March 2013
March 9th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Increasing diversity of university faculty members is a high priority for Rochester Institute of Technology. The Institute, located in Rochester, New York is a model that many universities could follow.
Not only does the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) encourage diversity in its student population, not only has it established a Diversity Framework for an environment that promotes...
March 8th, 2013
Written by Sheila Burke - ... in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. (AP) - A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector tests to keep racists off his force.
Coopertown Police Chief Shane Sullivan took over the department in November, becoming the 11th chief in as many years. He was hired on the heels of a series of police scandals that for a few months left Coopertown with no police at...
March 8th, 2013
Written by Frances D’Emili... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
ROME (AP) - Comic Beppe Grillo's populist tirades were seen as a benign outlet for popular anger in the days his protest movement was a sideshow in Italian politics. Now that he's one of Italy's most powerful figures, his views are coming under greater scrutiny - and a history of anti-Semitic statements have started to raise concern outside the country.
Grillo's 5-Star Movement captured a quarter...
March 8th, 2013
Written by Kyle Hightower ... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The number of sports editors that are women and people of color showed some improvement at the 150 websites and newspapers that belong to Associated Press Sports Editors, according to a study released Friday.
Still, the report released every two years by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports again gave the members of APSE a failing...
March 7th, 2013
Written by Brock Vergakis ... in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
ATLANTA (AP) - Ariadne Partlow dreamed of graduating Spelman College and moving on to medical school, but instead of studying biology this semester, she worked at a fast-food Chinese restaurant.
The Jackson, Tenn., native was among thousands of students who unexpectedly either had to stay at home, transfer to a less expensive school or find new money when the U.S. Department of Education quietly...