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Dr. Mabel Jones Matthews – Director for the Office of Education Infrastructure Division, NASA

In her current position, Matthews shares responsibility for providing strategic leadership in NASA’s efforts in achieving excellence in STEM education. Matthews served as university program manager for NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Program. Previously, she served in several senior-level higher education positions, including vice president, dean of academic affairs, academic division chairperson and as […]

April 25, 2014

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Dr. Muriel A. Howard – President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Howard, president of AASCU since 2009, is the first African-American to lead one of the six presidentially based higher education associations in Washington, D.C. She is also AASCU’s first female president. She is the former president of Buffalo State College, State University of New York and the vice president for public service and urban affairs […]

April 25, 2014

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Dr. Marybeth Gasman – Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania

Gasman, a professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, holds secondary appointments in history, Africana studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also directs the Center for Minority-Serving Institutions at Penn. Gasman has written or edited 15 books, including Envisioning Black Colleges: A History […]

April 25, 2014

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Dr. Juliet V. García – President, University of Texas at Brownsville

García became president of The University of Texas at Brownsville in January 1992. When she was named president of Texas Southmost College in 1986, she became the fi rst Mexican American woman in the nation to become president of a college or university. García has advocated increasing access to higher education through innovation and experimentation, […]

April 25, 2014

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Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten Chicago Latinos” in 2009. At the beginning of 2014, Chicago Public Schools appointed Gil-Garcia one of the 13 Latino Advisory Committee members, the District’s first-ever […]

April 25, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Alecia DeCoudreaux – President, Mills College

DeCoudreaux had a distinguished career as a lawyer and senior executive at Eli Lilly and Company before becoming president of Mills College in July 2011. She has served as a trustee and board chair at Wellesley College, director of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, honorary director of the Indiana University Foundation and a member of […]

April 25, 2014

Community Colleges

Dr. Joyce Brown – President Fashion Institute of Technology

Brown became the sixth – and first female and first AfricanAmerican – president of the Fashion Institute of Technology, a specialized college of art and design, business and technology of the State University of New York in 1998. She has held senior administrative posts at the City University of New York, including acting president and […]

April 25, 2014

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Dr. Sharon Beverly – Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of New Jersey

Beverly is the assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation at The College of New Jersey. Previously, she was director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College. In 2010, Beverly was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year. A student -athlete on Queens College’s women’s […]

April 25, 2014

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April 24, 2014

Sports

Grambling Students Vote for Athletics Fee

Grambling State University’s athletic programs will get a boost in the fall after students approved an athletics fee that will generate an additional $1 million annually.

April 24, 2014

Students

House Refuses to Put Limits on Tulane Scholarships

Lawmakers in the Louisiana House don’t want to restrict how they can dole out $6.8 million in Tulane University scholarships each year.

April 24, 2014

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Technology and Online Education

In this issue, Diverse takes a closer look at the prevalence and ever-changing nature of social media at higher education institutions. Diverse also profiles Professor Kari Frisch of Central Lakes College, a national leader in online education.

April 24, 2014