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Shalala Named President of University of Miami
Shalala Named President of University of MiamiCoral Gables, Fla.Dr. Donna E. Shalala, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration, will become the fifth president of the University of Miami next June, it was announced late last month.Shalala, 59, who has overseen health and welfare policy for the government […]
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Howard University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder Ellison
Howard University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder EllisonWASHINGTON Just months after pledging a $2 million gift of 4,000 network computers and printers to be installed in Howard University’s 12 undergraduate dormitories, Larry J. Ellison, CEO and founder of the Oracle Corp., was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Washington, D.C.-based university.Howard […]
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HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their Campuses
HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their CampusesSlow adoption of technology by faculty seen as barrierATLANTA With Black colleges positioning their institutions to tackle the digital divide, officials with Tennessee State University and Clark Atlanta University highlighted an array of issues and strategies aimed at reducing the information technology gap between the […]
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UGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-Swapping
UGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-SwappingATHENS, Ga. University of Georgia officials want to know how often students are using Napster and other Web sites that allow people to exchange music over the Internet. Campus technology officials expect the school’s Internet traffic to double this year, and they plan to ask the Board […]
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Students Hold March in Response to Racist Threats
Students Hold March in Response to Racist ThreatsSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. A group of Penn State students held what they termed a “solidarity walk” last month in response to recent threatening letters sent to Black students. The event, organized by the Penn State Coalition of Students, followed a rally held earlier last month that drew about […]
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Using Power to Solve the Diversity Dilemma
Using Power to Solve the Diversity DilemmaI n Dorothy Winbush Riley’s 1995 edition of My Soul Looks Back, ‘Less I forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color, the Iroquois are credited with having this to say about power:“Power means authority, the authority of law and custom, backed by such force as necessary to […]
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsLee Hampton is the new executive director of corporate and foundation development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Previously Hampton was the vice chancellor for university advancement at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Hampton earned a bachelor’s in English from Dillard University and a master’s in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. […]
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Universities Refuse to Block Napster Access
Universities Refuse to Block Napster AccessMADISON, Wis. Officials at nearly a dozen universities across the country say they won’t block students from using the embattled online music-sharing software Napster, despite a demand from a lawyer for two musicians. Howard King, attorney for Dr. Dre and Metallica, sent letters to several university officials last month demanding […]
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Harvard Law School Honors Black Graduates, Brown Vs. Board of Education Lawyers
Harvard Law School Honors Black Graduates, Brown Vs. Board of Education LawyersLast month, the Harvard University Law School honored its Black alumni and the Brown vs. Board of Education litigation team, many of whom were Harvard Law grads. Ever since George Ruffin graduated in 1869, more than 1,600 African Americans have earned law degrees from […]
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University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos
University of Idaho, Auburn U.  Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]
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ACE President Ikenberry Announces Resignation
ACE President Ikenberry Announces ResignationD r. Stanley O. Ikenberry, president of the American Council on Education, announced late last month that he will be stepping down from the post he has held for four years. “If there ever can be an ideal time for a transition, 2001 may be it,” Ikenberry says in a letter […]
Faculty & Staff
Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned
Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned By Kendra HamiltonThere may be no sweeter words to a faculty member’s ears than “release time.” Try saying them out loud: “RELEASE TIME.” Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research explored, of […]
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