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Students

Va. Faith-based School Drops Same-Sex Marriage Hiring Ban

Eastern Mennonite University says it will no longer discriminate against job prospects who are in same-sex marriages.

July 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Feds Investigate Hiring Practices at Police Department in Kentucky

The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating hiring practices at the Bowling Green Police Department.

July 14, 2015

Students

HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News

The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.

July 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Presidents Partial to Severance Packages

Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.

July 1, 2015

Home

Diverse on the Go

Executive Editor David Pluivose, Online Editor G.E. Branch and Advertising Accounts Manager Marla Scher will be at the CMC Media Conference at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C. Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello!

July 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

2nd Trial Begins in Conservative’s Bias Claim Against University of Iowa

After years of arguing that liberal Iowa law professors illegally derailed her career, a conservative lawyer will get a second chance to prove her claim to a jury.

June 22, 2015

Community Colleges

Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan

In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.

June 16, 2015

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Meeting Google’s Diversity Challenge

Google has come in for tough scrutiny since the Silicon Valley-based online search giant has released employee statistics showing scant levels of African-American and Latino employment.

June 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

A ­Chinese exchange program provides African-American males at The Ohio State University with the opportunity to travel abroad.

June 8, 2015

LGBTQ+

India Appoints First Transgender as Head of College

India has for the first time appointed a transgender as the principal of a college, a top education official said Wednesday.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

BRANDEN GRIMMETT

BRANDEN GRIMMETT has been named associate vice provost for the Office of Career and Professional Development at Loyola Marymount University. He will assume the position June 1. Grimmett is the current and founding director of the Piper Center for Vocation and Career at St. Olaf’s College in Northfield, Minnesota.He earned a bachelor’s from St. Olaf’s and a master’s from Harvard University.

May 27, 2015

HBCUs

Black Caucus Announces Tech Diversity Push

The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest and the most visible group of advocates to call on Silicon Valley technology companies to boost minority employment in their firms.

May 20, 2015