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  • Magazine

Diversity Continues to Challenge the Military

In 2008, Congress formed the Military Leadership Diversity Commission to analyze promotion rates for minorities in the military and develop strategies to make the armed forces more reflective of the nation’s diverse population. Today, African Americans make up 18.5% of enlistment, 9.5% of all officer corps, and 6% of the general officer corps, a marginal increase from last year. According to Clarence “C.J.” Johnson, principal director of the office of diversity management and equal opportunity at the Department of Defense, not much more can be expected after two years, particularly at the senior levels.

  • Entrepreneurship

2013 Best Companies for Diversity

The companies that appear on the HispanicBusiness 2013 Best Companies for Diversity list are not there by accident

  • Education

Why Teacher Diversity Matters

And I wrote just this morning about a Mexican American studies program in Tucson, Arizona—taught by Mexican American teachers—in which 100% of its enrolled students graduated from high school. This is against a dropout backdrop of 49% for Latino students. A startling 85% of students in the program went on to college, according to NPR.

  • Education

Is School Diversity a Priority for Obama?

The Obama administration, despite implementing several broad initiatives to improve school issues, has not worked vigorously to integrate America's schools

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