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Unofficial Civil Rights Movement Headquarters To be Razed to Make Way for Dorm

Unofficial Civil Rights Movement Headquarters To be Razed to Make Way for DormATLANTA The restaurant that served as unofficial headquarters of the civil rights movement in the 1960s will be demolished to make way for a college dormitory, officials said. The decision to raze Paschal’s restaurant was based on finances, said its owner, Clark Atlanta […]

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Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary Classroom

Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary ClassroomToni Morrison Society celebrates 10 years, encourages readers of all ages to know the authorBy Robin V. SmilesMention one of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s seven critically acclaimed novels to a friend and you will most likely be met with a familiar protest: “Beloved? I just couldn’t get through it”; “Paradise? […]

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Former UAB President Charges Age, Sex Bias in Lawsuit

Former UAB President Charges Age, Sex Bias in Lawsuit BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Former University of Alabama at Birmingham President W. Ann Reynolds has sued the UA System board of trustees, charging she was ousted from her job because of her age and sex, and demanded back pay, compensatory damages and reinstatement. Reynolds reluctantly agreed to step […]

Faculty & Staff

Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom

Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom NORMAL, Ill. As colleges finish the academic year, a report on academic freedom in America identifies the leading dangers to intellectual freedom on college campuses, with “Patriotic Correctness” leading the list of violations of academic freedom. The “2002-2003 Report on Academic Freedom” details hundreds of incidents at colleges […]

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Leadership & Policy

Indiana University’s Presidential Appointment Carries Historic Significance

Indiana University’s Presidential Appointment Carries Historic SignificanceBLOOMINGTON, Ind. Mr. Adam W. Herbert received unanimous approval from the Indiana University Board of Trustees last month, making him the school’s first Black president. He takes over Aug. 1. Herbert has 35 years of experience as a teacher, researcher and college administrator. Since 2001, he has been the […]

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Georgia Regents Push to Increase Black Male Enrollment

Georgia Regents Push to Increase Black Male Enrollment ATLANTA Peer pressure and lack of parental support are among the reasons fewer Black men than Black women choose to attend college, Georgia’s Board of Regents was told last month in a report examining the phenomenon and suggesting ways to correct it. Another factor, the report said, […]

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Texas A&M to Open Branch Campus in Qatar

Texas A&M to Open Branch Campus in Qatar COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A&M University will open a branch campus in Qatar specializing in engineering education and research this fall, the university announced last month. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for Texas A&M to expand its international presence and to provide educational and research opportunities for […]

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Bethune-Cookman College To Cut 90 Jobs

Bethune-Cookman College To Cut 90 JobsDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Bethune-Cookman College announced plans to eliminate 90 positions last month, reducing its work force by 14 percent. The board of trustees ordered the move so the small, historically Black school could “bring itself in line with peer institutions,” it said. The board hired a human resource consulting firm […]

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Homeland Security Tops List of Critical Higher Education Policy Issues

Homeland Security Tops List of Critical Higher Education Policy IssuesWASHINGTON Homeland security and affirmative action are at the top of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges’ (AGB) list of 10 public-policy issues that higher education leaders will need to address in the next two years. Published biennially, “Ten Public Policy Issues for […]

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Instructor Loses Retaliation Suit Against Washington College

Instructor Loses Retaliation Suit Against Washington CollegeTACOMA, Wash. A foreign-born math instructor has lost a suit accusing Tacoma Community College of retaliation after the board of trustees granted him tenure despite the adverse recommendation of a tenure review committee.Robert Tan failed to prove that the college had assigned him to teach primarily remedial-level courses in […]

Benedict Raises $30 Million to Improve College

Benedict Raises $30 Million to Improve CollegeCOLUMBIA, S.C.Afirst for Benedict College, the South Carolina historically Black school recently completed a successful capital campaign, raising $30.1 million over six years. “We have attempted a few capital campaigns in the past, but none of our previous financial drives was as victorious as this campaign,” says Barbara C. […]

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Faculty Senates Sue Districts Over Hiring Rules

Faculty Senates Sue Districts Over Hiring Rules MISSION VIEJO, Calif.In an unprecedented move, the academic senates of Saddleback and Irvine Valley colleges have voted to sue their district chancellor and trustees over a new districtwide hiring policy that gives more power to administrators at the expense of faculty. Faculty within the South Orange County Community […]

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