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Wide-ranging bill aims to rein in college costs

Congress wants to blow the whistle on colleges that raise tuition sharply, while helping students pay less for textbooks and making Pell grants available year-round part of a wide-ranging bill designed to address concerns about rising college costs.

July 30, 2008

Disabilties

Disability Bill Divides Higher Ed Groups

Some groups fear ADA bill will require institutions to expand services.

July 23, 2008

Disabilties

Disability Bill Divides Higher Ed Groups

Some groups fear ADA bill will require institutions to expand services.

July 22, 2008

Students

`Tenured radical’ tries to revive professors group

In his professorial attire and flowing, Zeus-like beard, Cary Nelson would look right at home behind a lectern, expounding on obscure poets. He even resembles one of the leading influences on his scholarship: Karl Marx.

July 16, 2008

Students

Commuter Colleges Go Residential, Gain Enrollment

The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day.

July 2, 2008

Students

Commuter Colleges Go Residential, Gain Enrollment

The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day.

June 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Making the Leap

Sitting through a session at the annual American Council on Education meeting in February on “Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency,” the presenters discussed recent findings from the ACE study “The American College President.”

May 14, 2008

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Diverse Calendar

June 2-6 African-American Leadership Institute UCLA Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Web:www.anderson.ucla.eduEEPaali.xml June 21-24Association of College and University Housing Officers-International 2008 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition Disney Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista, Fla. www.acuho-i.org June 26-27 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education4th Annual John Hope Franklin Symposium and Awards Gala Duke […]

April 30, 2008

Students

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE’s Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans, which helps veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan pursue a college education. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE (N.Y.) has received a $20 MILLION gift, the largest in its history, from John and Pat Klingenstein to further […]

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Retirements Mean No More Female College Presidents in ND

The first two women to lead college campuses in North Dakota are retiring in June, leaving no females in a president’s role.

March 30, 2008

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Maintaining Balance or ‘Hozho’

From the first female president of the American Council on Education to the first female and Hispanic president of Texas A&M University, women have been appointed to a number of high-profile presidencies over the past year. In our tribute to female presidents, Diverse talks to Dr. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, the president of Antioch University Seattle.

March 23, 2008

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Miami Dade President Honored With ACE Award

Last month, the American Council on Education presented Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, president of Miami Dade College (Fla.), with the 2008 Reginald A. Wilson Diversity Leadership Award for his contributions to higher education.

March 19, 2008