Michelle D. AndersonHomeNew Credit Card Law May Have ‘Unintended Consequences’ for Low-income StudentsCollege students who lack a financial safety net to assist with higher education expenses might experience some difficulty accessing credit when a new law signed by President Barack Obama in May becomes effective in February 2010.July 8, 2009SportsDecision To Strip Paul Quinn’s Accreditation Called A “Death Sentence”The president of Paul Quinn College said Friday he would appeal the loss of the historically Black college’s accreditation with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.June 28, 2009HomeDREAM Act Rally Provides Visual Reminder of What’s at Stake for Undocumented StudentsThe commencement ceremony on this hot Washington, D.C., afternoon was an emotional one for many of the students gathered.June 25, 2009Faculty & StaffStillman College Censured Over Faculty Member DismissalDelegates attending the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) annual meeting last weekend voted to place Stillman College on its censure list after the organization concluded that the college violated the organization’s rules on academic freedom and tenure.June 18, 2009HomeGovernment Intervention Needed on School Segregation, Experts SayReversing the resegregation of many of the nation’s school districts may require congressional leadership and the president’s attention, said lawyers, policymakers and educators assembled on Capitol Hill Friday to discuss policies that would encourage more integrated schools.June 14, 2009StudentsReport Highlights Growing Recognition of Nontraditional Students at Hispanic-Serving InstitutionsTreating nontraditional students as an asset rather than as a liability has marked stellar leadership among presidents at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), according to “Leading in Changing America: Presidential Perspectives from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” a report released this week by the advocacy group Excelencia in Education.June 4, 2009LatinxSotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars SayThe morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.May 26, 2009Leadership & Policy‘On Fire’ for Bennett: A Conversation With President Julianne MalveauxDr. Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett College, recently spoke to Diverse at the end of her first year as president of one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women.September 15, 2008StudentsUniversity of Texas Program Demystifies Graduate School for Minority StudentsThrough the Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Cross-Disciplinary Consortium at UT, students of diverse backgrounds are being introduced to graduate-level work.September 3, 2008InternationalReport: Interest Waning Among International Students for U.S. Graduate SchoolsDeclining graduate school admissions rates for international students have long-term implications on American institutions of higher learning and the stability and competitiveness of the U.S. economy and work force, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).August 20, 2008Previous PagePage 2 of 4Next Page
