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Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to Grow

Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to GrowWASHINGTONTwo newly released reports from the American Council on Education (ACE) illustrate rapid growth in the federal student loan programs and the critical importance of the Pell Grant program, the nation’s largest single source of need-based grant assistance. The “2003 Status Report on the Federal Education Loan […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Morris Brown Reopens $1 Million Richer, But Without Accreditation

Morris Brown Reopens $1 Million Richer, But Without AccreditationBy Tracie Powell ATLANTAAtlanta’s Morris Brown College reopened its doors late last month to fewer than 150 students, without a marching band, football team or accreditation. They are, however, $1 million richer. The million-dollar donation from the Tom Joyner Foundation, headed by the syndicated radio personality the […]

September 10, 2003

Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Dr. Brenda A. Allen has been named associate provost and director of institutional diversity at Brown University. Most recently, she was an associate professor of psychology, assistant to the president and director of institutional diversity at Smith College. Allen earned a bachelor’s in psychology from Lincoln University, and both master’s and doctoral degrees […]

July 30, 2003

From the Ivory Tower to the Boardroom

From the Ivory Tower to the BoardroomMarketing executive used doctorate to unlock door to business worldBy Ben Hammer FAIRFAX, Va.Dr. Shahron Williams van Rooij, a marketing executive for technology firm Datatel, recently traveled to Nassau, Bahamas, to scuba dive and take slide photography of the colorful underwater marine life — one of her favorite hobbies. […]

May 7, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Coalition Challenges Virginia Tech Ban on Affirmative Action

Coalition Challenges Virginia Tech Ban on Affirmative ActionBLACKSBURG, Va. Black alumni of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) were joined by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and others last month in expressing disapproval of the university’s board of visitors decision to bar the consideration of race and gender in the campus admissions, hiring and […]

April 9, 2003

Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Valecia Brooks is the new director of development and community relations for the College of Law at Florida International University. Brooks comes to FIU from Orlando, where she owned her own marketing and consulting agency. Brooks earned a bachelor’s from the University of Florida.Louis Brownlowe has been named dean of the division of […]

January 15, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online

Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online Black Issues presents in Techtalk the first of occasional question-and-answer sessions with prominent information technology leaders in higher education. In this issue, Brian Mueller, vice president and chief operating officer of the profitable University of Phoenix Online, discusses the for-profit higher education company’s track record at running one […]

February 27, 2002

On History And Technology

On History And TechnologyAt first, it seemed a bit daunting that the annual technology report would be combined with the second of our two Black History Month issues. After thinking about it for awhile, it became clear to me that we needed to look back to the contributions Black men and women have been making […]

February 27, 2002

Former Congressional Aide

Former Congressional Aide Tapped for Higher Education PostA former congressional aide is the Bush administration’s choice to head the long-vacant post of assistant secretary for postsecondary education. Sally Stroup is the White House nominee for the U.S. Department of Education’s highest college and university post, pending Senate confirmation.For months, advocates have awaited a choice for […]

November 7, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Jess Carreon was recently selected as the next president of Portland Community College in Portland, Ore. Previously, Carreon was the superintendent and president of the Rio Hondo Community College District in Whittier, Calif. Carreon earned a bachelor’s from San Diego State University, a master’s from the University of California at Irvine and a […]

July 18, 2001

New Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade Schools

New Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade SchoolsThe U.S. Department of Education last month proposed rules that would make it easier for the agency to forgive the loans of students who were victimized by unscrupulous trade schools. The proposed regulations were in response to a decision by a federal appeals […]

August 16, 2000

Community Colleges

West Virginia State Denounces Community College Plan

West Virginia State Denounces Community College PlanCHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers passed a controversial higher education reform bill last month despite protests from administrators, faculty and students at a historically Black college who contended the measure could doom their school.The new law stirred dissent because it would have created a statewide community college system […]

April 12, 2000

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