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Study: Workplace Diversity Must Include Buy-In From Whites

Organizational efforts to create and maintain an inclusive multicultural environment often face resistance by Whites, says a University of Michigan researcher.

January 17, 2011

International

Middle Tennessee Universities Court Foreign Students

Universities in Middle Tennessee are working harder to attract first-year students from overseas setting enrollment goals, adding positions and hiring recruiting companies.

August 1, 2010

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Webb Calls for Ending Diversity Programs

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., has called for ending government-run diversity programs in a Wall Street Journal column, saying they have hurt the cause of racial harmony.

July 26, 2010

Asian American Pacific Islander

Advocates Work To Develop Asian Pacific American-serving Higher Education Sector

Eight institutions have obtained the federal designation of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, a new category that recognizes schools where 10 percent or more of the student body are Asian American or Pacific Islander.

June 23, 2010

STEM

Survey: U.S. Women and Minority Scientists Often Discouraged from Pursuing STEM Careers

A Bayer Facts of Science Education survey examined the root causes of underrepresentation in STEM fields by gauging the life experiences of female, African-American, Hispanic and American Indian scientists.

March 22, 2010

Latinx

Caribbeans Urged to Write in Ancestry on U.S. Census

Identify yourself as being of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin” on the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire and you will get to be more specific about your ancestry. But check the box for “Black, African-American or Negro” and there will be no place to mark your identity.

February 24, 2010

Students

Criminal Justice Scholar Dispels Racial Stereotypes

At Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon focuses primarily on three areas: racial profiling of consumers, the social-historical perspective of race and crime and African-American criminological thought.

February 4, 2010

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Spectrum – Taking a Stand

Each semester, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon teaches a course on race and crime at Penn State Harrisburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice.

February 3, 2010

African-American

U.S. Racial History Less Understood Among Post-Racial Generation, Scholars Say

After the election of President Barack Obama, some college students consider prejudice and racism as relics of American societal behavior.

January 31, 2010

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Girls May Learn Math Anxiety from Female Teachers

Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy.

January 26, 2010

Health

Lastword: Learning to Celebrate and Cope With Professional Success, Workplace Challenges

ave you had your mental health “tune-up” today? It’s not such a strange question when you think about stress levels brimming over and the frenetic pace of our professional pursuits in these tumultuous economic times.

January 20, 2010

HBCUs

SPECTRUM :FIVE QUESTIONS FOR SOLEDAD O’Brien

Committed to reporting on undercovered communities, CNN\’s Soledad O\’Brien spoke to Diverse about 2009\’s \”Black in America\” and \”Latino in America\” documentaries and other issues she\’ll cover.

January 6, 2010