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Leadership & Policy

Texas A&M President Quits, Regents Pick Temp Replacement

Texas A&M University System regents have accepted the resignation of president Elsa Murano and named the CEO of their Galveston campus as interim president of the flagship school.

Faculty & Staff

Rift Brews Between Texas A&M Chancellor, President

Texas A&M President Elsa Murano’s job could be on the line in the coming week when the A&M System’s Board of Regents meets.

Decrying Over-Representation of African-Americans in Prisons, Reformers Ask Senate for Changes

Reforming the nation’s ailing criminal justice system can help African-Americans and many of the nation’s youth, whose brushes with the law leave them with bleak futures and few opportunities, a prominent Black legal scholar and other leaders told Congress Thursday.

The Browning of U.S. Higher Education

Changing student demographics may prove the most formidable ever for American colleges and universities as well as for public K-12 school systems, scholars say.

Leadership & Policy

A&M President Scores Poorly in First Evaluation

Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano received low marks for leadership and management in a highly critical performance review released Thursday by the A&M system.

Ronald Takaki, Ethnic Studies Pioneer, Dies

Dr. Ronald Takaki, a pioneer in the field of ethnic studies who taught the University of California system’s first Black history course, has died.

Faculty & Staff

Study Finds Minorities Underrepresented in Graduate School

To broaden the participation of graduate studies among underrepresented minorities, graduate studies programs must go beyond simply recruiting students from diverse groups and provide students with the support and resources needed to graduate, says a new report released by the Council of Graduate Schools.

Haddon Selected as University of Maryland Law School Dean, Marking First for an African-American

University of Maryland officials last week announced the appointment of Phoebe A. Haddon as dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, effective July 1, 2009. Haddon, who will be the ninth dean and the second woman in the position, will be the first African-American to serve as the dean of the University of Maryland system’s only law school.

Faculty & Staff

Saving Lives in the Academy and Operating Room

First Hispanic University of Texas System chancellor tackles financial problems and challenges Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.

University System of Maryland Sets Goals to Close Racial Graduation Gap

White and Hispanic college students enrolled in the University System of Maryland are graduating at higher rates than Black students, according to recent data collected by the university system.

Community Colleges

Foster Kids Find College Help After ‘Aging Out’

Community colleges in several states are working to establish stronger support systems for former foster-care children, who are more likely to wind up homeless or in jail than earn a degree as they struggle to overcome unstable lives.

Racial Health Disparities Called Most Prevalent Civil Rights Issue of Decade

To narrow the health disparities between minorities and White populations battling diabetes, HIV, prostate cancer and other diseases, the country must develop models of universal health care systems, train doctors to be culturally competent and extend access to high-quality health care to low-income and minority communities, said Dr. Chidi Achebe, president and CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, during a workshop at the 59th annual American Medical Student Association national convention.

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