Tag: Stereotypes: Page 6

Sports

Every Student Needs a Success Plan

Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.

December 26, 2013

Health

Stress, Test-Avoidance, and Unmet Needs: Lessons Learned from Eldo Kim and the Model Minority Stereotype

Research has found that, although the idea of being a model minority seems like a positive perception of Asian Americans and their community, this designation has negative effects.

December 19, 2013

Home

Calif. Arab Sparks Debate Over Ethnic Mascots

On game days in Thermal, where date farms and desert surroundings evoke the Middle East and nearby communities have names like Mecca and Oasis, fans cheer a high school team known as the Arabs.

December 2, 2013

African-American

The Culture of Self-hatred Still Present Among Some Black Folk

Canadian journalist Orville Douglas’ article, “Why I Hate Being a Black Man,” puts a spotlight on the incessant psychology of self-hatred among Blacks.

November 20, 2013

Students

Educators Advised to Remove Racial Bias from Disciplinary Procedures

To end persistent racial disparities in school suspension rates, educational leaders must root out racial bias and pursue more non-suspension alternatives.

October 13, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alabama State Probing Tuberculosis Case

Officials at Alabama State University and the state Department of Public Health say they’re investigating a case of pulmonary tuberculosis at the school.

October 9, 2013

Students

Is Miss America Really a Scholarship Contest?

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

September 16, 2013

Students

The Unique Mindset of Millennials at HBCUs

Each year, Beloit College releases “The Mindset List” for the incoming class of college freshmen.

September 3, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Scholar Henry Louis Gates to Host African-American History Series

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. returns to PBS this fall to narrate a six-part documentary series that presents a sweeping look at African-American history from the early 1500s to present-day America.

August 8, 2013

Community Colleges

Chinese Researcher Sentenced in Research Drug Case

A Chinese researcher was sentenced Tuesday to time served plus two years of probation on charges stemming from the theft of a research drug from a Wisconsin medical school.

August 6, 2013

African-American

What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?

We live in a sex-crazed culture.

July 29, 2013

Home

Expert Says Education Leaders Need to Stick to Task

In order to improve persistence among diverse groups of students, higher ed leaders should shun rhetoric and research and attack the root causes of failure.

July 10, 2013