Tag: Diversity: Page 170

Students

Inmates, Parolees can take Advantage of Pilot Program

TULSA, Okla. ― Hundreds of Arkansas inmates and parolees are participating in a three-year federal pilot program that lets state and federal prisoners use financial aid to pay for college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the program reverses a 1994 congressional ban on students in federal and state prisons from being eligible for Pell grants. Pell […]

October 9, 2016

Community Colleges

Experts: Performance Funding for Higher Ed Yielding Mixed Results

Despite broad national support for such programs, state funding for higher education that is tied to performance metrics is having mixed results, Community College Research Center researchers say.

October 6, 2016

Students

Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide

Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s no-cost, crowdsourced catalog focuses on race, African-American history, civil rights and policing. It has been augmented by people across the spectrum of academia.

October 6, 2016

Students

Proposed Accreditation System Factors in Financial Health

A new accreditation system proposed would require education providers to meet “rigorous and ambitious standards for student achievement and financial health,” and give the federal government a stronger oversight role.

October 6, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Discrimination Lawsuit Against Emporia State Dismissed

EMPORIA, Kan. ― A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Emporia State University discriminated against a Black assistant professor after he complained about a racial incident. The lawsuit filed by Melvin Hale in October 2015 was dismissed last week without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled. Hale claimed the school and some top […]

October 6, 2016

Students

Experts: Math, Science Underemphasized in College Prep for Minorities

A groundbreaking report shattered the notion that mere exposure to “college knowledge” will make a meaningful difference in closing racial gaps in college enrollment.

October 5, 2016

Students

Rodriguez: California Leading Way on Ethnic Studies

A groundbreaking report shattered the notion that mere exposure to “college knowledge” will make a meaningful difference in closing racial gaps in college enrollment.

October 5, 2016

Faculty & Staff

The Rise of Global Hispanics

A new generation of global Hispanic professionals is rising, ready to navigate the world and steer their futures.

October 5, 2016

African-American

Monticello Summit Offers Somber View of Slavery Legacy

A public summit hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation brought hundreds to Monticello for a discussion on history, race and slavery.

October 5, 2016

Students

University of Michigan Rolling Out Diversity, Inclusion Plan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A vice provost has been selected to serve as the University of Michigan’s first chief diversity officer as part of broader efforts to improve diversity on campus, the school’s president announced Wednesday. Robert Sellers’ appointment will go before the school’s Board of Regents on Oct. 20. The position is being created […]

October 5, 2016

Students

South Africa’s University Protests Show Racial Division

JOHANNESBURG ― In a racially charged scene, a mostly Black group of South African student protesters on Wednesday confronted White students who want demonstrations for free education to stop so they can complete the academic year. The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said “many racist remarks” were made when demonstrators disrupted a march there […]

October 5, 2016

Students

Ex-Baylor Official: School Undermined Sex Assault Probes

DALLAS ― The former Title IX coordinator at Baylor University said Wednesday that top campus leaders undermined her efforts to investigate sexual assault claims and were more concerned with protecting the Baylor “brand” than the students. Patty Crawford told “CBS This Morning” that the university set her up “to fail from the beginning.” Crawford, who […]

October 5, 2016