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Leadership & Policy
A Bridge to the Community
Carolina A. Hernandez arrived at Lehigh University eight years ago to help connect the school with the surrounding neighborhoods, mainly lowincome Spanish-speaking residents.
September 16, 2009
African-American
The Constitution, From a Black Perspective
Sept. 17 is the date the U.S. Congress chose for America to turn up the volume on one of Gloria J. Browne-Marshall’s favorite topics: the U.S. Constitution. Under guidelines from the Department of Education, all institutions across the country receiving federal funds are to have some activity on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, to focus on […]
September 16, 2009
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On the Move at CMA
Cox, Matthews & Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the following addition to our award-winning team: Arelis Hernandez, a multimedia news reporter, will become the newest member of the editorial team at Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. A recent graduate of the University of Maryland-College Park, Hernandez has also worked for The Associated Press and […]
September 16, 2009
Latinx
Awarding Excellence
Dr. Arturo Madrid The fourth annual Celebracion de Excelencia will be held Sept. 30 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Atrium in Washington, D.C. The Examples of Excelencia, sponsored by Excelencia in Education, is the only national program to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate and […]
September 16, 2009
Latinx
Community Colleges To Benefi t from New Higher Ed Bill
Ambitious higher education legislation is loaded with student aid, community college improvements.
September 16, 2009
Latinx
When Perception Becomes Reality
Survey reveals what Mexican-American students expect to achieve does not coincide with their goals.
September 16, 2009
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Passing Judgment
Conservative criticism of Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination refl ects the nation’s struggle with race and ethnicity in politics.
September 16, 2009
Sotomayor oath
Latinx
Disappearing Act
Failure to educate a fast-growing segment of the U.S. work force — Latino males — may put the country at a global economic disadvantage, experts say.
September 16, 2009
Students
Developmental Education: An Investment We Cannot Afford NOT To Make
The Kiss of Death? An Alternative View of College Remediation, by Cliff Adelman; No One to Waste, by Bob Mc- Cabe; and Salvage, Redirection, or Custody: Remedial Education in the Community Junior College, by John Roueche — look no further than these titles to sense the commitment and controversy surrounding developmental education.
September 16, 2009
Students
Professional Appoitments
DR. WILLIAM BYNUM JR. has been named vice president for student services at Morehouse College (Ga.). He previously served as vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Bynum earned a bachelor’s from Davidson College and a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. DR. JAME’L HODGES is director of multicultural […]
September 16, 2009
Latinx
Enrolling vs. Serving Latino Students
For Hispanic-serving institutions, there’s a difference between enrolling and really ‘serving’ Latino students.
September 16, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Still a No-go for Lifting Academic Travel Restrictions to Cuba
President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’
September 16, 2009
Students
Will They Come?
Colleges are anxious to see if new recruiting and retention efforts can stem rising tide of ‘economic dropouts.’
September 16, 2009
Opinion
The Obama Presidency in Peril?
President Obama’s presidency is in peril for two primary reasons. The first, his inability to be a transformational leader to an American public hungry for it is of his own making. The second, the thinly veiled demonstration of racism unskillfully disguised as “concern for country” is both to be expected and not of his own […]
September 15, 2009
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Calif. Community Mourns Loss of Yale Grad Student
When those who knew her talk about Annie Le, they do so in superlatives best student they ever had, most dedicated volunteer, smartest teenager they’ve ever known.
September 15, 2009
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Wilson’s Outburst Echoes Conservative Woes
In 1787, the consummate Virginia statesman James Madison devised a technique to keep him from becoming overwrought in a political debate. While ideas — rather than air — circulated in the steamy Philadelphia state house, Madison asked a friend a simple favor.
September 14, 2009
Students
Student Default Rates Up, Feds Report
In another sign of the recession’s impact on higher education, the federal government Monday said student loan default rates are up significantly as more borrowers report difficulty repaying the money used to pay for college.
September 14, 2009
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Gordon Parks Museum Nearly Complete
Construction of a new Gordon Parks museum in his eastern Kansas hometown is now open and nearly completed.
September 14, 2009
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