cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HBCUsDr. Niara Sudarkasa, Former President of Lincoln University, Dead at 80Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, the first female president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, passed away recently. She was 80. A trained anthropologist, Sudarkasa served as president of Lincoln University, the historically Black university from 1987 to 1997 and was credited with increasing enrollment, strengthening undergraduate and international programs and recruiting a number of African trained professors. […]June 16, 2019StudentsNCAA’s Discriminatory APR ScoresA few weeks ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released their annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for each Division I team. While the annual announcement of these scores typically generates headlines that APR scores are improving, these headlines are disturbingly misleading.June 16, 2019HomeThomas, Beleaguered WIU President, ResignsDr. Jack Thomas, the beleaguered president of Western Illinois University, has resigned, speaking about the school’s successes and not addressing detractors who have campaigned to get him out of the rural Illinois school.June 14, 2019News RoundupUniversity of Denver Appoints New ChancellorDr. Jeremy Haefner, the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Denver, has been appointed the school’s 19th chancellor. The appointment, determined at the board of trustees’ recent quarterly meeting, comes after current chancellor Dr. Rebecca Chopp’s April announcement that she would step down in July due to serious health concerns. In a […]June 13, 2019STEMMeeting of HBCU Groups Explores OpportunitiesOpportunity zones and STEM opportunities were among key topics discussed Thursday at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.June 13, 2019OpinionDivulging into Systematic OppressionAn entire month of teachings on systematic oppression have unfolded right before our eyes; many will miss its intended lesson, however. If you have not heard about the recent plot to remove the first African-American president at Western Illinois University, Dr. Jack Thomas, by the incumbent Board of Trustees, listen closely.June 13, 2019News RoundupLaw School Lecturer Resigns in Wake of Netflix Central Park Five ViewingManhattan assistant district attorney Elizabeth Lederer resigned Wednesday from her part-time lecturer position at Columbia Law School after a group of Black students called on her to quit based on her role as a prosecutor in the overturned Central Park 5 conviction, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Lederer is the […]June 13, 2019Leadership & PolicySome Decry Alumni Council Call for WIU President’s DepartureOn the heels of a resolution passed by the alumni council calling on Western Illinois University president Dr. Jack Thomas to resign by June 30 – or be kicked out by trustees – some school employees say he is performing well in the face of tough economic and geographic realities.June 12, 2019HomeMARLENE TROMPMARLENE TROMP has been named president of Boise State University, effective July 1. She currently serves as provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Tromp has a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University, a master’s degree from the University of Wyoming and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida.June 12, 2019HomeLARISSA LITTLETON-STEIBLARISSA LITTLETON-STEIB has been appointed chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana, effective July 1. She currently serves as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. Littleton-Steib earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Ph.D. from Jackson State University.June 12, 2019Previous PagePage 222 of 3225Next Page
