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Success Starts With A Support System

by Deborah Santiago, November 10, 2009

My niece is in the first grade and this weekend I helped her finish her homework. She had to complete a one-page report on capuchin monkeys and create a habitat in a shoebox depicting the monkeys in their natural environment. We spent time on the Web looking at videos and

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A People on the Precipice?

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 29, 2009

The recent news of the savage gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif., broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child's ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking - for over two and ½ hours. For the

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A People on the Precipice?

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 29, 2009

The recent news of the savage gang rape of a fifteen year-old girl in Richmond, California broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child's ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking - for over two and ½ hours. For

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Raising Tough Questions About Enrollment Diversity

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, October 16, 2009

I recently delivered a keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2009 Diversity Forum during which I afflicted the comfortable on the question of “excellence vs. diversity” in college and university admissions.  At that speech, I encouraged a generally receptive campus community to think broadly about the declining number of

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Profiling Latinos

by Deborah Santiago, September 29, 2009

By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already exceeded in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. However, today, only 7 percent of college-age Latinos (ages 18 to 24) have earned an associate degree or higher compared with 9 percent of Blacks,

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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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