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Section: Leadership & Policy
Students
SPECTRUM : A BRIDGE TO THE COMMUNITY
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly lowincome Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
A Bridge to the Community
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly low income Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Myles Brand
Dr. Myles Brand, who fired Bobby Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become an NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 67.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
A Bridge to the Community
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly lowincome Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
‘16 COLLEGES WITH ONE VOICE’
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the state’s education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
Students
A Mediating Force
Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.
September 2, 2009
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Leadership & Policy
‘16 Colleges With One Voice’
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the state’s education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
Students
Will Diversity Factor in the Reshaping the Illinois Board of Trustees?
Making up just 6.2 percent of the student body at Illinois’ flagship institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Black students have long been under-represented.
August 27, 2009
Students
Illinois Gov. Says Scholarships Should Be Need-Based
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday said the university-funded scholarships that state lawmakers hand out should be need-based and be part of discussions this fall at the Capitol about shortfalls in state financial aid funding.
August 26, 2009
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Leadership & Policy
Community College Launches Seven Campus Locations
The College of Western Idaho, the state’s newest community college, has launched seven campus locations.  Bert Glandon, president of the college, said each of the southwestern Idaho locations will offer something different, allowing students to study subjects ranging from horticulture to truck driving.  According to KPAX.com, school officials expect student enrollment for next spring semester […]
August 25, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
CHANGING COURSE
The University of the District of Columbia’s problems are so deep and longstanding that some people thought it would take a rocket scientist to figure them out.
August 19, 2009
Leadership & Policy
ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES
When Miami Attorney Larry R. Handfield joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for the trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the schools money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.
August 19, 2009
Students
THINKING OUTSIDE THE FUNDRAISING BOX
After Dr. Larry Earvin became Huston-Tillotson University president, he crafted an annual black-tie gala to raise scholarship funds.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Building the Bridge to Obama
White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and the Obama administration.
August 19, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM : GETTING TO KNOW LISA MENZIES
No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the significance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students.
August 19, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Getting to Know Lisa Menzies
No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the signifi cance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students in the nation. As a former HBCU student, she already knows. That is why six years ago […]
August 19, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Building the Bridge to the Obama Administration
New White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and Obama.
August 19, 2009
Students
Thinking Outside of the Fundraising Box
From black-tie events to direct deposit donations from alumni, private HBCUs are finding success in creative fundraising.
August 19, 2009
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