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Search Firm Struggles to Fill Provost Position at Del. State

DOVER, Del. A search firm is having trouble filling the vacant position of provost at Delaware State University. The (Wilmington) News Journal has obtained a confidential report by the firm, Florida-based Greenwood and Associates. The report says the firm made overtures about the job to more than 200 people, many of whom work at large […]

January 27, 2008

Students

When Diversity Training Goes Awry

Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.

January 23, 2008

Students

When Diversity Training Goes Awry

Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.

January 23, 2008

Students

Encouraging The Discouraged

An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.

January 23, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 9, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Perspectives: The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 7, 2008

Students

Black, Brown and College Bound

Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.

December 26, 2007

HBCUs

Just the Stats: CRM Tools Help Boost Minority-Serving Institutions’ Enrollment

When institutions with deep pockets shift their marketing strategies to attract students by purchasing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tools, minority-serving institutions and community colleges with less resources have a hard time competing.

December 15, 2007

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Ft. Valley State U. Makes Cuts to Grow Amid Challenges, Changes

FORT VALLEY, Ga.  The long list academic programs shutting down at Fort Valley State University may seem like a death sentence for the public historically Black institution, but it’s actually part of the school’s plans for a revival. With a new president at the helm, Fort Valley has emerged from a $2.5 million budget deficit […]

December 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

CSU Hiring Policy Inconsistent For Minorities, Women

SACRAMENTO  Inconsistent hiring practices at the 23 California State University campuses have led to diversity among professors and executives in some departments but not others, a state audit found Tuesday. The CSU system has no way to gauge whether its professors and executives, or even the job candidates it attracts, reflect the available labor pool […]

December 12, 2007

Latinx

Just the Stats: Hispanic Students Expect Diversity in College

Nearly three in four Hispanic high school students said racial and ethnic diversity was among the key elements for them in choosing a college or university, according to a survey of minority students who were high school upper classmen or college students.

December 12, 2007

Students

Unmasking the Model Minority Myth

Widely considered as overachievers, Asian students’ academic struggles are often downplayed, ignored.

December 12, 2007