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Students

UAH Professor’s Family, Friends: No Suspicion of Potential Violence

An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Plus, Diverse profiles the slain.

February 14, 2010

Health

Grants And Gifts – Feb 4, 2010 Issue

The CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND professors Dr. Maria Knikou and Dr. Zaghloul Ahmed received grants totaling $1.7 MILLION for spinal cord injury research from the New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center for Spinal Injury Research Board. Knikou was awarded $1.4 million for research on the neural mechanisms underlying […]

February 3, 2010

Students

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM : CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT

Among longtime residents and higher education observers in and around Phoenix, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has been known for 30 years as “the little college that could.”

January 19, 2010

Latinx

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM : CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT

Among longtime residents and higher education observers in and around Phoenix, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has been known for 30 years as “the little college that could.”

December 23, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Students Sue Ohio College That Lost Accreditation

Nursing students say their reputations have been damaged and their degrees tainted by an Ohio community college that lost accreditation for its nursing program.

December 10, 2009

Students

COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION

Despite budget constraints and a backlog of maintenance projects, HBCUs strive to implement green principles on their campuses.

September 30, 2009

Students

Professional Appoitments

DR. WILLIAM BYNUM JR. has been named vice president for student services at Morehouse College (Ga.). He previously served as vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Bynum earned a bachelor’s from Davidson College and a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. DR. JAME’L HODGES is director of multicultural […]

September 16, 2009

Health

Best & Brightest: Desire to Help Others Set Baltimore Native on Path to Achievement

By the time Edward Murray Jr. graduated from high school, he had witnessed a lot for his 18 years — the drowning of his niece and the demise of several family members who had succumbed to substance abuse and crime.

July 16, 2009

Students

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received $100,000 from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for scholarships benefiting Native students. ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $450,621 as part of the Research in Undergraduate Institutions program. THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK and the MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING […]

May 13, 2009

Community Colleges

Best & Brightest: After a 13-year Absence From School, Academic Excellence and an Associate Degree

While explaining her future career plans, Audra Jeffers’ voice bubbles with excitement.

May 5, 2009

Community Colleges

Foster Kids Find College Help After ‘Aging Out’

Community colleges in several states are working to establish stronger support systems for former foster-care children, who are more likely to wind up homeless or in jail than earn a degree as they struggle to overcome unstable lives.

March 16, 2009

HBCUs

Earmarks Helpful for Minority-serving Institutions Struggling In Tough Economy

With Congress completing work on a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, minority-serving institutions can point to some tangible funding gains in the first months of 2009 with the possibility of more gains ahead.

March 12, 2009