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Leadership & Policy

New Chancellor Seeks to Heal Tensions at Embattled Dallas College

When Dr. Jesus “Jess” Carreon, the first Hispanic to head the 84,000-student Dallas County Community College District, abruptly resigned last month, the board of trustees quickly turned to Dr. Wright Lassiter, who had been president of the district’s El Centro College since 1986. Wright, who became the district’s first Black chancellor, spoke with Diverse about the healing touch he plans to bring to the embattled community college system.

Community Colleges

From Combat to Classrooms: Are Professors Prepared to Teach War Veterans?

Apathy towards coursework. Declining grades. Angry outbursts in class. One in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. But as many return home and stream onto college campuses, they enter a system ill-prepared to deal with them.

Leadership & Policy

Bill Cosby “Calls Out” Community Colleges at D.C. Event

As part of a nationwide tour, entertainer and activist Dr. Bill Cosby recently hosted two forums at the University of the District of Columbia in an effort to spur community action to break the cycle of violence, poverty and hopelessness plaguing many urban minorities.

Leadership & Policy

Study: Most Community Colleges

A majority of community college presidents say they are only “somewhat prepared” for the rise of the “minority majority” student population…

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Higher Education Officials to Reorganize

Louisiana’s higher education officials are making moves to address efficiency and access as they continue to rebuild in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita…

Leadership & Policy

Study: Most Community Colleges Not Fully Prepared for Demographic Shift

A majority of community college presidents say they are only “somewhat prepared” for the rise of the “minority majority” student population, according to survey results released at the 86th American Association of Community Colleges convention last week.

Native Americans

Chippewa Tribe Seeks to Curb Drug Epidemic By Testing at North Dakota Community College

Officials of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa are taking steps to address what they say is an epidemic drug problem on the northern North Dakota reservation…

Leadership & Policy

Community College Instructor Apologizes for Racially Insensitive Question Regarding Condoleezza Rice

A community college math instructor has apologized for a test question apparently involving U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that students complained was racially insensitive…

The Evolution of Educational Opportunities

Higher education has evolved to the extent that it touches the lives of most American adults, who at some point, will acquire skills and knowledge in a post-secondary institution…

Leadership & Policy

Douglass College Saved — Sort of

When Rutgers University President Richard McCormick proposed a radical reorganization last year to consolidate the undergraduate colleges…

African-American Males Conference Inspires

The statistics presented at the African-American Males in Education conference held late last month were downright painful at times. But for the 650 educators…

Professioanl Appointments

Dr. Juliette B. Bell has been appointed vice provost and chancellor for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University (N.C.). She had served as dean of FSU’s College of Basic and Applied Sciences, was a professor of chemistry and was director of the Biomedical Research Program. Bell earned a bachelor’s from Talladega College and a doctorate […]

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