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The Art of Diversity

The Art of Diversity Dr. Arthur E. Levine is in a pretty enviable position. As president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he sits at the helm of a Harlem, N.Y.-based institution steeped in its legacy of inclusion. Back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Southern states burdened with the shackles of segregation readily paid for […]

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University President Who Promoted Racial Equality Dies at 91

University President Who Promoted Racial Equality Dies at 91 PORTLAND, OreDr. Miller A.F. Ritchie, a former Pacific University president, died early this month at his home in Hillsboro. He was 91. Ritchie was chairman of human relations at the University of Miami in the late 1940s and early ’50s, when his interest in promoting racial […]

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Black Caucus Criticizes GOP Effort to Help HBCUs

Black Caucus Criticizes GOP Effort to Help HBCUsBy Charles DervaricsThe June summit of congressional Republicans and Black college leaders continues to stir interest on Capitol Hill, with the Congressional Black Caucus leader criticizing the meeting as Republicans begin to map plans to expand these discussions.“If [the GOP’s] past is any guide with respect to how […]

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Walker Named First Black President at Southern Illinois

Walker Named First Black President at Southern IllinoisCARBONDALE, Ill.Dr. James Walker, president of Middle Tennessee State University, will become the next president of Southern Illinois University. He is the first African American to hold the position.Meanwhile, officials at Middle Tennessee say it will be hard to replace Walker.“He certainly has done everything he said he […]

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Diversity Deferred in AACC Presidential Choice

Diversity Deferred in AACC Presidential ChoiceAfter a nine-month search for the person who will lead community colleges in the new millennium, the American Association of Community Colleges here announced last month that Dr. George R. Boggs had been tapped to fill the organization’s top spot. Boggs, 55, has been a leader in the two-year college […]

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BI New Briefs

BI New BriefsCalifornia Professor Launches Hunger Strike Over Tenure DecisionPOMONA, Calif. — A professor at Pomona College who says he was denied tenure because of race discrimination went on a hunger strike last month, hoping the attention would pressure the school to reopen the case. Dr. Stanley O. Gaines Jr. worked as an assistant professor […]

Academic Freedom without Tenure

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West Virginia State Reels Over Community College Compliance

West Virginia State Reels Over Community College ComplianceINSTITUTE, W.Va. — When lawmakers considered granting independence to West Virginia State College’s community and technical college this spring in the name of higher education reform, Dr. Hazo Carter Jr., the school’s president, lobbied fiercely to keep the school intact.He phoned legislators. He called in political chips. He […]

Arkansas Administrator Keeping Title, Salary

Arkansas Administrator Keeping Title, SalaryFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A University of Arkansas administrator will retain his title and salary as he takes on new duties, though controversy about the job change has not died down. When the university moved toward making Assistant Vice Chancellor Lonnie Williams director of the school’s Multicultural Center, an Arkansas Court of […]

Ga. Minority Scholarship Dropped Because of Lawsuits

Ga. Minority Scholarship Dropped Because of LawsuitsATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia has stopped awarding a prominent minority scholarship because of lawsuits targeting the school’s use of race in admissions policy. University officials say the Holmes-Hunter Scholarship, which gives $1,500 a year to a Black student with strong academic and leadership potential, was not […]

GROWTH by BEAUTIFICATION

GROWTH by BEAUTIFICATIONCampus preservation is at the forefront of Cheyney University’s new rebuilding effortsCHEYNEY, Pa. —When he peers out the window of his conference room, Cheyney University President Dr. W. Clinton Pettus sees a few things he doesn’t like. First, there is the large blue water tower that looms above the center of this rustic […]

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Fighting to Preserve Black History

Fighting to Preserve Black History Years after congressional appropriations were made and public awareness has faded, Black college officials still are struggling to restore historic propertiesTALLADEGA, Ala. — Ask Talladega College President Dr. Marguerite Archie-Hudson about historic-building renovations needed on her campus set here amidst the hills and valleys of this suburban Southern town and she […]

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Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination Suit

Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination SuitARNOLD, Md. — A former vice president of Anne Arundel Community College has lost another round in her race discrimination suit against the school’s board of trustees and president.The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., unanimously upheld a verdict against Dr. Augustine Pounds, who […]

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