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Students

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

14 members of three fraternities at The Ohio State University (OSU) traveled to China last month, where they choreographed a step show for Chinese students as part of a cross-cultural awareness program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

Community Colleges

Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College, a historic, all-women’s institution that is scheduled to be closed in August, has been granted a temporary reprieve.

Community Colleges

University of Oklahoma to Require Freshman Diversity Class

NORMAN, Okla. ― University of Oklahoma freshmen will now be required to take a five-hour course dealing with diversity issues before completing their first year of college.

Students

Honoring Cultural Traditions of Native Graduates

Native graduates receive their eagle feathers and plumes and proudly wear them on their graduation caps or tied in their hair.

African-American

Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment

Only 31 percent of Black high school graduates in California took the sequence of coursework required to apply for a four-year public university in California in 2013.

Leadership & Policy

Lamb Named Interim Chancellor of City College of San Francisco

Art Tyler has stepped down as chancellor of the City College of San Francisco and Susan Lamb has been named as the interim successor.

Faculty & Staff

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

A ­Chinese exchange program provides African-American males at The Ohio State University with the opportunity to travel abroad.

Faculty & Staff

CLIFTON SANDERS

CLIFTON SANDERS has been appointed provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. Sanders was most recently interim provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. He earned a bachelor’s from Hamline University and a doctorate from The University of Utah.

Leadership & Policy

SHEILA C. BAIR

SHEILA C. BAIR has been named president of Washington College in Maryland. She will assume the position August 1. Bair was formerly chairperson of the FDIC. Bair earned a bachelor’s and a J.D. from the University of Kansas.

Community Colleges

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Students

Increased Revenue Has Some Lawmakers Eyeing Budget Changes

PHOENIX — Increased state revenue since Arizona’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved in March has some lawmakers saying they want to use the extra cash to scale back unpopular cuts that they made in funding for education and other services.

Students

Princeton to Offer African American Studies Major

Princeton University’s Board of Trustees has granted the Center for African American Studies (CAAS) academic departmental status, clearing the way for the university to begin offering a major in African American Studies in the fall.

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