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Leadership & Policy

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements

St. Augustine’s University, Grambling State University and Winston-Salem State University have officially joined other HBCUs on the hunt for new presidents.

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Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention Simply Put, Dorothy Yancy Has a History of Leading the Way If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students? Community Colleges Facing Challenge of Amended Policies and Mission

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: 3 Things High School Students Should Know About College

There is no way to totally prepare a young adult for the realities of the college experience and what it will mean for his or her long-term success, but there are some things that high school educators should emphasize.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) high school students

Community Colleges

Matchmaker U: Colleges Try to Engage Married Alums

Fundraisers, others on campus, follow Cupid’s arrow when seeking help from alumni.

African-American

Maryland Higher Ed Secretary Joining Lumina Foundation

Maryland’s secretary of higher education is leaving her post to work for an education foundation.

Community Colleges

Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention

Students showed off their academic prowess before the largest gathering of literary and language scholars whose work focuses on African, Caribbean and African American themes.

Peace Corps Aims to Boost Recruiting Diversity

The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for prospective volunteers and to expand and further diversify the applicant pool during a speech Wednesday at the Michigan university where the agency traces its roots.

Fueled By Rejection, Black Scholars Built College Language Association to Last

While the Modern Language Association never had an official policy to exclude Blacks from participating in one of the world’s largest academic organizations, they concede that for decades its membership wasn’t eager to bring African Americans into their ranks.

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Diverse on the Go …

Senior Writer Jamal Watson is in New Orleans through Saturday covering the 74th Annual Convention of the College Language Association. If you can’t catch up to him in person, you can connect via jwatson1@diverseeducation.com or follow him on twitter @jamalericwatson

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Faculty & Staff

Teaching Students the Process to Societal Change

One aspect that I try to instill in my students is that very little that is accomplished is done so alone

Community Colleges

Mississippi College Savings Plan to Reopen Enrollment

JACKSON, Miss.—A board has voted unanimously to re-open enrollment this fall in the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program. The state-backed savings plan had been closed to new enrollees since the fall of 2012 because of concerns about a funding shortfall. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch says in a news release that when the board voted […]

Community Colleges

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Diverse Conversations: Potential Paths to Reforming College Debt Many Institutions Continue to Struggle With Gender Imbalance If You Dare to Discuss Racial Issues, Then You Are a Racist American Council on Education Wary of Obama Administration’s Plan to Rank Schools

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