Diverse StaffHomeGrants & GiftsThe Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Brown University (R.I.), Rhode Island public schools and community organizations to support a nationwide initiative to increase college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students. The City College of New York and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have received […]August 22, 2007SportsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Mildred García has been named president of California State University-Domínguez Hills. She was most recently president of Berkeley College. García earned a bachelor’s from Bernard M. Baruch College, a master’s from New York University and a master’s and doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. Gayle Colston Barge has been appointed assistant vice chancellor […]August 22, 2007Leadership & PolicyA Conversation with Dr. Betty SiegelDr. Betty Siegel, president emeritus of Kennesaw State University in Georgia, has been logging many miles in her retirement, in many cases to promote and help implement First-Year academies.August 8, 2007HBCUsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital has been appointed president of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. She had previously been interim chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. Howard-Vital earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson has been named university professor at Georgetown […]August 8, 2007StudentsGrants & GiftsThe Community College of Baltimore County has received a $295,328 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to fund an online course aimed at increasing the number of nurses in the state. The new course, which helps paramedics transition into the nursing program, is expected to produce 40 nursing graduates in 2009 and 64 in […]August 8, 2007StudentsProfessional AppointmentsPeter Roby has been named athletic director at Northeastern University (Mass.). He becomes only the second Black AD at a New England Division I institution. Roby was previously director of Northeastern’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College. Dr. Maurice Apprey has been named dean of […]July 25, 2007StudentsGrants & GiftsCalifornia State University-Northridge has received a $2 million contribution from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to support the university’s Performing Arts Center. The 1,700-seat center is expected to begin construction this year and should be completed by 2009. Chestnut Hill College (Pa.) has received a four-year, $799,600 grant from the U.S. Department of […]July 25, 2007HomeUCLA Report: Affirmative Action in Higher Ed ‘More Secure’ Now Than BeforeIn its recent decision to limit the use of race in assigning students to public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court justices made it clear that the earlier Grutter v Bollinger decision involving affirmative action in college admissions would stand. Gary Orfield said Monday higher education leaders should use that decision to strengthen their resolve against conservatives’ efforts to end race-conscious programs.July 22, 2007HBCUsOver Time, HBCU Male Graduates’ Earnings Outpace Black Male Graduates of Other SchoolsBlack men who earn degrees from historically Black colleges and universities have higher lifetime earnings than those attending other four-year institutions, according to a new study by researchers from Virginia Tech.July 22, 2007African-AmericanThirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man – ReviewThirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vintage Books, $12.00, 256 pages.July 14, 2007Previous PagePage 99 of 115Next Page
