Tag: Diversity: Page 174

Students

The Clueless, Careless and Outright Racist Rhetoric of Some in the GOP

Just when you thought the madness of the 2016 presidential campaign couldn’t get anymore insane, guess what, it has.

September 25, 2016

Sports

Colin Kaepernick Controversy Puts Presidential Debate in Perspective

Fans don’t realize it, but Colin Kaepernick knows there are more important things in life than football

September 25, 2016

Students

Need for Latinos in Community College Leadership Emphasized

The National Community College Hispanic Council gathered to address institutional strategies that impact the success of Latinx students.

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Search for New Kansas Chancellor may be Closed to Public

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The Kansas Board of Regents hasn’t approved how the process to replace University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will proceed, but the search may be closed to the public. Gray-Little, chancellor of the university since 2009, announced last week she’s stepping down in the summer of 2017. Gray-Little was hired after a […]

September 25, 2016

Campus Climate

Hofstra Pushes Front-line Learning with Presidential Debate

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of the student body, entered the lottery for only a few hundred tickets to witness the cycle’s first presidential debate, being held Monday night in […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Unveils Statue, Museum for Former President Hytche

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. ― The legacy of former University of Maryland Eastern Shore President William P. Hytche Sr. was saluted by hundreds of his admirers and university supporters who gathered to honor one of the longest-serving chief executives in the university’s history. A highlight of the Saturday, Sept. 10 occasion was the unveiling of a […]

September 25, 2016

Students

Experts Say Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth

Between 2003 and 2014, the percentage of Latinos among all faculty members grew from 2 to 4 percent, while the ratio of Latino students to Latino faculty rose from 80:1 to 90:1 over the same period.

September 22, 2016

Home

Professor: Islam Viewed Through Distorted Lens

Georgetown University professor says Islam gets viewed through a distorted lens that impacts foreign policy.

September 22, 2016

Sports

Why Must College Athletes Face Rules Double Jeopardy?

Athletes who participate in schools p-20 are held accountable by two sets of standards: by the school as an organization and the athletic program.

September 22, 2016

African-American

Highly Anticipated African American History Museum Begins Its Mission

Thousands of people are expected to gather this weekend to celebrate the opening, see and tour the Smithsonian Institution’s new and massive National Museum of African American History and Culture.

September 22, 2016

Students

South African Police Battle Stone-throwing Students

JOHANNESBURG ― South African police battled students on a university campus on Thursday in the latest violence over protesters’ calls for free education, a demand that the government has dismissed as unrealistic in a country with a weak economy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing students on the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus in the city […]

September 22, 2016

Students

Ghana Professors Campaign for Removal of New Gandhi Statue

ACCRA, Ghana ― Professors at a university in Ghana’s capital are campaigning for the removal of a new statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. The petition, delivered Thursday to the University of Ghana’s governing council, takes issue with what the professors call Gandhi’s “racist identity” and controversial references to Africans in his writings. Launched […]

September 22, 2016