cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Leadership & PolicyTen HBCUs Get Accreditation Reaffirmed, Two Placed on Warning StatusFisk and Tennessee State Universities were placed on warning status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges.December 7, 2010StudentsSouthern U.S. College Graduation Rates Lag Behind National AverageA nuanced picture of college completion rates in southern U.S. states emerged Tuesday with the release of a study that shows most states trailing the national average—a trend that the report’s authors say could have negative implications for the region’s workforce and its increasingly diverse student population if things don’t improve.December 7, 2010Community CollegesPostsecondary Certificate Programs Can Offer Upward Mobility and Help Meet 2020 Goal, Report SaysCertificate programs could go a long way in helping American higher education meet President Barack Obama’s 2020 goal to significantly increase the number of students earning postsecondary credentials, a new report says.December 7, 2010HomeCitigroup’s Pandit Sees Africa as New Growth DriverCitigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit said Africa is a major new driver of growth as consumer spending slows in the U.S. “Africa has a major role to play in this new world,” Pandit told reporters in Johannesburg today. “The most important thing we are seeing is an exponential rise in trade between emerging markets.”December 6, 2010African-AmericanAuthor Spotlight: Oyeronke OyewumiOyeronke Oyewumi is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she has taught courses on gender and globilization and feminist theory. The Nigerian-born scholar studied at the University of Ibadan and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, Africa World Press, Trenton: New Jersey (2003), available on diversebooks.netDecember 6, 2010Faculty & StaffDiverseBooks.net: A Year of ProgressSince we started diversebooks.net nearly a year ago (on January 22, 2010), we have added selections from additional publishers, including the University of Mississippi Press, the American Counseling Association, Africa World Press and Black Classic Press. We also made numerous adjustments to the content and design of our site.December 6, 2010HomeReport: Teach for America Training Better Tennessee TeachersA report says most new teachers in Tennessee trained by Teach for America are producing higher test scores and getting better results than those trained through traditional means.December 6, 2010African-AmericanU.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM PursuitThe commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.December 6, 2010StudentsGraduation Gap Between Black and White College Football Players Said To Be GrowingA sports diversity institute study says there is a “disturbing” and growing gap in the graduation rate between Black and White football players at the vast majority of universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision.December 6, 2010HomeJohnson wheels and deals to fulfill ambitions for RLJAnyone keeping track of Robert L. Johnson, chairman and chief executive of Bethesda-based RLJ Cos., probably noticed the batch of deals he has closed in the past four months: a couple of hotels, a few equity ventures. Before the ink could dry on any of those agreements, the billionaire businessman had several more in the works, including plans for a debt equity fund and another community bank.December 5, 2010Previous PagePage 1801 of 3224Next Page
