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Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy
Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy The U.S. Senate has another new bill to promote historic preservation at HBCUs — a plan with new provisions recommended by UNCF-The College Fund.The plan introduced by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is similar to other bills introduced this session but with additional provisions suggested by UNCF, congressional aides say. […]
Leadership & Policy
Instructional Technology Training Center Launched
Instructional Technology Training Center LaunchedLOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif.A regional instructional technology training center for teachers was dedicated earlier this month on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif. With the goal of bridging the digital divide, officials at Foothill College opened the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Made […]
Leadership & Policy
Campus and Community: An Enduring Relationship
Campus and Community: An Enduring RelationshipFrank Lloyd Wright once said, “No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.” Similarly, it’s neither realistic nor responsible for a university to believe it can […]
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Grambling’s Accreditation Dilemma to Come Down To the Deadline
Grambling’s Accreditation Dilemma to Come Down To the DeadlineBATON ROUGE, La.Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle said last month he will not know until the deadline time of mid-September if a Grambling University financial audit will pass muster, thus saving the school’s accreditation.“Today, I have no better idea of what the outcome will be. It won’t be […]
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Marcia Y. Cantarella has been named vice president of student affairs at Audrey Cohen College in New York City. Most recently, Cantarella was an assistant dean at Princeton University. Cantarella earned a bachelor’s degree in political studies from Bryn Mawr College, and both a master’s and a doctorate in American Studies from New […]
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Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: A Leader for the Long Haul
A Leader for the Long HaulDr. Luns RichardsonMorris CollegeDr. Luns Richardson is reluctant to consider himself a sage, but when it comes to institutional transformation, his higher education story merits recognition. Compared to the others featured in this series — all who have been at their posts for less than 20 years — Richardson is […]
Faculty & Staff
Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: ‘Plugged in’ in the Piedmont
‘Plugged in’ in the PiedmontDr. Dorothy Cowser YancyJohnson C. Smith UniversityIt takes a lot of personal energy to be a college president, especially when one’s goal is to achieve more than the status quo. Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy has always been known as someone with energy to spare. As the president of Johnson C. Smith University, […]
Leadership & Policy
Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: Waking up a Sleepy Campus
Waking up a Sleepy CampusDr. David G. CarterEastern Connecticut State UniversitySometimes, the plans you don’t make lead to the greatest opportunities. Such has been the experience of Dr. David George Carter, president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Carter, who spent the early stages of his career as a K-12, public school administrator in Dayton, Ohio, […]
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Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: An Alum to the Rescue
An Alum to the RescueDr. Henry Nehemiah Tisdale Claflin UniversityWhen Dr. Henry Nehemiah Tisdale assumed the presidency of Claflin University in 1994, the small historically Black institution had an unremarkable reputation. Founded in 1869 with the help of Methodist missionaries, Claflin is the oldest HBCU in the state of South Carolina. During its first century, it […]
Leadership & Policy
Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around
Secrets of the Presidential Turn-AroundVision, leadership and old-fashioned hard work help troubled schools reboundBy Cheryl D. FieldsIn today’s competitive higher education market, where institutions are struggling to balance the demands of tightening budgets, expanding technology needs, burgeoning enrollments and salary crunches, presidents who have a knack for turning water into wine are a sought-after lot. […]
Faculty & Staff
Wait Until This Year
Wait Until This YearThe enduring quality of higher education is that each year about this time, as we kick off the academic season, we all get a chance to start over again. Whether it be the freshman who got into college by the skin of his or her teeth, the seasoned faculty sage or the […]
Students
Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial Aid
Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial AidMany high-achieving students still unable to afford a college educationLow-income, high-achieving students face tremendous barriers to success in college, largely due to limited financial aid funds, representatives of Black and Hispanic colleges told Congress last month.“Let me be very clear — adequate student financial assistance is fundamentally […]
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