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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
Perspectives: A2MEND Addressing Issues Facing Black Males in Higher Education
Since its founding in 2005, the African American Male Education Network and Development (A2MEND) organization has grown from an organization that identified the main component of their mission to “create an affirming academic and professional environment for African-Americans,” to an organization that is actively achieving this mission through providing workshops and presentations throughout California and the United States.
May 7, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Bowling Green State President Named Next Leader of Howard University
Bowling Green State University President Sidney A. Ribeau has been named president of Howard University, its Board of Trustees announced Wednesday.
May 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
New Chancellor Named For UMass-Amherst
An administrator and German scholar who has made a career of working at public universities has been selected to be the next chancellor of the University of Massachusetts’ flagship Amherst campus.
April 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
African-U.S. University Partnerships Among Collaborations Urged By Global Leaders
In this globalized society, the need for intellectual collaboration across continents, cultures, institutions and disciplines is imperative in solving the scientific and technological mysteries that lie ahead, said panelists during the opening session Wednesday of the Higher Education Summit for Global Development at the Department of State.
April 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Twenty-Nine Years of Being on the Front Lines Of Affirmative Action
Twenty-nine years ago when I started working in this field, I knew little and had no exposure to the underpinnings of this difficult compensatory process called affirmative action. I sought friends who were working in the field and began a process of acquiring all the knowledge I could about the laws and what they were intended to do.
April 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Unique Approach to Funding Community College Operations
As community colleges continue to serve an increasingly diverse student body, enrollment continues to grow along with capacity challenges. Developing a facilities master plan is critical to serving students and ensuring their success. It takes more than a master plan, however, to actually design and construct buildings. Financing the facilities is job No. 1.
April 30, 2008
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Students
Remedying the Black Male “Crisis”
With high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend.
April 30, 2008
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Students
A FUNDRAISING BLUEPRINT
Howard University sets the bar high for its largest ever capital campaign, and now plans to share the secrets of its success with fellow HBCUs.
April 30, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Grants & Gifts
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF NURSING (Ga.) has been awarded the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant of $335,299 for three years from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Spencer and Teagle Foundations’ initiative for Systematic Improvement of Undergraduate Education […]
April 30, 2008
Leadership & Policy
SC State Plans to Display James Brown Memorabilia
An exhibit of James Brown memorabilia is being organized at South Carolina State University.
April 28, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Challenged D.C. Schools Chief Bringing Reform Story to Academia, National Media
One of the biggest education stories in the United States in 2007 was the unexpected appointment of education reform leader Michelle Rhee as the chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools.
April 28, 2008
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Students
In Changing Economy, Graduate School Becoming a Necessity
Access to graduate education is an invaluable resource for this generation of Americans. For the “public good” of the nation, the U.S. government must allocate more in the way of financial support and public policy to ensure that students have access to and experience success in some form of graduate studies, a new study reports.
April 24, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Panel: WVU Improperly Granted Degree to Governor’s Daughter
An independent panel has chastised West Virginia University for retroactively awarding the governor’s daughter a master’s degree she did not earn.
April 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Orangeburg Massacre Survivor Named College President
Cleveland Sellers, a survivor of the deadly 1968 protest known as the Orangeburg Massacre, was named president of Voorhees College on Tuesday by the school’s board of trustees.
April 22, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UMES First HBCU To Receive the PGA Professional Golf Management Program
University of Maryland Eastern Shore officials announced this week at a press conference that the institution has become the 20th university to attain the highly sought after Professional Golf Association’s Professional Golf Management University Program.
April 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UMES First HBCU To Recieve The PGA Professional Golf Management Program
University of Maryland Eastern Shore officials announced this week at a press conference that the institution has become the 20th university to attain the highly sought after Professional Golf Association’s Professional Golf Management University Program.
April 17, 2008
Students
Industry Experts Urge College Boards to Exert More Oversight
With so many campus controversies of late, from the alleged misappropriation of college funds by some leaders to the alleged kickbacks from student loan providers to some financial aid officials, the role of board of trustee members comes into question.
April 16, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Texas Southern University President Plans New Direction for University
Texas Southern University has spent the last two years in the headlines because of financial mismanagement and the firing of previous president Priscilla Slade. Dr. John Rudley, the newly appointed president of TSU, discusses the new vision for the Houston historically Black university.
April 16, 2008
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