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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Princeton Forms Diversity Council for Staff Related Diversity Matters
Princeton University has formed a new Diversity Council to advise the offices of the provost and executive vice president on staff-related diversity matters.
July 2, 2008
Leadership & Policy
SACS Votes to Continue Florida A&M University’s Accreditation
On his first day in office, Florida A&M University President Dr. James Ammons graciously asked the FAMU family of alumni, students, faculty and staff for 500 days to resolve the university’s nagging fiscal matters, pending accreditation probation and a flurry of personnel problems.
June 26, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Presidential Memoirs
A conversation with outgoing Johnson C. Smith University President Dorothy C. Yancy
June 25, 2008
Students
Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 24, 2008
Students
Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
The College Board Says SAT Writing Section Is More Predictive of College Success Than High School GPA for Minorities
The writing portion of the SAT, added three years ago, is the best predictor of college performance for incoming college freshmen, according to a new report released by the College Board, owner of the SAT.
June 17, 2008
Students
Educators Outline Steps to Ensure Student Access During Economic Uncertainty
Federal, state, institutional and private parties need to rethink how they are helping — and even hindering low- and moderate-income students’ advancement in higher education, said panelists at an event at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development on Friday.
June 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Umass-Amherst Revokes Honorary Degree To Zimbabwe Leader
The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees has revoked an honorary degree awarded two decades ago to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
June 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Robotics Development Complex To Be Built at Alabama Community College
A robotics research and development complex will be built at Calhoun Community College in Decatur and is expected to train 450 people a year, Gov. Bob Riley announced Monday.
June 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
It’s All About Degrees Conferred
College rankings have always been a bit controversial, but over the last year debates over such lists, particularly U.S. News’ rankings, have really heated up.
June 11, 2008
Students
The Lawyer From Lafayette
Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Norman Francis, celebrates 40 years at the helm of one of the nation’s top HBCUs.
June 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Tribal College With an ‘Edge’
Created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma.
June 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Eastern Mich. Agrees to Pay $350K in Fines in Killing Case
Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay $350,000 in fines for covering up the rape and killing of a student in her dorm room by telling reporters and her parents there were no signs of foul play.
June 8, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Va. Court Upholds Women’s College Move to Coed
A former all-women’s college did not break a contract with female students when it decided to enroll men, a divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday.
June 8, 2008
Faculty & Staff
WVU President Calls Resignation ‘Difficult’
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison said Friday he will resign in September to end the controversy surrounding the improper awarding of a master’s degree to the governor’s daughter.
June 8, 2008
Students
HBCUs as Liberatory Agents
Black colleges maintained vital resources for sustaining the Black freedom struggle of the middle 20th century. Logistically, they were institutions with a pre-organized group of constituents, established leaders, networks and meeting space.
June 3, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Making the Leap
Sitting through a session at the annual American Council on Education meeting in February on “Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency,” the presenters discussed recent findings from the ACE study “The American College President.”
May 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Forming a Pipeline To the Presidency
Many efforts have helped increase the number of women and ethnic minorities in college presidencies, but Asian Americans have not kept pace.
May 14, 2008
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