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Leadership & Policy

Michigan governor kicks off new worker training program

LANSING Mich. Laid-off Michigan workers may be able to get up to two free years of community college or technical school tuition to learn a new trade under a program rolled out Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

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Leadership & Policy

Governor announces new plan for Ohio’s public universities

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio’s public universities and community colleges will be united under one banner to focus on their common goals, while maintaining their own identities, Gov. Ted Strickland and his higher education chief said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007

NCC will offer tech scholarships to lure women, minorities

BETHLEHEM Pa. Northampton Community College will start offering scholarships to lure low-income, minority and women students who are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

August 6, 2007

Former U-M-Flint administrator new chancellor at N.C. Central

DURHAM N.C. Charlie Nelms, a former top university administrator in Michigan and Indiana, has been formally installed as the new chancellor at North Carolina Central University.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Mourns Loss of Students

NEWARK, N.J. In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college.

August 6, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Minority Junior Professors Less Satisfied With Campus Climate Than White Professors

Minority professors at both private and public institutions are not as satisfied as their White counterparts with their institutions. According to a report by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHE, campus climate plays a significant role in the satisfaction disparity.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Campus Safety Headlines College Orientation Agendas

At colleges around the country this summer, one topic has vaulted to the top of the agenda at freshman orientation: campus safety.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Interim Bishop State President Seeks 13 Firings, More to Come

MOBILE Ala. Interim Bishop State Community College President James Lowe has sent letters informing 13 employees of the school’s intent to fire them and two-year system Chancellor Bradley Byrne says more terminations are on the way.

August 5, 2007

Taking Students Where “They Never Thought They Could Be”

In the quest to recruit and retain minority students, Dr. Beverly Richardson – provost of Mercer County Community College’s James Kerney campus (downtown Trenton, NJ) – has surpassed most expectations.

August 5, 2007

New Briefs

LeMoyne-Owen received enough cash to start classes on time; Newark shooting claims Delaware State students; civil rights attorney Oliver Hill, who argued Brown v Board of Education, dies at age 100.

August 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Yvonne Kennedy Fails to Fire Felon, Loses Office Space at Bishop State

MOBILE Ala. Former Bishop State Community College President Yvonne Kennedy did not fire a convicted felon in the administration as instructed and will not receive post-retirement office space at the campus as planned, the state’s two-year chancellor Bradley Byrne said.

August 2, 2007

Native Americans

ALA Inaugurates its First American Indian President

For the first time in its 131-year history, the American Library Association has tapped an American Indian to lead the world’s oldest and largest library organization. Dr. Loriene Roy, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, was installed as president at the 2007 ALA national conference in late June.

August 2, 2007

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Harvard Study Examines Hidden Biases Among ER Physicians

A new Harvard University study reports that physicians’ subconscious racial biases play a significant role in the care and treatment they provide to patients and is a contributing factor to the health disparity that exists between Black and White patients.

August 2, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lincoln University to Investigate Colon Cancer in the Black Community

Lincoln, a historically Black university in Pennsylvania, is collaborating with several medical institutions to investigate the prevalence of colorectal cancer among residents in northeastern Pennsylvania. The study is part of Lincoln’s long-term goal to identify specific risk factors that make Blacks across the country more prone to the disease.

August 1, 2007

HBCU Experts Call on Congress to Assist Minority Communities Near Toxic Waste Sites

Experts from two Black colleges are calling on Congress to help low-income, minority communities, which are disproportionately more likely than other communities to live near toxic waste sites with health hazards for children and families.

August 1, 2007

Oklahoma State Regent Wants Minority Contractors Included in Diversity Plan

STILLWATER, Okla. As findings of a study evaluating diversity efforts at Oklahoma State University were released, one official said more needed to be done to include minority contractors in the discussion.

August 1, 2007

Will CUNY’s New Math Standards Hurt Minority Admissions?

The chancellor of City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, has approved a new standard that may make it harder for Black and Hispanic students to gain admittance.

July 30, 2007

Multicultural Dorm Project Rewarded For Retention Results

Five years ago, when Purdue University’s administrators sat down to brainstorm ways to improve diversity and retain students, they came up a solution they never thought would become an award-winning retention program.

July 30, 2007