Tag: Professional Development: Page 8

Faculty & Staff

Tenure Crusader

After winning the tenure race, Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore gave it up to help other young professors reach their own tenure goals.

January 10, 2011

Home

Perspectives: Inadequate Counseling for Those Who Need It

Too many urban and rural high school students lack access to the counseling necessary to help them prepare and plan for college.

January 6, 2011

Home

College Counseling Runs in the Family

Inspired by their parents, some up-and-coming college admissions  counselors are joining the family business.

November 29, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Evaluating Teacher Performance Should Be A National Initiative, Report Finds

Although more than 30 states embrace the need to evaluate the nation’s elementary and secondary school students’ academic progress and achievement based on common-core standards, a similar consensus has not yet been built around a national set of standards and assessments for teacher performance.

October 19, 2010

Students

Perspectives: Time for Community Colleges To Lead on Diversifying Faculty

Inclusive student body requires two-year institutions to hire more multicultural faculty to address learning needs.

October 12, 2010

Students

National Academies Committee Recommends Measures To Boost Minority STEM Participation

Citing the relatively low levels of minority representation in science and engineering, leaders of a group working to increase diversity in those fields released a report Thursday that shows the extent of the problem and makes recommendations on how to solve it.

September 30, 2010

African-American

Perspective: Leadership Steps for Bold Change at HBCUs

Rewriting the narrative of HBCUs requires a transformation in the behaviors and culture of many of these institutions.

September 28, 2010

Sports

Latina Athletic Director Thrives on Learning and Teaching

As the athletic director at St. Francis College, a Division I institution in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irma Garcia finds fulfillment in teaching others the rules of sports and sports administration.

September 21, 2010

African-American

National Science Board Report Calls for Equity, Excellence and Opportunity in STEM

The United States’ ability to be not just a global leader but even a competitive participant in technology will depend largely on a massive infusion of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.

September 15, 2010

Students

Education Secretary Lauds State Coalitions Charged with Improving K-12 Assessment Tests

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a group of education leaders Thursday that a federally funded overhaul of K-12 assessment tests will substantially improve the understanding parents and teachers will have in how well schoolchildren are progressing in their studies and becoming college and workforce ready.

September 2, 2010

Students

Journalism Education Embraces Ethnic Media

Journalism schools turn to ethnic media outlets in effort to train future reporters on covering diverse communities.

August 2, 2010

Students

Community College Champion

In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.

June 14, 2010