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Professional Appointments
Dr. Nancy S. Dye has been appointed the first vice chancellor and president of the Asian University for Women (Chittagong, Bangladesh. Formerly, she served as President Emerita of Oberlin College. She received a bachelor’s fromVassar College, and amaster’s and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.   DR. ZENEBE ABEBE has been appointed the first vice […]
March 4, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Fear of the Known — and Unknown
Just three days before the campus shootings at Northern Illinois University last month, I sat in the morning plenary session at the annual American Council on Education meeting titled “Campus Security, Response and Recovery.” Judging by the number of people that attended the session and the Q&A that followed, campus security post Virginia Tech—and now […]
March 4, 2008
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Letters
‘A CHURCH IS A CHURCH’ “College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter,” Feb. 13, 2008  Some educators are being politically correct to the point of having no common sense. Why would you remove a cross from a church? I am a Christian and if I were to attend a […]
March 4, 2008
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Getting to Know John Rice
When John Rice founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow in 1994,he succeeded in developing a much-needed nonprofit mentoring program aimed at providing minority business students with guidance and advice.
March 4, 2008
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$4 Million Anonymous Donation To Endow Scholarships for Women, Minorities at Temple
Temple University officials were surprised when they received two anonymous donations totaling $5 million in nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail.
March 4, 2008
Sports
The Untold Stories of Black Athletes To Air on ESPN
A film about the injustices that defined the civil rights movement told through the eyes of basketball players and coaches from primarily historically Black colleges and universities will air on ESPN on March 16 and 17.
March 4, 2008
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Course Watch: GMU Offers Class on Wedding Planning
George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., has started offering the first course in the country on wedding planning, now a $160 billion industry in the United States, according to a report by ABC.
March 4, 2008
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Congress To Give More, Demand More
A Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases.
March 4, 2008
Students
Emergency Notification in an instant
Following the recent campus shootings, universities are seeking the most effective and multifaceted electronic alert systems from a host of IT companies.
March 4, 2008
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Students
Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’
With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.
March 4, 2008
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March 4, 2008
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Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity
In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the university’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
March 4, 2008
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Students
Technology: Connecting Students to Their Community Colleges
Community colleges have an extremely difficult job trying to connect with students, given that so many drive to campus only to attend class and then return home or to work after the class concludes.
March 4, 2008
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11 Universities Will Lead New Centers of Excellence
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 26 the selection of 11 universities that will be among partner institutions leading five new Centers of Excellence and receiving a multi-year grant of up to $2 million per year, over a period of four to six years.
March 4, 2008
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Virginia Hispanic Population Triples in 16 Years
Virginia’s Hispanic population tripled from 1990 to 2006, to more than 460,000 or 6 percent of the population, according to a study released Feb. 25 by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
March 4, 2008
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North Carolina Hispanic Group Works on Achievement Issues
The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals has kicked off a fundraising campaign to hire staff to raise the group’s profile and bolster its political influence.
March 4, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Making Strides
HBCUs seek progress on information technology resources.
March 4, 2008
Community Colleges
College Graduates With Career-oriented Majors Out Pace Those With Academic Majors
A college degree pays, and not just in knowledge and experience, but in dividends too.
March 4, 2008
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