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New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs

A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

Community College Champion

In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.

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Expert Says Company Culture Helps Determine Prospects for Workplace Diversity

A commitment to diversity and inclusion has to be inextricably woven into an organization’s culture for that organization to realize its greatest potential, according to the keynote speaker at George Mason University’s Workplace Diversity Conference.

Tiane M. Gordon is senior vice president of diversity and inclusion at AOL

Faculty & Staff

Academic Bullying: A Problem on College Campuses

The disintegration of civility in higher education is a growing concern for university faculty who say the disrespect has reached epic levels not only between professors and students but also among colleagues.

Janet McMahon (left) and Faith Edwards (right) speak to attendee during the American Association of University Professors annual national conference. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

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Scholar Says Research Universities Not Serious About Faculty Diversity

To Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, there’s no delicate way of describing the lack of commitment she believes many top research universities demonstrate as they allegedly seek to diversify their faculties.

M. Cookie Newsom

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Scholars Discuss How U.S. Higher Education Can Avoid Decline

Higher education is widely viewed as an American success story during the twentieth century, but now it’s facing a series of challenges that threaten that preeminence, said one expert at an American Enterprise Institute forum on reinventing the American university last week.

Ronald Ehrenberg

Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

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Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories

Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.

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Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs

In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke Thursday at the North Carolina Central University Centennial HBCU Symposium in Durham, N.C. (photo by Robert E. Lawson)

Faculty & Staff

Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College

Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.

Dr. Frank Pogue

Faculty & Staff

Kagan Known for Openness, Assertiveness at Harvard

Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard Law School while she was dean. But even her supporters here say she also has a temper.

Faculty & Staff

Christian Seminary Leader Faces Questions About Muslim Past

Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary who made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, is being investigated over allegations that he fabricated or embellished his past.

Ergun Caner is a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. (photo courtesy of Liberty University)

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