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University of Kansas Chancellor Addresses Diversity Issues

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas’ chancellor says hiring a new provost and addressing campus concerns about race are among her top priorities. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was hired by the university in 2009. She says it is expected to take six to nine months to hire a new provost. […]

November 30, 2015

African-American

Tradition of Exclusion at PWIs Harmful for Diversity

The success that HBCUs, tribal colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and other minority-serving colleges have with maintaining diversity on their campuses can be attributed to their mission, sense of community and inclusion.

November 30, 2015

African-American

Race Amity Over Enmity Focus of Recent Conference

Expert says, although history books and contemporary media are replete with accounts of enmity between the races, there is a long history of race amity that has not received the same level of attention.

November 29, 2015

Students

Community College Students, Union Call for President’s Exit

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Students and staff at a Rochester community college are calling for the school’s president to leave, citing excessive expenses for the school’s recent centennial celebration as the latest example of her mismanagement. The student association and a faculty and staff union at Rochester Community and Technical College sent an open letter to […]

November 29, 2015

Students

Colleges Trying to Find Ways to Deal with Racial Incidents

WASHINGTON ― Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, damage over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept to […]

November 29, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Lincoln University Tells Parent’s Association to Back Off Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso A Lesson in Isolation: Being Hopi in Higher Education In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy

November 24, 2015

African-American

At UMD, New Frederick Douglass Square Illustrates State’s Racial Duality

Maryland and its flagship campus’ celebration of diversity and inclusion served as an ironic contradiction of the state’s own participation in the limited opportunities for and representations of Black students within its borders.

November 24, 2015

African-American

Time to Save Our HBCUs Ourselves

Business as usual is dead and it is time for HBCUs to adapt to a new environment never seen before.

November 24, 2015

Students

The Folly of Safe Space on Campus

If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?

November 24, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Drake State President Placed on Administrative Leave

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― Helen McAlpine, long-time president at Drake State Community and Technical College in Huntsville, has been placed on administrative leave. The Alabama Community College System Office made the announcement in a statement Monday, and did not give any reason for McAlpine’s leave, but said it is a “personnel matter.” Kemba Chambers, dean of […]

November 24, 2015

African-American

Diverse Conversations: 4 Ways HBCUs Can Prepare Students for Lack of Workplace Diversity

There has to be a blending of what is actually happening in the workplace with what the ideal can be with the right people who work for it.

November 23, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso

An African-American nursing student who was dismissed for low grades has lost her racial discrimination suit against Valparaiso University.

November 22, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Tragedy in Paris Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests

November 20, 2015

Disabilties

Report: Clear Path from Community Colleges to 4-Year Institutions

The Edvance Foundation issued a report that lays out a series of recommendations on how to smooth the transfer pathway from community colleges to four-year institutions.

November 19, 2015

Sports

Official: Tennessee Promise Helps Spike in Higher Ed Enrollment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s free-tuition program has contributed to a spike in students pursuing a postsecondary degree at the state’s public higher education institutions, the program’s executive director said Thursday. Tennessee Promise offers eligible high school seniors free tuition to a two-year community or technical college. According to the Tennessee Higher Education […]

November 19, 2015

African-American

Brown University Students Demand Improved Race Relations

by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A group of 35 graduate students at Brown University have joined together to demand that the Providence school’s administration makes an increased effort to improve race relations on campus. The Providence Journal reports the group, consisting of five graduate student organizations, co-authored a statement released Monday detailing its demands. […]

November 18, 2015

Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TOM TSENG

TOM TSENG has been appointed vice president for development and campaign co-director at the University of Hawaii Foundation. He is senior director of the International Division of the Office of Development at Stanford University. Tseng holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Cornell University.

November 18, 2015