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Aptitude or Acculturation?
Aptitude or Acculturation?By Julianne MalveauxWhat was Larry Summers thinking? The Harvard president, as well known for his brilliance as for his tactlessness, must enjoy the taste of shoe leather, given the frequency he puts his foot in his mouth. Some “off the record” remarks he made at a research meeting of the National Bureau of […]
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Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters College
Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters CollegeJACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, who served 29 years as president of Bethune-Cookman College, was named last month as interim president of struggling   Edward Waters College. Bronson, 77, began work at the historically Black college and replaced former President Jimmy Jenkins, who resigned recently in the […]
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Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on Women
Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on WomenBOSTONSaying he hoped to “turn heat into light” after the recent controversy over his remarks on women in science, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers recently announced the appointment of two faculty task forces on women and pledged to create a senior administrative position to support gender diversity.Summers […]
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Langston President to Retire, Search for New Leader Begins
Langston President to Retire, Search for New Leader BeginsWARNER, Okla. The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma A&M Colleges has started its search for a new president of Langston University. Dr. Ernest Holloway is retiring this year after 25 years as president of the historically Black university that has about 2,000 full-time students. A new […]
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Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal
Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Jimmy Jenkins, who was credited with turning around Edward Waters College, increasing its enrollment and its standards, resigned earlier this month after a plagiarism scandal cost the school its accreditation (see Black Issues, Dec. 30, 2004). The executive committee of the board […]
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A Voice for Access and Equity
A Voice for Access and EquityAfter serving on the Georgia board of regents for 30 years, Elridge McMillan is honored with lifetime achievement awardBy Tracie PowellATLANTAWhen Elridge McMillan became the second Black trustee to serve on the University of Georgia System Board of Regents in 1975, his Afro and past advocacy made colleagues think he […]
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Brown’s Family History
Brown’s Family HistoryFollowing are excerpts from the special report “Slavery, the Brown Family of Providence and Brown University”:Brown’s Family History”The histories of Brown University and the Brown family of Providence are complex and firmly intertwined. The family included both ardent abolitionists like Moses Brown and Nicholas Brown Jr. (after whom the University is named) and […]
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Teachable Moments
Teachable MomentsWhen protests erupted following the publication of an anti-reparations ad in a campus newspaper, Brown University President Ruth Simmons decided her community could benefit from taking a closer look at the university’s historical ties to slavery By Kendra HamiltonIt all started as a rather run-of-the-mill campus controversy over race and slavery: an anti-reparations ad […]
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University of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on Campus
University of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on CampusEUGENE, Ore. Nearly 20 years after it was proposed, the University of Oregon has opened an American Indian longhouse, a community center traditional to many Native American peoples in the Pacific Northwest and around the country.The 3,000-square-foot building stands as a symbol of two generations of effort, […]
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Arkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National Trend
Arkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National TrendLITTLE ROCK, ARKArkansas had the fastest growth in college graduates from 2000 to 2003, but it lagged so far behind to begin with that it is still well below the national average, according to new U.S. Census estimates. Also, the percentage of Arkansans over age 25 […]
Leadership & Policy
Abruptly Dismissed
Abruptly DismissedMorehouse School of Medicine loses president as accreditation date draws near By Marlon A. WalkerATLANTAThe Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has gone into a state of transition weeks before an important site visit by the board that will determine whether the school retains its accreditation.With the December dismissal of the school’s president, Dr. James […]
Leadership & Policy
Under Fire
Under FireALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY PERSIDENT FORCED TO RESIGN AMID STRING OF CONTROVERSIESBy Tracie PowellNORMAL, Ala.Like previous school presidents before him, Dr. John T. Gibson’s tenure at Alabama A&M University has been marked by turmoil and scandal. Gibson weathered the storm longer than some, but last month trustees forced him to resign.Problems, some apparently spurred by […]
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