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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Homeland Security and UT Brownsville Reach Accord on Campus Border Fence
The University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement this week barring the government from condemning any university land and committing the school to beefing up security along its existing fence, according to wire reports…
August 5, 2008
Leadership & Policy
School Trustees Blast Ouster Decision as ‘Racist’
Trustees of the historically Black and financially troubled North Forest school district Saturday blasted the state’s decision to disband the school board, calling the order racist and unwarranted.
August 4, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Men Win Suit Against Scandal-scarred Texas Southern
Three former Texas Southern University students credited with helping expose a spending scandal that led to indictments of top administrators won a retaliation lawsuit against school officials.
August 3, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Former S.C. State University President Suing School
The former president of South Carolina State University filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the school and its trustees last week, accusing board members of acting improperly in his firing last year.
August 3, 2008
Students
Wide-ranging bill aims to rein in college costs
Congress wants to blow the whistle on colleges that raise tuition sharply, while helping students pay less for textbooks and making Pell grants available year-round part of a wide-ranging bill designed to address concerns about rising college costs.
July 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Phoenix Police: College Shooter Was Punched First
The most seriously wounded of three people shot in a community-college computer lab had punched the gunman in the face before he opened fire, police say.
July 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New Council at UK Works to Reach More Latino Students
The University of Kansas’s newly formed Latino Vision Council is working to find ways to assist Latinos in gaining access to college.
July 29, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Leaders of New Idaho Community College Propose Scaled-back Budget
Administrators for Idaho’s newest college, scheduled to open in January, have proposed cutting a quarter of the school’s budget to avoid breaking a promise to voters to keep property taxes down.
July 23, 2008
Students
Capturing a Different Picture
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute helps to train a new generation of minority newsroom professionals.
July 23, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Chat With Southern University Chancellor Kofi Lomotey
Weeks before formally assuming his position as the new chancellor of Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge, Dr. Kofi Lomotey sat down with Diverse to discuss the future of the institution and other historically Black colleges including Fisk University, where Lomotey previously served as executive vice president, provost and professor.
July 22, 2008
Students
Education Department Launches Effort to Simplify Student Aid Formula
Under Secretary of Education Sara Martinez Tucker calls for revamping federal aid formula at national summit.
July 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UMDNJ Probing Extent of ‘KKK’ Hazing Incident
The president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey says the school is looking into whether more people were involved in an apparent racist hazing incident.
July 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UMDNJ Probing Extent of ‘KKK’ Hazing Incident
The president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey says the school is looking into whether more people were involved in an apparent racist hazing incident.
July 16, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Delta College’s Accreditation Threatened
The president of San Joaquin Delta College says his school is in danger of losing its accreditation with a nonprofit that evaluates community colleges if officials fail to develop a new code of ethics.
July 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A New Generation of College Leadership
This summer, Diverse reporters will crisscross the nation to chat with a dynamic group of college presidents.
July 9, 2008
Leadership & Policy
The Mother Tongue
Creole: A search for a common language.
July 9, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
Dr. Carolyn “Biddy” Martin has been appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she served as provost at Cornell University. Martin earned a bachelor’s from the College of William & Mary, a master’s from Middlebury College and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. DR. GEORGE ACQUAAH has been named dean of Bowie State […]
July 9, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Conversation With FAMU’s Dr. James H. Ammons
On the anniversary of his first year at the helm of Florida A&M University, Dr. James H. Ammons talks to Diverse about overcoming the accreditation, fiscal and morale challenges the institution faced and the future role historically Black colleges and universities will play in addressing Black male achievement issues, among others affecting the Black community.
July 8, 2008
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