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Community Colleges
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Mission Accepted: Opening Laboratory Doors to Urban Minority Communities
The Baltimore City Community College Life Sciences Institute helps place minority students and displaced workers into high-demand bioscience careers.
September 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Ć¢ā¬Ė16 COLLEGES WITH ONE VOICEĆ¢ā¬ā¢
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the stateĆ¢ā¬ā¢s education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
African-American
A MEDIATING FORCE
Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.
September 2, 2009
Home
ON THE MOVE
DR. JULIETTE BELL has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University. Most recently, Bell served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University. Bell earned a bachelorās degree from Talladega College and a Ph.D. from Atlanta University. DR. ZENOBIA EDWARDS has been appointed dean of [ā¦]
September 2, 2009
Students
Finding Their Identities
Responding to the demands and needs of Asian American students, the University of Maryland expands course offerings related to culture, identity.
September 2, 2009
Students
Unprecedented Federal Support Predicted for HBCUs
At the conclusion of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of Black college leaders Wednesday that he predicts HBCUs will receive āunprecedentedā levels of financial support under the Obama administration.
September 2, 2009
Students
While Smaller Colleges Weather Recession, Private HBCUs Face Unique Challenges
Small- and middle-sized independent colleges have fared the economic recession well during the past six months, but historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in that category face special problems, according to Dr. Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges.
September 2, 2009
Students
U-Texas Pulls Out of Merit Scholarship Program
The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance.
September 2, 2009
Sports
Racial Equality and Sports
University of Maryland, College Park students in Dr. Damion Thomasā āBlack Masculinity and Basketballā class are usually talkative. A rare exception is when Thomas steers them to the subject of the late Len Bias, a UMD basketball star whose talents captivated sports fans nationally. Bias died from a cocaine overdose in June 1986, when Thomasā [ā¦]
September 2, 2009
Students
Maryland News Nuggets
The Old Line State has variety of institutions from Asian-serving and historically Black universities to a military academy and a plethora of community colleges.
September 2, 2009
Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions Seek Long-Term Funding Increases
Advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress.
September 2, 2009
Sports
Unfinished Business
Retiring Morgan State President Earl Richardson says his school has accomplished a great deal but could do more with equitable support from the state.
September 2, 2009
HBCUs
Legal Battles Continue in Fight for Equity in Maryland Higher Education
In an ongoing struggle to right past wrongs, lawyers, community activists and students are awaiting their chance in court to make all Maryland universities equal and to reverse policies they say serve to weaken historically Black universities. At the heart of the case, The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland [ā¦]
September 2, 2009
Students
A Mediating Force
Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.
September 2, 2009
Home
Naval Academy Continues its Diversity Trend
For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isnāt done.
September 2, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Just a Click Away
University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public institution in online education.
September 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
ā16 Colleges With One Voiceā
Maryland community colleges work together to respond to the stateās education and economic needs.
September 2, 2009
Community Colleges
Mission Accepted: Opening Laboratory Doors to Urban Minority Communities
Bio is big in Maryland ā and getting bigger. Ours is one of eight states that together account for more than 60 percent of biomedical research spending by the National Institutes of Health and nearly 65 percent of all biotechnology patents, according to the Maryland Governorās Workforce Investment Board. And since occupations related to life sciences and health are projected to grow by more than 20 percent over the next several years statewide, itās a fi eld that promises some of the futureās most sought-after employment opportunities.
September 2, 2009
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