Recently added articles from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:
'A wiser Latina'.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 15, 2009; ... Your article "Passing Judgment" (see Sept. 17 edition) was completely and irresponsibly one-sided. The conservative opposition to the nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court was not because of Justice Sotomayor's ethnicity. It was because her record made clear ...
HBCUs at the frontline of innovation.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 15, 2009; ... Thanks for writing the excellent article in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education about (White House Initiative on HBCUs executive director) Dr. (John) Wilson's speech to HBCU presidents that highlights his vision about HBCUs and innovation (see "HBCU Leaders Urged to Innovate," Diverse ...
Found in translation.(spectrum)(African language instruction at Boston University)
Oct 15, 2009; ... BOSTON -- From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade. He knows, though, that he can't do it alone. Ngom, who was born in Senegal, is beginning his second year as director of the ...
College after dark.(spectrum)(graveyard shifts in Bunker Hill Community College )(Brief article)
Oct 15, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community college professor Kathleen O'Neill was setting the ground rules for her psychology students when she came to an issue she didn't normally have to address. "What do we do if you fall asleep?" she asked. "What's a nice way to gently ...
Renting can cut textbook costs.(spectrum)
Oct 15, 2009 ... With the annual cost of buying college textbooks averaging $1,000, a growing number of college bookstores, publishers and online providers are offering students the chance to rent their books at a savings of as much as 70 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal. Renting is ...