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Leadership & Policy

Women Leaders Honored at ACE Meeting

The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix.

March 7, 2010

Latinx

Alliance of 17 States Seeks To Boost College Completion Rates

More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.

March 2, 2010

Latinx

Univision, Feds Launch Hispanic Education Campaign

Univision, in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, launched a three-year media campaign to encourage and support Latino families and their children’s academic achievement. Many other civil rights, educational and community organizations will be involved in strengthening coalitions to promote college readiness and decrease the drop-out rate for Hispanic high school students.

February 23, 2010

Students

Private Colleges Outline New College Success Initiative

The nation’s private colleges and universities pledged Friday to boost efforts to enroll and graduate at-risk students, as leaders said the move would complement the Obama administration’s plans for greater success rates in higher education.

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

On The Move – Feb 4, 2010 Issue

DR. CHRISTINE CLARK was named senior scholar for multicultural education and founding vice president for diversity and inclusion at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Previously, Clark was executive director of the Offi ce of Human Relations Programs at UNLV. Clark earned a bachelor’s from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s and doctorate from the […]

February 3, 2010

Home

Retracing The Journey Through Hallowed Ground

Collaborating with Black historical societies and scholars, regional history project publishes African-American history volume on national heritage area.

February 3, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Minority Male Plight Demands Broad U.S. Action, College Board Says

A College Board report highlighting the “overwhelming barriers” U.S. minority males confront in becoming educated and productive citizens.

January 26, 2010

Students

On The Move

DR. KENNETH BOUTTE is program officer in the Division of Human Resource Development, Directorate for Education and Human Resources of the National Science Foundation. Boutte serves as a professor of biology and dean of freshman studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Boutte holds a bachelor’s from Xavier University of Louisiana and a doctorate from […]

January 20, 2010

HBCUs

Grants And Gifts

The Danforth Foundation has awarded WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (ST. LOUIS) $30 MILLION to establish the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics. The center will convene public conferences and lectures to address local, state and national issues related to religion and politics. NASA has granted FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY $1 MILLION to establish the Minority Innovation […]

January 20, 2010

Home

Experts: Time for a New Dialogue on Race

A diverse group of national leaders gathered on Capitol Hill this week to establish a new direction and tone for a more relevant dialogue on race in the U.S.

January 13, 2010

Community Colleges

ON THE MOVE

DR. RITA HARTUNG CHENG has been named chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Cheng was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned a bachelor’s from Bi

January 6, 2010