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Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian Americans Largely Ignored by Presidential Candidates, Political Scientists Say

Despite feverish efforts by presidential candidates to grab voters’ attention, they, along with public opinion polls and mainstream news coverage, have largely ignored Asian Americans so far, several political scientists say.

April 22, 2008

Community Colleges

Perspectives: Banning Affinity Groups Shows Lack of Understanding

On most college campuses, the term “self-segregation” only applies when students of color choose to establish associations. Self-segregation is itself a political, ideological and racialized term. Thus, this attempt in Arizona to legislate integration shows a stupendous lack of understanding of the fraud that often masquerades as campus diversity efforts, as well as the reality of the experience of many racial minority students on predominantly White campuses.

April 20, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern University President Plans New Direction for University

Texas Southern University has spent the last two years in the headlines because of financial mismanagement and the firing of previous president Priscilla Slade. Dr. John Rudley, the newly appointed president of TSU, discusses the new vision for the Houston historically Black university.

April 16, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Professional Appointments

DR. G. WAYNE CLOUGH, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He will step down from his post at Georgia Tech on July 1. Clough received a bachelor’s and master’s from Georgia Tech and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. DR. ELIZABETH […]

April 16, 2008

Native Americans

Native American, Indigenous Scholars Form New Interdisciplinary Association

During a three-day conference held at the University of Georgia this past weekend, Native American and indigenous scholars from around the world voted overwhelmingly to form what organizers say is the first-ever membership-based, interdisciplinary, scholarly association.

April 13, 2008

Sports

NY Court Rules for Man Who Says He was Fired Over His Black Wife

A jury might conclude that a White former college basketball coach was fired because he was married to a Black woman, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a judge.

April 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. SALLY CLAUSEN has been named Commissioner of Higher Education for the state of Louisiana. Clausen now serves as president of the University of Louisiana System. She received a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from Louisiana State University.     DR. KIMBERLY CLINE has been named president of Mercy College (N.Y.). Previously, she served as the […]

April 2, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine

Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.

April 1, 2008

Sports

So You Want to Be a Coach?

In 2000, the NCAA took a look at the number of minority women who were head coaches in Division I women’s college basketball and the statistics were underwhelming — only 19 head coaches out of 330 programs.

March 20, 2008

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Professional Appointments

DR. DEBORA L. SPAR has been appointed president of Barnard College (N.Y.), effective July 1. Previously, she served as the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She earned a bachelor’s from Georgetown University and master’s and doctorate from Harvard University.    WESLEY T. BISHOP has been appointed associate vice […]

March 19, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Accreditation Is Restored for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a top producer of minority doctors and dentists, has had its accreditation restored by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

March 18, 2008

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‘Great Debater’ Wells Remembered as Spiritual, Passionate

Henrietta Bell Wells, the only woman on the 1930 Wiley College team that took part in the nation’s first interracial collegiate debate, was remembered Sunday as a deeply spiritual person whose presence moved others to be quiet and listen.

March 17, 2008