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Faculty & Staff

Special Focus: Black History Month

In this Black History Month-focused edition, Diverse takes a look at MIT professor Craig Steven Wilder’s new book, Ebony and Ivy, exploring the long history of slavery and Ivy League institutions.

February 17, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Hampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega College

Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.

February 5, 2014

Students

Rutgers to Offer Course on Beyoncé

Beyoncé is one of the world’s most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia.

January 30, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Korean Julia Sun-Joo Lee Brings New Face to Black Literature

Inspired by growing up in racially tense ’90s L.A and with help from mentors like Henry Louis Gates Jr., this 2014 Diverse Emerging Scholar is leaving her mark in the academic world of African-American literature.

January 29, 2014

African-American

Harvard, MIT: Despite Low Completion Rates, MOOCs Work

Long-anticipated research into massive open online courses taught by MIT and Harvard finds that, while very few participants complete these classes, many others take advantage of “substantial” amounts of the content.

January 23, 2014

African-American

‘12 Years a Slave’ Shows Real Value of Ethnic History

This isn’t a movie that beats around the bush with style or euphemism.

January 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

In Case You Missed It…

UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV Vernon Jordan Tapped to Lead Howard Presidential Search Baraka’s Legacy: Let’s Not Forget Inaugural Black Studies Professor ‘Invisible’ Burmese, Bhutanese Americans Face ‘Alarming’ Dropout Rates

January 16, 2014

African-American

Univ. of Nevada Professor Works to Preserve California Indian History

Dr. William Bauer uses his teaching and writing to change preconceived notions about what Native American history is about and who native peoples are.

January 13, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Community Colleges’ Most Challenging Task: Increase Completion Rates Christie Hails N.J. Version of Dream Act as Equalizer Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Scholars Gather in Bid to Preserve History’s Role

January 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Baraka’s Controversial Legacy

Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.

January 9, 2014

Students

Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class

A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.

January 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim

It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.

December 22, 2013