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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
On DiverseEducation.com
A diverse group of professors are blogging on issues affecting people of color in the academy. Here are some excerpts; visit www.DiverseEducation.com to read more.
September 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
Dr. Cecilia Y. M. Cervantes has been named president of Hennepin Technical College (Minn.). Previously, she served as president of the College of Alameda in California. Cervantes earned a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Texas at El Paso. DR. PATRICIA ALEXANDER has been named the new Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy at […]
September 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
‘On Fire’ for Bennett: A Conversation With President Julianne Malveaux
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett College, recently spoke to Diverse at the end of her first year as president of one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women.
September 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Michigan State Revokes Mugabe’s Honorary Degree
Michigan State University trustees Friday stripped Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of an honorary law degree it gave him in 1990, citing a pattern of human rights abuses and political repression.
September 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Texas Colleges Clean Up After Hurricane Ike
While emergency crews in southeast Texas continued rescuing victims and trying to restore normalcy in the wake of Hurricane Ike, the resumption of college classes in the region was uncertain late Sunday.
September 14, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
Dr. Guy Bailey has been appointed president of Texas Tech University. Previously, he served as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bailey earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Alabama and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee. DR. DAVID KROLL has been named the first chairperson of the pharmaceutical sciences department […]
September 3, 2008
Students
Virginia Tech to Increase Investment in Diversity
Virginia Tech plans to invest nearly $1 million over the next five years to increase ethnic diversity on campus.
September 1, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College Board Reports Most Diverse Class of SAT Test-takers on Record
A record-number of students took the SAT this year, and the increase reflects on this year’s average scores, which showed no improvement over last year and were the lowest in nearly a decade.
August 26, 2008
Students
United Tribes Powwow Committee Hosts Annual Celebration
The United Tribes Powwow Committee is once against hosting one of the longest-running contest powwows in the country.
August 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Kansas University Fires Debate Coach Who Lost Temper Over Racism Accusation
Fort Hays State University has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear.
August 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Report Urges U.S. Colleges to Adopt Europe’s Higher Education Accountability Reforms
It’s far from certain whether the U.S. higher education accountability movement will see colleges and universities nationally instituting learning standards and other accountability measures.
August 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Public Roles, Private Lives
Universities have become cognizant of the independent lives of presidential spouses, but it’s still a role these “accidental ambassadors” must grow into.
August 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College Presidents Seek Debate on Drinking Age
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
August 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Newspaper: NCCU Operated Satellite Campus
North Carolina Central University officials are trying to decide what to do with about 50 students who attended a satellite campus at a megachurch near Atlanta run by a school trustee.
August 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Newspaper: NCCU Operated Satellite Campus
North Carolina Central University officials are trying to decide what to do with about 50 students who attended a satellite campus at a megachurch near Atlanta run by a school trustee.
August 10, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Fired Bishop State Instructor Ordered Rehired
A fired Bishop State Community College food service instructor who enrolled in his own course has been ordered rehired with back pay by an arbitrator who ruled his dismissal was unfair.
August 10, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Study: Impending Community College Leadership Shortfall Could Be Avoided Through Diversity Efforts
A significant number of community college presidents will be retiring in coming years, creating a leadership void that could be filled through a concerted effort to groom more minorities and women, according to a new report.
August 7, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Education Department Launches Effort to Simplify Aid Formula
The U.S. Department of Education is launching an effort to reform and simplify how college students apply for and receive financial aid.
August 6, 2008
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