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Faculty & Staff

Big Data Measuring Dollar Value of College Degrees

Some college and universities are releasing average salaries earned by students according to their major and campus to help calculate return on investment.

August 10, 2014

African-American

Scholars Dig Deeper into Educational Challenges Black Boys Face

The book’s editors, Drs. James L. Moore III and Chance W. Lewis, collaborated on the project to “highlight those educational research practices, and policies that weakens school and life outcomes for Black males.”

August 4, 2014

African-American

Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Highlights Tougaloo College’s Civil Rights Role

The Freedom 50 conference on the Tougaloo campus commemorates the 50th anniversary of the bloody 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.

June 25, 2014

HBCUs

Plan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on Hold

Hundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.

June 16, 2014

Students

Today’s Students Marching to Their Beat for Successful Living

We forgot to ask if our kids were ready for college. I was a college administrator and I should have known better.

May 20, 2014

HBCUs

Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

Several prominent researchers on Black males highlight strategies and policies to improve the Black male experience in preK-12 schools and in postsecondary contexts.

April 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Deborah Delisle Defends Obama Administration’s Education Policy Agenda

During an appearance at the College of New Rochelle, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Deborah Delisle defended the Obama administration’s college and career ready standards.

March 23, 2014

Home

Education Reform Atop Agenda for Morehouse Summit

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans is teaming up this week with the Morehouse Research Institute to sponsor the Black Male Summit.

February 11, 2014

Opinion

Being Your Child’s Friend Could Cost You Both in Long Run

Today’s parents can take a lesson from the old school in battling “affluenza.”

January 28, 2014

Latinx

Colombian MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Honored in Physics

As a young student in Bogota, Colombia, Ana Maria Rey was discouraged by her parents from pursuing her love of physics.

January 6, 2014

Students

Special Report: Emerging Scholars

In this edition Diverse also presents the Emerging Scholars Class of 2014. This is our annual look at 12 standout scholars, under age 40, who are making their mark in the academy. And in honor of our 30th anniversary we also take a look back at 18 Emerging Scholars from years past to find out […]

January 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Early Christmas Presents for Kids with Disabilities

A half-dozen children got some special early Christmas presents from a University of Georgia class this month.

December 22, 2013