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Leadership & Policy

UMES First HBCU To Recieve The PGA Professional Golf Management Program

University of Maryland Eastern Shore officials announced this week at a press conference that the institution has become the 20th university to attain the highly sought after Professional Golf Association’s Professional Golf Management University Program.

April 17, 2008

Students

Industry Experts Urge College Boards to Exert More Oversight

With so many campus controversies of late, from the alleged misappropriation of college funds by some leaders to the alleged kickbacks from student loan providers to some financial aid officials, the role of board of trustee members comes into question.

April 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern University President Plans New Direction for University

Texas Southern University has spent the last two years in the headlines because of financial mismanagement and the firing of previous president Priscilla Slade. Dr. John Rudley, the newly appointed president of TSU, discusses the new vision for the Houston historically Black university.

April 16, 2008

Students

A Time To Grieve and Heal

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the most deadly and violent school shooting in American history.

April 15, 2008

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries Asks “Where Are the Priorities?”

Faculty members’ salaries nationwide are not keeping up with inflation, while head football coaches, college presidents and other high level universities official are seeing a significant rise in pay, says a report by the American Association of University Professors.

April 13, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Philadelphia Mayor Takes Part in Community College Black Male Summit

Numerous organizations intent on reversing alarming disparities in high school and college drop out and incarceration rates among Black males gathered in Philadelphia this week for a Call to Action Summit, sponsored by the Presidents’ Round Table of African-American CEOs, a group of Black community college presidents.

April 8, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College Leaders Say Ohio’s New Education Plan a Good Start

College administrators generally support Ohio’s new goals of making higher education more affordable through lower tuition and more accountable by setting up a system of benchmarks.

April 7, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Poor Race Relations May Force St. Mary’s College to Lose Accreditation

St. Mary’s College may face sanctions by its accreditors for officials’ inaction amid racial tensions on campus, according to an article in the Contra Costra Times.

April 6, 2008

Students

Illinois News Nuggets

With nearly 200 degree-granting institutions in the “Land of Lincoln,” Diverse couldn’t cover them all, but instead offers a few school snapshots.

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. SALLY CLAUSEN has been named Commissioner of Higher Education for the state of Louisiana. Clausen now serves as president of the University of Louisiana System. She received a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from Louisiana State University.     DR. KIMBERLY CLINE has been named president of Mercy College (N.Y.). Previously, she served as the […]

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Thinking About Their Future in a Different Way

Roosevelt University partners with a local high school and promises its students full financial support if admitted.

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

A ‘Historical Problem’

Southern Illinois University Carbondale fares well on its hiring of minority administrators, but it is being taken to task for the lack of women in its executive ranks.

April 2, 2008