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ANAND S. DESAI
ANAND S. DESAI has been named dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University. He will assume the position in July. Desai is currently associate dean for academic administration at Kansas State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, a master’s from Iowa State University, an MBA from Oklahoma State University and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.
June 10, 2015
Faculty & Staff
JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS
JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS has been appointed president of Dakota State University, effective in late summer. She is currently vice president for academic affairs at Bryant University. She earned a bachelor’s and a doctorate from University College London.
June 10, 2015
Students
Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males
14 members of three fraternities at The Ohio State University (OSU) traveled to China last month, where they choreographed a step show for Chinese students as part of a cross-cultural awareness program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
June 10, 2015
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College Board Says Printing Error Won’t Affect SAT Scores
The College Board says test booklets for hundreds of thousands of students who took SAT exams last Saturday contained an error but that it won’t affect test scores.
June 9, 2015
Home
Government Plan to Help More Students Erase Debt Raises Questions
A government plan to wipe out loans for many of the students who attended the now-disgraced for-profit Corinthian Colleges raises serious questions about whether the White House or Congress should have done more to prevent the debacle.
June 9, 2015
African-American
Marginalization, Demonization of Black Women is Real
Many Americans have witnessed the dramatic, intense and shocking video of several unarmed Black teenagers at a suburban pool party being held at gunpoint by a McKinney, Texas, police officer.
June 9, 2015
HBCUs
Toldson, Belton Named Finalists for Southern University Job
Dr. Ray Belton and Dr. Ivory Toldson are the last candidates standing in the search for a new president of the Southern University System and chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus.
June 9, 2015
Community Colleges
Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar College, a historic, all-women’s institution that is scheduled to be closed in August, has been granted a temporary reprieve.
June 9, 2015
Students
Arhin Resuscitates Fayetteville State Nursing Program
When Afua O. Arhin arrived at Fayetteville State to take over the nursing program in 2010, the program had been suspended due to low pass rates.
June 9, 2015
Students
Whistleblower: Penn State Ignored Frat Abuse Complaints
PHILADELPHIA ― A former student who blew the whistle on a Penn State fraternity’s secret Facebook page featuring photos of naked women said the university ignored his complaints about sexual assault, hazing and drug use.
June 9, 2015
Community Colleges
University of Oklahoma to Require Freshman Diversity Class
NORMAN, Okla. ― University of Oklahoma freshmen will now be required to take a five-hour course dealing with diversity issues before completing their first year of college.
June 9, 2015
International
ED Plans to Minimize Loan Debt for Corinthian Students
The federal government is taking steps to wipe out the bulk of the student loan debt of those who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges.
June 9, 2015
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Diverse Conversations: Why Diversity on Campus Matters in Real World
It’s easy to think of college campuses as islands ― academic havens with little interaction with the greater world beyond.
June 9, 2015
Students
Honoring Cultural Traditions of Native Graduates
Native graduates receive their eagle feathers and plumes and proudly wear them on their graduation caps or tied in their hair.
June 9, 2015
African-American
Higher Ed Embracing Global Learning Surge
The demand for students to be prepared in today’s interconnected world has brought about a surge in global learning.
June 9, 2015
Policies
Americans Like Their Health Care, But Think The System Stinks
If America has the best health care system in the world, as some people like to say, then the setups in other countries must really be crummy. How come? Well, check out the disheartening results of a poll just out from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. Fifty-five percent […]
June 8, 2015
Opinion
‘San Andreas’ Movie Stereotypes Academics
Are all professors doomed to not kiss the girl and look like Paul Giamatti?
June 8, 2015
Students
Ohio State to Offer New Grants to 12,400 In-state Undergrads
COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Ohio State University says 12,400 students will qualify for new need-based grants next year as part of the school’s effort to make it more affordable to low- and middle-income families.
June 8, 2015
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