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Getting to Know Dr. Toya Barnes-Teamer

Dr. Toya Barnes-Teamer used to watch educators struggle to boost graduation rates, and when she had a chance to do something about it, she took it. Last March, Barnes-Teamer stepped up to the newly created position of vice president for student success at Dillard University.

January 9, 2008

Sallie Mae Fund, BET Collaborate to Promote College Awareness

“On average, college graduates earn $1 million more than high school graduates in the course of a lifetime,” said Debra Lee, chairman and CEO of BET Networks. “Increased awareness is the key to helping more African-Americans realize their dream of going to college and, in turn, access that greater earning power.”

January 9, 2008

African-American

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. • Georgia Perimeter College: VIP Reception and Birthday Celebration, Keynote speaker, Susan L. Taylor, Editorial Director, Essence magazine, Jan. 15. • Morehouse College: Crown Forum: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jan. 24. • Ohio Wesleyan University: 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day worship service and breakfast, featuring Dr. Frank […]

January 9, 2008

Maine Infants Receive $500 College Nest Egg

If you give birth in the state of Maine, your infant will get $500 in a tax-advantaged college savings account, announced the Harold Alfond College Challenge in December.

January 9, 2008

The Year Ahead on Capitol Hill

Higher education advocates hope Congress will address Pell Grant increases, textbook costs and other priorities before the fall presidential campaign.

January 9, 2008

Helping Foster Care Youth Access College

Aida Chávez was one of the thousands of foster youth who, when formally emancipated from the system at 18 years old, was not prepared. It was time to enter the real world: to get a job and go to college. But she had only $500 in her bank account.

January 9, 2008

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 and unsolicited marketing materials when researching colleges, according to new research that suggests the best ways to reach under-represented students.

January 9, 2008

Poll: Racial Groups View Each Other With Mistrust

America, the proverbial melting pot, is boiling over with racial tension. A new poll, “Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny,” by New America Media, the nation’s largest collaboration of ethnic news media, reveals some unflattering realities concerning the ways in which America’s largest ethnic groups view each other.

January 9, 2008

New Institute Seeks to Ask ‘The Race Question’

To address the disparities that exist in higher education for underrepresented minorities, the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) is slated to form this year the new Institute on Equity Research Methods and Critical Policy Analysis.

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2008

Each year, as we select our “Emerging Scholars,” we’re always amazed and inspired by the accomplishments of these under-40 intellectuals. This year is no exception.

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Catching Up With the Class of 2002

The first group of “Emerging Scholars” gives us an update on life since their magazine debut in January 2002 in what was then Black Issues In Higher Education.

January 9, 2008

Minority Ph.D. Statistics

Minority Ph.D. Statistics © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com

January 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

John Payton has been appointed director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Most recently, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr. Payton earned a bachelor’s from Pomona College and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Dr. Tracey D. Ford has been named director […]

January 9, 2008

Grants and Gifts

Clark College’s Corporate Education (Wash.) unit has been awarded a $31,000 Job Skills Program (JSP) grant to provide training for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The grant will provide training for 25 SWMC directors, managers and supervisors on the topics of lean health care, training the trainer and leading change. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative has […]

January 9, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 9, 2008

Hispanic Just the Stats: Picking the Right College

A college education is becoming more of the norm than in the past. However, choosing the right college or university setting can be a challenge, especially for students in minority- groups.

January 8, 2008

State Postsecondary Education Research

Can We Talk? Commentator’s Book Urges More Black/Hispanic Dialogue

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a syndicated columnist and political analyst, who writes about race, politics and social issues in books and blogs, has tackled the sticky subject of relations between African Americans and Hispanic Americans.

January 8, 2008

Arkansas Officials Probe Hispanic Group’s Membership Cards, I.D. Confusion

MALVERN Ar A nonprofit group set up three years ago to serve the Hispanic community issues membership cards that some say look too much like official identification that could exploit or wrongly benefit illegal immigrants.

January 8, 2008