Jamaal Abdul-AlimFaculty & StaffHBCU Week Conference: Black College Leaders Counseled on Federal Contracting, Grant OpportunitiesExperts told HBCU leaders that to win federal grants and contracts means administrators must have a realistic sense of their school’s capabilities, hire faculty with a vision to conduct research, and be willing to remedy shortcomings in their proposals.September 26, 2012HBCUsHBCU Week Conference: Black College Leaders Urged to Improve Institutional PerformanceIn a session on trusteeship, HBCU trustees and administrators are challenged to attract donors in a time of declining revenues by discarding old ideas about uplift and focus on boosting productivity and performance in ways that rival the most prestigious institutions.September 25, 2012Faculty & StaffBiology Professor Named Project Kaleidoscope DirectorBiology professor Kelly Mack was appointed to serve as executive director of Project Kaleidoscope — an initiative that focuses on building strong undergraduate programs in the STEM fields.September 24, 2012HomeSAT Scores Dip Slightly, Test Taker Diversity Edges UpwardThe more than 1.66 million students who took the SAT in 2012 were the most diverse group of students in the college entrance exam’s history, but the mean scores in critical reading and writing dropped by a single point, a College Board report released Monday shows.September 24, 2012HomeForum: Scholars Explore Affirmative Action’s Impact on Higher EducationAt a Brookings Institution forum on affirmative action, economist Glenn Loury urged higher education institutions to seek diversity as the “unfinished business of dealing with the consequences of our racial history.”September 23, 2012StudentsFlorida Congresswoman Introduces Anti-hazing LegislationStudents who participate in hazing could forever lose their financial aid under proposed legislation announced Thursday by U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, D-Fla.September 20, 2012StudentsU.S. Senators Host Higher Education Accountability ForumTwo U.S. senators advanced the idea that getting students better information on how much a college graduate is likely to earn after graduation from a given program would help families make better college decisions.September 19, 2012Community CollegesNew Georgetown University Report Outlines Five Well-Paying Jobs That Do Not Require a Bachelor’s DegreeWhile four-year colleges are often presented as the best way into the middle class, more consideration should be given to career and technical education alternatives.September 17, 2012HomePanel: American Society Not ‘Post-Racial,’ despite African-American PresidentDespite the fact that an African-American occupies the Oval Office, negative Black male images persist in the American media, making everyday encounters for Black men drastically more dangerous than they would otherwise be.September 16, 2012Faculty & StaffRepublican, Democratic House Members Clash During Hearing on Scholars’ Right to UnionizeRepublicans and Democrats squared off at a particularly cantankerous hearing Wednesday that dealt with whether graduate student assistants and faculty should have the right to unionize.September 12, 2012Previous PagePage 58 of 81Next Page
