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Obama Administration Reverses Bush on College Sports Equity Policy

The U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equal opportunities for female athletes.

Hispanic-serving Institution Officials Urge Education Reform to Expand Latino Opportunity

In response to the booming Latino student population across the country, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is encouraging concerted collaboration between Hispanic-serving higher education institutions and public school systems.

African-American

Harvard Professor Ogletree: Sharpton is Obama’s Link to the Streets

The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend Charles Ogletree said Saturday at a forum in Harlem.

The Rev. Al Sharpton

African-American

Overcoming Life on the Streets to Teach Literature

Before he taught English at a Massachusetts college, before he completed two terminal degrees at the University of Iowa, before he took courses at a local community college, Dr. Jerald Walker was a drug-abusing dropout running the streets of Chicago, committing petty crimes.

Va. Gov., Black Fraternity to Meet Over Confederate History Month Flap

Members of a Black fraternity at the College of William and Mary plan to meet with Gov. Bob McDonnell to discuss the contentious issue of Confederate History Month.

African-American

Fayetteville State Wins Record Fourth OFC Business Plan Competition

Fayetteville State continues dominance at business plan competition, part of an initiative to promote entrepreneurship education at HBCUs.

African-American

U.S. Health Secretary Addresses Minority Health Issues

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she is developing a national plan of action that would focus for the first time on reducing health care disparities between minority and White populations.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

African-American

HBCUs Explore Ways To Move Beyond Tuition Dependence

Historically Black college and university leaders are seeking the means to move their institutions from a model of tuition-dependency to opening alternative revenue streams that will ensure their institutions’ financial future.

Under Bill Harvey’s leadership, Hampton University has used the school’s endowment to build hotels, a shopping center and office buildings on the Virginia coast.

Leadership & Policy

Univ. of South Carolina in Danger of Losing Lone Black Trustee

As state legislators weigh whether to vote out the lone minority trustee at the University of South Carolina, an Associated Press analysis shows the school’s governing board is already less diverse than others in the Southeastern Conference.

Leah Moody was temporarily appointed to one of 17 University of South Carolina trustee posts approved by state legislators.

Conference Panelists: Disabled Students Would Benefit From Universal Instruction Design

In the diversity movement, nearly every identity is part of the conversation but disability remains a condition many fail to acknowledge, higher education disability advocates said Tuesday.

Panelists Jane West, Martin Gould, and Sally Scott

Education Leader Lifts Community Colleges Into Limelight

Eduardo J. Padron – a man with a gentle demeanor, steely determination and the look of a polished, stately professor – is one of the greatest proponents of the nation’s more than 1,000 community colleges.

Eduardo J. Padron

Native Americans

Tribute: Wilma Mankiller – 1945-2010

Wilma Mankiller was a wife, a mother, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. From the time she finished high school until her death she worked to improve the lives of her people.

Wilma Mankiller

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