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In Not So Good Company

In Not So Good CompanyAnother HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head onBy Tracie PowellCONCORD, N.C.It’s not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly […]

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Calling All Leaders

Calling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]

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Gathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do Now

Gathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do Now Dr. M. Christopher Brown IIAnother verdict has come in from the now infamous Southern Association of Colleges and Schools — the accreditation of Barber-Scotia College has been rescinded. The language of the letter and the media reports are eerily reminiscent of both Morris Brown and […]

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Former U.S. Secretary of Energy O’Leary

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy O’Leary Named 14th President of Fisk UniversityNASHVILLE, Tenn. When Dr. Carolynn Reid Wallace abruptly resigned as Fisk University president last October, it marked the historically Black institution’s fourth president or interim president in the last seven years (see Black Issues, Nov. 20, 2003).However, the 138-year-old university has again found new […]

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A Battle of Wills

A Battle of WillsPhiladelphiaAlong Philadelphia’s City Avenue, between the St. Joseph’s University campus and the Bala Station metro stop, an ominous black billboard has risen. “A man’s will should not be broken,” reads the legend. But though that phrasing might seem cryptic, be assured its meaning is clear as glass to any Philadelphian who cares […]

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In Memoriam: Remembering Ike Tribble

In Memoriam: Remembering Ike Tribble (1940-2003): A Legacy of GivingNo one accomplishes things in this life, be they big or small, without the timely intervention of others.Back in 1984, during the first year that Black Issues In Higher Education was being published, the future of this magazine was very much in doubt. The political leadership […]

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Fisk, Vanderbilt Collaborate on Nursing Program

Fisk, Vanderbilt Collaborate on Nursing ProgramNASHVILLE, Tenn.Fisk University will start an undergraduate nursing program as part of a new alliance with Vanderbilt University, which is looking to boost the ranks of minority graduate students.The alliance allows Fisk, a historically Black liberal arts college, to use the teaching facilities of Vanderbilt’s established nursing school. Vanderbilt School […]

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]

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Barnard College Honors Dorothy Height, 75 Years After Turning Her Away

Barnard College Honors Dorothy Height, 75 Years After Turning Her AwayNEW YORK Barnard College has made civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height an honorary alumna, 75 years after it rescinded her acceptance as a student because of her skin color. In an alumnae reunion celebration last month, college President Judith Shapiro named 92-year-old Height an honorary […]

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AAUP Censure Could Hinder Philander Smith’s Search for President

AAUP Censure Could Hinder Philander Smith’s Search for PresidentLITTLE ROCK, Ark.Philander Smith College will have the handicap of censure by a nationwide faculty group as it seeks a new president. Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, 56, is leaving Philander Smith after six years as its president to take the same job at Bethune-Cookman College in […]

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Hefner to Retire From Tennessee State University

Hefner to Retire From Tennessee State UniversityNASHVILLE, Tenn.Dr. James A. Hefner, president of Tennessee State University, plans to retire as the sixth president of the university effective May 31, 2005. J. Stanley Rogers, vice chair of the Tennessee Board of Regents, praised Hefner’s “steadfast commitment to opening the doors of education to all. Jim Hefner […]

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Louisiana School Board Member First To Be Implicated in Grade-Changing Scandal

Louisiana School Board Member First To Be Implicated in Grade-Changing Scandal By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A criminal probe of Southern University’s grade-buying scandal has already prompted a plea bargain from one St. Landry Parish school board member, and could implicate two other members of the same board.St. Landry school board member Quincy Richard Sr., whose […]

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