Associated PressLeadership & PolicyEx-Texas Southern President, Others To Be Tried SeparatelyFormer Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade and three ex-university employees indicted on charges of misspending hundreds of thousands of university dollars to furnish and landscape her home will be tried separately, a judge ruled Tuesday.January 9, 2007Leadership & PolicyCommunity Colleges Under Pressure To Steer Students Toward Four-year SchoolsPHOENIX Officials at Maricopa Community Colleges are searching for ways to keep their students in class. Three-quarters of the college’s first-time, full-time students do not earn two-year degrees or certificates or transfer to universities within three years, according to The Arizona Republic.January 8, 2007SportsNCAA Needs More Black Coaches, Says NCAA PresidentORLANDO Fla. NCAA president Myles Brand asked member schools to offer more opportunities to minorities when hiring coaches and administrators and wants them to do a better job educating athletes about sportsmanship.January 7, 2007HomeFired Dean Sues UW-Whitewater for DiscriminationOnce seen as a leader who could bring diversity to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, a former dean fired for financial mismanagement has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit claiming he was ousted because he’s Black.January 4, 2007HomeDuke Invites Two Lacrosse Players Back to CampusRALEIGH, N.C. Duke University has invited two of the men’s lacrosse players accused of sexual assault to return to school as students in good standing.January 2, 2007HomeUniversity of Michigan Delays Admissions DecisionsLANSING, Mich. University of Michigan officials said Wednesday they will delay making new student admissions decisions until Jan. 10 as the school sorts out its options related to a state ban on some types of public affirmative action programs.January 2, 2007HomeOprah Winfrey Opens School in South AfricaOprah Winfrey opened a school Tuesday for disadvantaged girls, fulfilling a promise she made to former South Africa President Nelson Mandela six years ago and giving more than 150 students a chance for a better future.January 2, 2007African-AmericanBlacks, Hispanics Have ‘Misperception’ of Healthy Body WeightA study by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, has found that overweight Blacks are two to three times more likely than heavy Whites to say they are of average weight — even after being diagnosed as overweight or obese by their doctors.January 2, 2007HomeCourt: Michigan University Must Comply With Affirmative Action BanLANSING, Mich. Supporters of Michigan’s Proposal 2 won a key legal battle late Friday, as a federal appeals court lifted an injunction that had given the state’s three major universities six more months to comply with parts of the new law.January 1, 2007HomeJackson Proposed As Site For Mississippi Civil Rights MuseumJACKSON, Miss. Before the Freedom Riders came to Jackson, nine Black students from Tougaloo College entered the city’s segregated main library branch and began reading.December 21, 2006Previous PagePage 497 of 569Next Page
