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Faculty & Staff

Bill to Defund University of Tennessee Diversity Office Withdrawn

Lawmakers, angry over web postings by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the University of Tennessee, want to strip the office of all state funding for the coming fiscal year.

March 24, 2016

Students

50 Years of Access in Jeopardy

Voting rights, money to attend college and diversity are so common today that many of us forget they were not always hallmarks of American identity.

March 15, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?

If you like your politics raucous and raunchy, Donald Trump has been your candidate this year.

March 14, 2016

Students

Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices

Chicago State University took the unusual step of sending layoff notices to its faculty, staff and administrators last Friday amid ongoing financial difficulties, including not receiving any state funding over the past eight months.

February 28, 2016

Students

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Edwardsville, Illinois Dr. Jeffrey N. Waple Established: 1957 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs www.siue.edu “The university’s Division of Student Affairs displays a strong commitment to the mission, vision and values of SIUE. On a daily basis, we work to enhance a welcoming campus culture that features citizenship, […]

February 25, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Guinier: America Needs Large-scale Social Movement

A large-scale social movement is needed to impact political decisions in a way that makes them more reflective of the will of the American people, Harvard law professor Lani Guinier argued Tuesday during a forum on higher education.

February 16, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Malagon Embraces Her Role of Facilitating Brilliance in the Community

Dr. Maria C. Malagon, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, is focused on issues relating to immigration and education.

February 15, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Replacement for Scalia Becoming an Issue of a Generation

In a presidential election year, with 34 Senate seats also in play, the death of Antonin Scalia and his replacement become an urgent campaign issue.

February 14, 2016

Disabilties

Billions of Free Federal Grant Money Go Unclaimed

More than $2.7 billion in free federal grant money went unclaimed during the past academic year, according to a yearly analysis of incomplete or unsubmitted Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms by NerdWallet, the personal finance website.

February 8, 2016

Students

Scholarships, Tutoring to Save ‘Lost Generation’ of Syrians

ZARQA, Jordan ― Until recently, Syrian refugee Eyad Zoulghena only had bad options. The 22-year-old, forced to quit law school when he fled his homeland in 2012, could choose to keep working in a supermarket in Jordan to feed his parents and four siblings, effectively putting his future on hold. He could risk a dangerous […]

February 2, 2016

Students

Georgia Court: Immigrants Can’t Sue State Agency on Tuition

ATLANTA ― Georgia’s highest court on Monday ruled against a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and wanted access to in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities. However, the court decision hinged not on their immigration status, but on whether they were legally allowed to sue the […]

February 1, 2016

Students

Diverse on the Go…

Please join the Diverse staff at the Association of American Colleges and Universities 2016 Annual Meeting today at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. Diverse will host the session Best Practices: Building a Pipeline of Diverse Administrators at 2:45 p.m., located at Independence HI and moderated by Executive Editor David Pluviose.

January 20, 2016