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Leadership & Policy
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.
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Students
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.
Leadership & Policy
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.
Leadership & Policy
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.
Leadership & Policy
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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Leadership & Policy
Looking out for their future – Black and Latino students seek to support University of Michigan as defendants in reverse discrimination lawsuit
Washington National and local civil rights groups are hoping to accomplish in Michigan what Texas officials failed to do during Hopwood v. Texas — that is, prevent the restriction of educational opportunities for Black and Latino students.
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Faculty & Staff
Summer camp for profs! – Faculty Resource Network, New York University
When Morris Brown College wanted faculty members to participate in a highly regarded faculty development program during the summer of 1997, school administrators turned to Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, a newly hired political science professor in the school’s social science department, to make a pitch to her peers.
Leadership & Policy
Satcher to play key role in minority health issues – US Surgeon General David Satcher
David Satcher’s confirmation as U.S. Surgeon General will give the former Meharry Medical College president a leading role in a new Clinton administration effort to improve health care for people of color.
Students
Back from the brink – averted crisis for Central State University, Ohio
WILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University (CSU), which only seven months ago faced a very real threat of extinction from Ohio legislators, has emerged from a financial and political crisis and is showing strong signs of renewal.
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Students
Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils. – book reviews
As a Black female psychologist who has worked in many settings — most recently in a university setting — and as a student who attended a predominantly White university in the Northeast, I can vividly recall the feelings of belonging and support that I experienced in meeting other members of the Black Graduate Student Association. Only within that fellowship at the predominantly White university which I attended did I feel whole.
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Faculty & Staff
The word from Moses – educator Yolanda T. Moses – Interview – Cover Story
“WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT AN INSTITUTION BECOMES THEIR REALITY UNLESS THAT IS TURNED ON ITS HEAD.”
Students
Chancellor of Southern University resigns amid scholarship flap – Marvin Yates
BATON ROUGE, La. The chancellor of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus abruptly resigned in the wake of a scholarship scandal.
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