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Stewart, Pearl – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
When President Obama delivered the commencement address at Miami Dade College (MDC) in April, it was yet another coup for the high-profile institution--but not a first. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton also were graduation speakers, as the community college continues to be a magnet for national and international dignitaries. MDC has…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, College Presidents, Hispanic Americans
Galuszka, Peter – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
In January, when Dr. Teresa Sullivan became the first woman selected to become president of the University of Virginia, expectations were that the noted sociology professor and provost and executive vice president for student affairs of the University of Michigan would ease into her job in bucolic Charlottesville. When she took over in August,…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Females, Budgets, Retrenchment
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
The Top 100 degree tables published in this edition of Diverse, and the many more detailed tables included on the Diverse Web site, delineate the institutions that have conferred the most master's, doctoral and first professional degrees to students of color in academic year 2007-2008. Each table shows the number of degrees for a specific minority…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Minority Groups, Higher Education, Graduate Study