Diverse StaffSportsPerspectives: UCLA Fires Dorrell Despite Academic Success, Winning Record and 100% Bowl RecordWhat does a Black coach have to do to keep his job? Many observers and critics of coaching equity are probably asking that question in light of the reasons the University of California, Los Angeles athletic director has given for the firing of head football coach Karl Dorrell.December 3, 2007StudentsIn Brief: UT Teaching Hospital Considers Turning Away Undocumented Cancer PatientsThe University of Texas Medical Branch may stop offering cancer care to indigent and undocumented immigrants in order to cut costs; University of Buffalo researcher’s work leads to dismissal of Tulsa ‘Race Riot’ charges; West Virginia rethinks scholarship leave of absence.December 3, 2007Leadership & PolicyProfessional AppointmentsDR. RENU KHATOR has been named president and chancellor of the University of Houston. She will assume her new post in January. Most recently, Khator served as provost and vice president of the University of South Florida. She holds a bachelor’s from Kanpur University in India and a master’s and doctorate from Purdue University in […]November 28, 2007HealthGrants & GiftsThe COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY has received a three-year grant totaling more than $745,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make the college’s nursing program available online. CCBC will begin offering this online nursing program in the fall of 2008. EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY (Va.) has received $399,649 from Higher Education […]November 28, 2007HomeStudying in the UAEThe New York Institute of Technology has become the first licensed American university in the United Arab Emirates.November 28, 2007Faculty & StaffUniversities Honor First Black Faculty Member, Journalism Graduate With Building DedicationsIn October, the University of Missouri named an academic building in honor of its first Black professor, Dr. Arvarh E. Strickland; A little farther east, Ohio University honored its first Black journalism graduate by dedicating a new residence hall in his name last month.November 28, 2007InternationalU.S. Attorney Investigates Grade Tampering Case at FAMUThe U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee is taking over the investigation of unauthorized grade changes at Florida A&M University, the Tallahassee Democrat reported last week.November 24, 2007StudentsUniversity of California Tries to Better Understand Asian StudentsThe University of California is expanding the categories undergraduate applicants use to self-report their ethnicity as part of an effort to collect and better report the “complexities” of its Asian American and Pacific Islander students.November 17, 2007StudentsHow the University of Virginia Increased Attendance During Black Alumni WeekendVolunteers and organizations and the University of Virginia help turn around attendance at a three-day event bringing together the school’s Black alumni.November 14, 2007Leadership & PolicyIf I Were Not a College President, I Would Be…College Presidents tell Diverse their career alternatives to higher education leadership.November 14, 2007Previous PagePage 95 of 115Next Page
