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Leadership & Policy

Sounding Off About a Silver Celebration

William E. Cox and Frank Matthews discuss the vision they had when they started Black Issues/Diverse 25 years ago and the magazine’s contributions to the higher education community.

June 10, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Setting a New Standard

Despite the gains minorities have made in student enrollment and higher education leadership, the needle needs to move further and faster in the next 25 years to narrow the widening educational achievement equity gap.

June 10, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Chicago State Faculty Wish List for New President Includes Public Apology

In the second part of the series chronicling the controversial Chicago State University presidential search, the faculty are calling for the state’s governor to remove the school’s board of trustees.

June 8, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Chicago State Faculty Say Flawed Presidential Search Led to Flawed Outcome

In the first of two stories chronicling the controversial appointment of a new president to lead Chicago State University, faculty members, shut out of a ‘less than transparent’ selection process, call on the governor of Illinois to intervene.

June 7, 2009

Leadership & Policy

A&M President Scores Poorly in First Evaluation

Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano received low marks for leadership and management in a highly critical performance review released Thursday by the A&M system.

June 7, 2009

Students

Report Highlights Growing Recognition of Nontraditional Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Treating nontraditional students as an asset rather than as a liability has marked stellar leadership among presidents at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), according to “Leading in Changing America: Presidential Perspectives from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” a report released this week by the advocacy group Excelencia in Education.

June 4, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Illinois Scandal Exposes Favoritism in Admissions

A Chicago Tribune investigative report this past week about how the University of Illinois gives extra consideration to well-connected applicants has set off a storm of protests, prompting the school to change its practices and sending politicians who made use of the rules running for cover.

June 4, 2009

Leadership & Policy

University of Kansas Names First Woman, First Black Chancellor

Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little, a top University of North Carolina official, will become the first female and first Black chancellor at the University of Kansas.

May 31, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Haskell Indian Nations University Commemorates 125th Anniversary, Recognizes Painful History

Haskell Indian Nations University turns 125 this year. The university is recognizing its historical anniversary with a yearlong series of events officials are referring to as a commemoration rather than a celebration.

May 31, 2009

Students

Violent Hazing at Times in College Band Repertoire

When two first-year French horn players in Southern University’s marching band were beaten so badly they had to be hospitalized in intensive care, it exposed a dirty secret: Hazing is not reserved for fraternities.

May 17, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Amid Financial Turmoil, Shaw University President Steps Down

Shaw University officials announced Wednesday that Dr. Clarence G. Newsome, the school’s president for the past six years, would be taking a one-year paid sabbatical from his post, effective immediately.

May 13, 2009

Leadership & Policy

First Lady’s Scheduled Commencement Talk Puts Newest University of California Campus in Spotlight

When graduating seniors of the tiny University of California, Merced decided to ask First Lady Michelle Obama to speak at their commencement, it seemed like a long shot – at best.

May 13, 2009