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Leadership & Policy
NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’
NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’Humphries out; Washington-based attorney to serve as interim presidentBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONCiting the need to “move into another direction with its leadership,” the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), at an April 26 board meeting, requested that its top officer, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, step […]
Leadership & Policy
False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing Scandal
False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing ScandalBATON ROUGE, La.A Southern University assistant registrar who sold grade changes for cash also allegedly manufactured entire academic transcripts for people who never enrolled on the Baton Rouge campus, according to an internal investigative report obtained by Black Issues In Higher Education. In an internal report, campus auditors […]
Leadership & Policy
Desmond Tutu Featured at CU-Boulder AIDS Symposium
Desmond Tutu Featured at CU-Boulder AIDS Symposium BOULDER, Colo.Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu kicked off a six-day “Stop the Silence” AIDS Symposium last month at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The former archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, was the keynote speaker of the symposium that included advocates and scholars from CU-Boulder and Harvard […]
Students
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
Faculty & Staff
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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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