Tag: Professional Development: Page 18

Leadership & Policy

Business School Firings Latest FAMU Controversy

Florida A&M University has been a mainstay in the headlines recently, but for all the wrong reasons…

August 9, 2006

Home

Ready to Begin Again

After more than a year of fact-finding, researching and planning, the former Black Caucus of the now-defunct…

August 9, 2006

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Former AAHE Black Caucus Reorganizes as Association of Blacks in Higher Education

After more than a year of fact-finding, researching and planning, the former Black Caucus of the now-defunct American Association for Higher Education has reorganized and incorporated as the Association of Blacks in Higher Education.

July 20, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Firing of 8 In Business School Latest Incident To Rankle FAMU Boosters

Florida A&M University officials say the controversial firing of eight instructors from the School of Business and Industry was done as part of a restructuring of the internationally renowned program in order to gain separate accreditation.

July 17, 2006

HBCUs

HBCU First In North Carolina

Education majors at North Carolina Central University will be using Apple iPod technology and iTunes software…

June 14, 2006

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Building Communities at Dillard

When I saw that huge mass of clouds from Hurricane Katrina on a crash course for New Orleans…

June 14, 2006

HBCUs

HBCU First In North Carolina System To Join iTunes U Program

Education majors at North Carolina Central University will be using Apple iPod technology and iTunes software to download classroom materials via the Internet as early as fall 2006.

May 25, 2006

Students

Grants & Awards

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]

April 19, 2006

Students

Office Depot Awards $4.5 Million

Office Depot is awarding $4.5 million to support the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and…

March 8, 2006

STEM

Science, Technology High Schools to Open in Texas As Part of Statewide Initiative

The Texas High School Project (THSP) — supported by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation…

January 11, 2006

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Black Journalists Group Issues Relief Checks to Members Affected by Hurricane Katrina

The National Association of Black Journalists has begun issuing financial grants to NABJ members directly…

December 28, 2005

Students

Higher Education Associations Provide Tool

Does my hiring record demonstrate my commitment to diversity? Do I receive reports on students…

December 14, 2005