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Faculty & Staff

Minority Students Turning to Online Schools for Advanced Degrees

MINNEAPOLIS Colleges have long despaired over how best to attract more minority students into advanced degree programs. But it’s not a problem at a number of schools where students earn their degrees online, which are seeing unexpectedly high minority enrollment.

October 8, 2006

Students

The School of Spellings

Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…

October 4, 2006

Students

The School of Spellings

Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…

October 4, 2006

Students

Professional Appointments

Karen Gross has been named president of Southern Vermont College. She had previously been a professor at New York Law School. Gross holds a bachelor’s from Smith College and a law degree from Temple University. Dr. Marcela Katz Armoza has been appointed vice president of enrollment and student affairs at New York City College of […]

October 4, 2006

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Report: Atlanta-area Colleges Strengthen Economic Draw Of City

Colleges in the Atlanta area alone have an annual economic impact of more than $10.8 billion on the state of Georgia, around $1,200 for every man, woman and child in the state, according to a new report released Wednesday.

September 27, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Carolane Williams has been named president of Baltimore City Community College, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position. She earned an associate degree from Olive-Harvey College, a bachelor’s from Chicago State University, a master’s from Troy State University and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Charles Abasa-Nyarko has […]

September 6, 2006

Native Americans

Research Round-up: Special Curriculum for Indian-American Youth; School is Fun Despite the Costs; Black Women and Hypertension

A new, school-based curriculum developed in partnership with the University of Washington aims to help reduce cardiovascular disease among American-Indian youth; more than half of American adults age 25 to 60 would like to continue their education; a subgroup of Black women may be at higher risk for developing hypertension due to racism.

September 3, 2006

Recruitment & Retention

Keeping Up With Emerging Technologies

We are on the brink of March Madness with a special edition on higher education information technology. Our focus on technology, which began as a special issue in…

March 8, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Blogging Rights

For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus…

March 8, 2006

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Going the Distance With John F. Ebersole

That we live in a brave new world of higher education technologies is an understatement. As the demographics of the postsecondary market continue to change…

March 8, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Blogging Rights

For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…

March 7, 2006

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Study: New Yorkers Desire for Sept. 11 Vengeance Among Lowest in Nation

A nationwide study co-directed by Capella University professor Dr. Curtis Brant has found that the desire for vengeance among…

February 8, 2006