Sarah LakeFaculty & StaffJohns Hopkins Pledges $5 Million Toward Faculty Diversity InitiativeJohns Hopkins University announced plans to invest at least $5 million over the next five years in the Mosaic Initiative, a program focused on hiring and retaining women and people of color.April 7, 2008HBCUsCNN Hosting HBCU Contest on Being Black in AmericaCNN is asking HBCU students what it means to be “Black in America” through its Campus iReporter Contest.April 6, 2008Leadership & PolicyPoor Race Relations May Force St. Mary’s College to Lose AccreditationSt. Mary’s College may face sanctions by its accreditors for officials’ inaction amid racial tensions on campus, according to an article in the Contra Costra Times.April 6, 2008HealthWake Forest University Hosts Conference on Student Mental Health Issues“Students are much more active and busy than they used to be,” Schubert says.April 6, 2008HomeNeither of the Sexes Demands Equality for All — All the Time, Study FindsA recent study found that although American women are generally less tolerant of discrimination than men, neither of the sexes is adamant about equality for all, particularly Arab Americans and poorly educated immigrants.April 2, 2008HomeGAO Releases Report on Successful Programs for At-risk YouthA Government Accountability Office study, “Disconnected Youth,” found that there are a number of common characteristics among programs that successfully reconnect youth who have been disengaged from school and employment.March 31, 2008HomeNew Research: Academic Engagement Depends on DisciplineCollege students studying the natural science, business and engineering are less likely to actively participate in class and display a deep interest in the subject matter as their colleagues in the arts, humanities and social sciences, says a new working paper by Dr. Steven Brint, Dr. Robert Hanneman and Allison M. Cantwell.March 31, 2008Community CollegesVietnamese American Community Threatens Protest Over Communist FlagThree Vietnamese Americans have requested the University of Southern California remove a Socialist Republic of Vietnam flag that flies on campus, and they are considering protesting if the flag is not removed, according to a report in The Orange County Register.March 31, 2008HomeNevada Board of Regents Considers Task Force To Increase DiversityThe Cultural Diversity and Security Committee of the Nevada Board of Regents is considering forming a diversity task force to promote diversity among college staff, faculty and students at the state’s public higher education institutions, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal article.March 31, 2008Community CollegesVietnamese American Community Threatens Protest Over Communist FlagThree Vietnamese Americans have requested the University of Southern California remove a Socialist Republic of Vietnam flag that flies on campus, and they are considering protesting if the flag is not removed, according to a report in The Orange County Register.March 30, 2008Previous PagePage 2 of 6Next Page