Diverse StaffStudentsDonors Solve Talladega College’s Inaugural Parade Funding IssueTalladega College said it needed $75,000 to carry out the controversial decision to have its marching band perform in President-electDonald J. Trump’s inaugural parade Friday. As of Monday, donors have pledged more than $400,000 on the Alabama school’s GoFundMe page and an appearance by the historically Black college’s President Billy C. Hawkins last Friday on […]January 16, 2017Health2017 Most Promising Places to Work in Student AffairsThe University of Vermont and the University of West Georgia are among the 2017 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs, making them the only schools to make the list in each of its four years of existence.January 12, 2017Leadership & PolicyGroundbreaking President Jewel Plummer Cobb DiesJewel Plummer Cobb, one of the first African Americans to lead a major university west of the Mississippi, died on New Year’s Day in Maplewood, N.J., at age 92. Cobb served as the third president of Cal State Fullerton, a position she held from 1981 through her retirement in 1990. During that period, she secured […]January 12, 2017Diverse ChampionsKay McClenney Named as 2017 Diverse Champions Award WinnerDr. Kay McClenney, a veteran leader in education and a community college advocate, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Diverse Champions Award.January 10, 2017StudentsASPiRE Premieres ‘Bama State Style’ Tonight“Bama State Style,” the reality TV show featuring Alabama State University’s Mighty Marching Hornets Band, has been acquired by the nationally syndicated ASPiRE Television Network and premieres tonight.January 9, 2017News RoundupGary Orfield to Receive Marie Fielder MedalLongtime civil rights scholar Dr. Gary Orfield will receive the Marie Fielder Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Social Transformation. Orfield, the Distinguished Research Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning at UCLA, will receive the award on Jan. 13 in Santa Barbara, Calif. The Fielding Graduate University’s Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership […]December 21, 2016LatinxDavid Acosta to Lead Association of American Medical Colleges’ Diversity EffortsThe Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced Thursday that David A. Acosta will be the organization’s new chief diversity and inclusion officer.December 15, 2016StudentsAmerican Talent Initiative Seeks to Provide Educational Access for Low-income StudentsThirty higher education institutions from across the academic spectrum have united in an effort to increase the enrollment and graduation of high-achieving students from low- and moderate-income families.December 14, 2016StudentsNCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White DiesDebra Saunders-White, 59, the first permanent female chancellor of North Carolina Central University, died of cancer Saturday.November 27, 2016Faculty & StaffYale College Dean Jonathan Holloway Named Northwestern University ProvostJonathan Holloway, the Dean of Yale College and the first African American to hold that position, has been named provost of Northwestern University.November 21, 2016Previous PagePage 8 of 115Next Page
