Tag: Community Colleges: Page 32

Students

Desegregation Not Same as Diversity and Inclusion

Do colleges and university senior administrators have a coherent definition of diversity that moves beyond demographics?

December 17, 2015

Students

Success Story

Bunker Hill Community College President Pam Eddinger seeks the best for the 14,000 students she serves.

December 16, 2015

African-American

5 Suggestions for Faculty of Color Teaching Online

There has been a surge in the research literature in the last decade regarding faculty of color and college teaching.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Community Colleges Becoming Prime Destination for Faculty

Long in the shadow of four-year institutions, community colleges are increasingly becoming viable career tracks for faculty.

December 16, 2015

Students

PHYLLIS WORTHY DAWKINS

PHYLLIS WORTHY DAWKINS has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bennett College. She was vice president for academic affairs at Cheyney University. Dawkins received a bachelor’s from Johnson C. Smith University, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS has been appointed chief diversity officer of Saint Mary’s College of California. He is a professor, chair of the marketing department and director of the M.S. in Business Analytics Program at Saint Mary’s. He earned a bachelor’s from the University of Leon in Spain, an MBA from Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Leon.

December 16, 2015

Community Colleges

BAISHAKHI TAYLOR

BAISHAKHI TAYLOR has been named dean of students at Middlebury College in Vermont. She was associate dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. Taylor holds a master’s from the University of Northern Iowa and a doctorate from the University of Kentucky.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ANGELA FELECIA EPPS

ANGELA FELECIA EPPS has been named dean of the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, effective January 4. She is a professor of law at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Epps earned bachelor’s degrees from Cornell College in Iowa and a juris doctor from Creighton University in Nebraska.

December 16, 2015

Students

IVAN L. HARRELL II

IVAN L. HARRELL II has been appointed executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. He was vice president of student success at Lone Star College. Harrell earned a bachelor’s from Wittenberg University, a master’s from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate from Florida State University.

December 16, 2015

Students

The Silent Minority: Hmong Women in Higher Education

Despite a history lacking a value on education for women, today Hmong women are actively pursuing degrees in higher education.

December 15, 2015

Students

Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’

In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.

December 14, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Missouri Teaching Waivers Scrutinized

by Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — A new report shows that almost 40 percent of tenure-track faculty at the University of Missouri received waivers that allow them to reduce their teaching load during their final academic years. According to the report, the majority of the waivers were for research purposes. The second-highest number of waivers […]

December 14, 2015