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Students
Silvers Continues to Lead Way for Disabled
Now completing her 50th year at San Francisco State University, Dr. Anita Silvers is a nationally prominent champion of disability rights.
April 26, 2017
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Students
Diverse Docket: College’s Religious Affiliation no Shield Against Bias Complaint
A private college’s religious affiliation doesn’t automatically shield it from liability for racial discrimination, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled.
April 12, 2017
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Disabilties
Blind Chemist Creates STEM Curriculum for Sightless Children
MINNEAPOLIS — When she was 6 or 7, Mona Minkara’s eyesight began to fade. Eventually diagnosed with macular degeneration and cone rod dystrophy, the post-doctoral research fellow in the University of Minnesota’s chemistry department is now working to create a STEM curriculum for blind children in developing countries, the Minnesota Daily reported. Minkara, is creating […]
March 27, 2017
Disabilties
Vega’s Poor Start Benefits At-risk Population
Poverty isn’t some abstract idea to Dr. Desireé Vega, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars. She’s experienced it firsthand.
March 7, 2017
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Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Court Rules Kankakee CC Did Not Violate Religious Rights
An Illinois community college did not violate the religious rights of a student excluded from its paramedic program for refusing to be vaccinated, an appeals panel has ruled.
January 17, 2017
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Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Appeals Court Backs Lamar Institute of Technology
Lamar Institute of Technology reasonably accommodated a former student with memory problems caused by an anoxic brain injury, a federal appeals court has ruled.
December 13, 2016
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How HBCUs Can Better Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities
A dearth of research has explored the experiences and need of students with disabilities at HBCUs.
December 8, 2016
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Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Gender Bias Suit Against Slippery Rock not Reinstated
A tenure-track history faculty member whose contract wasn’t renewed after one year has lost his bid to revive a gender bias suit against Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
November 17, 2016
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Disabilties
Ex-Wichita State University Worker Files Discrimination Suit
WICHITA, Kan. ― A former Wichita State University administrative assistant filed a federal lawsuit accusing the university of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Vicki Huntoon said in the lawsuit that she was fired from the university because of her generalized anxiety disorder after two doctors diagnosed the disorder and she requested to work […]
October 19, 2016
Students
Miami University of Ohio, Feds Complete Agreement in Blind Student’s Case
CINCINNATI ― Federal authorities said Monday they have completed an agreement with Miami University that resolves allegations in a blind student’s lawsuit that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Justice Department, the Ohio university and Aleeha Dudley jointly filed a motion in Cincinnati asking a U.S. District Court judge to approve a consent […]
October 17, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Gallaudet University Inaugurates President Roberta Cordano
Gallaudet University inaugurated its first deaf female president on Friday afternoon.
October 2, 2016
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Students
University of Alaska Southeast Students Using Disability Services Quintuples from 2008
JUNEAU, Alaska ―The number of students using disability services at the University of Alaska Southeast is more than five times what it was in 2008. There were 23 students at the Juneau campus using those services eight years ago, when the Americans with Disabilities Act broadened its definition of disability. Since then, that number has […]
August 16, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Professor’s Bias Suit Against John Jay College Rejected
A federal judge has rejected a race discrimination and retaliation suit by an African-American assistant professor of economics who failed to win tenure and promotion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
July 27, 2016
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Diverse on the Go
Staff Writer Catherine Morris and Sports Writer Frank J. Matthews will be representing Diverse at the 2016 NCAA Inclusion Forum in Indianapolis from Saturday through Monday. Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will be covering the National Action Network’s convention at the Sheraton Times Square hotel in New York today through Saturday.
April 13, 2016
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Students
UVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing
A new student group at the University of Virginia—DREAMers on Grounds—is working to create a support network for students who are either undocumented or who have received DACA benefits.
March 30, 2016
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Disabilties
Experts: Broadband Key to Boosting Higher Ed Access for Poor
A federal program that provides phone service to the poor could boost access to higher education if the program is upgraded to include broadband service, panelists said Wednesday.
March 23, 2016
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Disabilties
ED Seeks More Accurate Measures of Disproportionality in Special Education
The Department of Education wants states to start using a standardized methodology to determine whether they are identifying minority students for special education services at a disproportionately high rate.
February 23, 2016
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Students
UAB to Improve Access after Disabilities Act Complaint
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham has reached a settlement to ensure equal access for people with disabilities to the university’s facilities. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said in a news release Wednesday that the agreement was reached after a UAB student filed a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying […]
February 11, 2016
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