Tag: Community Colleges: Page 55

Leadership & Policy

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE has been named president and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, effective July 1. She last served as interim president at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington. Pierce Burnett earned a bachelor’s from The Ohio State University and a master’s from Georgia College in Milledgeville.

May 5, 2015

Students

College President Upsets Faculty by Opposing Gay Marriage

Some professors say they are upset to learn that Utah Valley University President Matthew Holland signed his name to an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing gay marriage.

May 4, 2015

Community Colleges

Smith College Votes to Accept Transgender Applicants

Smith College is changing its policy to accept self-identified transgender women.

May 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Social Justice and HBCUs: The Fight for Equality in Baltimore

The recent events in Baltimore highlight the economic, political and social disparities that continue to persist in communities throughout the United States.

May 3, 2015

Community Colleges

Lawsuit: Educational Cadavers Mishandled at Malcolm X College

For more than a decade, a college in Chicago stored four unidentified human cadavers in cardboard boxes in a locked, unrefrigerated closet, then fired a doctor who raised questions about it, according to a recently filed lawsuit.

April 30, 2015

Community Colleges

2015 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs

The Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs national survey was first commissioned by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in 2011.

April 30, 2015

Students

Indiana University Southeast

Founded in 1941, Indiana University Southeast is the regional campus of Indiana University and serves southern Indiana and the Greater Louisville metropolitan area.

April 30, 2015

Students

California State University, Fresno (Fresno State)

Founded in 1911, Fresno State is committed to embracing the diversity inherent in its university community to enable student success, produce transformative scholarly research and creative works, and develop institutional, community and intellectual leaders.

April 30, 2015

African-American

Harvard Study: Millennials Believe U.S. Justice System Unfair

A Harvard University survey released Wednesday found that nearly one in two millennials believe America’s criminal justice system is unfair and few believe protests triggered by the killings of Black men at the hands of police will make a significant difference.

April 29, 2015

Students

Depression Among Graduate Students is Real

As those of us who have gone through such an experience are well aware, for a number of people graduate school can be a long, lonely experience at times.

April 29, 2015

Leadership & Policy

S.C. State Announces $100K Donation as Board Continues to Shrink

South Carolina State University’s national alumni group is giving $100,000 for scholarships as the financially troubled school seeks to boost enrollment.

April 28, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Experts: Trustees Need Closer Eye on Money

The Association of Governing Boards is recommending that boards should address changed public finances and deliver education at lower costs as well as focus more on their role as institutional fiduciaries.

April 27, 2015