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Professional Appointments

Dr. Dario Cortes has been named president of Berkeley College, effective July 7. Currently, he serves as president and executive director of The American School Foundation in Mexico City. He earned a bachelor’s from the City University of New York, a master’s from the University of Virginia and a doctorate from the University of Illinois […]

June 11, 2008

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Underserved Students Make Progress at For-profit Institutions

In their first annual academic report, the University of Phoenix (UPX) asserts that its students, as a group, make significant progress in basic content areas between freshman and senior year.

June 8, 2008

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Professional Appointments

DR. Y.T. SHAH has been named provost of Norfolk State University (Va.), effective in July. He currently serves as director of the Center for Advanced Fuel Technologies at the University of Central Missouri. He received a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a master’s and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DR. SANJOY […]

April 30, 2008

Health

Higher Education in the Land of Lincoln

Northeastern Illinois University’s ENLACE program works to increase the number of Hispanics in graduate schools in hopes that today’s students will be future faculty.

April 2, 2008

International

Scholars Explore Whether For-Profit Universities Improve Access

In the United States and Mexico, private, for-profit institutions clearly seem to possess an appeal for a growing number of underserved individuals, particularly women, minorities and older students.

March 23, 2008

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Edward E. Cornwell III has been named surgeon-in-chief of Howard University Hospital and chair of the department of surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine, effective in January. Previously, he was professor of surgery and chief of trauma at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Cornwell received a bachelor’s from Brown University and his medical […]

December 26, 2007

Students

Who Are For-Profit Colleges Serving, And at What Cost?

In August 2007, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education published a story by Paul Ruffins entitled, “The Secrets Behind Their Success,” about ways in which for-profit colleges serve minority, low-income and other traditionally underserved populations.

December 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College of Santa Fe Struggles With Budget Deficits

SANTA FE Administrators at the College of Santa Fe are developing plans that could include laying off as much as 20 percent of the school’s faculty.

November 15, 2007

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University of Phoenix Owner Apollo Group Sees Jump in Profit With Surge In Enrollment

PHOENIX Apollo Group Inc., an education provider that owns the University of Phoenix, said Monday its fourth quarter earnings rose by more than a third as revenue jumped from a surge in enrollment.

October 23, 2007

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A Deafening Silence

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this summer on the school integration plans in Seattle and Louisville seemed to be met with a deafening silence by the nation’s civil rights groups.

August 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Secrets Behind Their Success

Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.

August 22, 2007

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Mildred García has been named president of California State University-Domínguez Hills. She was most recently president of Berkeley College. García earned a bachelor’s from Bernard M. Baruch College, a master’s from New York University and a master’s and doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University.   Gayle Colston Barge has been appointed assistant vice chancellor […]

August 22, 2007