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Becoming Presidential Timber Is No Small Order

Becoming Presidential Timber Is No Small OrderOver 13 years ago, I was a member of the search committee to find a president for my institution. More than 100 candidates vied to become the anointed one. The pool of candidates was first reduced to 20, then to six for interview purposes. A comment that was made […]

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Earle V. Bryant, associate professor of English at the University of New Orleans, has been honored as a Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Fellow. The fellowship supports teaching and scholarly activities. Bryant earned a bachelor’s in English from Xavier University in New Orleans and a master’s and doctorate both in American Literature from […]

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Moving Toward A New Era

Moving Toward A New EraUniversity of Louisiana System’s incoming president seeks to get Grambling State back on track BY GARRY BOULARDGrambling, La.The incoming president of the University of Louisiana System, Dr. Sally Clausen, says getting historically Black Grambling State University back on track is at the top of her priority list.The university has long been […]

Faculty & Staff

Parting Words

Parting WordsOutgoing college presidents share thoughts about challenges facing HBCUs as well as the state of higher education.By Cheryl D. FieldsThe transition from spring to summer is one of higher education’s most exciting periods. It is a time when students who have toiled for years to achieve their academic goals finally get an opportunity to […]

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A Presidential Class Matriculates

A Presidential Class MatriculatesAs veteran leaders step down, Black leadership pipeline flows with emerging talentBy Ronald Roach and Linda Meggett BrownIt can be said that Blacks in the academic leadership pipeline are getting notable attention in 2001 in light of recent high-profile presidential appointments at both predominantly White colleges and universities and historically Black institutions. […]

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Edward Waters College to Reintroduce Football Program After 35-Year Absence

Edward Waters College to Reintroduce Football Program After 35-Year AbsenceJACKSONVILLE, Fla.Citing a need to increase enrollment, especially of Black men, Jacksonville’s Edward Waters College plans to reintroduce intercollegiate football this fall, if the college can raise $2 million dollars. The move comes after a 35-year absence of the game.In a recent communiqué, Edward Waters president […]

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Catholic Group Asks Seton Hall to Rescind

Catholic Group Asks Seton Hall to Rescind Morris Brown College President’s Honorary DegreeNEWARK, N.J.The president of Morris Brown College found herself in the middle of a controversy last month when a Roman Catholic group asked Seton Hall University to rescind the honorary degree the university had awarded her.CatholicVote.org, a project of Catholic Alliance, protested the […]

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Passing the Torch

Passing the TorchI can only assume that one of the goals and hopes of a college president is to leave their respective institution better off than they found it. For presidents of Black colleges, however, this is sometimes easier said than done. Often these presidents take the helm at institutions that are facing fiscal deficits […]

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Duchess Harris, a professor of political science and African American studies at Macalester College, has received a 2001 Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty sponsored by the New Jersey-based Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Harris earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in American studies from the University of […]

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Alabama’s Faculty Senate Pushes Greek Integration

Alabama’s Faculty Senate Pushes Greek IntegrationTUSCALOOSA, Ala. The University of Alabama faculty senate won’t be taking the summer off in its fight to integrate the university’s Greek system. Members of the faculty senate’s steering committee will meet to discuss the group’s next step over the summer, while former senate president Patricia Bauch will ask the […]

Faculty & Staff

To Be or Not To Be(loved)

To Be or Not To Be(loved)Although minority and female authors have found a place on many English departments’ reading lists, the debate over the benefits of a diverse curriculum still linger. By Sophia N. KellmanIn the past few decades, English literature departments have added more women and minority writers to their course listings. Thanks to […]

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Clark Atlanta University President to Retire Next Year

Clark Atlanta University President to Retire Next YearATLANTA Dr. Thomas W. Cole Jr. announced last month that he will retire next year as president of Clark Atlanta University after 13 years. Cole oversaw the successful merger of Clark College and Atlanta University, and has helped raise millions of dollars to enhance the university’s reputation. During […]

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