David PluvioseCommunity CollegesNISOD Conference Attracts Record Number of AttendeesAUSTIN, Texas A record 2,300 attendees from community colleges across the nation descended on Austin, Texas, last week for the 29th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held May 20-23. Hosted by the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin through its National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development (NISOD) outreach arm, the conference touched on a broad range of issues relating to enriching and enhancing two-year college leadership and faculty instruction.May 31, 2007Leadership & PolicyNISOD Conference Attracts Record Number of AttendeesA record 2,300 attendees from community colleges across the nation descended on Austin, Texas last week for the 29th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held May 20-23. Hosted by the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin through its National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development outreach arm, the conference touched on a broad range of issues relating to enriching and enhancing two-year college leadership and faculty instruction.May 30, 2007StudentsNew Prince George’s Community College President Formally IntroducedLargo, Md. Incoming Prince George’s Community College President Dr. Charlene M. Dukes was formally introduced to the public yesterday at a community forum, though she is no stranger to the college.May 10, 2007Leadership & PolicyCommunity College Presidents And Congressional Black Caucus Join Forces To Reverse Decline In Black Male EnrollmentAlarmed by the declining number of Black males seeking higher education, the Presidents’ Round Table, a group of Black community college presidents, has mobilized to tackle that crisis.April 15, 2007StudentsShattering StereotypesTrack and field standout Isaac Matthews says he has worked hard to overcome the myth that he can’t both be a dominant athlete and at the top of his class.April 4, 2007StudentsArthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2007Diverse: Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination. Two scholar-athletes — the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s women’s basketball player DeCarol Davis and University of Maryland-Baltimore County track and field standout Isaac Matthews — were selected as Sports Scholars of the Year for best exemplifying the standards of scholarship, athleticism and humanitarianism. Diverse honors Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing these student-athletes and salutes DeCarol and Isaac and all of the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars.April 3, 2007HBCUsHBCU Library Alliance Hosts Panel Discussion On LeadershipA group involved with the leadership development of librarians at historically Black colleges and universities is concerned about an upcoming leadership crisis created by the impending retirements of numerous HBCU library leaders.March 31, 2007HomeWith Congressional Gold Medal, Debt to Tuskegee Airmen ‘Paid in Full’In a striking show of unity amid partisan rancor over the Iraq war and U.S. Attorney firings, President Bush yesterday led a bipartisan delegation of House and Senate leaders to present a group of surviving Tuskegee Airmen with the Congressional Gold Medal.March 28, 2007Faculty & StaffRight Person Right TimeThe appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University, marks a diversity high point in the storied history of the nation’s oldest college.March 21, 2007Faculty & StaffRight Person Right TimeThe appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University…March 21, 2007Previous PagePage 13 of 19Next Page
