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Leadership & Policy
University of Memphis President Raines Retiring
University of Memphis President Shirley Raines said Monday that she is retiring, effective June 30.
April 15, 2013
Students
Clemson Students Find Bacteria Risk in Beer Pong
The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer.
April 15, 2013
Students
Fewer African-Americans Playing Baseball at HBCUs Due to Economics, Opportunities
A 2012 article in the Raleigh News & Observer noted White players made up a majority of the baseball players in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
April 15, 2013
Bethune-Cookman assistant athletic director Bryan Harvey says a college baseball team’s racial makeup depends on connections that the coaches have prior to coming to a specific school.
Community Colleges
Coding Boot Camps Promise to Launch Tech Careers
A new breed of computer programming schools in San Francisco and other U.S. tech hubs promise to teach students how to write code in two or three months and help them get hired as web developers.
April 15, 2013
Shereef Bishay is a co-founder of Dev Bootcamp, where computer programming students can expect to work 80 to 100 hours a week.
Opinion
In Era of Accountability, Let’s Use Proper Evaluations
Periodically, we will share Letters to the Editor that we feel will further shed light on the complex issues that abound in higher education.
April 15, 2013
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Proposed STEM Grant Program Seems to Fit NAFEO Mission
The $150 million initiative in the Obama administration’s proposed fiscal 2014 budget might ease concerns that educational emphasis had shifted to K-12.
April 15, 2013
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Students
Criminal Justice Students Experience House Arrest
A classroom debate over just how tough house arrest is has prompted a criminal justice professor at a central Illinois college to come up with what is a punishing assignment.
April 14, 2013
Students
Abdul-Alim Named Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting
Diverse correspondent Jamaal Abdul-Alim is one of three accomplished journalists named 2013- 2014 Spencer Fellows in Education Reporting by the Columbia Journalism School.
April 14, 2013
Opinion
Robinson Day Brings Pang of Guilt to MLB — But Are Times Just Different?
As important as a breakthrough can be, sustaining the momentum is equally as important.
April 14, 2013
Sports
Leaders in HBCU Community Have Long Debated Institutional Role of Student-Athlete
Following Jesse Owens’ spectacular record-breaking four-gold-medal performance at the 1936 Olympics and Joe Louis’s capture of the heavyweight boxing title in 1937, a number of African-American coaches and journalists argued that African-American colleges should increase their financial support of athletics in hopes of producing more athletes who demonstrated the ability of the race.
April 14, 2013
Longtime football coach and athletic director Marino Casem, flanked by former players Walter Payton (left) and Gary Johnson, says “the better well-rounded individual is a well-rounded athlete.”
Students
Florida A&M Anti-Hazing Rules Come Under Fire
A bid by Florida A&M University to stamp out hazing after the death of a marching band drum major is coming under fire from some students who maintain they have been treated unfairly.
April 14, 2013
Larry Robinson, Florida A&M interim president, said that the recent hazing allegations had “some merit.”
Faculty & Staff
Advocates Say Ethnic Studies Misunderstood, Needlessly Under Fire
Ethnic studies are at risk because of budget restraints, conflicting views of purpose and negative attitudes toward academic programs that don’t automatically equal jobs for graduating college students.
April 14, 2013
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Leadership & Policy
Gov. Says No Plans to Consolidate UNC Campuses
Gov. Pat McCrory says lawmakers are not considering the consolidation of any University of North Carolina campuses as a way to save money.
April 11, 2013
Sports
Rutgers Moves to Address Coaching Scandal Fallout
Rutgers University took steps Thursday to publicly address the fallout from the scandal over its men’s basketball coach, announcing an expected independent review and hiring a respected former state attorney general as the new top lawyer for the school.
April 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Study Backs Liberal Arts, But Questions Graduates’ Competence
Hidden deeper in the findings is the disclosure that more than 40 percent of employers already don’t think colleges are teaching students what they need to know to succeed.
April 11, 2013
The AACU report is meant to bolster support for institutions that emphasize the liberal arts in the face of criticism some fear may dilute the humanities or restrict them to elite private universities.
Faculty & Staff
Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry
Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”
April 11, 2013
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Students
Minority Engineering Forum Examines College Affordability
During a research and policy forum organized Thursday by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering organization, officials convened panel discussions to explore college affordability.
April 11, 2013
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Students
Special Report: Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2013
Diverse honors the memory of Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing the achievements of student-athletes who are charge ahead with academics and athletics.
April 11, 2013
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