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MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH
MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH has been named president of Contra Costa College. She was interim president of Contra Costa. Mehdizadeh earned a bachelor’s from San Francisco State University and a master’s from California State University, East Bay.
April 20, 2016
HBCUs
ALONDA WILLIAMS
ALONDA WILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing, community relations and enrollment management marketing at Bellevue College. She was senior director of education marketing at Microsoft. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Montclair State University and an MBA from Rutgers University.
April 20, 2016
Latinx
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development in the School of Pharmacy and a professor of biomedical engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Brinton earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.
April 20, 2016
Students
RAJEEV PARIKH
RAJEEV PARIKH has been named executive vice president for academic affairs at American International College. He was dean of the Walker College of Business and Management at Mercyhurst University. Parikh received a bachelor’s and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
April 20, 2016
HBCUs
KARI ALLDREDGE
KARI ALLDREDGE has been named associate provost for enrollment management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was interim associate provost for enrollment management. Alldredge earned a bachelor’s from the University of Idaho and a master’s from Seton Hall University.
April 20, 2016
Community Colleges
YVETTE BARKER
YVETTE BARKER has been named director of housing at Texas Southern University. She was general manager for American Campus Communities at Prairie View A&M University. Barker earned a bachelor’s from Talladega College and a master’s from Langston University.
April 20, 2016
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DOREEN EDWARDS
DOREEN EDWARDS has been named dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering and acting vice president of statutory affairs at Alfred University. Edwards earned a bachelor’s from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a doctorate from Northwestern University.
April 20, 2016
Students
Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs
“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]
April 19, 2016
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Diverse Conversations: What We Should Tell Our College Students, Instead of ‘Toughen Up’
What we should tell our college students.
April 19, 2016
Students
Middleton: Higher Ed Leaders Should Take Heed to Student Protesters
Higher education leaders should take heed to the concerns of student protesters and use them as a springboard for conversation, a group of panelists said Tuesday at a convening of the Association of Governing Boards.
April 19, 2016
Sports
Coaches’ Academic Advising May Have Negative Impact on Students
A recent study questions the role coaches take in athletes’ scholarly decisions.
April 19, 2016
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Silent No More?
A look at the college athlete and campus activism.
April 19, 2016
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Andraya Carter - Basketball
April 19, 2016
News Roundup
House Votes to Strip University of Tennessee Diversity Funding
The Tennessee House of Representatives voted Monday to approve a bill that would strip state funding from the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The bill passed with a 66-22 vote after almost an hour of passionate debate punctuated by rounds of applause for speakers on both sides of the issue. The vote fell […]
April 19, 2016
News Roundup
Rainbow-Colored Nooses Removed From Tenn. University Over ‘Hate Symbolism’ Concerns
A university in Tennessee is investigating after six rainbow-colored nooses were found Monday hanging from a tree on campus. Officials at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., said the nooses — red, orange, yellow, green, blue and black — were arranged in a rainbow on a tree outside of a fine-arts building. “This incident is deeply disturbing and […]
April 19, 2016
Male Winner
Paul Pitts III - Football
April 19, 2016
Students
University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students
A university president shares advice on how to balance the need to increase completion rates and maintain quality at the Association of Governing Boards’ national conference Monday.
April 18, 2016
African-American
Federal Judge: Firing of Black Faculty Member Not Discriminatory
A federal judge in Indianapolis has ruled that an Indiana university did not discriminate against a Black tenured faculty member when he was fired for falsifying his credentials.
April 18, 2016
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