Ronald RoachCommunity CollegesRouse Expected to Sail Through Confirmation Hearing for Council of Economic AdvisersDr. Cecilia Elena Rouse, a Princeton University economist, will bring expertise in labor as it relates specifically to education issues when she joins President-elect Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.January 14, 2009LatinxBush to Obama: Education in TransitionAs President George W. Bush leaves office with the No Child Left Behind Act as his education legacy, advocates look to the Obama administration with high expectations.December 24, 2008HBCUsCatching Up With Dr. Leonard HaynesAfter a little more than a year as its executive director, Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III has been credited with substantially improving the performance of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.December 22, 2008African-AmericanTracking the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Via the WebWhat took shape in the 1970s as data collections on the trans-Atlantic slave trade stored on mainframe computers has made its way to a world-wide audience as an interactive and searchable database on the Internet.December 4, 2008LatinxStudy: Minorities have higher rates of entrepreneurship than WhitesWith a first-time report on minority entrepreneurs, an influential research project on U.S. entrepreneurship detected declining activity among American entrepreneurs from 2005 to 2007, reflecting a likely sign of the U.S. economy’s broader decline in 2008.December 1, 2008Faculty & StaffWSU’s Floyd Among Those Giving Back Amidst Salary ScrutinyWashington State University president, Dr. Elson S. Floyd, stands out among a handful of academic leaders who recently announced they would either forgo raises or take voluntary pay cuts, not necessarily because they’re in the holiday spirit.November 25, 2008HomeLeading Black Think Tank Launches Media and Technology InstituteThe leading U.S. think tank on African-American affairs is launching an institute to study the impact of media and new communication technologies on minority and socially disadvantaged communities.November 12, 2008HomeLeading Higher Education Association Launches Veterans’ InitiativeAs U.S. higher education prepares for the expansion of federal benefits for American service members effective Aug. 1, 2009, the Washington, D.C.-based American Council on Education is promoting educational opportunity awareness and helping institutions serve veterans on their campuses.November 10, 2008HomeNo Retreat on Affirmative Action Under Obama, Black Think Tank PredictsAn administration under President-elect Barack Obama will protect race-based affirmative action in education and employment, political pundits said at a post-election analysis discussion convened Wednesday at the nation’s leading think tank on African-American affairs.November 5, 2008HomeScholars To Analyze Obama VictoryReflecting on Obama’s victory, scholars say the historic victory leaves a great deal room for political scientists and others to consider in analyzing the Illinois senator’s dramatic ascent in national politics.November 4, 2008Previous PagePage 28 of 55Next Page
