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Leadership & Policy

Willie D. Larkin Resigns After 1 Year as Grambling State University President

Grambling State University lost its third president in less than two years Thursday when Dr. Willie D. Larkin resigned the post amid widespread reports that he was facing being fired by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.

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Scholars: Fisher Decision Gives Colleges ‘Breathing Room’ to Consider Race in Admissions

A number of scholars say the Supreme Court’s decision signals that the “race-neutral” alternatives that Fisher argued should be used in college admissions would be an ineffective way to achieve diversity and that race still is necessary to accomplish this end.

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Supreme Court Rejects Fisher, Upholds Use of Race in College Admissions

The 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.

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Cedar Valley College Names Osaro Airen Dean of Student Retention

Among other duties, Dr. Osaro E. Airen will administer a $2.45 million grant that will be used to promote the success of Black male students and their participation in STEM programs.

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Expert: Attrition Among Women of Color Faculty in Medical Schools Troubling

A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges indicates that the number of women of color faculty in medical schools across the nation continues to hover below 30 percent.

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California Community Colleges Expand Transfer Deal with HBCUs

California Community Colleges and 21 historically Black colleges and universities now have an agreement that potentially will increase the number of community college students going to HBCUs.

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Police Reopen Investigation into Virginia Tech’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

BLACKSBURG, Va. ― Blacksburg police said they have reopened a criminal investigation into hazing allegations against Virginia Tech’s first Black Greek organization after new information was turned over by the university. Police had already conducted an investigation into the incident involving the Theta Iota chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and decided not to […]

Will LeBron James’ Assist Actually Get Disadvantaged Youth Through College?

Though the first group of students in the Akron I PROMISE program won’t graduate high school until 2021, educators and administrators at the foundation say they lack a fully-developed game plan.

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Happy Father’s Day to My Dad and Men Everywhere

I have not been able to say Happy Father’s Day to my dad because he passed away and went to heaven more than 30 years ago. So I dedicate this column to him and to all men who lovingly have this role.

Ivory Toldson Leaving White House Initiative on HBCUs Post

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is leaving his post as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the end of the month.

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South Carolina State University Off Accreditation Probation

South Carolina State won a significant vote of confidence Thursday when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges removed the institution from probation, ending nearly a decade of troubles with the college peer accrediting group.

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40 Years After Students Sparked Apartheid’s End, a New Anger

JOHANNESBURG ― The day was a key moment in the long campaign to end South Africa’s harsh apartheid system of White-minority rule. Forty years ago, black students in Johannesburg’s Soweto township marched in protest and some were gunned down by police, appalling the world. South Africa has changed dramatically since June 16, 1976 , when […]

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