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Pioneering Black Physician Honored in New York City

Celebrated during his lifetime as an anti-slavery leader, Dr. James McCune Smith, the nation’s first professionally trained African-American doctor, fell into obscurity after his death in 1865.

James McCune Smith

Black Caucus Foundation Scholarships Went to People Tied to Ga. Lawmaker

The controversy over Rep. Sanford Bishop’s decision to award scholarships to his relatives has expanded as four more students tied to the south Georgia Democrat have acknowledged receiving them as well.

Mexican Drug Conflict Threatens U.S. College Study Abroad Programs

U.S. State Department’s travel advisory compels some institutions to withdraw their students from the country for safety concerns.

NMSU student engineers

Private College Associations Introduce Student Access Website

A project begun by two leading associations of non-profit private U.S. higher education institutions targets the national goal of re-establishing the U.S. as the world’s leader in college completion.

Dr. David L. Warren is president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

ACLU: GSU’s E-Mail Policy Violates Constitution

A First Amendment issue is brewing at Grambling State University in the wake of the president’s summer e-mail message to students, prohibiting political expression via e-mail.

Dr. Frank Pogue is president of Grambling State University.

Faculty & Staff

PhD Project Tackles Business School Deanship Diversity

After making an indelible impact on business faculty ranks, The PhD Project sets its sights on diversity among business school deans.

Najeeba Syeed-Miller

Leadership & Policy

Mississippi Universities Seek Restoration of Stimulus Funds

Anticipating the coming dearth of federal stimulus funding, Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds says Mississippi’s universities have shaved $91 million from operating expenses, but will still need more state money next fiscal year.

Future Scholars Program Guides Tucson 5th Graders to College

Aida Garcia-Iniguez-Madero’s Tucson fifth-graders learned recently that planning for college now is as important as learning fractions and proper grammar.

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Special Report: Puerto Rico’s Eleven Campuses, One University, Many Strikes

The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year has been settled, but the underlying issues that contributed to the unrest are far from resolved.

The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year

African-American

EEOC Accuses Calif. University of Discrimination

A federal agency that fights work place discrimination says a private Southern California university denied tenure to a Black professor due to her race and later fired her.

Latina Athletic Director Thrives on Learning and Teaching

As the athletic director at St. Francis College, a Division I institution in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irma Garcia finds fulfillment in teaching others the rules of sports and sports administration.

DREAM ACT Fails With Senate Rejection of Defense Spending Bill

The chance for thousands of young people to legally remain in the U.S. evaporated Tuesday when Republicans blocked a defense spending bill in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Senator Harry Reid

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