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School board debates handling of diversity consultant contract
By NICHOLE  DOBO
York Daily Recod

The York City School Board voted 5-2 Wednesday to reject a new contract with a diversity consulting firm that’s been working on district building projects.
The board voted against hiring Harrisburg-based Young & Company to be the firm that helps minority, women and local contractors get work on district building projects. The firm had worked on several building projects, but had come under fire by some board members. Read more . . . . http://www.ydr.com/education/ci_14699383

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Few blacks serve in top U.S. diplomatic posts
Los Angeles Times – By Paul Richter and Tom Hamburger

The State Department is searching for new ways to bring minorities to high-profile positions. New assignments this summer will increase diversity, one official promises.

The State Department has fallen short in its efforts to promote African Americans to key frontline diplomatic posts, department officials and diplomats said, despite efforts to increase diversity under two black secretaries of State and a black president.

The State Department has high numbers of black employees overall, and some prominent African Americans  in top positions, such as Susan E. Rice, ambassador to the United Nations. But officials said few minorities were climbing to senior frontline posts that wrestle day to day  with some of the nation’s most urgent international challenges in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Only one U.S. embassy in Europe is led  by a black ambassador, for example.

The situation has stirred concern at the top ranks of the State Department, and officials . . . . http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/more/la-na-black-diplomats17-2010mar17,0,1639575.story?track=rss

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law has created a new associate dean  position  to promote diversity and inclusiveness within the institution. … “The main reason we wanted this position  was to send a pretty clear message that this is important to us,” said Martin Katz, who was appointed  as dean of the law school in February. “The way to do that, in my mind, was to put someone in a top position at the law school.” Read on …http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2010/03/denvers-diversity-dean.html

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