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Opinion

Growing Number of People Addicted to Pornography Alarming

Anyone who avidly follows contemporary popular culture and cultural trends in general is probably well aware that the pornography (adult entertainment) industry is an entity that generates billions of dollars of revenue in the United States annually. Some estimates suggest that the figure is as much as $13 billion. What is more notable is the […]

October 9, 2014

Students

Student Accused of Videotaping Females in Shower

VERMILLION, S.D. ― University of South Dakota officials are defending their notification procedures after a student was accused of using a cellphone to videotape women in a dormitory shower in late August and charged days later in an off-campus rape.

September 25, 2014

Disabilties

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September 18, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Obama Opens Campaign Against Campus Sexual Assault

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to announce a campus sexual assault awareness campaign from the White House Friday.

September 15, 2014

Students

Special Focus: Persons with Disabilities

This edition profiles Dr. Billy C. Hawkins, president of Talladega College and a critic of misclassifying students as learning disabled.

September 11, 2014

Students

Middle Tennessee State U. Engaging Males in Sexual Assault Prevention

Middle Tennessee State University is starting a program that aims to reduce the possibility of sexual assaults on campus by training male students.

September 7, 2014

African-American

Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students

The program was so successful that the school will offer the camp during the upcoming academic school year and has increased its efforts to recruit additional students.

August 5, 2014

Students

Hine Awarded 2013 National Humanities Medal at White House

Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history, was among a group of individuals honored Monday at the White House.

July 28, 2014

Home

Johns Hopkins to Pay $190M After Doctor Taped Pelvic Exams

Dr. Nikita Levy, who later committed suicide, had roughly 1,200 videos and 140 images stored in his home.

July 21, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of Connecticut Settles Sex Assault Lawsuit

The University of Connecticut will pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit by five women who alleged the school did not take seriously their claims of sexual assaults on campus.

July 20, 2014

Faculty & Staff

A New Take on Race

In this issue of Diverse  we profile the American Council on Education’s Fellows Program, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year, and its preparation of minority and women candidates for top-tier positions in academia. We take a look at several HBCU issues, including the growth of unions at HBCUs across the country and recent […]

July 17, 2014

Students

Fierce Feminist Tanisha Ford Brings Style to Her Scholarship

The University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor is strictly 21st century in her approach to writing and teaching about the lives of Black women in the U.S., Britain and the African diaspora.

July 6, 2014