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Native Americans
Alaska and Washington Schools Win Grants
Grants to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Interior Aleutian campus and the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash., have been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
September 16, 2008
Native Americans
$5 Million Awarded to Tribal Colleges
Seven Native American colleges and universities will share $5 million to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.
September 16, 2008
Native Americans
MSU Billings Will Host Heritage Day
The histories, cultures and philosophies of American Indians will be celebrated on Sept 26 at Montana State University Billings, organizers announced.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
Report Calls for Presidential Commission on Latino Issues
The University of Denver (DU) Latino Center and Grupo Salinas’ Fundacion Azteca America, a non-profit affiliate of Azteca America Television Network, are calling for a U.S. presidential commission on Latino issues to increase access to educational, health, economic and civic opportunities.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
Le Cordon Bleu Miami Launches Culinary VIP Series
To support its Spanish-language program, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami (LCB Miami) is launching a Visiting Culinary VIP Series, which will bring leading industry restaurateurs, writers, chefs and consultants to the campus.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
JFKU Degree on Counseling Latinos Wins Approval
John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has received final approval of the first fully accredited counseling psychology program focusing on cultural competence training in mental health and counseling skills for serving the Latino/Hispanic community. Classes begin this fall.
September 16, 2008
Students
Hispanic Heritage Month 2008
On September 15, academic institutions and cultural groups nationwide embarked on a month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture.
September 16, 2008
STEM
Pennsylvania State University System Snuffs Out All Smoking
With virtually no warning, smoking at 14 of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities has been banned anywhere on campus even outdoors.
September 16, 2008
LGBTQ+
Social Justice Group Opens Dialogue on GLBT Issues With Equality Ride
There are more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities that have explicit policies discriminatory toward GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) students, according to Soulforce Q. Since 2006, this young adult division of Soulforce, a social justice organization seeking to end political and religious oppression of GLBT people through nonviolent resistance, has staged Equality Ride.
September 16, 2008
Home
Perspectives: Keeping the Affirmative Action Debate in Context
With Sen. Barack Obama just one step away from the presidency of the United States, many are questioning the need for affirmative action.
September 16, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
‘On Fire’ for Bennett: A Conversation With President Julianne Malveaux
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett College, recently spoke to Diverse at the end of her first year as president of one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women.
September 15, 2008
Home
Education Department Expands Web Site to Promote College-going Culture
Soon, aspiring college students will use a federal Web site to share their goals and dreams for higher education.
September 15, 2008
Students
Colleges Spend Billions to Prep Freshmen
It’s a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.
September 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Michigan State Revokes Mugabe’s Honorary Degree
Michigan State University trustees Friday stripped Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of an honorary law degree it gave him in 1990, citing a pattern of human rights abuses and political repression.
September 15, 2008
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Opinion
Increasing Minority Ph.D. Completion
September 14, 2008
Opinion
Advising Students to the Ph.D.: Are We Equitable in Our Support?
A recent report published in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education states that Ph.D. completion varies by gender and race.  Specifically, the 10-year completion rate for Whites was 55 percent, for Hispanics it was 51 percent, for Asian Americans it was 50 percent and for African Americans the rate was only 47 percent.  Of course there […]
September 14, 2008
MSIs
Scholars Blame Low Minority Retention in STEM on Affirmative Action
Minority students are leaving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines in disproportionate numbers before graduating, because affirmative action may be placing students in rigorous academic settings for which they are not prepared, a panel of scholars told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Friday
September 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Texas Colleges Clean Up After Hurricane Ike
While emergency crews in southeast Texas continued rescuing victims and trying to restore normalcy in the wake of Hurricane Ike, the resumption of college classes in the region was uncertain late Sunday.
September 14, 2008
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