Diverse Issues in Higher Education articles from April 2009

Diverse Issues in Higher Education archives from April 2009

Making an impact that multiplies.(Patty Alvarez McHatton)
April 2, 2009... In her junior year of high school, Dr. Patty Alvarez McHatton, an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of South Florida, was called to the principal's office. She had decided to quit cheerleading, and the...

Become a diverse facebook fan!(On the Web)
April 2, 2009... After logging into your profile, search Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and click on "pages." Once becoming a fan, you'll be able to stay in tune with all our daily news and videos and expand your social network to include our expanisve...

UCLA launches largest Mexican, Mexican American online archive.(spectrum)(University of California, Los Angeles )(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... The University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center, the UCLA Library, and the Arhoolie Foundation have launched the largest online digital archive of Mexican and Mexican American recordings. The Strachwitz Frontera...

Diverse digits.(spectrum)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... While the median family income Increased about 140 percent from 1982-2006, college tuition has increased from 1982: 1986 30% 1996 175% 2006 400% Source: "Measuring Up 2008: De National Report Card on Higher...

Skip the line, order online.(Washington State University's high tech food services for students)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... Students at Washington State University-Pullman now have a more hassle-free way to satiate their cravings for some tasty study food--pizza. The university's dining service has set up wsu.webfood.com to allow students to order and pay online and...

In tough economy, MSIs win funding increases; several minority-serving institutions receive much-needed earmarks.
April 2, 2009... With Congress completing work on a $410 billion omnibus pending bill, minority-serving institutions can point to me tangible funding gains in the first months of 2009 with the possibility of more gains ahead. From earmarks for individual...

State legislatures cautiously consider in-state rates for undocumented students; Maryland lawmakers take cues from California legal battles to craft a tuition policy for undocumented immigrants.(noteworthy news)
April 2, 2009... When the University of Maryland System pondered offering in-state tuition to undocumented students, chancellor William E. Kirwan looked to California--among the early states to pass such a law--for a model. That changed last fall, when a...

New book exposes undocumented students' struggles; undocumented University of California, Los Angeles students share their struggles to help advance the DREAM Act.(Underground Undergrads)
April 2, 2009... When Mario Escobar was getting a double major in Chicano studies and Spanish literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, money was so tight he often went to class hungry and wore clothes from Goodwill that didn't quite fit. As an...

A pipeline to the tenure track: Postdoctoral Fellowships are increasingly being seen as a recruiting tool to improve faculty diversity.
April 2, 2009... Dr. Roberto M. Aguilar has no doubt that landing a postdoctoral fellowship through the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program has put him in serious contention to pursue a tenure-track faculty position at a major...

Broadening: the definition of diversity: a new book examines the strategies of faculty to serve as "change agents," encouraging diversity on campus.(Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies)(Book review)
April 2, 2009... Teaching a sociology class at Bowdoin College as a graduate student taught Dr. Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude a thing or two about diversity. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There, she introduced her students to "multiple perspectives" on the...

Dartmouth College.(Jim Yong Kim as president)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. JIM YONG KIM has been appointed president of Dartmouth College (N.H.). He previously served as a professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and as the Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of...

J.F. Drake State Technical College.(Kemba Chambers as associate dean)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. KEMBA CHAMBERS has been appointed associate dean of instruction at J.F. Drake State Technical College (Ala.). Chambers holds an associate degree from Chattahoochee Valley Community College, a bachelor's from...

George Mason University.(Jorge Haddock as dean)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. JORGE HADDOCK has been named dean of George Mason University's School of Management, effective July 1. He previously served as dean of the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. Haddock earned a...

John Jay College.(Vivien Hoexter as vice president)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VIVIEN HOEXTER is vice president for marketing and development at John lay College of the City University of New York. She most recently served as chief executive officer of the nonprofit Gilda's Club Worldwide....

University of North Texas.(Rebecca Lothringer as director of admissions)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. REBECCA LOTHRINGER has been named director of admissions at the University of North Texas. Lothringer previously served as interim director of admissions at the university. She holds a bachelor's and master's...

Arcadia University.(Steve Michael as provost)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. STEVE MICHAEL is provost and academic vice president of Arcadia University (Penn.). Michael formerly served as vice provost at Kent State University. He holds a bachelor's and master's from Ahmadu Bello...

Saint Joseph College.(Joseph Ofosu as dean)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. JOSEPH OFOSU is founding dean of the School of Pharmacy at Saint Joseph College (Conn.). He formerly served as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied Health Sciences at...

University of the Rockies.(Charlita Shelton as president)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. CHARLITA SHELTON is president of University of the Rockies (Colo.). She was the former diversity director of the Apollo Group. Shelton earned a bachelor's at Western Michigan University, a master's at National...

Texas Wesleyan University.(Frederic White as dean)(Brief article)
April 2, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FREDERIC WHITE is dean of Texas Wesleyan University's law school. He previously served as dean of Golden Gate University's law school. White earned a bachelor's from Columbia College and a law degree from Columbia...

It's not just about racism, but ableism: when talking about diversity, the ableism that students with disabilities face should be part of the conversation.(last word)(Essay)
April 2, 2009... A short time ago, I attended a small panel discussion on diversity in the professoriate. The panel of professors was a diverse one: a woman, a Hispanic, an African-American and a gay man. Those who had come to listen to and participate in the...

First ladies of Law.(Linda L. Ammons, Phoebe Haddon, JoAnne Epps, Veryl Victoria Miles, and Cynthia E. Nance, Rebecca H. White )
April 16, 2009... Diverse checks in with some of the nation's women law school deans, including the only five who are Black. Despite tremendous gains made by women in our nation's leading law schools, the numbers reveal that there is still room for improvement....

The changing legal landscape.(spectrum)
April 16, 2009... "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently here."- L.R HaRley, English author In the past 50 years, law firms have evolved from partnerships that foster colle giality and camaraderie to megafirms that are governed by...

Obama agenda focuses on degree completion: advocates applaud $2.5 billion college retention proposal but say insufficient financial aid is barrier to degree completion.(Barack Obama)
April 16, 2009... President Barack Obama's proposed $2.5 billion college access and retention initiative holds considerable promise for low-income students of color, many officials say--provided Congress and the higher education community agree to the plan. ...

In memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009).(noteworthy news)(In memoriam)
April 16, 2009... "Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians," is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him. Dr. Nell Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus at UChicago, where...

Shut out: despite an increase in capacity, law schools have been admitting fewer African-American and Mexican American students over the last 15 years.
April 16, 2009... As director of the Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic at the Columbia University Law School, law professor Conrad lohnson knows that digital technology has the power to highlight and amplify social justice concerns and to enable people to take...

Legal guardians of diversity: these organizations are improving diversity within the legal ranks, one sector at a time.(The National Association for Law Placement, Just The Beginning Foundation, Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Minority Corporate Counsel Association)
April 16, 2009... Hispanics and Blacks make up about 15.1 and 12.9 percent of the U.S. population, respectively, and 3.3 and 3.9 percent of the lawyer population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Law School Admission Council. On the other hand, Whites...

Expanding the conversation: Hispanic law reviews provide an outlet to address Latino issues overlookd by other law reviews.
April 16, 2009... They're not the topics found in a conventional law review: An Austin-based journal delved into the reproductive rights of Hispanic women entering into commercial surrogacy contracts. The next issue of a University of California,...

Changing the face of the legal profession: the city university of New York School of Law continues to build on its track record of serving underreprestented communities with its pipeline intiative.
April 16, 2009... In 2000, Laquesia Anguiano was finally on track to fulfill her life-long dream of becoming an attorney. As a wife and mother of four by her 22nd birthday, school had been put on hold, so going back that year to earn her bachelor's had been...

University of New Mexico School of Law.(Kevin K. Washburn as college dean )(Brief article)
April 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KEVIN K. WASHBURN, of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been appointed dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, effective June 30. He previously served as the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law...

Dr. Paula Allen-Meares.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. PAULA ALLEN-MEARES is chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Allen-Meares previously served as dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. She earned a bachelor's from the State...

South Texas College of Law.(Don Guter as president)(Brief article)
April 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DON GUTER has been named president of South Texas College of Law in Houston, effective Aug. 1. He was formerly dean of the Duquesne University law school. Guter received a bachelor's from the University of...

University of Maryland School of Law.(Phoebe Haddon as dean)(Brief article)
April 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PHOEBE HADDON has been named dean of the University of Maryland School of Law. She previously served as a law professor at Temple University. Haddon earned a bachelor's from Smith College, a master's of law from Yale...

Golden Gate University.(Drucilla Stender Ramey)(Brief article)
April 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DRUCILLA STENDER RAMEY has been named dean of Golden Gate University's School of Law, effective Aug. 1. She previously served as executive director of the National Association of Women Judges. She holds a bachelor's...

New initiative builds diversity pipeline to law school: the pipeline diversity directory will profile efforts of those committed to greater diversity in the law field.(last word)
April 16, 2009... The United States needs more lawyers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to serve a client pool that is increasingly diverse. It is a challenge that law schools and the legal profession have been addressing for some time, and one in...