Tag: Race: Page 101

Health

Perspectives: Personalized and Racialized Medicine Are Not The Same

On May 31, 2006, Diverse Online published a story titled “Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected Loss” about lackluster sales of the drug BiDil. The article claimed that BiDil, the heart-failure drug approved only for Black patients, is expected to usher in the era of personalized medicine.

June 13, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Black Professors Under Pressure At Duke; Six Black Faculty Quit

Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway threatened to quit yesterday citing exhaustion.

June 12, 2006

Leadership & Policy

New Chancellor Seeks to Heal Tensions at Embattled Dallas College

When Dr. Jesus “Jess” Carreon, the first Hispanic to head the 84,000-student Dallas County Community College District, abruptly resigned last month, the board of trustees quickly turned to Dr. Wright Lassiter, who had been president of the district’s El Centro College since 1986. Wright, who became the district’s first Black chancellor, spoke with Diverse about the healing touch he plans to bring to the embattled community college system.

June 6, 2006

Students

Boosting Black Enrollment Aim of Florida’s First-Generation Grants

Florida students whose parents do not have four-year college degrees could get need-based financial aid under a $6.5 million scholarship program recently signed into law. Although students of any race can apply, lawmakers hope it will increase minority enrollment at Florida universities.

June 6, 2006

Home

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Landmark Affirmative Action Cases

The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide the extent to which public schools can use race in deciding school assignments, setting the stage for a landmark affirmative action ruling.

June 5, 2006

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Stereotypically ‘Black-looking’ Criminals More Likely to Get Death Sentence, Researchers Find

Male murderers with stereotypically “Black-looking” features are more than twice as likely to get the death sentence than lighter-skinned African-American defendants, provided the victim in both situations is White, Stanford University researchers have found.

May 31, 2006

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Brazil Experiences the Growing Pains Of Affirmative Action

In order to qualify for affirmative action programs in Brazil, Blacks must submit a photo of themselves to a race board…

May 31, 2006

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Brazil’s Affirmative Action Feels Growing Pains

In order to qualify for affirmative actions programs in Brazil, Blacks must submit a photo of themselves to a race board, whose members determine whether the applicant is truly a member of an ethnic minority.

May 15, 2006

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Research Round-up: Parenthood and Graduation Gap; Neighborhood Safety and Obesity; and Parent Education Predicts SAT Scores

A recent study in the journal Research in Higher Education found that 32 percent of Black women reported having had a child within five years of entering a four-year college.

May 7, 2006

Faculty & Staff

University of Oregon Takes Second Stab at Diversity Plan

Faculty and students at the University of Oregon are reviewing a new “diversity plan” for the campus, after the first stab at creating such a blueprint drew a firestorm of complaints.

May 4, 2006

Students

Officials Seek to Limit Race-Specific

Officials at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are phasing out self-segregated dormitories, the latest effort to rid the campus of separate programs for minorities…

April 5, 2006

Asian American Pacific Islander

Columbia University Honors Outstanding Coverage of Race and Ethnicity

Seventeen news organizations were recognized as “best practice” award winners on the coverage of race and ethnicity in the eighth annual Columbia Graduate…

March 16, 2006