Diverse StaffNative AmericansSan Francisco State To Become Third California University To Offer Bachelor’s in American Indian StudiesSan Francisco State University, home to the only College of Ethnic Studies in the United States, has added a bachelor’s degree in American Indian studies this semester.February 2, 2008Leadership & PolicyJohnson C. Smith Names New PresidentThe Johnson C. Smith University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Ronald L. Carter the university’s 13th president, effective July 1.January 26, 2008HomeSpectrum© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comJanuary 23, 2008StudentsWhat Works!What Works!How Online Instructors Improved Communication With Students PROBLEMDr. Philip Ice, an assistant professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who has taught 30 online courses and designed 100 others, noticed that instructors’ heavy reliance on text for giving students feedback on their work was not very effective. In his experience, […]January 23, 2008HomeThe Path to the ProfessoriateA Survival Guide: A Ph.D. candidate on the job market chronicles her recent MLA experience.January 23, 2008HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Carmen Puliafito has been named dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Most recently, he served as director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Puliafito earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, an […]January 23, 2008SportsGrants & GiftsCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills has received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program. In addition to helping the seven scholars who are currently participating in the initiative, 19 new students have been admitted into the research-intensive program. Colorado College has received $10 […]January 23, 2008StudentsScholarship Deadlines ApproachThree opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.January 21, 2008StudentsUNCF Adopts New Brand Identity, Without the Word ‘Negro’In its new logo unveiled today, the United Negro College Fund has dropped its full name, opting to go as UNCF as part of a branding strategy that conveys the organization as a contemporary and progressive advocate of Blacks in higher education while also maintaining its heritage.January 16, 2008LatinxHispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says StudyResearchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.January 16, 2008Previous PagePage 91 of 115Next Page
