Diverse Issues in Higher Education articles

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Longevity, loyalty, results.(spectrum)(Spelman College's Robert D. Flanigan Jr. )
June 11, 2009... When Spelman College hired Robert D. Flanigan Jr. in 1970, he figured he would seek opportunities elsewhere in about three years. After all, didn't a mere assistant to the business manager have to leave in order to climb the career ladder? As it turns out, no. Flanigan, who goes by...

Prospective switch to direct loans raises concerns: smaller schools say they lack the infrastructure to take on student loan tasks traditionally performed by banks.(washington update)
June 11, 2009... In this tight fiscal era, President Barack Obama's plan to provide billions of dollars in new federal student aid hinges on a potentially controversial move: ending the bank-led--and subsidy-laden--Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. While the recent financial meltdown has...

Sounding off about a Silver Celebration: William E. Cox and Frank Matthews discuss the vision they had when they started Black Issues/Diverse 25 years ago and the magazine's contributions to the higher education community.(Publishers' Note)
June 11, 2009... For 25 years, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, formerly Black Issues In Higher Education, has chronicled the plight of minority educators and students, as well as those committed to issues of access and opportunity and helping the underrepresented achieve their full educational potential....

Setting a new standard: despite the gains minorities have made in student enrollment and higher education leadership, the needle needs to move further and faster in the next 25 years to narrow the widening educational achievement equity gap.
June 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When 22-year-old Roberto Rosas was awarded his bachelor's in electrical engineering this spring from the University of Texas at San Antonio, it marked a major milestone for his family. Like a growing number of students of color, Rosas is the first person in his...

A disturbing trend: institutions have grown increasingly dependent on adjunct faculty over the last few decades, and scholars of color are ever present among this group.
June 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Ansley Abraham and Dr. Anthony DePass started their academic careers as part-time adjunct instructors, as many young scholars find they must. Abraham was an adjunct for a little more than a year. "I got out of it because teaching wasn't where I wanted to...