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Leadership & Policy

New Document Filing Expected To Boost Fisk University Efforts to Have Accreditation Reaffirmed

Fisk University has filed a monitoring report as part of efforts to persuade a powerful Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting agency to lift the Nashville-based HBCU from probation, a status it has held for nearly two years.

September 11, 2012

Community Colleges

Perspective: Beyond Borders—STEM Education as a Global Priority

Australia, like the U.S., has set its sights on transforming higher education in an era of increased demand for postsecondary degrees and credentials.

September 10, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Forum: College Degree to Remain Sound Investment in Growing Global Economy

A college degree continues to be a worthwhile investment, but institutions of higher learning must adapt to new realities to remain viable, said panelists at a forum on higher education’s role in the global economy.

September 6, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Journalist Janet Roach reports on the Diverse-sponsored panel discussion, “The Critical Role of Mentoring in Increasing Graduates and Faculty of Color”. The panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C. during the 98th annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

September 4, 2012

African-American

New Models in Research, Publishing Among Topics Explored During African Studies Meeting

At annual meeting, experts discussed the challenges and promises related to creating useful archives of work and models of research and publishing in African studies.

November 20, 2011

Latinx

Professor Honored for His Work in Unearthing Treasures From Spain’s Golden Age

Dr. Ralph DiFranco excavates libraries and literary collections in the U.S. and abroad, digging for forgotten poetry and ballads from Spain’s Golden Age.

November 6, 2011

Students

Emerging Scholars 2015

Every year, the Emerging Scholars edition features a diverse group of rising researchers, thinkers and leaders in various fields. Their credentials and accomplishments distinguish them, but it’s the level of social consciousness among the members of this year’s class that makes them truly excellent.

October 24, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.

September 3, 2011

Home

Hundreds of Civil Rights Movement Era Love Letters To Be Donated in Houston

William and Audrey Lawson will donate their correspondence from nearly 60 years ago to the archives of the African American Library at the Gregory School and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center in Houston.

May 23, 2011

African-American

Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

May 22, 2011

Home

UVM College of Medicine Hosts African American Surgeons Exhibit April 11 – June 5

Collaboratively developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore, the Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons exhibition celebrates the contributions of African American academic surgeons and educators to medicine and medical education.

April 17, 2011

African-American

Talladega College’s Amistad Murals to Go on Nationwide Tour

Now valued around $40 million, the Amistad paintings by artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff were commissioned in 1938 and the first three panels have hung at Talladega College since the 1939 dedication of a library.

March 9, 2011