Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyPresident Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement AddressPresident Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]April 14, 2016SportsSouthern Cal Selects Swann as Athletic DirectorPro Football Hall of Famer and University of Southern California legend Lynn Swann is returning to his alma mater as athletic director.April 13, 2016Faculty & StaffBill to Defund University of Tennessee Diversity Office WithdrawnLawmakers, angry over web postings by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the University of Tennessee, want to strip the office of all state funding for the coming fiscal year.March 24, 2016Leadership & PolicyFoote, Former University of Miami President, DiesEdward Thaddeus “Tad” Foote II, who guided the University of Miami into higher education prominence during his tenure as the institution’s fourth president, died Monday night at age 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. “President Foote’s tenure as president from 1981 to 2001 was marked by a far-reaching and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence […]February 16, 2016LatinxReport: More HSIs Overall, but Growth Remains ConcentratedThe number of colleges and universities identified as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) rose 7 percent in the 2014-15 academic year as compared to the previous year, according to a recently released annual analysis conducted by Excelencia in Education.January 28, 2016HomeObama Administration Seeks to Expand Pell GrantsThe Obama Administration wants more students who receive Pell Grants to graduate from college as quickly as possible and is proposing to pay more to help make that happen.January 19, 2016HomeExperts Debate Keys to Student Loan CrisisA recent report by the Brookings Institute revealed that low earnings, not high levels of individual debt, are to blame for the high default rates of student loans.January 7, 2016Leadership & PolicyTiffin President Charles ResignsAfter six months in office, Tiffin president Dr. Curtis B. Charles resigned, effective Friday. The university cited a “difference in views on strategic vision” as the rationale behind Charles’ departure. Charles previously served as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University. He has held administrative and teaching positions at the […]January 4, 2016African-AmericanNoted Scholar, Educator Frances Cress Welsing DiesDr. Frances Cress Welsing, a psychiatrist best known for her 1991 book on racism and society entitled The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors, died Saturday in Washington, D.C., at age 80. Welsing graduated from Antioch College and Howard University’s medical school. She began her climb to prominence with her 1970 essay entitled The […]January 4, 2016SportsDiverse Charts: 2015-2016 NCAA Bowl Team APRsGoing into the home stretch of college football bowl games, Diverse takes a look at the Academic Progress Rates (APR) among FBS teams. APR is a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of a school’s student-athletes for each academic term. A perfect score would be 1,000. 2015-2016 NCAA Bowl Team APRs […]December 29, 2015Previous PagePage 12 of 115Next Page
