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African-American

Study Ranks State-based Job Markets for College Grads

Researchers at Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce analyzed state labor markets and ranked the 50 states by the frequency of job openings per college-educated worker.

April 7, 2015

Students

School: What is it Good for?

The nature and purpose behind the American education system are not always consistent with the methods of teaching nor the outcome.

April 5, 2015

Students

U.Va. Board Considers Tuition Hike; Vote Expected This Week

Students would pay more to attend the University of Virginia if a proposed tuition increase is approved.

March 24, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Vice President Ralph Newell will be representing Diverse at the CUPA-HR Midwest Region conference in Detroit beginning Sunday at the Detroit Marriott at the Rennaissance Center. Ralph will be at Table #102, eager to discuss all that Diverse has to offer.

March 19, 2015

Leadership & Policy

JACOB EAPEN

Community College of Philadelphia has appointed JACOB EAPEN as vice president for business and finance. He was the former vice president for administration and chief business officer at Mercer County Community College. He holds a bachelor’s from Roosevelt University in Chicago, a master’s from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

March 18, 2015

Disabilties

Fayetteville State at Forefront of Cyber Security

Many individuals from well-regarded scientists, prominent academics, CEOs, environmental consultants to President Obama have weighed in on the issue’s importance.

March 11, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Senior Writer Jamal Watson is moderating a panel today entitled Crisis of Black Intelligentsia at the National Action Network national convention in New York. The convention continues through Saturday. Diverse also is attending and covering the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education conference in Charleston, South Carolina, that continues through Saturday. The organization […]

March 8, 2015

HBCUs

In Case You Missed It…

Community Colleges’ Role as MSIs Expanding University of Maryland Duo Working to Create ‘HBCU Lite’ Report: Felony Question on College Application a Roadblock  Diverse Docket: Courts Backing Schools on Requirements of Student Professionalism

March 5, 2015

Community Colleges

Diverse On The Go

Ralph Newell, Diverse Vice President of Business Development/Technology, and Marketing Manager Sydnée Reese Vann are attending the American College Personnel Association Convention in Tampa today through Sunday. Please drop by and allow them to introduce themselves at booth No. 400.

March 5, 2015

Community Colleges

Va. Governor Announces Higher Education Agreement

Virginia’s public institutions of higher education and economic development officials are teaming up to meet the business needs of employers and deliver the jobs graduates seek.

February 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

KATHRYN BIRKELAND

Kathryn Birkeland was named faculty coordinator for the master of professional accountancy program at the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota (USD). She was an assistant professor at USD. Birkeland earned a bachelor’s from USD. She earned a master’s and a doctorate from Arizona State University.

February 16, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Report: University of Texas President OK’d Applicants Over Objections

A “select handful” of University of Texas applicants are approved each year at the direction of the school president over the objections of the admissions office, a longtime practice that has grown in recent years, according to details of an investigation commissioned by the school’s Board of Regents and released Thursday.

February 12, 2015