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African-American

Vassar Professor Examines Black Women’s Film Stardom

In new book, Dr. Mia Mask recounts struggles and triumphs of African-American women in American film.

October 19, 2009

Students

Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

October 15, 2009

Students

Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

October 15, 2009

HBCUs

LETTERS – October 15, 2009 Issue

Readers share opinions on recent Diverse stories.

October 14, 2009

MSIs

Watchdog Agency: MSI Grants Need Greater Oversight

The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the U.S. Education Department must conduct greater grant administration oversight of minority-serving institutions and other developing colleges to ensure proper management and prevent improper grantee spending.

October 12, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation

Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”

October 8, 2009

Latinx

Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession

Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.

October 4, 2009

Sports

Black Coaching Appointments Paying Dividends

When Miami’s Randy Shannon and Houston’s Kevin Sumlin lead their teams onto the football field Saturday, advocates of diversity in higher education will have much to cheer about.

September 24, 2009

Latinx

Cuban-American Scholars React to Havana Concert

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans flocked to Havana’s sprawling Revolution Plaza for the “Peace Without Borders” concert, headlined by Colombian musician Juanes. The concert, organized by Juanes through both the U.S. and Cuban governments, symbolized the shifting sentiment of the Cuban-exile community towards reconciliation, a significant departure from long-held resentment against Castro’s regime, experts say.

September 22, 2009

Community Colleges

NC Community Colleges to Enroll Undocumented Students

RALEIGH, N.C.  _ North Carolina’s community college system voted Friday to admit undocumented immigrants at its campuses next year, a move unlikely to bring an immediate surge in undocumented students given a requirement that they pay higher tuition.

September 21, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Review: A Look At All Other Sides of A University Presidency

Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg’s book, “Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education” (Simon and Schuster, 2008), provides the reader with an extraordinary personal and sensitive look into the multifaceted responsibilities, challenges, problems, highlights and pitfalls of being the top administrator at one of nation’s venerable universities.

September 21, 2009

Home

PASSING JUDGMENT

While some conservatives focused on Sotomayor’s positions on gun rights and abortion, many seemed fi xated with her comments regarding race and ethnicity. Their opposition, which continued up to the moment of the 68-31 Senat

September 16, 2009