David PluvioseCommunity CollegesA Purpose-Driven LifeDr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is the 2022 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award.March 30, 2022Community CollegesCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley Is 2021 Diverse ChampionGrowing up in Southeast Los Angeles as the son of a U.S. citizen father educated in Mexico and a mother who was a Mexican immigrant, Eloy Ortiz Oakley says that he could not have imagined a journey that would take him to leading the largest higher education system in the U.S. However, Oakley says that it is the very struggles he overcame in his youth that inform his work as chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, which comprises 116 colleges serving more than 2.1 million students.April 2, 2021HBCUsLongtime Chancellor Reflects on TenureIn June, Dr. James Anderson stepped down from his post as chancellor of Fayetteville State University after 11 years at the helm. Seemingly, by every measurable metric, from enrollment, to graduation rates to financial stability and campus expansion, Fayetteville State thrived under Anderson’s leadership, innovative approach and vision, according to many on and off the campus who are familiar with his leadership.October 31, 2019HomeTerminology Aside, Directors Focused on Raising Diversity AwarenessHigher education diversity officers outline key guideposts in developing diversity and inclusion programming.March 30, 2017African-AmericanProfessor Creates App to Take Fear Out of Police Traffic StopsDr. Juan Gilbert and his team at the University of Florida have developed the Traffic Stop app, which aims to allow both police officer and driver to stay in their vehicles for routine traffic stops, injecting a level of safety for both parties.March 2, 2017Faculty & StaffSEIU Accuses Duke of Erecting Unionization BlockadesThe Service Employees International Union is criticizing Duke University’s administration, following a vote to unionize Duke graduate students on Friday, alleging obstruction by Duke.February 27, 2017African-American‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres TonightTonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.February 27, 2017StudentsProject Funded to Promote Civility in Classroom DiscourseThe University of Connecticut awarded a $215,000 grant to Essential Partners to “shift classroom cultures toward more open, curious, and intellectually humble modes of dialogue.”February 22, 2017StudentsLeadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National ConversationAt an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.February 19, 2017StudentsSides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy TrialThe plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]February 9, 2017Page 1 of 17Next Page
