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Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate Discrimination Suit Against Savannah State

A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a discrimination case against Savannah State University by four White football recruits who were offered athletic scholarships by a White head coach but didn’t receive them from the coach’s Black replacement.

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Paul Quinn College Sharing Story of Turnaround With World

President Michael J. Sorrell, a panelist at an international seminar, outlines the best practices utilized at his small Dallas-based school in hopes that other institutions that work with large numbers of marginalized and disadvantaged students might benefit.

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Scholars to Lead Justice Department’s Community Trust Project

The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice will establish an unprecedented mix of strategies for building trust between police and minority communities.

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Leadership & Policy

Higher Ed Leaders Now Working to Close ‘Skills Gap Shortage’

A growing number of colleges and universities are partnering with employers to train students with the skills they will need to break into local industries.

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Faculty & Staff

East Tennessee State Students Trying to Raise Funding for Sex Week

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. ―Some East Tennessee State University students say they will try to raise funds online for a Sex Week program after the Student Senate turned down a funding request.

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Experts: ‘Opportunity Gap’ Key Impediment to Black Male Academic Achievement Darker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More Frequently HSI Advocates Question Relevancy, Accuracy of College Ratings Systems With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist

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Top 100 Degree Producers Special Report

Our annual Top 100 Degree Producers special report — the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award associate, bachelor’s, graduate and professional degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian students.

Faculty & Staff

With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist

Algeania Warren Freeman has no illusions about why she was named the 20th president of Wilberforce University.

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Darker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More Frequently

A new study—titled “The Relationship Between Skin Tone and School Suspension for African Americans”—found that darker-skinned African-American students were more likely to be suspended than those with lighter skin tones.

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Leadership & Policy

Reid Retiring as President of University of Saint Joseph

Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid, who has served as president of the University of Saint Joseph since January 2008, announced that she plans to retire upon completion of her contract and the 2014-’15 academic year.

Experts: ‘Opportunity Gap’ Key Impediment to Black Male Academic Achievement

Scholars at the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education say there has been a failure to provide the resources and exposure students need to be successful.

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Faculty & Staff

Roderick Smothers Selected as Philander Smith College’s President

Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, who currently serves as vice president for institutional advancement and development at Huston-Tillotson University, has been tapped to lead Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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