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Students

AWARDING EXCELLENCE

The Examples of Excelencia, sponsored by Excelencia in Education, is the only national program to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels.

September 16, 2009

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On the Move at CMA

Cox, Matthews & Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the following addition to our award-winning team: Arelis Hernandez, a multimedia news reporter, will become the newest member of the editorial team at Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. A recent graduate of the University of Maryland-College Park, Hernandez has also worked for The Associated Press and […]

September 16, 2009

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Passing Judgment

Conservative criticism of Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination refl ects the nation’s struggle with race and ethnicity in politics.

September 16, 2009

Students

Professional Appoitments

DR. WILLIAM BYNUM JR. has been named vice president for student services at Morehouse College (Ga.). He previously served as vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Bynum earned a bachelor’s from Davidson College and a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. DR. JAME’L HODGES is director of multicultural […]

September 16, 2009

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Calif. Community Mourns Loss of Yale Grad Student

When those who knew her talk about Annie Le, they do so in superlatives best student they ever had, most dedicated volunteer, smartest teenager they’ve ever known.

September 15, 2009

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ON THE MOVE

DR. JULIETTE BELL has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University. Most recently, Bell served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University. Bell earned a bachelor’s degree from Talladega College and a Ph.D. from Atlanta University. DR. ZENOBIA EDWARDS has been appointed dean of […]

September 2, 2009

HBCUs

HBCU Leaders Urged to Innovate

Invoking the rich history of historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., Dr. John S. Wilson Jr., the newly appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs urged several hundred administrators and faculty members from these institutions as well as federal government officials Tuesday to develop innovative approaches for improving Black schools.

September 1, 2009

Students

Will Diversity Factor in the Reshaping the Illinois Board of Trustees?

Making up just 6.2 percent of the student body at Illinois’ flagship institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Black students have long been under-represented.

August 27, 2009

Health

Kennedy Remembered as Social and Civil Rights Giant

Reflecting on the legacy left by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, President Barack Obama called the late Massachusetts legislator one of the “most accomplished Americans” in history and a man whose work in Congress helped give new opportunities to millions.

August 26, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami Attorney Larry R. Handfield joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for the trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the schools money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009

Latinx

HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill

Meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009