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Minority-Serving Schools Gain Victory in Science Consolidation Battle

A U.S. Senate panel has rejected White House plans to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving colleges and universities, noting that these postsecondary institutions reap significant gains under the existing system.

Dr. Daryl Chubin

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Grambling Selects New President

Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.

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Charges from Racially Charged Mass. Campus Fight To Be Dropped Against Black Man

For more than two years, supporters of former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell have urged prosecutors to drop charges against him that stemmed from a racially charged fight and sparked protests, demonstrations and accusations of bias.

Authorities Say Better Information on Student Arrests Will Be Difficult to Realize

University of Virginia officials still reeling from the death of a Virginia student-athlete want a better system to tell them when students are arrested off campus, though authorities warn changes could prove costly.

Leadership & Policy

Making Amends in California

Starting this week and continuing through June 7, six campuses of the California State University system are holding special commencement ceremonies for the more than 200 Cal State students who were forced to report to internment camps during World War II.

John Hiroshi Otomo

Faculty & Staff

JSU’s Mason Ready for Challenges at Southern

Anticipating new leadership, the Southern University System expects incoming president Ronald Mason to raise external funds and improve student outcomes.

Ronald Mason Jr.

Leadership & Policy

Mason Says Jackson State Improved During 10-year Presidency

Jackson State University President Ronald Mason said Monday he’s leaving JSU with a better campus, a larger research budget and a stronger relationship with the local business community as he prepares to take a new job heading the Southern University System in Louisiana.

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Southern Picks Mason as Its New System President

The Southern University System chose its new president Friday, selecting Ronald Mason Jr., who has been the leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi.

Faculty & Staff

Slain UAH Professor Had integral Role in Minority STEM Education Network

Through Alabama’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, students of color at the University of Alabama Huntsville worked with mentors, such as the late Adriel Johnson (far left in photo), and earned degrees in STEM disciplines.

Dr. Adriel Johnson (far left) was one of three professors who died in a Feb. 12 shooting at a University of Alabama Huntsville biology department faculty meeting

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Science Associations Publish Legal Handbook on Diversity Strategies

Women and minorities in this country are woefully underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). That’s very bad news for a nation undergoing a major demographic shift that by 2050 will make minorities the majority of the population.

Dr. Daryl E. Chubin is the founding director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity

HSI Administrators Express Dismay Over Proposed NSF Grant Consolidation

The Obama administration’s proposal to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program has representatives from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) crying foul.

Hispanic-serving Institution Officials Urge Education Reform to Expand Latino Opportunity

In response to the booming Latino student population across the country, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is encouraging concerted collaboration between Hispanic-serving higher education institutions and public school systems.

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