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Professional Appointments

Dr. Nancy S. Dye has been appointed the first vice chancellor and president of the Asian University for Women (Chittagong, Bangladesh. Formerly, she served as President Emerita of Oberlin College. She received a bachelor’s fromVassar College, and amaster’s and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. DR. ZENEBE ABEBE has been appointed the first vice […]

Congress To Give More, Demand More

A Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases.

Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’

With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.

11 Universities Will Lead New Centers of Excellence

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 26 the selection of 11 universities that will be among partner institutions leading five new Centers of Excellence and receiving a multi-year grant of up to $2 million per year, over a period of four to six years.

Virginia Hispanic Population Triples in 16 Years

Virginia’s Hispanic population tripled from 1990 to 2006, to more than 460,000 or 6 percent of the population, according to a study released Feb. 25 by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

North Carolina Hispanic Group Works on Achievement Issues

The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals has kicked off a fundraising campaign to hire staff to raise the group’s profile and bolster its political influence.

Faculty & Staff

Making Strides

HBCUs seek progress on information technology resources.

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received a $50,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for student scholarship through the AICF’s Tribal College Program. The monies will benefit tribal college students studying math, science, technology and business. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received an eight-year, $24 MILLION grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to […]

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Diverse Calendar

March 13-15 Eleventh Annual Regional HBCU Summit on Retention “Improving Retention at HBCUs: Retention is a Shared Enterprise” Clarion Resort Hotel Ocean City,Md. Contact: Dr. Anne L. Gaskins-Nedd Phone: (301) 860-3687 e-mail: anedd@bowiestate.edu March 14-15 Faculty Resource Network at New York University “The Molecules of Life: A National Dissemination Conference” Grand Hyatt Atlanta Phone: (212) […]

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2 South African Students Involved in Racist Video Apologize

Two students behind an alleged racist video in which five Black university workers appear to be duped into eating food tainted with urine have apologized and said they acted without malice.

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Dyson: Black History Month “Living, Significant and Important”

Minister and civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. earned in today’s dollars nearly a quarter of a million dollars a year in the early 1960’s and gave nearly all of it to the civil rights movement, Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson said Thursday during a speech dissecting the roots of a celebration we now call Black History month.

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Princeton Releases Michelle Obama’s Senior Thesis

Princeton University has recently released Michelle Obama’s senior thesis after previously making it unavailable to the public, according to an article in The Daily Princetonian.

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