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Professional Appoitments

DR. MICHAEL A. ELAM is president of Texas College. He previously served as president for student development at Daytona State College. Elam earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Howard University, and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. DR. NADA MARIE ASSAF-ANID is dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at the New York […]

May 13, 2009

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First Ladies of Law

Diverse checks in with some of the nation’s women law school deans, including the only five who are Black.

April 15, 2009

Students

College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough Economy

With the economy in a slump, admissions officials scramble to ensure admitted students actually enroll in the fall.

April 7, 2009

Students

Haddon Selected as University of Maryland Law School Dean, Marking First for an African-American

University of Maryland officials last week announced the appointment of Phoebe A. Haddon as dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, effective July 1, 2009. Haddon, who will be the ninth dean and the second woman in the position, will be the first African-American to serve as the dean of the University of Maryland system’s only law school.

April 5, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. JIM YONG KIM has been appointed president of Dartmouth College (N.H.). He previously served as a professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and as the François Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. He holds a bachelor’s from Brown University, a medical […]

April 1, 2009

HBCUs

Knowledge at No Cost

A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.

March 19, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

DR. CORDELIA CHÁVEZ CANDELARIA has been appointed dean of Dedman College and University Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University (Texas), effective July 1. She previously served as dean of the Office of Strategic Affairs and Regents Professor in the Department of English and Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Arizona State University. She […]

March 19, 2009

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New Challenges Arise for Minorities in 2010 census

What seems like a simple question — How many Hispanics are living in the United States? — has become surprisingly complex as the 2010 census approaches.

March 17, 2009

HBCUs

Knowledge at No Cost

A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.

March 16, 2009

Latinx

What Will It Take To Increase Hispanics in STEM? Money, of Course

The National Science Foundation came to Hispanic-serving institutions for advice Sunday on the best way to tackle the dearth of Latinos in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

March 1, 2009

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Columbia U. Names First Black Woman College Dean

Columbia University’s new college dean is the first Black and the first woman to serve in the post.

March 1, 2009

Sports

Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Sports Backslide

Institute calls the new report card the worst in many years.

February 19, 2009