Tag: Administration Recruitment

Tribal Colleges

Obama Administration Jobs Plan Has Higher Education Funds

Community and tribal colleges would receive $5 billion for construction projects under President Obama’s new jobs plan, which also could shore up state education budgets and provide post-secondary job training opportunities.

September 11, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Minorities in Massachusetts find path to university presidential ranks difficult to tread

Once a pioneer, Massachusetts is experiencing a slowdown in the promotion of minorities to the university president ranks, particularly at elite private institutions.

February 16, 2009

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Need Help Getting a Job in the Obama Administration? Talent Bank May Be the Answer

The Warren Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law is teaming up with a group of liberal philanthropists to help minorities and women win jobs in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.

November 16, 2008

Faculty & Staff

WVU President Calls Resignation ‘Difficult’

West Virginia University President Mike Garrison said Friday he will resign in September to end the controversy surrounding the improper awarding of a master’s degree to the governor’s daughter.

June 8, 2008

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Education Leaders Gather to Set Research Agenda

Education Leaders Gather to Set Research AgendaPolicy-makers cite need for more data on African American educational experiencesBy Cassie M. ChewFAIRFAX, Va.Arecent Florida A&M University engineering graduate with a 3.9 grade point average was rated zero on a scale of one-to-10 by a hiring manager in terms of his employability with the firm. The hiring manager […]

February 11, 2004

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FAMU President Recommended to Head Black College Advocacy Group

FAMU President Recommended to Head Black College Advocacy GroupBy David HefnerSILVER SPRING, Md.Less than a month after his resignation as president of Florida A&M University, Dr. Frederick Humphries has been recommended to lead the nation’s foremost advocacy group for Black colleges and universities.Humphries has been recommended to become president of the National Association for Equal […]

April 11, 2001

HBCUs

Capitolizing on the Digital Divid

Capitolizing on the Digital DividIt has dynamic colleges and universities, talented minorities and a red hot high-tech environment — not to mention lots of your federal tax dollars. But can the nation’s capital lead the way in bridging the digital divide?WASHINGTON — After an economic recession and U.S. military budget reductions forced layoffs among federal […]

March 1, 2000