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Minority Hires a Priority On Capitol Hill
Government agencies and MSI advocates seek new ways to boost minority participation in federal jobs.
December 22, 2009
Opinion
Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Latinos in Higher Education
In this time of reflection and preparation for the new year, I have identified seven policy challenges and opportunities for improving Latino student success. I believe they are challenges to our perspectives on higher education as well as opportunities to reconsider the lens with which we examine higher education today.  1. Heterogeneity – The Latino […]
December 21, 2009
Latinx
Obama Naming Hispanics to Top Posts at Record Pace
More than half of the Hispanic appointees, whose jobs required Senate confirmation, hold an Ivy League degree, and more than a quarter, like the president, have a diploma from Harvard, an Associated Press review found.
December 21, 2009
Home
Pittsburgh Won’t Tax Tuition
After exploring alternative revenue options, Pittsburgh officials shelved an idea for a first-of-its-kind tax on college tuition after two universities and a nonprofit health insurer agreed on Monday to make large contributions to the city.
December 21, 2009
African-American
Like Du Bois, UPenn Scholar Has Focused on Interdisciplinary Work
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Endowed Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, has found a way to hone all of his academic interests without forcing himself to choose one discipline over another.
December 21, 2009
African-American
Scholar Renders Deft History of Civil Rights Era
Historian Andrew B. Lewis chronicles the roles of a band of young people who gave new direction and courage to the civil rights movement in The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation.
December 20, 2009
Home
Did ‘Jihadi Cool’ Lure Young Americans to Pakistan?
The saga of five young men from Virginia who grew up together and attended the same small neighborhood mosque has been one turning from promise to despair for many of the family members and friends they left behind.
December 20, 2009
MSIs
Obama’s Higher Education Agenda May Lead to Expanded Federal Role
Scholars, academic administrators and higher education policy officials have interpreted the administration’s pronouncements and initiatives as markers of a significant shift in federal higher education policy.
December 20, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Governor proposes study of Colo. higher education
Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Lyons on Thursday to chair a new committee and come up with a roadmap for the future of Colorado’s 27 public colleges and universities.
December 17, 2009
Women
Civil Rights Commission Probes Possible Gender Bias at Colleges
A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities, officials said Thursday.
December 17, 2009
Latinx
Immigration Reform Next for Obama Cabinet
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took a page from their personal histories in making an economic argument for why immigration reform should be the next domestic agenda item for President Barack Obama’s administration.
December 17, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Academia Jobs Forecast Bleak
The Modern Language Association (MLA) projects a significant drop in faculty opportunities in English and foreign languages and literature, according to a report released today.
December 16, 2009
HBCUs
Dwayne Ashley Resigns as Leader of Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Longtime president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Dwayne Ashley announced Wednesday he will resign his position to resume work in his Louisiana real estate business, officials said.
December 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Quid Pro Quo Deal Allows Lincoln to Renovate Its Image
Lincoln University gave up ‘control’ of a prized art collection, gaining a chance to remake its campus.
December 16, 2009
Leadership & Policy
N.J. Governor-elect Renews Pledge for More Higher Education Funding
New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie has delivered mostly welcome news to the state’s college and university presidents, pledging to increase funding to higher education over the next four years while warning that aid cuts are possible in the dire budget year ahead.
December 15, 2009
Students
Michigan Lt Gov. Backs Water Fee for College Scholarships
Lt. Gov. John Cherry wants to bring back the Michigan Promise Grant scholarship for 96,000 college students by charging a fee on companies that sell bottled water from Michigan.
December 15, 2009
Students
HBCUs a Bargain Compared with Other Private Colleges, UNCF Says
Applications are on the increase at many private Black colleges, the United Negro College Fund says, and one factor may be their lower tuitions compared with other small private colleges and universities.
December 15, 2009
Opinion
Merging Mississippi’s Black Colleges: A Decision That Neglects History
In an effort to cut costs in Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour suggested merging the state’s three historically Black institutions. Let me tell you what is wrong with this recommendation.  First, Barbour makes the false assumption that Black colleges are all alike and lack diversity. Recommending that the urban Jackson State merge with rural Alcorn […]
December 14, 2009
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