do have that right, they are doing it wrong, attorney Michael Kaemmerer wrote in a brief filed last week in Boone County Circuit Court, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. The filing […]
June 21, 2016
Students
Chancellor Jimmy Cheek Resigning at University of Tennessee in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― Jimmy Cheek, the chancellor of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, is resigning to rejoin the faculty. In a Tuesday announcement, the university praised Cheek for increased diversity at the school, record fundraising and $1 billion in new construction and renovation. Cheek has also faced numerous challenges during his tenure. They include […]
June 21, 2016
Home
Rescued Horses Will Help Veterans with PTSD
After losing sight in his right eye from a 2013 rocket attack in Afghanistan, retired U.S. Army Maj. Dan Thomas recovered with help from an equine therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
June 21, 2016
Disparities
Orlando shooting sheds light on mental health disparities in Florida’s Latino community
Fernandez. Guerrero. Martinez. As the names of the victims in the Orlando shooting were announced, it quickly became clear that the traumatic event had disproportionately affected the city’s Latino community. Nearly all 49 victims killed at the Pulse gay nightclub, were Latino. Of those, 23 were Puerto Rican. “With Latinos, the fact that my neighbor’s […]
June 21, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Breastfeeding as a trans dad: ‘A baby doesn’t know what your pronouns are’
Giving birth to two children as a transgender man gave Trevor MacDonald rare insight into the manifold struggles of trans individuals – and in blogging about it he became the public voice of a long hidden conversation. MacDonald, soft-spoken and sporting a wispy goatee, was breastfeeding his first child at the time. He and his […]
June 21, 2016
Home
Experts: In Wake of Orlando Massacre, Higher Ed Must Reaffirm Commitment to Diversity
Evidence suggests the shooter was motivated by messages on social media channels that stirred the gunman’s emotions on a myriad of issues ranging from sexual orientation to religion, politics, ethnic and racial appearance.
June 20, 2016
Home
Diverse Docket: Fordham Student’s Mental-illness-based Disability Suit Dismissed
A former graduate student has lost a mental-illness-based disability and retaliation suit against Fordham University.
June 20, 2016
Opinion
The Three Stages of College Choice, Critical Race Theory, and the Black Senior
The higher education system must be aware of how racism, in particular institutional racism, influences the process of a student’s college search.
June 20, 2016
African-American
California Community Colleges Expand Transfer Deal with HBCUs
California Community Colleges and 21 historically Black colleges and universities now have an agreement that potentially will increase the number of community college students going to HBCUs.
June 20, 2016
Students
Fired LSU Band Director’s Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court
BATON ROUGE, La. ― The legal battle between fired Golden Band from Tigerland director Roy King and Louisiana State University will be played out in federal court. King sued the university last month in state district court, but LSU filed notice seeking to have the case moved to U.S. District Court because King’s lawsuit alleges […]
June 20, 2016
Students
Police Reopen Investigation into Virginia Tech’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
BLACKSBURG, Va. ― Blacksburg police said they have reopened a criminal investigation into hazing allegations against Virginia Tech’s first Black Greek organization after new information was turned over by the university. Police had already conducted an investigation into the incident involving the Theta Iota chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and decided not to […]
June 20, 2016
Disparities
Study: 1 in 5 Trauma Deaths Could Be Avoided
WASHINGTON —Up to 1 in 5 deaths from car crashes, gunshots or other injuries might be prevented with better, quicker trauma care that doesn’t depend so much on where you live, according to government advisers —advice that takes on new urgency amid the increasing threat of mass casualties like the massacre in Orlando. The Orlando […]
June 20, 2016
Disparities
Rescued Horses Will Help Veterans with PTSD
NIANTIC, Conn. After losing sight in his right eye from a 2013 rocket attack in Afghanistan, retired U.S. Army Maj. Dan Thomas recovered with help from an equine therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Hoping to help other veterans, he and his wife traveled from their home in Alabama to Connecticut recently […]
June 20, 2016
Policies
NC Program Helps Farmworkers Get Health insurance
DUNN, N.C. — Seasonal agricultural workers were just finishing a meal after a long day of planting sweet potato seeds when Julie Pittman pulled up to their camp. Pittman, a paralegal with the Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina, worked to get their attention. The health care law that passed in 2010 requires […]
June 20, 2016
Disparities
Senate Hearing Examines Indian Health Service
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Tribal leaders and members of Congress demanded greater transparency and accountability from the federal agency responsible for providing health care to members of Native American tribes during a U.S. Senate committee hearing Friday (June 17) in western South Dakota. The field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs focused […]
June 20, 2016
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