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Section: Institutions
African-American
HistoryMakers Collection Finds Home at Library of Congress
Kenneth E. Reeves, facing front, discusses his trailblazing role as a student at Harvard College and later as the first African-American mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo Courtesy of The HistoryMakers Collection at the Library of Congress)
July 8, 2014
African-American
San Diego State Leading Effort to Document Status of Minority Males in Community Colleges
The Minority Male Community College Collaborative is utilizing a survey designed to help community college faculty, staff and administrators understand how campus climate and racial identity affect the college experience of minority male students.
July 7, 2014
Community Colleges
For-Profit Colleges to Sell Most Campuses
The troubled for-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. and the Education Department reached an agreement late Thursday that has 85 of the company’s 100-plus campuses going up for sale, and 12 others closing.
July 6, 2014
Sports
Community College Athletics No Longer Warm-up Acts for Bigger Stage
A robust world of sports-driven enthusiasm can be found on the campuses of junior colleges across the country.
July 6, 2014
Faculty & Staff
The People’s Choice
In this issue Diverse profiles UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, one of the few South Asian college presidents in the country. He has made diversity a central focus, winning praise from inside and outside the institution.
July 3, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Howard-Vital Steps Down as Cheyney University President
Cheyney University is the latest HBCU to experience a swift change in leadership, about a month before undergraduate students are scheduled to return to campus.
July 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Process to Pick New College President in Philadelphia Proves Problematic
The unconventional search process for a new community college president at CCP managed to both frustrate faculty and embattle a mayor and new president.
July 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Saginaw Valley State Gives Police Data on City’s Crime Trends
Saginaw Valley State University professors and students have shared with police their recent work to identify crime trends in Saginaw, noting poverty and vacant homes as key factors in the city.
July 2, 2014
Community Colleges
For-Profit College Company Doesn’t Seal Deal With Feds
Corinthian Colleges Inc. and the Education Department failed to meet a deadline to plan the future of the company’s 100-plus campuses, but both remain optimistic.
July 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Napolitano Aims to Grow University of California Role in Fighting Hunger
University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she plans to leverage the state’s role in agriculture and research to tackle one of the world’s most pressing problems: food.
July 1, 2014
Students
Booker T. Washington Descendant: Fight for Quality Education Constant
Amanda Washington, Booker T. Washington’s great-great granddaughter, assesses the state of education 50 years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 1, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Southern University System Names McClinton as Interim Chancellor
The Southern University System Board of Supervisors selected Flandus McClinton Jr. to serve as acting chancellor for Southern University Baton Rouge.
June 30, 2014
HBCUs
Jurors to Get Case in Ex-South Carolina State University Trustee’s Trial
Jurors are expected to begin deliberating the fate of a former South Carolina State University trustee charged with corruption.
June 30, 2014
Students
Sexual Assaults on Campus? Administrators Should Heed Tips from Renowned Reporter
After his latest major story, higher ed officials should be reading and following Walt Bogdanich’s work in The New York Times and using it as a cautionary tale.
June 30, 2014
Students
Student Loan Interest Rates Increasing
Interest rates go up today for students taking out new federal loans. This hike is relatively minimal but could foreshadow more increases to come.
June 30, 2014
Students
Grimes, Warren Hit McConnell on Student Loan Debt
Brandon Davis has an undergraduate degree, a law degree and more than $200,000 in student loans ― which is why he is living with his future in-laws.
June 29, 2014
HBCUs
Millet Named Stillman College President; Warrick in as Grambling State Interim
Peter Millet is taking over permanently as president of Stillman College as the sixth president of the historically Black school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
June 29, 2014
African-American
Confrontation Between Campus Security, Professor Puts Arizona State in Spotlight
Physical encounter involving Dr. Ersula Ore reignites an age-old discussion among academics about how minorities — including minority faculty — are policed by campus officers who are charged with safeguarding the university and its surrounding areas.
June 29, 2014
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