Tag: Diversity: Page 191

African-American

Dallas Police Shooting — Trading Calm for Reason and Truth

The tragic events that recently occurred in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas combine to teach a sad and painful message about the fragility of American society and how far we have not come in the last half century. The occurrence of the tragedy is the first part of the story. The way in which that […]

July 12, 2016

Students

JCSU Establishes Center for Culture and Race in China

Johnson C. Smith University brings Black history and culture to China with the opening of the Center for American Culture and Race at Guangdong Baiyun University.

July 12, 2016

Students

GVSU Committed to Advancing Success of Latino Students

In August, about 80 Latino students and their families will be welcomed at Grand Valley State University for the third annual Laker Familia, an orientation specific to Latino/a students.

July 11, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Muhlenberg College Takes Strategic Step Toward Inclusiveness

Muhlenberg College hires 10 diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.

July 11, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Muhlenberg College Takes Strategic Step Toward Inclusiveness

Muhlenberg College hires five diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.

July 11, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Tennessee Settles Title IX Lawsuit for $2.48M

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― The University of Tennessee is paying $2.48 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight unidentified women who said the school had violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by athletes. Lawyers for the school and the plaintiffs issued a joint press […]

July 6, 2016

Home

How to Make College Diversity Work Without Division

The purpose of diversity efforts on college campuses is to enhance the population ― but in drawing so much attention to people’s differences, are we actually deepening divides?

July 4, 2016

Latinx

University of New Mexico Starts Chicano Studies Online Plan

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― Facing a growing Latino student population and pressure to increase its graduation rates, the University of New Mexico is launching an online degree program in Chicana and Chicano Studies beginning this fall just as ethnic studies programs are facing challenges in neighboring Arizona. Officials say the online classes will allow nontraditional students […]

June 29, 2016

Students

Dowling College Losing its Accreditation

OAKDALE, N.Y. ―A small liberal arts college on eastern Long Island struggling to survive has been told it is losing its accreditation Aug. 31. Newsday reports that the Middle States Commission on Higher Education is withdrawing accreditation to Dowling College. The independent agency measures the quality of more than 500 colleges and universities. It made […]

June 29, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Illinois Governor, Leaders Negotiating Stopgap Budget

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ― Illinois lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner were trying to craft a short-term budget deal Wednesday to ensure public schools open this fall and other services are funded while a fight over a full spending plan continues. The House and Senate were expected to be in session Thursday with the expectation that […]

June 29, 2016

Students

Team Chosen to Review University of Missouri After Turmoil

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last year’s turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission Wednesday. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given millions […]

June 29, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?

On the week of the disappointing coincidence of the Brexit vote and the Supreme Court decision to block DACA, I happened to be performing my one-man show on Asian American history in New York City.

June 27, 2016