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Virginia Union President Resigns to Take Job With NCAA
Virginia Union President Resigns to Take Job With NCAA RICHMOND, Va.The president of Virginia Union University has resigned to take a job with the National Collegiate Athletic Association beginning in November. Dr. Bernard W. Franklin submitted his resignation to the historically Black school’s board of trustees last month. He has been president of the Richmond […]
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NAFEO Names First Class of Leadership Fellows
NAFEO Names First Class of Leadership Fellows SILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) has selected 13 outstanding faculty, from historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities, for its first class of Kellogg Leadership Fellows in the NAFEO National Leadership Institute. The institute is designed to train and develop the […]
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From Opening Doors to Opening Minds
From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]
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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 […]
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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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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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