Tag: Affirmative Action: Page 14

Faculty & Staff

UM, MSU students want gender identity protection

University of Montana and Montana State University students want the state Board of Regents to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy.

November 25, 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

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas State Losing Army ROTC Program

The U.S. Department of the Army officially informed Arkansas State University on Wednesday that its 77-year-old Army ROTC program will be ended, the university said.

October 3, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

Government Shutdown or Not, Exchanges Open Today for Affordable Care Act

In other words, Oct. 1 is still an important date, especially if you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans who are uninsured.

September 30, 2013

Students

Is Miss America Really a Scholarship Contest?

Or is it just the creator of a new sexist stereotype?

September 16, 2013

African-American

Feeling It at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Will President Obama’s speech on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech go down in the history books?

August 26, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

50 Years Later: Renewing the All-Inclusive Dream and March — and Thinking About Oprah’s Purse

If there’s a march for jobs and economic justice, you bet Asian-Americans should be there.

August 19, 2013

Students

Va. College Settles Class Action Suit for $5M

RICHMOND Va.—A federal judge has approved a $5 million class action settlement between a two-year college and thousands of primarily African-American students saddled with loans in return for what their attorneys called a sham education in which teachers sometimes failed to show up for classes. The settlement involves the former Richmond School of Health and […]

July 28, 2013

LGBTQ+

Students Ask Feds to Investigate USC Rape Cases

University of Southern California students have filed a federal complaint alleging the school ignored or mishandled sexual assault and rape cases.

July 23, 2013

Home

Special Issue: Top 100 Graduate and Professional Degree Producers

In Part 3 of the annual Top 100 Degree Producers editions, Diverse ranks the leading institutions awarding the most graduate and professional degrees to minorities, as well as reporting on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Fisher v. University of Texas case.

July 22, 2013

African-American

Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal

Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.

July 15, 2013

Students

Senate Fails to Keep Student Loan Rates Low

Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to restore lower interest rates on student loans, again coming up short and perhaps signaling that undergraduates might really face rates twice as high as those of last year.

July 10, 2013