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Section: Leadership & Policy
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
Leadership & Policy
Girl, Let’s Talk … About the Academy
Navigating your way to the helm of higher education can be a labyrinthine endeavor because it’s not just about research and teaching; it’s about positioning yourself for the best opportunities and playing by a set of rules unique to academia.
March 4, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Keeping Pace, But Not Catching Up
Although women have surpassed men in degree attainment in many fields, women’s numbers in coveted tenure positions and leadership posts still lag behind.
March 4, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
DR. MARK BREITENBERG is provost of the California College of the Arts. He previously served as dean of Humanities and Design Sciences at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. Breitenberg holds a bachelor’s from the College of William & Mary and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. WANDY […]
March 4, 2009
Faculty & Staff
California State University System Chancellor Takes on K-12
When California State University Chancellor Charles Reed talks about his commitment to cut the racial achievement gap in California’s primary and secondary schools, he has a ready response to those who say K-12 is not really the business of a higher education administrator.
March 3, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Dartmouth’s New President First Asian To Lead Ivy League Institution
A Korean-born doctor and humanitarian known as a leader the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases will become the next president of Dartmouth College.
March 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Indiana U’s Plan to Add Name of Black Basketball Star to Building Named for a Segregationist is Opposed
The widow of the Big Ten’s first Black basketball player says no one from Indiana University ever asked her about possibly adding his name to a campus gymnasium named for a trustee who advocated segregation in the 1940s.
February 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
N.C. A&T State Chancellor Resigns From Post
In a sudden and strange turn of events, North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Stanley Battle has announced that June 30th will be his last day on the job.
February 25, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Fisk Discloses Major New Problems
Fisk University, beset with financial troubles before the nation’s economy began a free fall last year, has joined a growing list of prominent historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) signaling tougher times at hand.
February 24, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Documentary on Landmark Civil Rights Case Premiers Tonight on PBS
PBS tonight will premier a documentary, “A Class Apart,” that sheds light on a landmark Mexican-American civil rights case handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 1954 – two weeks before the watershed Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
February 22, 2009
Students
Analysis: Meltdown Could Force College Aid Shift
Johnny is a middle-class student who worked hard to get good grades and a high SAT score. Jane’s record isn’t as good, but her family is low-income, and without help she might not be able to go to college at all.
February 19, 2009
Leadership & Policy
The Presidential Search ‘Plateau’
Once a pioneer, Massachusetts is experiencing a slowdown in the promotion of minorities to the university president ranks, particularly at elite private institutions.
February 18, 2009
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