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Asian American Pacific Islander
ANDRE FORTUNE
ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fortune earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
LEAH BORNSTEIN
LEAH BORNSTEIN has been named president of Aims Community College in Colorado, effective August 1. She was president of Coconino Community College in Arizona. Bornstein earned an associate and bachelor’s from Bradford College in Massachusetts, a master’s from the University of Vermont and a doctorate from the University of Denver.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL has been named chief diversity officer of Dominican University in Illinois. Radford-Hill was executive director of the Diversity Center at Luther College in Iowa. She earned a bachelor’s from DePaul University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Columbia Commonwealth University.
July 13, 2015
African-American
RICARDO JACQUEZ
RICARDO JACQUEZ has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management at California State University, Chico, effective August 1. He is currently dean of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Jacquez earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from New Mexico State, and a doctorate from Virginia Tech.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
ANDREA LEWIS MILLER
ANDREA LEWIS MILLER has been appointed president of Lemoyne-Owen College in Tennessee, effective September 1. She was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Lemoyne-Owen, and a master’s and a doctorate from Atlanta University.
July 13, 2015
African-American
Claflin Named HBCU of the Year
Claflin University took home HBCU of the year at the AARP HBCU Awards presented by Hampton University July 10.
July 12, 2015
Disabilties
ED Enforces Complaint System for Colleges and Universities
In an effort to avert fiascos that leave college students in a lurch, the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month began enforcement of a federal requirement for colleges and universities to have complaint systems in place for students.
July 12, 2015
Faculty & Staff
NAACP Growing Youth Numbers
Despite criticism that the NAACP has not done enough to bring more youth into the organization, the NAACP has seen its youth numbers increase in the wake of the recent deaths of unarmed Black men.
July 12, 2015
African-American
In Case You Missed It …
Cal State Campuses Preserving Painful Piece of U.S. History Study: Community Colleges a Destination University of California’s Fall 2015 Freshman Numbers Sound an Alarm Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification
July 9, 2015
Native Americans
Native American Teens from Across U.S. Gather for Summit
More than 875 Native American youths from across the nation are gathering Thursday in Washington, D.C., for a first-of-its-kind summit called by the White House.
July 9, 2015
Students
South Carolina’s Action on Flag Leads NCAA to Lift Ban
As a result of the South Carolina’s decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its capitol grounds, the NCAA is ending a nearly 15-year ban on the state playing host to sanctioned championship events.
July 9, 2015
Students
HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News
The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.
July 9, 2015
African-American
Higher Ed Diversity Officers Bound for Cuba
A group of chief diversity officers and deans from U.S. colleges and universities are traveling to the Caribbean island nation this weekend for a weeklong educational trip.
July 9, 2015
Students
Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification
The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.
July 8, 2015
African-American
N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program
North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.
July 8, 2015
African-American
Addressing the Skills Gap for Students and Young Adults
It is imperative that we address the failings and inequities of our current educational system, and the mathematics curriculum in particular.
July 7, 2015
Students
Study: Community Colleges a Destination
More than a third of the 3.6 million students who started college in the fall of 2008 — 37.2 percent — transferred to a different institution at least once en route to college completion.
July 7, 2015
Faculty & Staff
UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project
In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.
July 6, 2015
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