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Students

Minority Student Activists Protest Education Cuts

In California, there is a growing movement of minority students rallying around a new cause—fighting a budget crisis that’s undermining access to higher education at a time when students of color have become a stronger demographic force.

May 12, 2010

African-American

Science Associations Publish Legal Handbook on Diversity Strategies

Women and minorities in this country are woefully underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). That’s very bad news for a nation undergoing a major demographic shift that by 2050 will make minorities the majority of the population.

April 28, 2010

Students

Ph.D. Completion Study Documents Best Practices for Student Success

A major study of doctoral students at U.S. and Canadian universities reports that only 57 percent of Ph.D. candidates complete their programs within a decade, according to the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) organization.

March 30, 2010

Latinx

Census Campaign Targets Tech-savvy Hispanic Youth

Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.

March 23, 2010

Students

HBCU Case Study Documents How Schools Can Help Students Pay Back Loans

A new report released Tuesday called “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,” argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.

February 22, 2010

Students

Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues

The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.

November 29, 2009

Students

REINVENTING REMEDIAL EDUCATION

When Kafayat Olayinka graduated from Spingarn High School in Washington, D. C., with a 3.5 grade point average, she was certain those kinds of grades would help her zip right through her college years.

October 14, 2009

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PASSING JUDGMENT

While some conservatives focused on Sotomayor’s positions on gun rights and abortion, many seemed fi xated with her comments regarding race and ethnicity. Their opposition, which continued up to the moment of the 68-31 Senat

September 16, 2009

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LASTWORD – September 3, 2009 Issue

Readers share opinions on recent Diverse articles.

September 2, 2009

African-American

A MEDIATING FORCE

Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.

September 2, 2009

Students

A Mediating Force

Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.

September 2, 2009

Students

Report Lauds “Model” of School Diversity

A school integration plan that takes into account the demographics of a student’s neighborhood rather than the student’s race when making school assignments has been endorsed by University of California researchers as a model for other school districts seeking to maintain diversity.

September 1, 2009