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Paul Pitts III - Football
April 19, 2016
Students
University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students
A university president shares advice on how to balance the need to increase completion rates and maintain quality at the Association of Governing Boardsâ national conference Monday.
April 18, 2016
African-American
Federal Judge: Firing of Black Faculty Member Not Discriminatory
A federal judge in Indianapolis has ruled that an Indiana university did not discriminate against a Black tenured faculty member when he was fired for falsifying his credentials.
April 18, 2016
HBCUs
University Mistakenly Sends 5,000 Students Acceptance Emails
BUFFALO, N.Y. â More than 5,000 prospective students have mistakenly been notified by email that theyâve been accepted into an upstate New York university. University at Buffalo spokesman John DellaContrada says the mistaken email was sent Wednesday to students whose applications hadnât been fully reviewed. He says the university sent a second email about three [âŚ]
April 18, 2016
Students
NCAA Board Must Reject Satellite Camp Ban
Satellite camp? Sounds like something high tech, space station kind of stuff. Practically STEM-ed. Never heard od it before? Itâs a big deal if youâre a young kid in high school with the dream of playing college football. But if youâre talking good old boy, big time college football, then the idea is just a major annoyance. [âŚ]
April 17, 2016
Students
Melton Breaks Down Diversity Barriers in Intercollegiate Sports
Nicole Melton has spent the last four years of her budding career in higher education teaching students the importance of breaking barriers in the intercollegiate sports arena.
April 17, 2016
Sports
Strategies for Diversity and Inclusion Key to Collegiate Sports Programs
The message at this yearâs NCAAâs Inclusion Forum is simple: diversity and inclusion are essential components to building a successful collegiate sports program.
April 17, 2016
African-American
Young Girls of Color Still Facing Challenges on the Road to Higher Ed
Academicians, public policy officials and community advocates gather to discuss the numerous disparities that continue to plague young girls of color.
April 17, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Black Intellectuals Ponder How Best to Share Knowledge
A recurring theme was how the world beyond the academy has to affect how a Black intellectual views his or her teaching and research within a broader societal context.
April 14, 2016
Latinx
Retention Grant Keeping Dreams Alive at Georgia State
Georgia State UniversityĂ¢ââââ¢s Panther Retention Grant program is helping students who lack the funds to pay for their last few semesters of school.
April 14, 2016
African-American
Is Affirmative Action Failing the Students It Was Designed For?
Since the ââŹĹHarvard Revelation,ââŹÂ several scholars have noted the changing racial and ethnic ancestry of Blacks attending selective higher education institutions.
April 14, 2016
Students
Secret Harvard Club Breaks Silence, Followed by an Apology
BOSTON â A Boston business chief who broke the public silence of a 225-year-old Harvard all-male club apologized after critics said his comments blamed women for sexual assault. Charlie Storey, the president of Bostonâs Harpoon Brewery, wrote a letter to Harvardâs student newspaper defending the schoolâs social clubs for refusing to accept women. He was [âŚ]
April 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address
President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at [âŚ]
April 14, 2016
Sports
CTE Students in Arkansas Found to Have Edge
A study shows that students who took more career and technical education courses were slightly more likely to finish high school, attend a two-year college and earn more money.
April 14, 2016
Students
John Kerry Urges Miami College Students to Embrace Diversity
Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted Miami Dade Honors College students to pursue an inclusive American dream that includes âwhat our country stands for internationally.â To encourage freedom, he said, the United States wants to help âthe Cuban people to begin a new chapter in their history.â He acknowledged that there are critics who believe [âŚ]
April 14, 2016
Students
UC Davis Spent Thousands to Scrub Pepper-spray References from Internet
UC Davis contracted with consultants for at least $175,000 to scrub the Internet of negative online postings following the November 2011 pepper-spraying of students and to improve the reputations of both the university and Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, newly released documents show. The payments were made as the university was trying to boost its image [âŚ]
April 14, 2016
Home
Education Deans Support Use of Teacher Prep Data
A panel discussion titled, âEducating Tomorrowâs Teachers: Are U.S. Education Department Regulations for Schools of Education a Help or a Hindrance?â showed there is opposition, however.
April 14, 2016
African-American
Diverse on the Go
Staff Writer Catherine Morris and Sports Writer Frank J. Matthews will be representing Diverse at the 2016 NCAA Inclusion Forum in Indianapolis from Saturday through Monday. Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will be covering the National Action Networkâs convention at the Sheraton Times Square hotel in New York today through Saturday.
April 13, 2016
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