Diverse Issues in Higher Education articles from February 2008

Diverse Issues in Higher Education archives from February 2008

Clarifications.(Correction notice)
February 7, 2008... Clarifications: In the Dec. 27th feature, "Reveling in Retirement," the $112-million funding package for the building and renovation of facilities at Tennessee State University where Dr. James Hefner was president was funded by the state and...

HBCUS--still useful and viable.(Diverse Online)(Letter to the editor)
February 7, 2008... www.diverseeducation.com, "Perspectives: HBCUs and the Coming Era of Growth and Service," Jan. 17, 2008 I agree wholeheartedly with you, Mr. Larry Rivers. As a proud graduate of Fisk University, I remain dedicated to the philosophies of...

Don't wait for media blast to act.(Diverse Online)(Letter to the editor)
February 7, 2008... "Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here," Jan. 16, 2008 As a Lincoln graduate and an educator, I support the efforts that are being made by Lincoln. However, I think this is long overdue and that these actions...

Moving in the right direction.(Diverse Online)(Letter to the editor)
February 7, 2008... "Black Student Leaders Get Re-energized at D.C. Conference," Jan. 10, 2008 The National Black Student Leadership Development Conference was not only an eye-opener to me, but it was also a sign that we, as young Black leaders, are moving in...

Getting to know Dr. Sonya Ramsey.(spectrum)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Sonya Ramsey, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has been intrigued by the lives of Black women educators for much of her academic career. Armed with oral...

Banished from the Queen's English.(spectrum)(overused words)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... At the start of the year, Lake Superior State University issued its 33rd annual list of words or phrases banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse and uselessness. Out of 2,000 nominations proposed by word-watchers across the...

Cupid lives on campus.(Miami University sends Valentine's Day cards for coupled alumni)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... Miami University in Ohio has an unusually large number of graduates who have married other Miami University graduates--26,046 people, or about 14 percent of the school's living alumni population. To celebrate, Miami University's division of...

Fayetteville State dean becomes African chief.(Valentine U. James)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After a year-long process of comprehensive evaluations and interviews, Dr. Valentine U. James, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Fayetteville State University (N.C.), has become first chief of...

Diverse digits.(African American residents)(Table)
February 7, 2008... Diverse Digits Top five states with the highest Persentage of Black residents (excluding the District of Columbia): Mississipi 37% Louisiana 32% Georgia 30% Maryland 30% South Carolina ...

Leveling the playing field on endowments: elite institutions are under pressure to spend more of their endowments to help low-income students.(washington update)
February 7, 2008... To improve college affordability for low-income students, some lawmakers and education researchers are beginning to ask the question: Why don't elite colleges spend more of their endowments on need-based financial aid? From the halls of...

It's crunch time for Fisk: Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge.(Fisk University, Historically black colleges and universities)
February 7, 2008... NASHVILLE, TENN. Fisk University, the small, historically Black liberal arts college, heads back to court this month for a showdown trial with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the state of Tennessee. They are fighting over whether Fisk can...

Celebrating Black History Month: here's a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month.
February 7, 2008... Alabama State University Lecture: Ida B. Wells Lecture Series Competition: Black History Month Speech Competition Benedict College (S.C.) Presentation and lecture: Minister Tony Hare, a Benedict College alumnus and founder of...

Political pitfalls for presidents: an uneasy environment exists today for presidents of public HBCUs, leading to a revolving door of higher education executives.(Historically black colleges and universities)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn't in a very festive mood when they met this past December. They did give their president of nearly five years, Dr. Andrew Hugine Jr., something during...

Assessing attitudes: Pew survey highlights Black perceptions of a deepening social split between poor and middle-class Blacks.(Cover story)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Typically, the period between the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in mid-January and the end of Black History Month in February sees serious and sober public discussions about the state of Black America. Those...

Black men: left out and locked up: the failures of urban public education and the criminal justice system have led to what many are calling a national crisis.
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are an estimated 1.5 million Black men in prison and another 3.5 million on probation. Black males make up more than 70 percent of the total prison population, even though they make up only 6 percent of the...

The need to equip, prepare community college faculty has never been greater.(college faculty training)
February 7, 2008... Welcome to the NISOD column. In our partnership with Diverse, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a consortium of more than 700 community colleges worldwide, is pleased to write a monthly column focused on...

American Council on Education.(appointment of Molly Corbett Broad as president)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MOLLY CORBETT BROAD has been named president of the American Council on Education (ACE), the nation's principal higher education association, effective May 1. She served as president of the University of North...

California State University.(appointment of Diedre Badejo as dean of College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences )(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Diedre Badejo has been named dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at California State University, East Bay. Most recently, she served as an associate dean at the Kent State College of Arts and...

Pew Hispanic Center.(appointment of Mark Lopez as associate director )(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. MARK LOPEZ has been named associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center. Previously, he was research director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at the University of...

San Antonio College.(appointment of Lula W. Pelayo as district director of nursing )(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. LULA W. PELAYO has been named district director of nursing at San Antonio College (Texas). She earned a bachelor's from the University of Texas System's School of Nursing, a master's from the University of Texas...

Duke University.(appointment of Edward Skloot )(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDWARD SKLOOT has been named director of the new Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy (N.C.). Most recently, he was president of the Surdna...

National College Access Network.(appointment of Eric L. White as executive director )(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ERIC L. WHITE has been named executive director of the National College Access Network. Recently, he served as president and executive director of the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation. He earned a bachelor's from...

The American Indian College Fund has been awarded $128,000 for scholarship funds from the UPS Foundation.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has been awarded $128,000 for scholarship funds from the UPS Foundation. The funds will be available to American Indian students for the 2008-09 academic year.

A new $700,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic safety has been awarded to eight California State University campuses to reduce alcohol abuse among students.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... A new $700,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic safety has been awarded to eight California State University campuses to reduce alcohol abuse among students. CSU CHANNEL ISLANDS, FRESNO, HUMBOLDT, LOS ANGELES, MARITIME ACADEMY,...

The college board has received a $680,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... THE COLLEGE BOARD has received a $680,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation to train new counselors to promote a college-going culture at public schools with diverse student populations.

Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) has been awarded a $50,000 grant.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 7, 2008... HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY (Texas) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Lola Wright Foundation to upgrade the ventilation systems in the science building.

Diverse calendar.(educational conferences)(Brief article)(Calendar)
February 7, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARCH March 2-5 League for Innovation in the Community College "Innovations 2008" Adam's Mark Hotel Denver Web: www.league.org March 3-7 Society for Information Technology &...

Promoting HBCUs: Black colleges provide a superior education; they just need to toot their horns a little louder.(Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
February 7, 2008... A session presented at a national higher education conference discussed the implications of internalized racism in Blacks. According to the presenter, this sense of self-loathing serves as a factor in preventing Blacks from attending...

All in the family.(editor's note)(Editorial)
February 21, 2008... Last February, associate editor Toni Coleman looked into whether DNA tracing was an expensive waste of time, given the increasing popularity of African-Americans setting out to learn their African lineage. In Toni's "Regaining a Lost...

A new stream of scholars.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 21, 2008... The voices and visions of emerging scholars from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups at the higher education table (see "Gifted New Guard," Jan. 10) remain vitally important, particularly in the field of religion. We applaud Diverse for...

Junior colleges can't be left behind.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 21, 2008... It is one thing for the uninformed to make rash statements as those quoted from the San Jose Mercury News regarding the recruitment of international students; but when someone from the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy can...

A second chance.(Diverse Online)(Letter to the editor)
February 21, 2008... www.diverseeducation.com, "From a Georgia Jail Cell to a Morehouse Classroom," Jan. 15, 2008 This is one of those stories that makes me feel that there is some justice in this world. This young man (Genarlow Wilson) has learned a hard...

Correction.(Correction notice)
February 21, 2008... In the Jan. 10 article, "Publishing, Rather Than Perishing" Dr. Kevin Cokley's hometown should have been listed as Pilot Mountain, N.C. Diverse regrets the error.

Getting to know Dr. David Ikard.(spectrum)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. David Ikard's recent book, Breaking the Silence Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (LSU Press), has not only generated buzz within academia but has made its way onto the pop culture scene because of its...

Library of Congress receives historic addition.(collections of book from James Forman's family)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Library of Congress received a substantial addition to its collection of civil rights movement resources last month from the family of James Forman, who served as the executive secretary for the Student...

Cover letters that talk.(video resumes)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... For hiring managers, the age of poring over repetitious, lackluster cover letters and resume could soon be coming to an end with the advent of video introductions (VINTROs), according to www.HireMeNow.com, a temporary and contract employment...

Spectrum's own 'Emergency Teacher'.(spectrum)
February 21, 2008... Devoted Diverse readers may recall that former senior editor Christina Asquith spearheaded the creation of the Spectrum section in the magazine in 2006. In this issue, Spectrum highlights the publication of a new book by Asquith The Emergency...

Diverse digits.(African Americans' population)(Table)
February 21, 2008... Top three states with the largest Black populations: New York 3.5 million Florida 3 million Texas 2.9 million SOURCE: WWW.CENSUS.GOV

What works! How one community college gave displaced factory workers the confidence to enroll.(Southeastern Community College's educational program)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROBLEM A few years ago, hundreds of displaced factory workers in southern Iowa were looking for training to reintegrate into the workforce when the Exide Battery Corp., closed shop in the area and they were laid...

Suffering the borrowing blues: proprietary schools likely to be most affected by lenders' retreat from high-risk student loans, officials say.(washington update)
February 21, 2008... Low-income students and students of color may have a harder time getting some college loans because of an ongoing credit crunch and tighter underwriting rules in the industry. While the trend may not affect federally guaranteed loans,...

Descendant of University of Missouri founder creates slavery atonement fund: endowment will help support research into the impact, effects of slavery in the United States.(Clay Westfall Mering's donation)
February 21, 2008... Growing up, it was no secret in Clay Westfall Mering's house that his great-great grandfather had been a wealthy slave owner. In fact, James S. Rollins, who is known today as the "founding father" of the University of Missouri, had as many...

Stalemate persists over American Indian remains at UC Museum: native groups want more control over repatriation process.(noteworthy news)
February 21, 2008... A stalemate continues to persist over the remains of 12,000 Native Americans stored in a University of California, Berkeley museum. A coalition of tribes has been demanding that Native Americans be given more control over the ongoing...

The new genealogy: it's leading Americans to discover their multiracial roots.
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While Patti Heinegg, a retired engineer in Collegeville, Pa., neither labels himself a genealogist nor has sought recognition as a historian, both genealogists and historians have lavished praise on the research he's...

Community college by choice: two-year colleges are increasingly serving high-achieving students, while at the same time, trying to avoid mission creep.
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Certainly, "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno has nurtured the perception that community colleges are a punishment for underperforming high school students by joking that community colleges aren't "real colleges." However,...

A month of discoveries: Black History month brings out the best publishers have to offer.(diverse bookshelf)(The African American National Biography)(Book review)
February 21, 2008... The African American National Biography, $995, Oxford University Press, USA, February 2008, ISBN-10: 0195160193, ISBN-13: 978-0195160192, pp. 5568. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the not-too-distant past, most publishers released nearly all...

King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.(diverse bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 21, 2008... King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop, by Harvard Sitkoff, $25, Hill and Wang, December 2007, ISBN-10: 0809095165, ISBN-13: 978-0809095162, pp. 288. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A succinct, warts-and-all assessment of the civil-rights leader...

On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 21, 2008... On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail, by Charles E. Cobb Jr., $18.95, Algonquin Books, December 2007, ISBN-10: 1565124391, ISBN-13: 978-1565124394, pp. 388. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One who was there, Charles...

Hispanics bearing the brunt of xenophobia: resentment of undocumented immigrants has become a major part of the political agenda from national presidential races to local elections.(diverse forum)
February 21, 2008... From coast to coast, hysteria is growing against undocumented immigrants. Resentment of them has become a major part of the political agenda from national presidential races to local elections. Yet, it apparently doesn't matter how many...

Johnson C. Smith University.(appointment of Ronald L. Carter as president)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Ronald L. Carter has been appointed president of Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) effective July 1. Currently, he is provost and dean of faculty at Coker College (S.C.). He earned a bachelor's from Morehouse...

U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.(appointment of Cathie Carothers as director)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CATHIE CAROTHERS has been named director of the Office of Indian Education in the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Most recently, she served as the acting director of the...

Duke University.(appointment of Marnelle Alexis as director)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. MARNELLE ALEXIS has been appointed director of the Duke Comprehensive Education Institute and assistant professor at Duke University (N.C.). She earned a bachelor's from the State University of New York, Old...

University of Arizona.(appointment of Patrisia Gonzalez as assistant professor )(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. PATRISIA GONZALES has been appointed assistant professor in the Mexican American Studies & Research Center at the University of Arizona. She earned a bachelor's from the University of Texas at Austin, and a...

Xavier University.(appointment of Elizabeth Yost Hammer as director)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. ELIZABETH YOST HAMMER has been named director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University of Louisiana. She is also a professor in the psychology department at the university. Hammer...

Winston-Salem State University.(appointement of Sharon Hush as registrar)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SHARON HUSH has been appointed registrar at Winston-Salem State University (N.C.). Previously, she was interim registrar at WSSU. She earned a bachelor's from North Carolina State University.

Savannah State University.(appointment of Edward B. Jolley Jr. as vice president)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDWARD B. JOLLEY JR. has been named vice president for fiscal affairs at Savannah State University (Ga.). Previously, he served as vice president for financial affairs and treasurer at Saint Paul's College. He earned...

Montgomery College.(appointment of Marshall Moore as vice president)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARSHALL MOORE has been appointed vice president for administrative and fiscal services at Montgomery College (Md.). Most recently, he served as chief business officer of the college. Moore received a bachelor's from...

Texas A&M University.(appointment of Elsa Murano as president)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. ELSA MURANO has been named president of Texas A&M University. Previously, she served as vice chancellor and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M. Murano earned a bachelor's from...

The College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Northridge, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt to be used for scholarships for working students.

Cleveland State University's Nance College of Business Administration has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY'S NANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund. The funds will allows students to gain experience in managing...

The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has awarded $40 million to Duke University (N.C.) to create more than 30 new faculty positions.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has awarded $40 MILLION TO DUKE UNIVERSITY (N.C.) to create more than 30 new faculty positions. Specifically, the gift will fully endow 10 new assistant professorships and 10 associate professorships at a...

The Florida Institute of Technology has received $5 million from the Harris Corporation Charitable Fund to create the Harris Institute for Assured Information.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received $5 MILLION from the Harris Corporation Charitable Fund to create the Harris Institute for Assured Information. The institute will work to solve information security problems globally.

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO has received a $2.4 MILLION grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a center to study patients as they transition to the end of life.

Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College $20,000.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE LITERARY ARTS AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE $20,000 to host the Big Read program that encourages the reading of classic novels in the community. It is the third consecutive year...

New York City College of Technology/Cuny has received a $29,959 grant from the Humanities Grants for Faculty at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY/CUNY has received a $29,959 grant from the Humanities Grants for Faculty at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The year-long faculty development...

The University of Utah has received software valued at $21.2 million from Landmark.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH has received soft ware valued at $21.2 MILLION from Landmark, a product service line of Halliburton's Drilling and Evaluation Division. Students and researchers will use the software to increase efficiency in finding oil...

Virginia State University has received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions program.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $4 MILLION grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions program. The goals of the program are to reduce health disparities among minority...

Wellesley College (Mass.) has received a $150,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation's Summer Stipend Program in the Sciences.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
February 21, 2008... WELLESLEY COLLEGE (MASS.) has received a $150,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation's Summer Stipend Program in the Sciences. The grant will go to support 30 summer research positions that will enable students to engage in scientific...

Diverse calendar.(Calendar)
February 21, 2008... MARCH [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] March 12-16 The National Black Graduate Student Association 20th Annual Conference "Brilliance in Black" Four Points Sheraton at O'Hare Hotel Chicago Web: www.nbgsa.org ...

Beyond diversity training: diversity and equity work require taking action.
February 21, 2008... If you are socially conscious in the new millennium then you have heard words like diversity, equity and fairness. Those words aren't typically part of the lexicon of people who are stuck in the past, refusing to be a part of the conversation...