Tag: Diversity: Page 169

Students

Presidents: Diversity, Inclusion Everybody’s Job on Campus

What role do presidents have to play in shaping campus policy to be inclusive of all students but particularly Hispanic students at institutions that serve a predominantly Hispanic student population?

October 11, 2016

Students

Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind

Hundreds of four-year, liberal arts schools have decreased reliance upon ACT/SAT test scores in admissions. These institutions are self-identifying in three categories: test-optional, test-flexible and test-blind.

October 11, 2016

Students

Haskell Indian Nations University Employee Sues Over School’s Treatment of Rape Victim

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― A Haskell Indian Nations University employee alleges in a lawsuit that she was demoted from her job as a student counselor after trying to help a student who said she was raped. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Angelina Adams sued Monday in Douglas County District Court. Adams says Haskell leaders improperly expelled […]

October 11, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: 2 Things to Know Before Paying for Private College

Here are two things everyone should know before forking over money for that elite private college education.

October 11, 2016

Students

Colleges, Universities Making Retention, Completion Priority

Colleges and universities are working to boost retention and completion rates after a steady decline in recent years.

October 10, 2016

Students

Howard University Starting Ph.D. Program Focusing on Minority Serving Institutions

Howard University is launching a new Ph.D. program in Higher Education with a focus on Minority Serving Institutions—the first doctoral program of this kind in the nation.

October 10, 2016

Faculty & Staff

All Height Matters: Implicit Bias and Unearned Privileges

A student asked me, “What does implicit bias look like? Give me some examples.”

October 10, 2016

Students

Rodriguez: Nightmare Looms for an Original DREAMER

This is the story of Lizbeth Mateo, a young, bright Indigenous woman from Oaxaca, Mexico, and a recent graduate from the Santa Clara University School of Law, who today finds herself under threat of imminent deportation.

October 10, 2016

African-American

Our Voices will be Heard When We Vote in November

America is the home of the brave and the land of the free. One of the greatest privileges that we have is our right to vote.

October 9, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

Guillermo: Asian American Info Available, But Fox News Plays Dumb

Political polls usually include assessments of African Americans and Latinos. But when it comes to Asian Americans? Nothing. And not because we don’t have an opinion.

October 9, 2016

African-American

Infighting Persists Over Iconic Journal for African American History

An internal battle has been brewing within the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) over who should publish the association’s journal that was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson.

October 9, 2016

Students

HACU Conference Hones in on Latino Graduation, Retention

At the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference, University of Northern Colorado educators shared some successful strategy in assisting one of the fastest growing college-going demographics.

October 9, 2016