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African American college presidents in decline

Yet the pipeline of Black scholars poised to assume presidential status is growing

Leadership & Policy

Reflections of a trailblazer – African American Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., former president of Michigan State University – Cover Story – Interview

Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr., reflects on his career and shares his insight on the current status of African Americans in higher education

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Black ivy mysteries – mystery books about black scholars in white institutions

WASHINGTON, D.C. It’s not uncommon for fiction writers to create heroes and heroines whose personalities and life circumstances stem from the writer’s own experiences. So it should come as no surprise that when Pamela Thomas-Graham decided to write a mystery novel, she created an African American heroine who teaches at the same university where she spent her undergraduate and graduate years.

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Honoring the past, leading toward the future – goals for president of Johnson C. Smith University

It is often the dream of professional educators in higher education to be tapped for the leadership position of the institution that nurtured them. But even when that occurs, no one is ever prepared f6r the realities, the real demands, and sometimes unrealistic expectations placed upon the head and shoulders of the college president.

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Path to the presidency – American Council on Education grants to develop academic management skills

Let’s say you want to be a college president some day. You’ve already survived the trials associated with earning a doctorate and winning tenure. You’ve even risen to a middle-management position on campus. Now what?

An enduring commitment – Xavier University’s president Norman C. Francis

In three decades, Norman C. Francis has led Xavier University from local fame to national acclaim

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Chicago board fires outspoken Temple – Black academic Ronald J. Temple

Chicago Dr. Ronald J. Temple, buoyed by the support of a group of African American ministers, recently waded into the murky, shark-infested waters of Chicago politics. But the chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago system discovered his feisty rhetoric was no match for the vicious bite he received on March 5, when he was fired outright by the board of trustees.

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Wright State president succumbs to cancer – Harley E. Flack

Dayton, Ohio Dr. Harley E. Flack, the first African American president of a major metropolitan university in Ohio, died March 29 following five-month battle with cancer. He was fifty-five.

Dorm Keeps Name Despite Protest Over Klan Connection

BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech dorm named for a now-deceased professor who might have had Ku Klux Klan ties won’t be renamed, Tech President Paul Torgersen said.

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NAACP Head Backs Off Criticism Of Handling of Racial Attack

GREENSBORO, N.C. The head of the state chapter of the NAACP says he regrets criticizing Guilford College for its response to a campus racial attack.

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Texas A&M Affiliation With Law School Denied

HOUSTON Texas A&M University should drop its affiliation with the private South Texas College of Law and instead get permission to establish its own law school, higher education officials say.

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Feds Close Title VI Investigation in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio The decision by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to close its active Title VI investigation into the state of Ohio’s treatment of Central State University (CSU) triggered mixed reactions ranging from praise to sharp criticism in and around the Wilberforce, Ohio campus.

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