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Colleges and Universities Must Engage Alumni of Color

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, July 14, 2010

Note: Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A & M University, coauthored this blog post. Unless you haven’t picked up a newspaper, read an online publication, watched TV or been on Facebook in the last couple of years, you have heard that the demographics in the United States

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Where Is the Dialogue?

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, July 8, 2010

Last week, the National Science Foundation’s congressionally mandated advisory group on issues of diversity—the Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering (CEOSE)—hosted the second of two discussions between committee members and NSF leadership concerning the agency’s proposed Comprehensive Broadening Participation of Undergraduates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math or

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Ten Ways To Retain Faculty of Color

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, June 22, 2010

Recently I gave a talk at the American Association of University Professors’ annual meeting. The talk focused on the retention of faculty of color—unfortunately only one White faculty member attended the session. My comments were directed at those in positions of power within historically White institutions—I was saddened that many

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Lessons Learned from ‘Setting the Agenda for Historically Black Colleges and Universities’

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, June 8, 2010

Last week in Durham, N.C., a wonderful symposium took place. It was not business as usual but, instead, an honest look at the future of HBCUs. Although I was one of the speakers, I sat through all the sessions (which brought everyone together in one room)

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Erasing History in Texas

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, May 26, 2010

Let me begin with a dialogue: My child: Mommy, how could Benjamin Franklin own slaves? Why would he do that? I thought he believed in freedom for everyone. I thought he was a good man. Me: Well, people are complicated. At first Franklin believed Blacks were inferior to Whites, but eventually, through

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Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

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.


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