Diversity

We all want to be winners. That trait is truly universal. But as higher education in the United States increasingly “goes global,” —recruiting students across international lines—how do we overcome challenges of language, culture, and academic preparedness to ensure that, while some win, others do not lose?

A University of Colorado regent suggested Friday that the board's vision statement include a line about the school making an effort to have political diversity on its faculty.

Juan Zalapa, a child of Texas and Guadalajara, now studies the genetics of cranberries at UW-Madison.

President Obama’s policy allowing undocumented students to remain in the United States leaves many in limbo.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Tuesday said state-supported institutions of higher education do not have the authority to create discounted tuition categories for undocumented students without legislative approval.

Seven minorities are to get Ph.D.s from the department.

Obama has called for a broad overhaul of immigration policy and embraces the concept of Dream Act legislation, which would create a legal way for immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children to stay in the country.

The Colorado Attorney General's office is reviewing a discounted tuition rate for illegal immigrant students at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.

The U.S. Department of Education says that the percentage of college students who are Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and African American has been increasing on campuses across the country for three decades. But Hispanic students are less likely to graduate.

Morgan Weatherspoon, a chemical engineering major at the University of Oklahoma, there are a handful of women in her summer class of about 30 people. Higher education leaders hope to see change in the years to come.