Angela P. DodsonCommunity CollegesNew Year, New ToolsA new school year, new students, same old teaching methods and lesson plans? Of course not. As an educator in higher education, you are probably looking for ideas to refresh and renew your teaching skills.August 29, 2014African-AmericanThe Birth Of a NationIn July, the month we celebrate our nation’s Declaration o f Independence, we look at books about its colonial beginnings and its founding. That history cannot be separated from the issue of slavery in this country…July 13, 2014Community CollegesFor the Good Of AllOrganizations can make money and “do good” for their communities at the same time while operating in the tax-exempt, charitable sector. That is the central premise of a new book, Community Investors: Making Money While Making Social Change, by Sylvia L. Quinton, with Theodore H. Brown and Tanya Madison Morrison, $27.95, Community Impact Media Group. ISBN; 978-009893052-1-1.June 3, 2014Faculty & StaffMotherhood & ScholarshipMany women in academia juggle not only the time demands and responsibilities of this choice of career but must also face the reality that their fertile years are limited and will roughly coincide with the years they need to be publishing and working toward tenure.May 5, 2014Faculty & StaffHonoring Derek WalcottThe West Indian poet and playwright Derek Walcott was honored at the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Saturday, March 29. To read more about him, see Conversations With Derek Walcott, available on DiverseBooks.net.April 1, 2014African-AmericanA Woman Of CourageMarch is Women’s History Month, which this year will carry the theme “Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment,.” Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, was the embodiment of those attributes.February 28, 2014HomeMartin’s Dream, Malcolm’s VisionIn January, we as a nation set aside a day, the third Monday, to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — as we should do. Yet no such day exists to honor the memory of Malcolm X, whose role in the struggle for the rights and dignity of African Americans is equally valuable.January 2, 2014HomeIt’s Better To GiveWhile our focus for DiverseBooks.net is on scholarly and academic books, that does not mean they are all on weighty, strictly academic subjects. All work and no play make one a dull scholar. We offer many titles on subjects that are informative but fun to read and that may appeal more to your avocations than your vocationDecember 4, 2013HomeWhat’s In A Name?If the professional football team in the nation’s capital went by a name invoking any of the offensive terms associated with dominant, powerful, racial or ethnic groups in this country, how long would it go unchallenged?November 3, 2013Community CollegesPearson Joins DiverseBooksAs we celebrate National Books Month this October on DiverseBooks.net, we have more books than ever. In September, Cox, Matthews & Associates, Inc. (CMA) announced a new sales and distribution relationship with Pearson Higher Education. DiverseBooks.net will be distributing nearly 300 Pearson titles.October 4, 2013Previous PagePage 4 of 15Next Page