Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 11

Students

RONALD A. JOHNSON

RONALD A. JOHNSON has been appointed president of Clark Atlanta University. He is currently dean of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Tennessee State University. Johnson earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from Adelphi University. He earned a master’s and a doctorate from Stanford University.

May 5, 2015

Students

Depression Among Graduate Students is Real

As those of us who have gone through such an experience are well aware, for a number of people graduate school can be a long, lonely experience at times.

April 29, 2015

Community Colleges

Life Goes On Regardless of a Particular Outcome

A student’s first-choice school may not necessarily be the best one for them.

April 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Illinois State Players, Coaches Mourn 7 Victims of Plane Crash

A news conference at Illinois State University to discuss the seven school officials and fans who died in a plane crash while returning from the NCAA Tournament became a tearful, moving memorial Wednesday.

April 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Fort Valley University President to Step Down

The president of Fort Valley State University is stepping down after two years in the post.

April 7, 2015

Students

COLLEEN HANYCZ

COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

April 6, 2015

Students

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

April 6, 2015

Students

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

April 6, 2015

Students

School: What is it Good for?

The nature and purpose behind the American education system are not always consistent with the methods of teaching nor the outcome.

April 5, 2015

Sports

Brown Students Protest Handling of Sex Assault Allegations

Hundreds of Brown University students silently marched across campus Wednesday to protest the college’s handling of recent sexual assault allegations, saying the school is trying to protect its reputation rather than the victims of assault.

March 11, 2015

Students

FAMU Wind Symphony to Perform at Carnegie Hall

The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Wind Symphony is scheduled to make a ground-breaking performance at Carnegie Hall on March 29.

March 11, 2015

African-American

Dori Maynard Was a Champion for Diversity in Journalism

Despite her passing, fight for more journalists of color must continue.

March 1, 2015