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Students
House Omits Protection Against “Wild West” Lenders
Despite renewing HEA, Congress leaves out assistance for low-income borrowers unable to pay off high-interest, private education loans.
March 19, 2008
Students
Training Young Leaders to Effect Change Abroad
Despite language barriers and culture clashes, international students participate in U.S. program to help native countries.
March 19, 2008
Recruitment & Retention
Golden State Responds to Shortage of Health Care Professionals
With the lowest number of registered nurses in the nation, a California program aims to fill gap through a number of diversity initiatives.
March 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
WOMEN REDEFINING LEADERSHIP
Nine recently appointed college and association presidents discuss the challenges unique to their own institutions, those facing higher education in general, and more.
March 19, 2008
African-American
Telling Her Story
The roles of women then and now make appealing subjects.
March 19, 2008
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Professional Appointments
DR. DEBORA L. SPAR has been appointed president of Barnard College (N.Y.), effective July 1. Previously, she served as the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She earned a bachelor’s from Georgetown University and master’s and doctorate from Harvard University.   WESLEY T. BISHOP has been appointed associate vice […]
March 19, 2008
Students
Grants & Gifts
CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ala.) has received a donation of $1.8 MILLION from the late Josephine Powell of Decatur, Ala. The gift is the largest one-time monetary donation in the school’s 60-year history, and the funds will be used for Calhoun’s current capital campaign and to create new scholarships. The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has […]
March 19, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diverse Calendar
March 27-30 MELUS — Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 22nd Annual MELUS Conference “Towards a Confluence of Multi-Ethnic Arts and the University” The Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Web: http://webspace.ship.edu/kmlong/melus March 29-April 2 American College Personnel Association83rd Annual Convention “Professionalism with Purpose: Advancing […]
March 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Are Magnet Schools the Answer
The concept of diversity in America is likely to become more of a reality with the prospect of a Black man or female becoming the next president of the United States. However, outside the Oval Office, minority students are still not well represented within the country’s best educational systems.
March 19, 2008
Students
Drexel University’s Student-run Record Label Finding Its Groove
When the Redwalls recently performed on David Letterman’s “Late Show,” it wasn’t just a boost for the indie rock band trying to make a name for itself. It was also a point of pride for the band’s label student-run MAD Dragon Records at Drexel University.
March 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Divinity School at TCU Still Plans to Honor Obama Pastor
Controversy surrounding the longtime minister of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is not deterring a Texas divinity school from honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a ceremony later this month.
March 18, 2008
International
Students At Small ND Campus Complain About Diversity Overload
The snack bar at Dickinson State University, in one of the least diverse states in the country, is a melting pot. International students from Armenia to Zimbabwe speak their native languages as they contemplate such American fare as fried chicken warmed under a heat lamp.
March 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Preparing Students To Live With Curiosity
Dr. Karen R. Lawrence, the new president of Sarah Lawrence College, talks to Diverse about the challenges facing higher education and more.
March 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Accreditation Is Restored for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a top producer of minority doctors and dentists, has had its accreditation restored by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
March 18, 2008
Latinx
Celebrating a Ripe Audience: A New Publishing Imprint Highlights Hispanic Celebrities
With the recent launch of the Celebra publishing imprint, Raymond Garcia hopes to tap into the emergent Hispanic book-buying market.
March 18, 2008
Latinx
Justice and Immigration Clinic Opens at California’s University of La Verne College of Law
The University of La Verne (ULV) College of Law has announced the opening of its Justice & Immigration Clinic (JIC).
March 18, 2008
Latinx
From South America to Europe, Scholars Discuss Equity
While affirmative action programs are being challenged in the United States, Brazil is readily adopting these admissions policies in their colleges and universities as the morally correct thing to do to address the socioeconomic exclusion of Blacks, according to research done by Fulbright New Century scholar, Dr. Michele S. Moses.
March 18, 2008
Leadership & Policy
President Stays True to Faculty Values
In today’s installment of “Women Redefining Leadership,” Dr. Renu Khator, president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston System, talks about her path to the college presidency and her goals.
March 18, 2008
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