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African-American

Alcorn State Breaks Through with CAEP Accreditation

Alcorn State University is the first Historically Black College and University and the only institution of higher learning in the state of Mississippi to receive accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

December 2, 2015

Sports

Topeka Korean School Keeps Heritage Alive

by Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — A longstanding school that is the subject of a recent documentary works to maintain traditions and culture for second-generation Korean-Americans. The Topeka Korean School was founded in 1993, said Sangyoub Park, associate principal at the school and a Washburn University sociology professor, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. The Korean school […]

November 30, 2015

African-American

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November 20, 2015

Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

Disabilties

Fueling the Talent Engine —– A Rich Mixture to go the Distance

The talent engines of organizations can be fueled to perform at the highest levels of excellence through developing and maintaining diverse coaching/mentoring relationships.

November 16, 2015

Home

College Aid: Obama to Extend Pell Grants to Some HS Students

Thousands of low-income students will be eligible for federal Pell grant money to take college courses while still in high school.

November 1, 2015

Community Colleges

Franklin & Marshall Latest to Rescind Cosby Honorary Degree

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania college has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby.

October 20, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TAMARA RODENBERG

TAMARA RODENBERG has been named president of Bethany College in West Virginia, effective January 1. She is vice president for advancement for the Divinity School at Texas Christian University. Rodenberg earned a bachelor’s from Texas Christian University, a master’s from Lexington Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in California.

October 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

K. RANGA RAMA KRISHNAN

K. RANGA RAMA KRISHNAN has been appointed senior vice president of the Medical Center and dean of the Medical College at Rush University in Chicago. He was dean of Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. Krishnan earned an M.B.B.S. from Madras Medical College in India.

October 8, 2015

Students

DANIELLE WOZNIAK

DANIELLE WOZNIAK has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the College of New Rochelle in New York. She was the director of the School of Social Work at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Wozniak earned a bachelor’s from Miami University in Ohio, a master’s from Fordham University and a doctorate from the University of Connecticut.

October 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Kingston Provides Backdrop for Scholars to Convene

Leaders from all over gather in Kingston, Jamaica, for the International Colloquium of Black Males in Education.

October 7, 2015

Students

U.S. Colleges Seek to Integrate Chinese Students Better

The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate.

September 29, 2015