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Leadership & Policy

Searching for the best – officials of African American universities and colleges

At his ranch-style home in Durham, North Carolina, Dr. Mickey L. Burnim keeps a file that can perhaps best be labeled. “Things not to do as chancellor of a university.”

July 5, 2007

Students

Wilson proud of Norfolk State’s “X” factor – Norfolk State University president Dr. Harrison B. Wilson

His grandfather on his father’s side was a tenacious Virginia slave Who fought in the Civil War, first for the Confederacy and the Union Army. His grandmother on his mother’s side was educated at Wilberforce University and taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Kentucky.

July 5, 2007

Latinx

HBCU leaders urge expansion of Title III and TRIO programs – Historically Black colleges and universities – Washington Update

Expansion of Title III aid to minority institutions and TRIO programs for disadvantaged youth emerged as top priorities at a December 17 public hearing on Higher Education Act (MEA) reauthorization in Washington, D.C.

July 4, 2007

Community Colleges

College of Southern Nevada shortens name, shuffles administrators

LAS VEGAS The Community College of Southern Nevada has a shortened name, and several administrators are being promoted as the campus prepares for the departure of its president, Richard Carpenter.

July 1, 2007

Home

Academics shouldn’t be penalized for moving – that’s what Americans do

Perhaps more than any other country, American society gives its citizens freedom to move from place to place and from job to job. However in higher education, there is a strange irony. In a country which has one of the most mobile populations in the world (40 percent of the workforce changes jobs yearly), some faculty members, administrators, and board members look upon those who move frequently with a level of suspicion which denigrates otherwise excellent credentials. It seems that academia values freedom of thought only as long as all the thought is done in one place.

June 22, 2007

Community Colleges

The Magnificent Twelve: Florida’s Black Junior Colleges. – book reviews

by Walter L. Smith, Ph.D. Four-G Publishers Available through Smith and Smith, Inc. 4830 N.W. 43rd Street Suite 291 Gainesville, FL 38602 Hardcover: $25.00

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Appreciation: Louis Westerfield, 1949-1996 – Obituary

On August 2-4. 1996. Louis Westerfield — law school dean at three schools, law professor at four schools, author, judge, community leader, and dedicated family man — died of a heart attack in New Orleans.

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Creating a powerhouse: compensation research perks sweeten pot in high-stakes competition for scholars

For the past 24 years Dr. Ron Walters has been a fixture at Howard University. The tenured chairman of the university’s political science department is widely respected in the academic community and is one of an elite group of national scholars who are considered “public intellectuals.”

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Belt-tightening goes on – and on: ACE report offers ten-year retrospective – American Council on Education

Realizing that the budgetary woes colleges and universities have suffered the past decade may be permanent, higher education officials are coming up with more substantive strategies to deal with the long-range crisis, according to an annual report.

June 20, 2007

Students

An era endangered: graduate fellowships for minorities in jeopardy

Budget cuts are drying up the flow of Department of Education funding for graduate student fellowships.

June 16, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Where are the CEOs at recruitment and retention conferences? – minority recruitment

Attending conferences on the recruitment and retention of minorities is often bittersweet. While it is energizing to meet others in higher education who are concerned and dedicated to the issues of recruitment and retention, it is equally as frustrating to see so few high-level administrators in attendance.

June 16, 2007

Students

Just the Stats: Can High School Counselors Prevent Drop-Outs?

A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics suggests a strong relationship between the number of credit hours a high-school student earns as a freshman and their likelihood to drop out. With this information, could school administrators identify potential dropouts early enough to intervene?

April 30, 2007