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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appoitments
DR. LORI BETTISON-VARGA has been appointed president of Scripps College (Calif.), effective July 1. She is currently provost and dean of the faculty at Whitman College. Bettison-Varga earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California, Davis. ROXANNA JOKELA is director of alumni relations […]
April 29, 2009
Leadership & Policy
UNCF Wrestles with New Economy, Old Issues
Despite the bleak economy, UNCF president has high hopes for HBCUs with the Obama administration.
April 29, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Morris Brown College Partners With Online Education Company for New Business Plan
Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of Education Online Services Corp., and Morris Brown College in Atlanta are partnering to launch several full online degree programs for Morris Brown students.
April 22, 2009
Students
In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
April 15, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
KEVIN K. WASHBURN, of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been appointed dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, effective June 30. He previously served as the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. Washburn earned a bachelor’s from the University of Oklahoma […]
April 15, 2009
Leadership & Policy
University of Maryland Senate Eliminates Invocation From Commencement
The senate at the University of Maryland, College Park has voted to eliminate the invocation from the school’s commencement ceremony, The Washington Post reported.
April 8, 2009
Students
University of New Hampshire Makes Progress in Increasing Diversity
After more than a decade spent recruiting and building a support base for minority students, the University of New Hampshire remains a very White school in a very White state.
April 8, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Rutgers Names First Black Chancellor
Rutgers University’s board has appointed the school’s first Black chancellor.
April 5, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday.
April 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan chose Greg Darnieder as his special assistant for college access.
April 1, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
DR. JIM YONG KIM has been appointed president of Dartmouth College (N.H.). He previously served as a professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and as the François Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. He holds a bachelor’s from Brown University, a medical […]
April 1, 2009
Leadership & Policy
March Madness for Tribal Colleges
Sunday presented a sweet feeling of accomplishment for Andrae Domebo and Dani Augare.
March 26, 2009
Students
In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
“Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
March 25, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Morris Brown Pays Water Bill, Still Has Debt
Morris Brown has finally paid its $380,000 overdue water bill in full, a three-month effort against seemingly long odds as the historically Black college struggled for survival.
March 22, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Marian University President Resigns
Marian University’s president has resigned, effective immediately.
March 22, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Saving Lives in the Academy and Operating Room
First Hispanic University of Texas System chancellor tackles financial problems and challenges Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.
March 19, 2009
Students
Duncan: Community Colleges Important to Restoring Economy
Miami Dade College nursing student Shelia Martin was re-applying for food stamps online in the school’s downtown computer lab Friday, when she looked up to find Dr. Jill Biden, along with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a dozen news photographers, hovering over her.
March 8, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Saving Lives in the Academy and Operating Room
First Hispanic to head the University of Texas System plans to tackle financial problems and challenge Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.
March 4, 2009
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