Tag: Graduate Students: Page 13

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Filipino American Studies Takes Root At UIUC

As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.

April 2, 2008

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DIVERSIFYING FACULTY IN ILLINOIS

A revamped initiative aims to increase minority faculty numbers throughout the state.

April 2, 2008

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FINALLY TAKING ROOT

As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.

April 2, 2008

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Associate NMSU Dean Steps Down During Investigation Into Porn

An associate dean at New Mexico State University has given up the post while officials investigate allegations that he e-mailed pornography to others at the school.

March 16, 2008

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Perspectives: Knowledge, Authority and Hmong Invisibility

A professor’s comments about Hmong Americans a year ago were controversial, but it was and is the dismissal of Hmong views and voices in the face of intolerance that remains the enduring problem.

March 12, 2008

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NASPA Addresses Collegiate Black Male Performance

In a qualitative study examining the lives of 20 collegiate Black males, Iowa State University graduate student researchers determined the six reasons why Black males struggle at predominately White institutions: isolation, the lack of positive images, the lack of preparation, financial factors, the lack of mentors and pride.

March 12, 2008

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Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity

In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the university’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

March 4, 2008

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Scholarship Deadlines Approach

Three opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.

January 21, 2008

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School Bans Students Without Mumps Shots

The University of Southern Maine began notifying more than 400 students Thursday that they’re being banned from campus for failing to meet the latest vaccination requirements for mumps. Campus officials provided student lists to professors and were trying to reach about 50 on-campus residents to make sure they have another place to go. The 426 […]

December 5, 2007

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Stanford ‘Invests’ In Faculty Diversity

Stanford University has developed a $4.5 million program to provide two-year fellowships, faculty mentors and seminars on the academic profession to 36 doctoral candidates over the next four years as part of an effort to prepare graduate students from diverse backgrounds for a career in academia.

December 3, 2007

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Some Faculty Question NDSU Professor’s ‘Distinguished’ Status

FARGO N.D. Four of Tom Isern’s fellow professors at North Dakota State University are questioning whether he deserves a special award and the pay raise and title that goes with it.

November 18, 2007

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Now is the Time

With more Black women philosophers now than there were in the 1980s, another attempt at establishing a professional organization becomes a reality.

November 14, 2007