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Report: Harvard Scholar’s Arrest at Home Avoidable

A Harvard scholar and the police sergeant who arrested him last July after a confrontation outside his home both missed opportunities to “ratchet down” the situation and end the encounter more calmly, according to a review of the case released Wednesday.

Henry Louis Gates

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Affirmative Action Advocates Consider Recession’s Impact on Diversity

At a national meeting of affirmative action advocates, higher education and corporate officials agreed that institutions of all types must be proactive to prevent the faltering economy from overly impacting one or more underrepresented groups.

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Texas Southern Released from Accreditation Probation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges has released Texas Southern University from a probation that had been attached to the school’s accreditation status dating back to December 2007.

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National Scholarship Program Rewards Academically Talented Black Students

The Ron Brown Scholars program provides financial and moral support for low-income yet high-achieving students of color with many attending elite institutions.

Ron Brown Scholars

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Grambling Selects New President

Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.

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Charlotte Morris Named as Tuskegee University Interim President

Dr. Charlotte P. Morris will become interim president of Tuskegee University, following the July 31, 2010 retirement of school president Dr. Benjamin F. Payton.

Dr. Frank Pogue

Faculty & Staff

New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs

A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

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Policy Summit Tackles Changing U.S. Demographics

During a National Journal policy summit on demographics and the workforce of the future, it was pointed out that 65 percent of the population is White, compared to 70 percent in 2000 and 80 percent in 1980. Generation Y, aged 30 and under, is two-fifths non-White.

Panelists Jane West, Martin Gould, and Sally Scott

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South Carolina State President Ousted After Two Years at Helm

The board of South Carolina State University has fired the president of the historically Black college after just two years at the helm.

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Historically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social Mission

Graduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.

Morehouse medical school president Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.

Leadership & Policy

S.C. State University to Get $80 Million Transportation Research Center

Amid questions about how some of the initial grant money was spent, South Carolina State University officials hope to begin construction soon on the first phase of a transportation research center announced 12 years ago.

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$1M Donated for Demolition at Paul Quinn College

A $1 million donation to demolish 13 abandoned buildings at Paul Quinn College in Dallas is meant to bolster the school’s efforts to survive.

Paul Quinn College gift

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