Diverse StaffStudentsEmerson Students To Receive Settlement from Student Loan InvestigationMore than 4,000 Emerson College students will receive tuition credit or checks ranging from $25 to $833. According to the Boston Globe, this is in response to charges that the school steered loan applicants to companies that were allegedly giving gifts to the Emerson financial aid office. Emerson will pay a total of $780,000, making […]July 21, 2009SportsFormer NCAA Players Sue Over Use of ImagesLawyers for the former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA on Tuesday, claiming former athletes should be compensated for the use of their images and likenesses in television advertisements, video games and apparel. According to the New York Times, the lawsuit, which did not include a dollar amount sought, […]July 21, 2009HBCUsNew Executive Director Named To Head White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last Friday the appointment of Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.July 19, 2009HomeResearchers: Economy Sends Workers in Search of GED CredentialA new report on GED testing in 2008 is one of the latest indicators that the demand for high school education, and subsequently, higher education, has increased in a tough economy.July 15, 2009African-AmericanDocumentary on Controversial African Studies ScholarThis month on diverseeducation.com snippets of the film “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness,” which chronicles the life and career of the late Melville J. Herskovits, a pioneering American anthropologist of African studies, will be featured.July 8, 2009SportsGrants & GiftsARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has received a five-year, $1 MILLION grant from the National Science Foundation to establish learning communities focusing on undergraduate research for students with a desire to pursue careers in science and mathematics. THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (Mass.) has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation […]July 8, 2009StudentsProfessional AppoitmentsDR. M. CHRISTOPHER BROWN II has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Fisk University. He previously served as dean at the University of Nevada’s College of Education. Brown earned a bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. LEANDRA HAYES-THOMAS […]July 8, 2009HomeDiverse CalendarJuly 20-23 THE EDUCATION LAW & POLICY CONSORTIUM INC. 16th Annual ConferencePortland, MaineWeb: www.edlaw.orgJuly 30-Aug. 2 NATIVEAMERICAN JOURNALISTSASSOCIATION 25th Anniversary ConventionHyatt RegencyAlbuquerque, N.M.Web: www.naja.com Aug. 5-9 NATIONALASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS National Convention and Career FairTampa, Fla.Web: www.nabj.org Aug. 12-15 ASIANAMERICAN JOURNALISTSASSOCIATION 20th Annual National ConventionThe Seaport HotelBostonWeb: www.aaja.org Sept. 15-17 NATIONAL COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ANNUAL […]July 8, 2009STEMCoalition Proposes Alternative to Obama Student Loan Reform PlanA diverse group of 32 lenders, guaranty agencies, secondary markets and servicers representing public, private and nonprofit segments of the student loan community on Tuesday proposed an alternative to President Barack Obama’s plan to revamp the federal student loan system.July 7, 2009HomeWisconsin Becomes 11th State to Offer In-state Tuition to Undocumented StudentsUndocumented students in Wisconsin received a gift on Monday when Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a provision that allows such students to receive in-state tuition rates under certain circumstances.July 1, 2009Previous PagePage 56 of 115Next Page
