Black IssuesLeadership & PolicyIn Not So Good CompanyIn Not So Good CompanyAnother HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head onBy Tracie PowellCONCORD, N.C.It’s not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly […]August 25, 2004HealthJoint Center Health Official Challenges Black Doctors to Close Disparities GapJoint Center Health Official Challenges Black Doctors to Close Disparities GapThe country’s nagging health disparities problem was a key focus for Dr. Gail C. Christopher, director of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ Health Policy Institute, when she addressed the 102nd annual convention of the National Medical Association on Aug. 2 in San […]August 25, 2004StudentsCongress Questions Sky-High Costs of College TextbooksCongress Questions Sky-High Costs of College TextbooksBy Peggy OrchowskiWhy are textbooks costing community college students almost 50 percent of what they pay for tuition each year? Some members of the U.S. Congress and higher education officials sought to find an answer to that question at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill that explored the reasons […]August 25, 2004Leadership & PolicyCalling All LeadersCalling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]August 25, 2004Leadership & PolicyGathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do NowGathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do Now Dr. M. Christopher Brown IIAnother verdict has come in from the now infamous Southern Association of Colleges and Schools — the accreditation of Barber-Scotia College has been rescinded. The language of the letter and the media reports are eerily reminiscent of both Morris Brown and […]August 25, 2004StudentsHampton Journalism School Lands Tony BrownHampton Journalism School Lands Tony BrownBrown named dean following resignation of Christopher CampbellBy Ronald Roach HAMPTON, Va.Still reeling from the controversy over the fall 2003 confiscation of student newspapers by its then acting president and provost, Hampton University has named TV journalist and best-selling author Tony Brown as dean of the Hampton University Scripps Howard […]August 11, 2004African-AmericanProfessional Notes© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comAugust 11, 2004African-AmericanEventsSEPTEMBER Sept. 8-11Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc.34th Annual Legislative Conference“Defining the Moment and the Movement”Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.Web: www.cbcfinc.org/Sept. 11-12The National Congress of Black Women Inc. Gala 20th AnniversaryAnnual Awards BrunchPhone: (800) 871-7341Web: www.cruisingintohistory.orgSept. 14-18National Technical Association 2004 National Conference and Technical Career & Opportunity Fair“Science & Technology: The Research, The Business, The Impact on […]August 11, 2004HomeGrants & AwardsAuburn University (Ala.), The Ohio State University, the University of Florida, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University together received a $754,983 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Scholars of the Future program. The program, which will be administered at Auburn University and replicated at Virginia Tech, is designed to increase […]August 11, 2004HomeManaging the Risks and Rewards of Instant MessagingManaging the Risks and Rewards of Instant MessagingYou probably think instant messaging (IM) as something teenagers do to chat up friends online, whether across the street or across the world. But IM has some buttoned-down business benefits, as well as some risks you may not be aware of.Unlike e-mail, in which you fire off messages […]August 11, 2004Previous PagePage 53 of 431Next Page
