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Tag: Diversity: Page 211
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11-Year-Old Girl Starts A Project Called #1000BlackGirlBooks To Get More Diverse Books In Schools
In the past year, Philadelphia native Marley Dias has successfully written a proposal for (and received) a Disney Friends for Change grant, served food to orphans in Ghana and recently launched a book club. Dias is 11 years old. “I’m hoping to show that other girls can do this as well,” Dias told PhillyVoice. “I […]
January 26, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Can a little Affirmative Action Help #OscarsSoWhite?
In a broad sense, what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has done is apply a little “affirmative action” in its quest for diversity.
January 25, 2016
Students
Do White College Students Believe Stereotypes About Minorities?
Asian American students are “cold but competent.” Latinos and blacks “need to work harder to move up.” At least, that’s how their white peers at the country’s elite colleges and universities see them, according to a new study by Baylor University researchers. The study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen, a survey […]
January 25, 2016
News Roundup
Academy Takes Historic Action to Increase Diversity
In a unanimous vote Thursday night (1/21), the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved a sweeping series of substantive changes designed to make the Academy’s membership, its governing bodies, and its voting members significantly more diverse. The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women […]
January 23, 2016
News Roundup
Kapor Capital Institutes Diversity Pledge for Its Venture Investments
Kapor Capital has taken a first-of-its-kind step to get technology start-ups to be more inclusive: A diversity pledge. To encourage the young companies it invests in to hire more people from diverse backgrounds, the Oakland venture-capital firm will now require all of them to sign a “Founders’ Commitment.” The Founders’ Commitment has four parts: establish diversity and inclusion goals […]
January 21, 2016
Students
University of Iowa to Create Bias Response Team
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― The University of Iowa says it expects to have a bias assessment response team in place on campus by the end of the current semester. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the proposed team, which would be known as BART, would address complaints of racial or other bias on campus concerning […]
January 21, 2016
Students
North Carolina A&T Student’s Computer Teaching Draws White House Praise
GREENSBORO, N.C. ― The White House is honoring a North Carolina college student for spearheading a group in Guilford County that is developing a computer science-based program for at-risk youth. The White House issued a statement Thursday saying North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate Angelica Willis is being honored next week. The computer […]
January 21, 2016
Students
Deadly Pakistani School Attack Raises Security Questions
CHARSADDA, Pakistan ― Once again, Islamic militants stormed a school in northeastern Pakistan in a deadly attack that lasted for hours. And once again, the blood of students and teachers stained classrooms and hallways, raising questions about whether security forces are able to protect the country’s educational institutions from extremists. At least 20 people were […]
January 20, 2016
Students
Dartmouth Will Account for State Aid it Agreed to in 1800s
CONCORD, N.H. ― Facing questions from a skeptical lawmaker, Dartmouth College has agreed to provide an annual accounting of how it keeps promises it made two centuries ago to help needy New Hampshire students. In 1807, the state gave the then-cash-strapped college 42 square miles of land, with the provision that all income produced from […]
January 19, 2016
Students
Suicide of Student Triggers Protests in Southern India
HYDERABAD, India ― Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Tuesday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister of unfairly demanding […]
January 19, 2016
Leadership & Policy
2015: Yet Another Turbulent Year for Black America
To put it bluntly, 2015 was a year that left its brash, brutal, ugly stain of racism on America.
January 18, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Donald Trump: An ‘Angry Voice’ or ‘Great for African-Americans’?
Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump has a message for all Americans.
January 18, 2016
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