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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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State Auditor Kyle Doesn’t Enjoy Playing the Bad Guy

State Auditor Kyle Doesn’t Enjoy Playing the Bad GuyBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La. — The motto hanging in Louisiana Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle’s office sums up his no-nonsense attitude: “In God We Trust — All Others, We Audit.”Auditing state agencies for nearly 12 years in a state known for political corruption, Kyle’s audits have uncovered […]

Un-‘Favor’-able Times At Grambling

Un-‘Favor’-able Times At GramblingSchool’s sixth president tries to convince the board he can reverse calamitous financial problemsBATON ROUGE, La. — Dr. Steve A. Favors, the president of historically Black Grambling State University, is in the hot seat here over a scathing legislative audit.In his review of the records for the fiscal years that ended in […]

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Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP Leaders

Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP LeadersWASHINGTON — To most outsiders, they seemed like strange bedfellows. Nonetheless, leaders from the GOP and historically Black colleges met here last month to hash out legislative funding and other concerns.The brainchild of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., the first-ever Congressional House Majority HBCU Summit drew a who’s who […]

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NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports Administration

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports AdministrationPercentage of Black athletics directors drops, other positions make little gainsINDIANAPOLIS — Diversity hiring in college athletics is a grand illusion. That’s what the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s latest race report suggests. In college sports, Blacks participate in significant numbers as athletes, but are far less prominent in […]

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BI News Briefs

Doctoral Program Decision Deferred in BaltimoreBALTIMORE — A decision on new doctoral programs at two Baltimore-area public universities, opposed by Morgan State University on the grounds they would unnecessarily duplicate programs at the predominantly Black school, has been deferred, state education officials said late last month. The programs will not be approved before the commission […]

The Stories Behind the Numbers

The Stories Behind the Numbers: Black Issues Salutes Outstanding Members of the Class 20001Christine Lincoln, left, is congratulated by a fellow graduate after accepting the Sophie Kerr award during commencement exercises at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Lincoln received the $53,266 award for being the graduating senior with the best ability and promise for future […]

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Famous Last Words

Famous Last WordsAfrican Americans are being sought out to deliver commencement speechesIn 1961, he fled the country. He had accused the U.S. military of discontinuing his academic deferment after officials learned that he was African American. When he refused to report for a physical exam and induction into the army, he was tried, convicted and […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Of Teacher Preparation

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Of Teacher PreparationWe all know the role that educators play, that students learn from teachers. But who teaches the teachers? How do educators determine the best ways to lay the groundwork for those who will replace them in the hallowed halls of academia? Preparing a Nation’s Teachers offers […]

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Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-A

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-AMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees here has decided to push forward efforts to become the first historically Black institution to move to Division I-A football despite concern and skepticism among some university officials.The board voted last month to make the […]

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Marshall B. Bass has been elected chairman of South Carolina’s Voorhees College Board of Trustees. Bass is the founder of Marshall B. Bass and Associates Inc., a management consulting firm. Bass earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and doctorates of law from North Carolina Central University and civil laws from […]

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