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Articles 1 - 15 of 15
Full-Text Articles in Race and Ethnicity
Observing King's Legacy, Kathryn Ritchie
Observing King's Legacy, Kathryn Ritchie
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a Faculty Senate vote on the University observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a school holiday.
Wic Recognizes Role Models, Elizabeth Beaulieu
Wic Recognizes Role Models, Elizabeth Beaulieu
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Every year, the Women in the Curriculum and the Women's Studies Program honor three women with the Maryann Hartman Award for contributions and accomplishments. It is the groups' intent that the recognized women serve as a source of inspiration for all women.
Support Key To Onward Success, Christie Johnston
Support Key To Onward Success, Christie Johnston
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Onward Program, nationally known as the Student Support Services has striven to help students disadvantaged by a physical, mental or financial obstacle since 1970.
Computer Speech No Different From Others, Ryan Robbins
Computer Speech No Different From Others, Ryan Robbins
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Last week's filing of a civil rights lawsuit by the state against University of Maine student Casey Belangers for threatening another student on FirstClass raises concerns for how the First Amendment relates to computer networks.
Education Puzzle Needs Solutions, Misty Edgecomb
Education Puzzle Needs Solutions, Misty Edgecomb
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
See Dick and Jane. Look! They go to school. See Jane go through the metal detector. The school policeman smiles. See Dick go through the metal detector. Oh no! Look, Dick has a gun.
Women Gain Confidence Through Self-Defense Courses, Krista Marrs
Women Gain Confidence Through Self-Defense Courses, Krista Marrs
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
With the ongoing concern for student safety on campus, two public safety officers are offering a women's self-defense class and both say participants are making great progress.
Mr. Gnu Comic Strip, Travis Dandro
Mr. Gnu Comic Strip, Travis Dandro
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A four-panel comic strip drawn by Travis Dandro depicting a bigoted perspective of both people of color and individuals with disabilities.
Long description.
Panel one contains one figure, a highly stylized, anthropomorphized Gnu (or African antelope with along head and beard), presumably the title character of the strip, Mr. Gnu. The character is holding a cereal box in front of him. Lettering over the character's head reads: "Hey kids! I'd like to introduce a new cereal!"
Panel two contains a close up of the cereal box with the lettering, "Sammy Davis CRUNCH" over a stylized drawing of a character that …
Umaine Commits To Classroom Equity, Andrea Page
Umaine Commits To Classroom Equity, Andrea Page
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Several students addressed the Vision 2000 mission plan for changing gender equity at the University of Maine Thursday.
African-American Churches: Women Feeling The Spirit Take Some By Surprise, Kathryn Ritchie
African-American Churches: Women Feeling The Spirit Take Some By Surprise, Kathryn Ritchie
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
When Cheryl Townsend Gilkes was a little girl, she leaned over to her mother in their normally sedate, traditional New England church one day to ask why Mrs. Sinclair was shouting. "She feels the Spirit," her mother explained in a whisper. Gilkes marveled at the older woman's curious behavior at the time, but now smiles in understanding.
Humanist Captivates Students With Poetry, Speech, John Doucette
Humanist Captivates Students With Poetry, Speech, John Doucette
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding Amari Baraki's visit to the University of Maine.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Taylor University Fort Wayne
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Taylor University Fort Wayne
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules
The program for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at Taylor University Fort Wayne.
Reconciliation, Taylor University
Reconciliation, Taylor University
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules
The program for Reconciliation celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
Minority Faculty Program Increase Campus Diversity, Lester B. Smith
Minority Faculty Program Increase Campus Diversity, Lester B. Smith
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the University of Maine's Minority Faculty-In-Residence program.
Higher Education In Rural America : A Study Of Northern Plains American Indian And Non-Indian Attitudes, Aspirations, Expectations, And Perceived Barriers, Marta Albertus Brosz Mohr
Higher Education In Rural America : A Study Of Northern Plains American Indian And Non-Indian Attitudes, Aspirations, Expectations, And Perceived Barriers, Marta Albertus Brosz Mohr
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study addresses the need for educational research specific to rural populations of American Indians and their non-Indian neighbors. In order to provide answers to both theoretical and practical questions, a survey was conducted with a random sample of rural residents living within a twenty-five mile radius of a rural, tribal institution of higher education. The structured interviews gathered data regarding attitudes, aspirations, expectations, and perceived barriers. Analyses of the data indicate that this population has strong, positive attitudes toward higher education and aspires to a college education in spite of real and perceived barriers. This study does not support …
A Comparison Of White Male College Students Attending An Urban Black University And An Urban White University: White Racial Identity And Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans
A Comparison Of White Male College Students Attending An Urban Black University And An Urban White University: White Racial Identity And Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in White Racial Identity and degree of tolerance for Blacks between two samples of White male undergraduate students attending an urban Black university and those attending an urban White university. The theoretical framework for this study was based in Social Contact Theory as a contributor to racial tolerance and Racial Identity Development Theory as a factor in human growth toward increasing acceptance of diversity. This was a quasi-experimental post-hoc design using intact groups.
The study analyzed the responses of 182 White male undergraduates using three instruments. A Background Questionnaire, designed …