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Assessing Attitudes

Pew survey highlights Black perceptions of a deepening social split between poor and middle-class Blacks.

February 6, 2008

Letters

HBCUS — STILL USEFUL AND VIABLE www.diverseeducation.com, “Perspectives: HBCUs and theComing Era of Growth and Service,” Jan. 17, 2008 I agree wholeheartedly with you, Mr. Larry Rivers. As a proud graduate of Fisk University, I remain dedicated to the philosophies of many of our HBCUs. Amid budget shortfalls and other educational crises, these institutions still […]

February 6, 2008

Fayetteville State Dean Becomes African Chief

After a year-long process of comprehensive evaluations and interviews, Dr. Valentine U. James, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Fayetteville State University (N.C.), has become first chief of wisdom for the city of Ikot Ekpene in his native Nigeria.

February 6, 2008

Cupid Lives on Campus

Miami University in Ohio has an unusually large number of graduates who have married other Miami University graduates — 26,046 people, or about 14 percent of the school’s living alumni population.

February 6, 2008

Banished From The Queen’s English

At the start of the year, Lake Superior State University issued its 33rd annual list of words or phrases banished from the Queen’s English for misuse, overuse and uselessness

February 6, 2008

Getting to Know Dr Sonya Ramsey

Dr. Sonya Ramsey, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has been intrigued by the lives of Black women educators for much of her academic career.

February 6, 2008

Community Colleges

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month.

February 6, 2008

Leveling the Playing Field on Endowments

Elite institutions are under pressure to spend more of their endowments to help low-income students.

February 6, 2008

It’s Crunch Time for Fisk

Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Political Pitfalls for Presidents

The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn’t in a very festive mood when they met this past December.

February 6, 2008

The Deepening Social Split Between Low-Income and Middle-Class Blacks

Typically, the period between the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in mid-January and the end of Black History Month in February sees serious and sober public discussions about the state of Black America.

February 6, 2008

BLACK MEN – Left out and locked up

There are an estimated 1.5 million Black men in prison and another 3.5 million on probation.

February 6, 2008

The Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater

Welcome to the NISOD column.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

MOLLY CORBETT BROAD has been named president of the American Council on Education (ACE), the nation’s principal higher education association, effective May 1. She served as president of the University of North Carolina System from 1997-2006. Currently, she is a professor in the School of Government at UNCChapel Hill. Broad earned a bachelor’s from Syracuse […]

February 6, 2008

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has been awarded $128,000 for scholarship funds from the UPS Foundation. The funds will be available to American Indian students for the 2008-09 academic year. A new $700,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic safety has been awarded to eight California State University campuses to reduce alcohol abuse among […]

February 6, 2008

Promoting HBCUs

Black colleges provide a superior education; they just need to toot their horns a little louder.

February 6, 2008

Perspectives: Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater

Welcome to the NISOD column. In our partnership with Diverse, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a consortium of more than 700 community colleges and universities worldwide, is pleased to write a monthly column focused on community college issues. NISOD is the service vehicle and outreach arm of the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) at The University of Texas at Austin.

February 5, 2008

Community Colleges

Ballot Proposal To Boost California Community College Funding Defeated

BERKELEY, Calif.—Voters rejected a plan to secure more state dollars for California’s community colleges, but supporters say the campaign succeeded at drawing attention to the funding woes of the massive system.

February 5, 2008