Tag: Gender: Page 16

Students

Intrusive Attention Key for Black Males in Higher Ed

Black and Latino males need to graduate, and we’re failing at getting them to the stage.

March 23, 2014

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Female Presidents in Higher Ed Pay Price for Breaking Mold

Questions abound about the challenges faced by women and, specifically, women of color who hold leadership positions at the nation’s colleges when they make unpopular decisions.

March 18, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Rutgers Stands by Invitation to Condoleezza Rice

Rutgers University officials are standing by their decision to invite Condoleezza Rice to speak at the school’s commencement in May.

March 9, 2014

African-American

African American Male Retreat Recharging Spirit, Re-emphasizing Achievement

Over the weekend, a number of high-profile Black male academicians encouraged the young men to continue to push for academic excellence.

March 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Asbury University Wins One Suit, Loses Another

It was win one, lose one, for a small Christian college in Kentucky facing two unrelated discrimination suits.

February 23, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ the Answer to Our Diversity Ills?

Lorne Michaels in an interview in the latest New York Magazine acknowledges his program has a diversity problem.

February 9, 2014

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Female Death on Campus Spurs Saudi Debate

Thousands of Saudis vented their anger online over a report that staff at a Riyadh university had barred male paramedics from entering a women’s-only campus to assist a student who had suffered a heart attack and later died.

February 6, 2014

Students

Samford Law’s Wendy Greene Uses Lessons of Civil Rights Movement to Fight Current Day Racial Inequality

This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar, inspired by the work of Thurgood Marshall and student-led sit-ins during the civil rights movement, is a sought-after speaker on racial and gender inequality in the workplace.

January 27, 2014

Students

Richard Sherman, Stanford Communications Major and Super Bowl Lout

You can study communications. But it doesn’t mean you’ve mastered it.

January 26, 2014

African-American

Scholar Works to Combat ‘Academic Fraud’ for Black Males

University of Oklahoma professor and 2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. T. Elon Dancy II focuses on African-American males in educational settings, finding inspiration in his own life journey.

January 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up

The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.

January 13, 2014

Sports

‘Culture of Disrespect’ Among Athletes Fuels Military Academy Sex Assaults

A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report.

January 9, 2014