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Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia

While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.

George Henderson

Sullivan Seeks to Lead the University of Virginia at a Challenging Time

Dr. Teresa Sullivan, the first female president of the University of Virginia, leads the institution into a new era amid state budget cuts and other challenges.

Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.

Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers

Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.

Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders

The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.

Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy

Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.

Dr. Imani Perry

More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities

Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.

Singer John Legend Urges Howard Students To Consider Teaching

In an event that commingled star power and the power of the federal government, President Obama’s Education Secretary and soul singer John Legend visited Howard University Wednesday as part of a national teacher recruitment campaign aimed at making America’s teaching ranks as diverse as the nation’s students.

Musician John Legend addressed Howard University students on Wednesday and in early October. (photo courtesy of Howard University)

First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class

Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.

Hampton University began offering online courses about 10 years ago as an experiment that began in the school of nursing. (photo courtesy of Hampton University)

Critics, Supporters Express Concerns on Proposed Rules Targeting For-profit Colleges

Supporters and opponents of the controversial “gainful employment” rule being directed at for-profit colleges voiced their concerns Thursday at one of a series of public hearings being conducted by the U.S. Department of Education this week as it mulls modifying the rule before putting it into effect.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning

With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.

Launched by radio personality and longtime HBCU booster Tom Joyner, HBCUsOnline.com seeks to tap into the lucrative online adult higher education market (photo by AP/Mary Ann Chastain).

Future Teachers Must Show, Not Just Tell, Skills

Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.

Sharon P. Robinson is president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, an umbrella group for schools that specialize in training teachers.

College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.

Dr. Sandy Baum is a senior policy analyst for the College Board and a Skidmore College economics professor.

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