Tag: Race & Ethnicity
Racial Matching Influences Student Performance, Study Finds
The National Bureau of Economic Research released a study this week that examines the effect a graduate teaching assistant’s (TA) racial or ethnic background...
College Degree Has Unequal Effect on Wealth for Different Racial Groups,...
A report out this week questions conventional wisdom and suggests that a college degree does not act as a safeguard for wealth equally for...
Sikh Student Wins Right to Enroll in ROTC, Maintain Beard and...
A U.S. District Court has ruled that Hofstra University student Iknoor Singh is not required to shave his beard, cut his hair, or stop...
Congress Confirms First African American Woman as U.S. Attorney General
After a five-month-long, stalled nomination, Congress confirms President Obama’s nomination for U.S. Attorney General, making Loretta Lynch the first female African American to head...
“Lone Soldier” Recruits American Indian Dentists to Serve the Community
Conveniently nestled between 22 federally recognized American Indian tribes, A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH), in Mesa, has...
A Need for Diversity in the Oral Health Workforce
The racial and ethnic composition of the health professions workforce, including the dental workforce, fails miserably to reflect the increasing diversity of the U.S....
‘I’m In’ Campaign and FDA Recommendations Look to Boost Diversity in Clinical...
Hispanics are most disproportionately affected by asthma, cancer, and heart disease, and scientists are asking why.
What is clear is that few Hispanics participate in the...
