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California Community Colleges Names New Chancellor

California Community Colleges on Thursday named a veteran administrator to lead the nation’s largest system of public higher education as it confronts a host of financial and academic challenges.

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Report: Black Graduate Student Enrollment Up

In a significant one-year change that scholars say deserves more scrutiny, first-time graduate school enrollment among African-Americans rose in 2011, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools.

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Faculty & Staff

Notre Dame’s Carol Owens Named President of Black Coaches and Administrators’ Board

University of Notre Dame assistant head women’s basketball coach Carol Owens has been named president of the Black Coaches and Administrators board.

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Report: Graduation Gap Continues Between Football Players and Male Students

NCAA Division I football player graduation rates continue to fall behind those of full-time male students, according to the latest Adjusted Graduation Gap Report, published by the College Sport Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Is Portland Really Where Young People Retire?

Portland may not be “a city where young people go to retire,” but it’s the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found.

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Speculation Heats Up on HBCU Presidential Searches

As top college administrators gather in Washington for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week conference, networking conversations are likely to be laced with a unique kind of name dropping: who is in the running for the presidency of what college?

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HBCUs Putting Special Emphasis on National Hazing Prevention Week

With the issue of hazing transformed in the past year into a major discussion topic, more historically Black colleges and universities are planning special events on the issue built around National Hazing Prevention Week.

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FAMU Holds First Home Game Without Famed Band

Saturday marked the first FAMU football game in decades without a halftime show of elaborate dances, booming percussion and thundering brass.

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Analysis: A Call to Accountability – The HBCU Board

Major studies of nonprofit boards have identified board recruitment as one of the most significant challenges, TMCF chief Johnny Taylor writes.

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Leadership & Policy

FAMU Says It’s Not Responsible for Hazing Death

Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion.

State College in Colorado Won’t Be Investigated for Obama Course

A conservative group that took issue with a Colorado college offering credit for campaigning for President Barack Obama isn’t happy with the response from state officials.

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Tennessee Democrats Call for Diversity Training for Lawmakers

Democratic leaders point to insulting comments made by two Republican lawmakers to the Legislature’s Black caucus in calling for legislators to undergo diversity and sensitivity training.

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