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African-American
On The Front Line of Health Care
Physician assistants, nurse practitioners take on primary care duties that were once the exclusive domain of physicians.
November 13, 2011
African-American
UNCF Conference Town Hall Meeting Focus on Creative Strategies for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Panelists offered up a wide array of solutions — from beefing up community and corporate partnerships to seeking diversified funding sources – as ways to tackle the problems that show no sign of subsiding.
November 13, 2011
Faculty & Staff
UMBC’s President Hrabowski Pursues Greatness Agenda
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski has been instrumental in shaping the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, into a STEM success story.
November 12, 2011
African-American
Improved Minority Teacher Recruitment Tied to Increasing Alternative Certification Programs
A Center for American Progress panel discussion on Wednesday sought to elevate the discussion on the merits of making America’s K-12 teaching force more diverse.
November 9, 2011
Sports
Governor: Let University of North Dakota Dump Fighting Sioux Nickname
Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers on Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.
November 8, 2011
Students
Tuskegee University Launching Ambitious Capital Campaign
Tuskegee University, a historically Black private university in Tuskegee, Alabama, has announced that it is launching the largest capital campaigns in its 130-year history.
November 8, 2011
African-American
Black Classic Deal Is Off
Black Classic Press, one of DiverseBooks.net’s member publishers, said it has cancelled plans to acquire the Howard University Press backlist.
November 7, 2011
Students
Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative
The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution.
November 7, 2011
African-American
Rev. Jesse Jackson Honored at Georgetown University
Activists, scholars and supporters who paid tribute to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Monday applauded the idea that the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act and Jackson’s run for the presidency in 1984 paved the way for President Barack Obama’s historic candidacies in 2004 and 2008.
November 7, 2011
Latinx
Professor Honored for His Work in Unearthing Treasures From Spain’s Golden Age
Dr. Ralph DiFranco excavates libraries and literary collections in the U.S. and abroad, digging for forgotten poetry and ballads from Spain’s Golden Age.
November 6, 2011
Faculty & Staff
College Prep Summer Programs Target Talented, Low-Income Students
Elite colleges team up to give talented yet impoverished youths the skills necessary to apply, gain admission and thrive at the nation’s most selective higher education institutions.
November 3, 2011
Disabilties
Tennessee Educators Seek to Improve College Completion
Tennessee’s higher education leaders are strategizing about how to help more students finish college.
November 2, 2011
Students
Congressman Bobby Rush Compares NCAA to Mafia
The Democratic congressman from Chicago compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes.
November 2, 2011
Leadership & Policy
An Appreciation: Arthur Johnson
Community and higher education leaders in Detroit credit Arthur Johnson with helping them see their community – Motor City – in broader, positive ways.
November 2, 2011
African-American
New Orleans’ Dillard University Gets New President
Dillard University on Tuesday named a new president, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, to take over the helm of the historically Black college in New Orleans.
November 1, 2011
African-American
National Report Card Shows Only a Third of Country’s Fourth- and Eighth-Graders Proficient in Reading and Math
The numbers were even more dire for African-American and Hispanic students, whose proficiency rates ranged from 24 percent to as low as 13 percent.
November 1, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Professors Upset Over Bill to Ban Partner Benefits
At least seven have signed a letter, asking Gov. Rick Snyder not to sign House Bill 4770 into law if it is passed by the Senate; meanwhile, a university official said the benefits are important for recruiting and keeping top faculty.
October 31, 2011
African-American
Temple University’s Medical School Leads a Crime-fighting Team
The center’s interdisciplinary team consists of faculty from throughout the university, including the schools of education and business, the law school and the college of criminal justice.
October 31, 2011
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