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Acquitted Central State President Blasts Ohio Officials for Legal Tangle
Acquitted Central State President Blasts Ohio Officials for Legal TangleBy Mark Fisher XENIA, OhioTriumphant following his complete vindication by a jury, Dr. Arthur E. Thomas lashed out late last month at Ohio officials who had tried to force him to repay a portion of a $325,000 severance agreement he received when he resigned as president […]
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Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-Takers
Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-Takers Officials from the College Board announced last month that this year’s national average SAT math score is at a 30-year high, but African American test-takers still came in with the lowest average among ethnic groups for the test’s math section. Although math scores for all ethnic groups have […]
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EPA Cracks Down On Campuses to Clean Up
EPA Cracks Down On Campuses to Clean UpLINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.A new kind of SWAT team is surfacing on campuses that can ruin even the toughest college president’s day. The special weapon? Environmental law. The special tactics? Big fines. If the hunt uncovers pollution violations, the price tag can rival the impact of a drug bust, […]
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Rose Marie Duhon-Sells has been named senior vice president for academic affairs at The Union Institute in Cincinnati. Previously, she was a professor at McNeese State University in Louisiana. She earned a bachelor’s in elementary education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana; a master’s in guidance and counseling from Southern University; and a […]
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Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:How can a college or university president work with the local community to create a warm environment for minority faculty and their families in a predominantly White town or city, especially when there has been a previous racial incident?Dr. Rosemary Gray WattersonEquity and Diversity Officer, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.I think the […]
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Charting New Territory: Colleges, Universities Offering New Academic Programs
Charting New Territory: Colleges, Universities Offering New Academic ProgramsBy Hilary HurdM any college students across the country will have new opportunities open to them as several colleges and universities are offering new academic programs this fall in a hustle to remain competitive and respond to the rapidly changing marketplace. Smith College in Northampton, Mass., South […]
Faculty & Staff
The New Academic Year
The  New Academic YearThe short answer to any query about trends in higher education for the upcoming academic year: Ask after the presidential election. The upcoming election may well be the wild card that trumps all others in the deck being dealt to college administrators, faculty and students —  not just for 2000-2001, but for the […]
Students
Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on Campus
Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on CampusThe Meaning of DiversityThe academy does not agree on what diversity means or how it should be achieved. To be more precise, over the past four decades, the term has taken on a number of different, competing, even conflicting meanings, often on the same campuses. Several years […]
Students
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 […]
Leadership & Policy
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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