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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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Barber-Scotia College Details Come-back Plan

Barber-Scotia College officials announced on Friday plans to secure the future of the 142-year-old historically Black institution by regaining accreditation, focusing on three core academic departments and renewing emphasis on the school’s religious roots.

May 3, 2009

Latinx

New York’s Hostos College Names New President

Dr. Felix Matos Rodriguez, a former official in the government of Puerto Rico, has been named president of Hostos Community College in the Bronx.

May 3, 2009

Latinx

HSIs, HBCUs Seek Greater Visibility From White House

Advocates of minority-serving institutions seek changes while monitoring newappointments to senior U.S. Department of Education posts.

April 29, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appoitments

DR. LORI BETTISON-VARGA has been appointed president of Scripps College (Calif.), effective July 1. She is currently provost and dean of the faculty at Whitman College. Bettison-Varga earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California, Davis. ROXANNA JOKELA is director of alumni relations […]

April 29, 2009

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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Promotes a More Inclusive Environmental Movement

Lisa Jackson, the first African-American to serve as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to diversifying the landscape of environmental advocacy, which is often defined by the contributions of White Americans.

April 21, 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

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

KEVIN K. WASHBURN, of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been appointed dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, effective June 30. He previously served as the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. Washburn earned a bachelor’s from the University of Oklahoma […]

April 15, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Rutgers Names First Black Chancellor

Rutgers University’s board has appointed the school’s first Black chancellor.

April 5, 2009

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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

Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education

President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday.

April 2, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education

President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan chose Greg Darnieder as his special assistant for college access.

April 1, 2009