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Senate OKs Bill to Allow Gun Carry on Tennessee Campuses

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The state Senate on Tuesday voted to allow faculty and workers with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of Tennessee public colleges and universities. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell passed on a 28-5 vote, and the House was expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Republican Gov. […]

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MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH

MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH has been named president of Contra Costa College. She was interim president of Contra Costa. Mehdizadeh earned a bachelor’s from San Francisco State University and a master’s from California State University, East Bay.

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RAJEEV PARIKH

RAJEEV PARIKH has been named executive vice president for academic affairs at American International College. He was dean of the Walker College of Business and Management at Mercyhurst University. Parikh received a bachelor’s and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address

President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]

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Michigan College President Could be Fired Over Spending

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A college in southwestern Michigan says the school’s new president was suspended and could be fired because of unapproved spending and improper management. Jennifer Spielvogel was suspended with pay Friday at Lake Michigan College, near Benton Harbor. She started in January after working at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Lake Michigan […]

Diverse on the Go

Vice President Ralph Newell will be representing Diverse at the AACC 96th Annual Convention this weekend in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. Please stop by the Diverse exhibit at booth #1320. Staff writer Jamaal Abdul-Alim is covering the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting today through Sunday in Washington, D.C.

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UNC President: Campuses Must Follow Transgender Law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system will follow the state’s new law about transgender people by requiring all bathrooms to be designated for use by people based on their biological sex, the system president wrote in a memo to chancellors. President Margaret Spellings said in the memo that […]

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University of Arizona President Keeping Controversial Job at For-profit DeVry

TUCSON, Ariz. — The president of Arizona’s second-largest university continues to face criticism over a side job as a board member for the company that operates DeVry University, a for-profit school facing a lawsuit from the federal government alleging that it misled students about job prospects. The University of Arizona’s Ann Weaver Hart took the […]

Ex-Indianapolis Mayor Drops Bid for Ivy Tech President

INDIANAPOLIS ― One prominent candidate is out of the running to head up Indiana’s statewide community college system, with former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard withdrawing his name. Ballard and former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann were among more than 30 applicants to become the new president of Ivy Tech Community College. Ballard said in a statement […]

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Green Named New University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor

LINCOLN, Neb. ― The new chancellor of the University of Nebraska’s Lincoln campus has been selected from the university system’s ranks. Ronnie Green, 54, was named Wednesday as UNL’s new chancellor by NU President Hank Bounds. Green previously served as vice president for agriculture and natural resources of the NU system and is UNL’s Harlan […]

Faculty & Staff

Report: 19 UC Berkeley Employees Violated Harassment Policy

BERKELEY, Calif. ― Documents released by the University of California, Berkeley show 19 employees, including six faculty members, were found to have sexually harassed students, employees or both since 2011. The records obtained Tuesday by the East Bay Times after a Public Records Act request reveal 11 new cases that had not been disclosed during […]

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Thought Leader

Diverse salutes community college pioneer Terry O’Banion, the 2016 recipient of the Diverse Champion Award.

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