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Community Colleges
Connecticut Community Colleges Arming Security Personnel
A Connecticut Board of Regents spokesman said that the board had been working toward a decision on arming security personnel at community colleges since 2012 in the wake of a number of mass shootings across the nation.
December 3, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University Professors Upset with Proposed Labor Contract
HARTFORD, Conn. ― Professors and students at Connecticut’s four state universities are upset with proposed contract changes they say will allow professors to be transferred from campus to campus, and lead to more part-time faculty, the elimination of academic programs, and larger class sizes. Wearing red T-shirts and holding signs that read “Fair Contract Now,” […]
December 3, 2015
Students
2 Army ROTC Leaders Removed from N.Y. State College’s Program
BROCKPORT, N.Y. ― The two top Army ROTC leaders at a New York state college have been removed from their positions after a physical training session sent 12 students enrolled in the program to local hospitals. Officials at The College at Brockport say Lt. Col. Christopher D. Bringer and Master Sgt. Mark E. Breyak are […]
December 3, 2015
Students
More Federal Loan Debt Forgiven for Corinthian Students
WASHINGTON ― The government is erasing the loan debt of more than 7,000 former students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― totaling over $100 million, but still representing a tiny fraction of a federal debt-forgiveness program that could run well into the billions of dollars. The Education Department announced Thursday that it has approved a […]
December 3, 2015
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Trustee at Center of Fight with President Resigns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― The outspoken Florida A&M University trustee involved in a power struggle with the school’s president is resigning. Rufus Montgomery resigned from the FAMU board on Thursday. Montgomery, an alumnus and successful lobbyist in Georgia, had stepped down as the board chairman in October. Montgomery leaves the FAMU board several weeks after trustees […]
December 3, 2015
HBCUs
CAROLYN MA
CAROLYN MA has been appointed interim dean of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Ma is also pharmacy practice department chair and an associate professor. She was in charge of operations, faculty and residents for the college on Oahu, Maui and Kauai. Ma received a bachelor’s from the University of Santa Clara and a doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco.
December 3, 2015
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DAVID H. JACKSON
DAVID H. JACKSON has been named associate provost for graduate education and dean of graduate studies at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He is a professor at FAMU. Jackson received a bachelor’s and a master’s from FAMU, and a doctorate from the University of Memphis.
December 3, 2015
Community Colleges
DANIEL PACK
DANIEL PACK has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Pack is Mary Lou Clarke Professor and Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Pack earned a bachelor’s from Arizona State University, a master’s from Harvard University and a doctorate from Purdue University.
December 3, 2015
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Diverse on the Go
Diverse Senior Writer Jamal Watson will participate on a panel today entitled National Convening on the Return on Investment in Minority Serving Institutions at ETS in Princeton, N.J.
December 3, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Distinguished Guests
The Diverse staff would like to again thank University of Washington Bothell Chancellor Wolf Yeigh and Assistant Vice Chancellor Kelly Snyder for stopping by our offices in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday and bringing us up to speed on developments at their rapidly growing institution.
December 3, 2015
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Hope for Haiti
FSIL training new cohorts of nurses primed to remedy severe health care practitioner shortage on island nation.
December 2, 2015
African-American
Alcorn State Breaks Through with CAEP Accreditation
Alcorn State University is the first Historically Black College and University and the only institution of higher learning in the state of Mississippi to receive accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
December 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Defending the Relevance, Importance of HBCUs in a White Privileged Society
There are some HBCUs that are struggling to survive and there are some thriving as well. The same applies to PWIs. However, unlike HBCUs, these institutions are not lumped into one category and treated as monolithic.
December 2, 2015
African-American
Dr. Edith P. Mitchell Trying to Close Health Gaps Between Racial Groups
As a medical oncologist, focused on helping cancer patients, she is spreading the health care message on the national stage and working at efforts to increase the ranks of medical scientists and practitioners.
December 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University of Missouri Faculty Suggest Revoking Cosby Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri Faculty Council has voted to recommend rescind an honorary doctorate given to Bill Cosby. The Columbia Missourian reports the council, which is made up of elected representatives of campus faculty, voted Nov. 5 to take back Cosby’s honorary doctorate in humane letters. Ben Trachtenberg, chair of the Faculty […]
December 2, 2015
Native Americans
Cherokee Tribe Gifts $4M to University’s Seminary Hall
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. ― The Cherokee Nation has given $4 million to preserve and renovate a 126-year-old hall on the campus of Northeastern State University. The Tahlequah-based tribe announced the gift on Wednesday for the school’s Seminary Hall. The historic building currently houses the College of Liberal Arts administration, faculty and classrooms, and serves more than […]
December 2, 2015
News Roundup
Brown University Asks Judge to Dismiss Gender Bias Lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University officials have asked a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging gender bias brought by a male student who was suspended after being accused of sexual assault. The Providence Journal reports the Ivy League university’s attorney, Steven Richard, argued that the student’s complaint is “overwrought” with innuendo and doesn’t […]
December 2, 2015
Leadership & Policy
ALLISON GARRETT
ALLISON GARRETT has been named president of Emporia State University, effective in January. She is executive vice president at Abilene Christian University in Texas. Garrett earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma Christian University, a juris doctor from the University of Tulsa and a master’s from Georgetown University Law Center.
December 2, 2015
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