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Editor's Note Making the Leap Sitting through a session at the annual American Council on Education meeting in February on “Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency,” the presenters discussed recent findings from the ACE study “The American College President.” May 15, 2008, 13:53
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Spectrum Getting to Know Derek Inouchi Growing up in Honolulu, Derek Inouchi followed University of Hawaii sports with a passion, collecting team media guides the way other kids collected baseball cards and comic books. May 15, 2008, 13:47
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Spectrum Baker’s Heat Moving beyond the scope of the literary scholarship for which he is known, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr., in his latest book, takes a fierce stand as a social critic and assesses several Black scholars and the writings that have won them recognition as public intellectuals. May 15, 2008, 13:40
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Spectrum Taking the Road of Lifelong Learning The late Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, renowned Pan- Africanist scholar, is being remembered with a $5,000 scholarship named in his honor by Road Scholar, an initiative of the world’s largest not-for-profit educational travel organization for adults, Elderhostel. May 15, 2008, 13:20
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Noteworthy News False Alarms Attention-seeking students fabricate crimes to generate the media and community response that real campus tragedies command. May 15, 2008, 13:00
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Feature Stories POLITICOS TURNED PROFESSORS Former politicians are turning down lucrative job offers elsewhere to teach students who are interested in, but sometimes cynical about, the political process. May 15, 2008, 12:40
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Feature Stories The Early Study Abroad Trend A growing number of South Korean students are going to English speaking countries as teenagers in hopes of gaining entry into American universities. May 15, 2008, 12:35
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Forum Time for a Truth-In-Graduation Disclosure Policy It’s that time of year again, when hope springs eternal, smiles of pride break out, tears of victory are shed. It’s graduation time. Already our mailboxes are finding relief from the steady stream of junk mail and monthly bills. Mixed in are graduation announcements from neighbors, young and old, and relatives near and far. Milestones reached, at last. May 15, 2008, 12:30
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Community College Forum Research Points the Way to Building Blocks Of Student Success A high school diploma still marks a critical education milestone in people’s lives. However, in today’s economy, it has lost its edge in providing individual workplace advantage and economic self-sufficiency. May 15, 2008, 12:20
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Last Word Asian Evasion: A Recipe for Flawed Resolutions Asians are arguably one of the most misunderstood groups in higher education. Even categorizing “Asian” students can be quite confusing. For example, should data be disaggregated by different Asian subgroups? May 15, 2008, 12:00