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Faculty & Staff

Education Department Official: Some Campuses Hostile to Victims

Some colleges and universities are still failing students by inadequately responding to campus sexual assault, a senior Education Department official testified Thursday.

June 26, 2014

Community Colleges

Gwinnett College Settles Discrimination Suit

A metro Atlanta college has reached a settlement with a former student who accused the school of discriminating against her because she’s HIV positive.

June 10, 2014

Students

Drug Arrests Increase at Michigan State University

Michigan State University arrested 261 people for drugs in 2012, a 158 percent increase from two years earlier, the East Lansing school says.

May 18, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

April 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV

Bridgette Brawner’s tough youth helps her understand and fuel research on people and communities struck by HIV/AIDS.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LaSalle Professor Embarks on Groundbreaking Work in HIV/AIDS

Jillian Lucas Baker has become one of the nation’s leading researchers on developing ways to stem the HIV crisis, particularly in minority communities.

January 12, 2014

Students

Former Emerging Scholars of the Year: Where are they now?

Brian Blake Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Dean of the Graduate School University of Miami Class of 2007 Dr. Mitchell Chang Professor, Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles Class of 2006 Dr. Sean Decatur President Kenyon College Class of 2007 Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick Interim President Howard University Class of 2011 […]

January 2, 2014

Disabilties

Princeton Starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations

The bold move comes after eight cases of on-campus infections have been reported since March.

December 9, 2013

Students

Tenn. Students Petition to Keep Preacher off Campus

CHATTANOOGA Tenn.—Students at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, are asking the administration to take action against a street preacher after a fellow student was arrested while trying to talk to her.

November 19, 2013

MSIs

Careers in Higher Education Special Report

In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Arnold Mitchem, who recently stepped down as president of the Council of Opportunity in Education after a long and illustrious career, as well as advocate for TRIO programs. Diverse also reports on Dr. Carl Hart, one of the nation’s top neuroscience researchers on drugs, Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher and champion of Black studies, and the number of senior college presidents that are still on the job.

November 8, 2013

LGBTQ+

Black People Are Not Immune From Mental Illness

Recent and tragic national headlines like the Navy Yard shooting has started a dialogue about mental illness, which has been ignored for too long in the Black community.

November 6, 2013

Students

September 12 Issue

The Doctor Is In: Dr. Wayne Howard is tackling a host of new challenges as provost of Howard University; Untenured female scholars pressured to delay motherhood; SARA aims to standardize distance learning credentialing.

September 11, 2013