Tag: Distance Learning: Page 5

Sports

NCAA President Troubled by Indiana’s New Law

NCAA president Mark Emmert, whose organization is based in Indianapolis and will showcase one of its signature sporting events there this weekend, said Monday that a new Indiana law that could allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians might jeopardize the NCAA’s relationship with the state.

March 30, 2015

Students

Unusual Amount of Cheating Suspected at Stanford University

An unusually high number of students at Stanford University are suspected of cheating during the most recent term, putting faculty members and administrators of the prestigious institution on alert.

March 29, 2015

Students

Santa Fe College Named Nation’s Top Community College

Santa Fe College (SFC) in Gainesville, Florida, is the winner of the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

March 18, 2015

Home

Emory University Offers Course on Ferguson Shooting, Fallout

Emory University in Atlanta will offer a course next fall focused on the impact of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.

March 12, 2015

Students

Barbara Walters Donates $15M to Sarah Lawrence College

Journalism giant and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Barbara Walters is donating $15 million to her alma mater to establish The Barbara Walters Campus Center.

February 26, 2015

Students

Clemson University Faculty Senate: Change Tillman Hall Name

Clemson University’s faculty senate is asking administrators to change the name of a building named after the late South Carolina governor and White supremacist Benjamin Tillman.

February 11, 2015

HBCUs

Student-Centered and Focused on Diversity and Inclusion

Tracing its roots to a commercial law course offered by the YMCA in 1908, Youngstown State University is an urban research university that emphasizes a creative, integrated approach to education, scholarship and service.

February 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

National Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men

In an effort to improve the outcomes for underrepresented men of color at community colleges, a new national consortium is being launched with the intended purpose of strategizing over how best to serve this growing demographic.

January 28, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard!

Please join the staff in welcoming Donald Washington as the Executive Director of Advertising for Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. His extensive management experience in image/branding/recruitment advertising has led to building successful business enterprise opportunities. Donald has worked for three major media companies including NPR, The Washington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education. In […]

January 27, 2015

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges to Offer Bachelor’s Degrees

Fifteen California community colleges received preliminary approval Tuesday to start offering career-oriented bachelor’s degrees.

January 20, 2015

Students

Maine Community College System President Fitzsimmons Resigns

AUGUSTA, Maine — With Gov. Paul LePage trying to restrict funding and threatening “further harm,” Maine Community College System President John Fitzsimmons announced Wednesday that he’s stepping down, saying it’s in the best interest of students and staff.

January 14, 2015

Students

Missionary Flight School Set to Take Off

There’s a revolution happening in Keystone Heights.

January 4, 2015