Reginald StuartAfrican-AmericanFisk Proposes Revisions in Plan To Sell Interest in Stieglitz Art CollectionFisk University and the Arkansas-based Crystal Bridges Museum have dotted the “i’s” and crossed the “t’s” on a major revision of their plan that gives Fisk $30 million cash in exchange for selling Crystal Bridges 50 percent ownership of Fisk’s prestigious Alfred Stieglitz Collection of art and photographs and giving the museum considerable control over the future of the collection.October 10, 2010StudentsMinority Engineering Association Urges National Focus on Community College StudentsA national engineering science group, citing the surge in minority student enrollment in community colleges, says more emphasis should be placed on two-year college students to increase STEM field graduates.September 29, 2010HBCUsDonors May Balk at College Giving, If Fisk Prevails With Art SaleFinancially troubled Fisk University’s battle to raise badly needed cash by winning court approval to sell part ownership in its priceless art collection could hurt the school’s overall fundraising efforts and those of other colleges across the nation, say college fundraising experts around the country.September 28, 2010Community CollegesLumina Foundation Says US Continues to Lag Globally in Producing College GraduatesThe United States continues to fall behind other major nations around the world in producing highly credentialed college graduates, despite a marginal gain between 2007 and 2008, says a new report by the Lumina Foundation for Education.September 20, 2010African-AmericanCoppin State Opens Campus-based Neighborhood Computer CenterCoppin State University is set to debut formally today its new efforts to help low-income residents in nearby neighborhoods modernize their digital communications skills with the opening of a neighborhood broadband technology skills training center.September 15, 2010African-AmericanTennessee Judge Reverses Course, Embraces Fisk Plan To Sell Interest in Art CollectionFisk University’s plan to sell half interest in its most valuable asset—a 101-piece collection of art and photographs—for $30 million to Arkansas’s Crystal Bridges Museum won conditional approval from a Tennessee judge who has blocked the sale twice in recent years, most recently last month.September 14, 2010African-AmericanTennessee Proposes Temporary Custody Plan for Fisk Art Collection; School ProtestsThe State of Tennessee, the City of Nashville and a new Nashville arts center will combine forces to temporarily relieve Fisk University of its responsibilities to maintain a priceless art collection until the school regains financial stability, Tennessee’s attorney general said Friday in a plan filed with a Tennessee court.September 12, 2010African-AmericanAn Appreciation: Political Scientist Ronald Walters, 1938 – 2010Dr. Ronald Walters, who retired last year from his post at the University of Maryland in College Park where he was professor of government and politics and director of the school’s African American Leadership Institute, died late Friday of cancer.September 12, 2010African-AmericanFisk University Wants Court-Barred Art Deal With Arkansas Museum ApprovedFinancially troubled Fisk University says it plans to stick with the Arkansas-based Crystal Bridges Museum in trying to win court approval of a shared ownership deal for the 101-piece Alfred Stieglitz Collection of photographs and art, despite being barred twice by a Tennessee judge from selling any part of its valuable collection.August 25, 2010StudentsRookie HBCU Presidents Undergoing Rigorous Leadership TestingAmid heavy turnover in historically Black college and university (HBCU) administration ranks, a corps of untested but eager first-time presidents are leading HBCUs in turbulent times.August 23, 2010Previous PagePage 29 of 37Next Page
