Diverse Issues in Higher Education
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Articles in Dec 29, 2005, issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- William C. Powers Jr. named president of University of Texas at Austin
- Bradley University appeals its Braves nickname to NCAA
- Leveraging potential: in efforts to close the achievement gap, Black college leaders partner with foundations to create innovative, rigorous high schools for minority and disadvantaged students
by B. Denise Hawkins - Erroll B. Davis Jr. is named chancellor-designate of the University System of Georgia
- Norfolk State University
- Evaluating evaluations: answering the unasked question
by Tara Green - Oklahoma State University received a $14.8 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to fund an expansion of the university's school of architecture
- Events
- Study: inflation outpaces teacher salary growth in more than 40 states
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Connecticut College
- Bowie State University has been awarded a $65,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- Rockingham Community College has received a $3 million grant from the McMichael Family Foundation to help establish a civic center on its campus
- i poll
- Black journalists group issues relief checks to members affected by Hurricane Katrina
- In a nationwide survey
- The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland
- University of Tennessee to offer in-state tuition to North Carolina-based tribe
- Barber-Scotia College in North Carolina
- The University of North Texas philosophy department has received a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the ethics and values aspects of Hurricane Katrina
- Kalamazoo College in Michigan
- When and where I enter: Black women in the academy
by Carol E. Henderson - North Carolina Central University
- Regent University has received a $1 million grant from the Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust to launch the Regent University Center for Entrepreneurship
- Report: 41 percent of bowl-bound schools miss academic standard
- Morehouse School of Medicine
- Conrad K. Harper, a member of Harvard's top governing board, resigns over a proposed raise for university president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers
- In memoriam
- Winston-Salem State University received a $65,000 grant from McFarland & Associates to develop the Healthy Choices create Empowered Changes Program
- Erroll B. Davis Jr. named chancellor-designate of the University System of Georgia
- Distrusting the shot: African-Americans more likely to forgo flu immunizations; ad campaigns attempt to change their minds
- A plug in the pipeline: young minority golfers often can't afford to enter the big-name tournaments, but efforts are underway to produce the sport's next superstar
by Frank J. Matthews - Spelman College, in conjunction with Essence magazine, holds a weeklong event "Take Back the Music"
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Calhoun Community College has been awarded a grant of nearly $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund the Alternate Health Education Asynchronous Delivery project
- Columbia University
- Tennessee State University
- Achieving diversity on campus: a better approach
by Don Munce - Science committee questions pathways to engineering education: two- and four-year colleges must work together to align curricula, committee says
by Charles Pekow - Harvard board elects first Black woman
- On Oct. 15, 2005, crowds anywhere from 100,000 to one million gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C
- Creighton University School of Law has received a two-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to create a model to establish a bi-lateral U.S.-Cuba property claims tribunal
- After four decades of leading the national movement to improve higher education
- Albany State University
- Black Knoxville College
- Several colleges offering car-sharing service on campus
by Ronald Roach - Huston-Tillotson University
- The Tom Joyner Foundation has received a $50,000 donation from the Jack and Jill of America Foundation to aid historically Black college and university students displaced by Hurricane Katrina
- Efforts underway to restore North Carolina's historic Black hospital
- Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole decides to resign as president of Bennett College but later withdraws her resignation following an outpouring of support
- Dr. Marvalene Hughes, the first female or African-American to be named president of California State University-Stanislaus, is named president of Dillard University
- A&M University
- University of Indianapolis
- Bowie State University in Maryland
- Newspapers may submit online material for Pulitzer consideration
- U.S. execs expect storm of foreign tech competition
- Syracuse University
- Supreme Court signals support of military recruiting at colleges, universities
- Racial minority participation in clinical trials increases with information and access
- Azusa Pacific University
- Essex County College
- 2005 Ad
- University of Alaska-Anchorage
- The family of Preston Robert Tisch has donated $10 million to Duke University Medical Center's Brain Tumor Center and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- The University of Denver has received $3 million from the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation to endow a chair in the hotel
- Targeting talented students: ETS symposium showcases strategies for the United States to sustain its competitive edge in the world economy
by Ronald Roach - In light of his comments regarding women in the sciences
- Edward Waters College
- Georgia Perimeter College
- Taliadega College
- NCAA Division I
- Dr. JoAnn W. Haysbert, provost of Hampton University in Hampton, Va
- Winston-Salem State University
- Down, but not out: Barber-Scotia is without accreditation, students and staff, but the college's president believes there are brighter days ahead
by Marlon A. Walker - Tulane University announces cutbacks, layoffs due to Katrina
- Black professors defend Indiana University president
- Peru prepares lawsuit against Yale University to get back Machu Picchu relics
- National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
- John Hope Franklin holds a Mirror to America
by Ronald Roach - Houston Community College