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Perspectives: Colleges Should Muster Courage To Fight Back

The attack on programs that recruit and retain Black students will have broad consequences on the economic well-being of Black America unless we fight back.

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.

Black Coaches Association To Change Name to Diverse

The Black Coaches Association is changing its name to reflect inclusiveness of other minority groups. The name will be made official following the end of member voting July 1.

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

Civil Rights Panel: Duplication Threatens Black Colleges

Predominately White institutions (PWIs) are duplicating programs offered at historically Black colleges and universities…

One on One With Charles Greene

In an era of declining state funding for higher education, the role federal appropriations play in maintaining and developing the…

Education Department Issues Criteria for “Rigorous” Curriculum

Students at minority-serving colleges and universities are among the primary targets of a new $4.5-billion financial aid windfall…

HBCUs to Participate in North Carolina Research Campus

North Carolina officials believe the February groundbreaking of the North Carolina Research Campus…

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.

HBCU First In North Carolina System To Join iTunes U Program

Education majors at North Carolina Central University will be using Apple iPod technology and iTunes software to download classroom materials via the Internet as early as fall 2006.

HBCU Alums Well Represented in 2006 NBA Playoffs

Historically Black colleges and universities are not the first places that come to mind when you think of professional sports factories. HBCUs rarely play a significant role in the multimillion-dollar college athletics industry and generally don’t send many players into the professional ranks. But those few alums that do make it to the pros seem […]

Leadership & Policy

University of California Struck $23M in Exit Agreements With Former Employees, Say Officials

The University of California paid $23 million to hundreds of employees who left the university in recent years, including those who were laid off, fired without cause or had filed formal grievances, officials said.

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