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Sports

What About HBCUs? Lessons From Ohio State

HBCUs can learn from the viral video explosion of The Ohio State University marching band, and it has nothing to do with halftime performances.

November 3, 2013

Students

In case you missed it …

Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education Time For Higher Ed to Rethink the Questions HBCU Presidents at a New Crossroads Hip Hop Scholars Say Jay Z on Wrong Side of Fine Line in Barneys’ Controversy

October 31, 2013

African-American

What Not to Wear on Halloween — Blackface

Julianne Hough’s star burns less brightly after ill-advised get-up.

October 28, 2013

Students

Health Sciences Special Focus

In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Levi Watkins, a pioneer in the medical field, as well as diversity champion for minority enrollment, staffing and programs at Johns Hopkins University. Diverse also reports on the decline in African-American enrollment in medical schools and the impact the cost to attend is having on this trend, the nursing shortage in America and the accelerated programs available to increase the number of nurses entering this profession from diverse backgrounds, and the expansion of services at student health centers to include mental health care and wellness services.

October 25, 2013

Students

In Case You Missed It

Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Research Scholars Take Aim at Improving Black Achievement Jackson State Makes the Most of a Strange Homecoming NAACP Increases Efforts to Target College Students Diverse Conversations: Supporting LBGT College Students

October 25, 2013

African-American

SUNY College Police Investigating Racial Posting

Campus police at an upstate New York college are investigating a “racially offensive posting” in a campus residence hall.

October 24, 2013

African-American

Scholars Reveal Best Practices to Keep Black Males in Education

As the second annual international colloquium on Black males in education continues, scholars offer solutions aimed at solving the series of problems that confront Black males in education.

October 24, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Penn State to Offer Doctoral in African American Studies

Next fall, Pennsylvania State University will offer a dual-degree program in Black studies, allowing students to also earn a degree in disciplines such as history or English.

October 22, 2013

African-American

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will be reporting from the 2013 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas through Saturday.

October 21, 2013

African-American

Black Scholar’s Post-Civil War Diploma Survives

Two rare documents from a fleeting time after the Civil War when the University of South Carolina first admitted African-American students and faculty went on exhibition Tuesday.

October 15, 2013

Students

Educators Advised to Remove Racial Bias from Disciplinary Procedures

To end persistent racial disparities in school suspension rates, educational leaders must root out racial bias and pursue more non-suspension alternatives.

October 13, 2013

African-American

Maryland in Violation of Duplicating HBCU Programs at White Institutions

A federal District court judge has ruled that the constitutional rights of students who attend Maryland’s four HBCUs were violated after other state-funded institutions duplicated similar programs at nearby majority institutions.

October 7, 2013