Diverse Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in May 1, 2008, issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• The time is not now
  by Jose J. Soto
• Norfolk State University
• Sierra College has received a $470,000 grant to develop a training program
• Getting to know Laurel Vermillion
  by Mary Annette Pember
• City College of New York's Grove School of Engineering
• South Carolina State University has received $2 million from the National Science Foundation
• PBIs make gains in Washington: predominantly Black institutions are recognized with a new federal grant program and proposed funding in the new HEA bill
  by Charles Dervarics
• Goshen College
• Tufts University has received $136 million, the largest gift in its history, from alumnus and Boston technology pioneer Frank Doble
• Remedying the Black male "crisis": with high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend
  by David Pluviose
• Lock Haven University
• The University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute has received a three-year, $2.25 million grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation
• The baby boom echo quiets down: college demographics shift will test readiness for diversity, institutional savvy
  by Ronald Roach
• Xavier University of Louisiana's Institutional Advancement Division
• The University of Tennessee has received $65 million from the National Science Foundation to put together the state-of-the-art Kraken supercomputer
• A fundraising blueprint: Howard University sets the bar high for its largest ever capital campaign, and now plans to share the secrets of its success with fellow HBCUs
  by Peter Galuszka
• Diverse calendar
• Western Governors University has been awarded a $728,000, three-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• On the losing end: from the subprime mortgage crisis to the subsequent credit crunch, minorities are feeling the heat
  by Michelle J. Nealy
• Clayton State University's School of Nursing has been awarded the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant of $335,299
• Tips for a more successful higher education-consultancy relationship
  by Marnelle Alexis
• A unique approach to funding community college operations
  by Leonardo De La Garza
• Indiana University, Bloomington, has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Spencer and Teagle Foundations' initiative
• Lessons for educators: explaining the funding crisis and instructing the instructors
  by Angela P. Dodson
• North Carolina State University has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study public understanding of nanotechnology health risks
• Highlighting the land of Lincoln
  by Terry Nunn
• Twenty-nine years of being on the front lines of affirmative action
• Oberlin College has received a $1.2 million gift from trustee Clyde McGregor