Black IssuesLeadership & PolicyBarnard College Honors Dorothy Height, 75 Years After Turning Her AwayBarnard College Honors Dorothy Height, 75 Years After Turning Her AwayNEW YORK Barnard College has made civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height an honorary alumna, 75 years after it rescinded her acceptance as a student because of her skin color. In an alumnae reunion celebration last month, college President Judith Shapiro named 92-year-old Height an honorary […]June 30, 2004StudentsSelected Community Colleges to Participate in Initiative To Increase Student SuccessSelected Community Colleges to Participate in Initiative To Increase Student SuccessINDIANAPOLIS Twenty-seven community colleges in five states will participate in “Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count,” a new initiative designed to enhance the academic success of low-income and minority students. Each college will receive a $50,000 investment grant to develop plans for addressing this challenge […]June 30, 2004HomeFAMU College of Law Nears Provisional AccreditationFAMU College of Law Nears Provisional AccreditationORLANDO, Fla. Just two years after opening and one year before its first class will graduate, Florida A&M University College of Law is just one step away from being granted provisional accreditation.The American Bar Association (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted […]June 30, 2004African-AmericanAfrican Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C TreatmentAfrican Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C TreatmentDURHAM, N.C.African Americans have a significantly lower response rate to treatment for chronic hepatitis C than non-Hispanic Whites, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.Some African Americans — 19 percent — did respond to the drug combination of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. But […]June 30, 2004Leadership & PolicyAAUP Censure Could Hinder Philander Smith’s Search for PresidentAAUP Censure Could Hinder Philander Smith’s Search for PresidentLITTLE ROCK, Ark.Philander Smith College will have the handicap of censure by a nationwide faculty group as it seeks a new president. Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, 56, is leaving Philander Smith after six years as its president to take the same job at Bethune-Cookman College in […]June 30, 2004Leadership & PolicyHefner to Retire From Tennessee State UniversityHefner to Retire From Tennessee State UniversityNASHVILLE, Tenn.Dr. James A. Hefner, president of Tennessee State University, plans to retire as the sixth president of the university effective May 31, 2005. J. Stanley Rogers, vice chair of the Tennessee Board of Regents, praised Hefner’s “steadfast commitment to opening the doors of education to all. Jim Hefner […]June 30, 2004HomeWomen Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study FindsWomen Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study FindsBy Patricia TroumpoucisCOLLEGE PARK, Md.Higher education offers a variety of benefits, both economic and non-economic, and women seem to reap much bigger economic benefits from earning an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree than their male counterparts, according to a new study. The study’s author said this […]June 30, 2004Leadership & PolicyLouisiana School Board Member First To Be Implicated in Grade-Changing ScandalLouisiana School Board Member First To Be Implicated in Grade-Changing Scandal By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A criminal probe of Southern University’s grade-buying scandal has already prompted a plea bargain from one St. Landry Parish school board member, and could implicate two other members of the same board.St. Landry school board member Quincy Richard Sr., whose […]June 30, 2004HomeSurvey: Most Believe U.S. Will Have Woman President in 20 Years or LessSurvey: Most Believe U.S. Will Have Woman President in 20 Years or LessSixty-one percent of people believe there will be a U.S. woman president in 20 years or less, according to a recent survey commissioned by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and The Allstate Foundation. Of that group, 37 percent believe it will […]June 30, 2004Leadership & PolicyCongressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU PresidentsCongressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU PresidentsSeventy-seven presidents of historically Black colleges and universities attended the Fifth Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Congressional Forum in Washington, D.C., on June 8 and 9. The forum, established by former U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, R-Okla., in 1999, was begun as an initiative for Congressional […]June 30, 2004Previous PagePage 67 of 431Next Page
