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Students
Savannah State Regrouping After Shooting Death
Officials at Savannah State University have been trying to quell student concerns that their campus is not safe, following the shooting death of a 22-year-old junior during an altercation in the school’s Student Union building last Thursday.
August 30, 2015
Faculty & Staff
On Blazers and Blackness
Sometimes it’s the forced, extra warm smile. It could be an overtly cordial greeting with disarming jokes. It might mean shirking natural hairstyles. For some, it’s even changing the inflection of their voice.
August 30, 2015
Students
Engineering Deans Pledge Diversity Push
Engineering deans representing 150 U.S. colleges and universities have pledged action to increase diversity among engineering students by building a more representative student pipeline.
August 30, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Special Guest
Diverse staff was pleased to welcome Orlando Taylor, vice president for strategic initiatives and research at Fielding Graduate University, for an office visit yesterday.
August 28, 2015
HBCUs
Judge Denies Attempt to Stop Removal of UT Davis Statue
A judge has denied efforts to prevent the University of Texas from removing a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the main area of campus.
August 27, 2015
HBCUs
Mississippi State Shooter in Custody
A Mississippi State University freshman has been apprehended and taken into custody following threats to kill himself and others on campus Thursday.
August 27, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Former South Carolina State President to be Paid Lost Wages
Former South Carolina State University President Thomas Elzey will receive $312,000 from the university, according to a statement released by current board Chairman Charles S. Way Jr.
August 27, 2015
Students
Schools Spending More Despite State Cuts
A new report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), finds that, on average, four-year public universities may have raised tuitions, but that increase does not fully cover the amount lost by state disinvestment.
August 27, 2015
Opinion
Remembering Katrina
Associate Vice President for Arts and Sciences at Florence-Darlington Technical College Marc C. David remembers the impact that Hurricane Katrina had on him.
August 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Wilberforce Faculty File 14 Complaints Against School
Four tenured faculty members at Wilberforce University have filed 14 complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, charging the school’s administration unlawfully placed them on sabbatical.
August 27, 2015
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Farewell, old friend …
Farewell, old friend … Dr. George E. Cooper , 1945 -2015
August 27, 2015
Community Colleges
AAC&U Announces Participants in New Diversity Initiative
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced yesterday the selection of 12 institutions that will participate in a new “Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence: Campus-Based Strategies for Student Success” initiative funded by a $499,798 grant from USA Funds.
August 26, 2015
African-American
Study Outlines Benefits of Refinancing Student Loans
Recent college graduates should consider refinancing their student loans as one of the many options that might help them to save money in the long term.
August 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University Leaders Forced Out Land in High-paid Faculty Jobs
The resignation of the top administrator at the University of Illinois’ flagship campus is following a familiar script: Step down under pressure, take a year off with pay, then return as one of the highest-paid members of the faculty.
August 26, 2015
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Kentuckians Publish Black History Encyclopedia
The newly-published Kentucky African-American Encyclopedia chronicles a sweeping tapestry of Black Kentucky history from the state’s frontier era to the present.
August 26, 2015
Home
Experts Say Revisionist History Detrimental to American Students
Recent revisions to some historical textbooks have caused some leaders in higher education to question the ramifications of editing history.
August 26, 2015
Community Colleges
MARY WAY BOLT
MARY WAY BOLT has been named president of Cecil College in Maryland. She was interim president of Cecil College. Bolt received an associate degree from Cecil College and a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She earned a doctorate from Widener University.
August 26, 2015
Students
JABBAR R. BENNETT
JABBAR R. BENNETT has been named associate provost for diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University and an associate professor of medicine, effective October 1. He is currently associate dean of the Graduate School and associate dean for diversity and director of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University. Bennett earned a bachelor’s from North Carolina A&T State University and a doctorate from Meharry Medical College.
August 26, 2015
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