Diverse StaffAfrican-AmericanJames Ammons Reverses Course, Staying at FAMUA little more than a month after being named provost of Delaware State University, James Ammons has decided that he is staying on at Florida A&M University.July 6, 2016African-AmericanSouth Carolina State Names James E. Clark PresidentSouth Carolina State University looked within its ranks and named Board of Trustees member James E. Clark the 12th president of the historically Black institution on Wednesday.June 29, 2016StudentsSupreme Court Rejects Fisher, Upholds Use of Race in College AdmissionsThe U.S. Supreme Court handed the University of Texas at Austin a major victory in support of its right to consider race and ethnicity as a component of its admissions policy.June 23, 2016HomeOrlando Shooting Deadliest Massacre Since Virginia TechA gunman referencing ISIS opened fire inside a gay nightclub early Sunday morning in Orlando, Florida, killing at least 50 people.June 13, 2016StudentsPoor Responses to Sex Assault Cases Sink Baylor President Ken Starr, Football Coach Art BrilesA scathing report as the result of an independent investigation into Baylor University’s handling of student sex assault allegations has led to the ouster of President Kenneth Starr and the suspension of football coach Art Briles with his firing expected to follow.May 27, 2016African-AmericanFormer Florida A&M President Ammons Named Provost at Delaware StateDr. James H. Ammons, who was president of Florida A&M University when the hazing-related death of a marching band member rocked the institution, has been selected as provost and vice president of academic affairs for Delaware State University.May 26, 2016SportsKnight Commission: Divvy Up March Madness Millions FairlyThe perennial issue of how to equitably allocate and distribute the large sums of money generated by intercollegiate sports again took center stage at a meeting of the Knight Commission.May 10, 2016LGBTQ+ACA Nixes Nashville Over ‘Discriminatory’ LawThe American Counseling Association has canceled its annual conference scheduled for 2017 in Nashville in protest of a state law Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam put into effect two weeks ago that allows counselors to cite principles to reject patients. “Of all the state legislation impacting counseling during my 30 years with ACA, the new Tennessee […]May 10, 2016African-AmericanThe Citadel Won’t Allow Incoming Cadet to Wear HijabAs The Citadel drew a line in the sand Tuesday in the name of “uniformity,” the U.S. Military Academy stood down and headed off a potentially controversial situation of its own.May 10, 2016News RoundupLeaders Talk Opportunity, Perseverance at Annual Sports SummitBOWIE, MD — Keynote speaker Rob Parker’s message couldn’t have been any more timely or relevant for the attendees Friday at the Second Annual Sport Summit at Bowie State University. “Make your own way,” said Parker, who chronicled his career in sports journalism that started in high school with publishing his own sports report and […]May 8, 2016Previous PagePage 11 of 115Next Page
