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Ft. Valley State U. Makes Cuts to Grow Amid Challenges, Changes

FORT VALLEY, Ga. The long list academic programs shutting down at Fort Valley State University may seem like a death sentence for the public historically Black institution, but it’s actually part of the school’s plans for a revival. With a new president at the helm, Fort Valley has emerged from a $2.5 million budget deficit […]

December 15, 2007

Two Students Found Dead At LSU

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana Police increased patrols at Louisiana State University while they investigate the killings of two doctoral students from India, but the campus remained open Saturday, the last day of final exams. The decision to keep the campus open was in contrast to the responses at other colleges to reports of gunfire since the […]

December 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Southern State Community College Faculty Moves Towards Strike

HILLSBORO, Ohio — Faculty members at Southern State Community College have taken the first step toward a possible strike.

December 15, 2007

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part II

Last week, Diverse provided the results of a survey we conducted earlier this year on the compensation and salary packages of head coaches football at public historically Black colleges and universities.

December 13, 2007

Researcher Recommends a More Efficient Higher Education System

A researcher says he has identified several issues — including spending patterns and price gouging — that could effectively cut higher education costs and allow more people from low-income families to benefit.

December 13, 2007

Faculty & Staff

CSU Hiring Policy Inconsistent For Minorities, Women

SACRAMENTO Inconsistent hiring practices at the 23 California State University campuses have led to diversity among professors and executives in some departments but not others, a state audit found Tuesday. The CSU system has no way to gauge whether its professors and executives, or even the job candidates it attracts, reflect the available labor pool […]

December 12, 2007

Fisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up Front

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]

December 12, 2007

UMES on Cuomo’s List in Revenue-sharing Scheme

PRINCESS ANNE Md. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s list of 63 colleges that participated in what he says was a deceptive revenue-sharing scheme with a student-loan marketing firm. Cuomo says Florida-based Student Financial Services paid universities and athletic departments for the right to use college mascots […]

December 12, 2007

Just the Stats: Hispanic Students Expect Diversity in College

Nearly three in four Hispanic high school students said racial and ethnic diversity was among the key elements for them in choosing a college or university, according to a survey of minority students who were high school upper classmen or college students.

December 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Cuban-born Woman in Line to Head Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A Cuban-born woman is the only finalist recommended to the Board of Regents for the presidency of the formerly all-male Texas A&M University.

December 12, 2007

Oregon board urges in-state tuition rate for undocumented immigrants

Undocumented immigrant students would be able to pay in-state tuition rates at Oregon’s public universities, under a proposal from a panel of students, faculty and administrators.

December 12, 2007

Poll: Racial Groups View Each Other With Mistrust

America, the proverbial melting pot, is boiling over with racial tension. Tension that may be impeding success for all racial groups, argue analysts from New America Media, the nation’s largest collaboration of ethnic news media.

December 12, 2007

Study Suggests Colleges Do More To Reach Under-represented Students

Information about college from traditional sources is not as accessible to or easily understood by low-income and first-generation students, who tend to rely on high school counselors – when they’re available – and unsolicited marketing materials when researching colleges, according to new research that suggests the best ways to reach under-represented students.

December 12, 2007

Black Student Enrollment Rebounds at UCLA

As a senior honors student at Weston Ranch High School in Stockton, Calif., last spring, Lakea Youngblood gained admission to the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles, California’s two most sought-after public universities.

December 12, 2007

Letters

Leading by Example I thought this article was awesome (see “No Place Like Home,” Nov. 15). Dr. Motley embodies the spirit of Ubuntu that is sadly missing among many leaders today. As an alumni and employee at Gallaudet University, we recently had an unpleasant experience with a presidential search that has resulted in the university […]

December 12, 2007

Taking the Heat for Endorsing Clinton

Carole Simpson, a former ABC news anchor who is now a journalism professor at Emerson College, is on the hot seat after endorsing Hillary Clinton for president at a New Hampshire political rally.

December 12, 2007

Grants and Gifts

Meharry Medical College-Center for Women’s Health Research (Tenn.) has received a $1 million gift from the Wal-Mart Foundation. The funds will help advance work in diseases that disproportionately affect women of color. Michigan State University has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help seasonal and migrant worker youth […]

December 12, 2007

Professional Appointments

Dr. Waded Cruzado-Salas has been named vice president and provost of New Mexico State University. Previously she was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the university. Cruzado-Salas received a bachelor’s from the University of Puerto Rico and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. John Alderete has […]

December 12, 2007