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Pioneering Cellist to Head Wheaton College

Pioneering Cellist to Head Wheaton CollegeNORTON, Mass.Wheaton’s board of trustees has appointed Dr. Ronald Crutcher, provost of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as the seventh president of Wheaton College. In taking Wheaton’s highest post, Crutcher becomes the first African American to lead the national liberal arts college. It will be the latest pioneering role for […]

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Grade-Changing Scandal Rocks Southern University

Grade-Changing Scandal Rocks Southern UniversityFormer assistant registrar’s illegal actions date back to 1995By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A massive grade-changing scandal is rocking Southern University’s campus, and may wind up in the revocation of some undergraduate and graduate degrees. In all, 541 students and former students have been implicated in an illegal grade-changing scandal masterminded by […]

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Achieving Unity Through Diversity

Achieving Unity Through DiversityFulbright conference addresses issues of discord, harmony in an increasingly multicultural United StatesBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONFulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Otelemate Harry has spent time on several college campuses in the United States, but this year he is getting to know the East Coast. The linguistics scholar is in the middle of an 11-month […]

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Hampton University President to Lead National Board

Hampton University President to Lead National BoardHampton University President William R. Harvey was appointed as the chairman of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education by U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige late last month. Harvey’s three-year term begins immediately.“Dr. Harvey’s vast financial knowledge and excellent leadership ability will be valuable […]

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Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same Team

Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same TeamHigh expectations greeted Dr. Myles Brand when he became president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in January 2003. As the fourth president of the nation’s most powerful amateur sports organization, Brand has the distinction of being the first to have been a college president. As president […]

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Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse ATLANTAOprah Winfrey surprised Morehouse students and officials in February with a $5 million donation during the college’s 137th Founder’s Week celebration. Winfrey was awarded the first ever Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Humanitarian Service Award at a gala during the celebration and announced her donation during […]

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of Color

Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of ColorOklahoma professor’s study finds hiring, tenure remain stumbling blocksWomen and underrepresented minorities are receiving the doctorate in record numbers these days. For example, women got 45 percent and minorities 19 percent of the 39,955 doctoral degrees awarded in 2000, and both figures were all-time highs.So it comes […]

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On the Right Path

On the Right PathMillersville president’s personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.By Erv Dyer At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the […]

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Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to Slavery

Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to SlaveryPROVIDENCE, R.I.Brown University President Ruth Simmons has established a committee to examine the Ivy League school’s historical ties to slavery and debate whether the university should make amends. An article in Brown’s alumni magazine last summer reported that Simmons created the presidential committee last spring. She appointed about […]

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NAFEO Honors Tennessee State President With Leadership Award

NAFEO Honors Tennessee State President With Leadership AwardNASHVILLE, Tenn.Tennessee State University president Dr. James A. Hefner has been selected to receive the Presidential Leadership Award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the Silver Spring, Md.-based organization announced last month. The Presidential Leadership Award is the highest-ranking award presented by the […]

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Bennett President Receives Human Rights Award

Bennett President Receives Human Rights AwardGREENSBORO, N.C. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) presented Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole with its Joseph Prize for Human Rights during their National Executive Committee Meeting last month. The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to combat anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry. The ADL established the Joseph Prize for Human Rights […]

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Ramapo College President to Step Down

Ramapo College President to Step DownMAWAH, N.J. Dr. Rodney D. Smith recently announced that he will step down as president of Ramapo College of New Jersey, effective June 30, for personal and professional reasons. He went on to say he will focus on completing the semester and working closely with the new provost and senior […]

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