Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 28

Students

Oregonian Analysis: State College Enrollment Diversifies

PORTLAND, Ore. — The number of Latino and multiracial students attending Oregon’s public universities has more than doubled in the past seven years, according to an analysis of enrollment records by a Portland newspaper. The state’s public universities collectively saw enrollment rise 5 percent from 2010 to 2016, largely because of an influx of minority […]

November 30, 2016

Students

FBI: Islamic State Group Might Have Inspired Ohio State Attacker

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University may have been inspired by the Islamic State group and a former al-Qaida leader, investigators said Wednesday. Law enforcement officials said it’s too soon to say the rampage that hurt 11 people on Monday was terrorism and that they […]

November 30, 2016

STEM

Building Support for Faculty Women of Color in STEM

It is critical for faculty women of color in STEM to have environments and networks that will help them to succeed.

November 29, 2016

Students

Terrorism Considered Possible Motive in Attack at Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Somali-born college student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police said they are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. Eleven people were hurt, one critically. […]

November 28, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Black Doctoral Network a ‘One-stop Shop’ for Universities

Experts say the Black Doctoral Network is the answer for colleges and universities that constantly claim they “can’t find Black faculty.”

November 28, 2016

Home

NADOHE Survey: Diversity Officers Increasingly on Executive Level

Ervin said the fact that so many diversity officers are in the upper echelons of university administration is a welcome sign of progress for a specialized profession that is relatively young.

November 27, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: What Professor Esolen Gets Right About Diversity

History professor Anthony Esolen recently came under fire when he penned an article for Crisis magazine that questioned the push for diversity at his workplace: Catholic institution Providence College.

November 22, 2016

Students

Reclaiming Heritage Pays Off for Miami University’s Native American Students

A program at Miami University in Ohio offering language and cultural revitalization for members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma has led to graduation rates more than double the national average for Native American college students.

November 22, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Guiyou Huang Named LSU-Alexandria Chancellor

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana State University-Alexandria has a new chancellor. LSU President F. King Alexander announced in a news release Tuesday Guiyou Huang will take over the chancellor’s post on Jan. 1. Huang is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs, dean of the faculty and professor of English at Norwich University, in […]

November 22, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: Colleges Can Maintain Diversity in Trump-led America

Colleges, our nation’s hotbeds for diversity progress, can take some actions to ensure that they are just as inclusive and progressive in four years as they are today.

November 21, 2016

Students

San Juan College Gets $2M to Help Native Students

FARMINGTON, N.M. — San Juan College, located in northwestern New Mexico, has been awarded more than $2 million in federal grants to help Native American students complete their degrees and to fund scholarships for students in the nursing program. College officials say the funding will be used to remove obstacles that Native American students face […]

November 21, 2016

Students

Cornel West Returning to Harvard Faculty

Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most visible Black public intellectuals—will rejoin the faculty of Harvard University.

November 20, 2016