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Professional Appointments

Peter Roby has been named athletic director at Northeastern University (Mass.). He becomes only the second Black AD at a New England Division I institution. Roby was previously director of Northeastern’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College. Dr. Maurice Apprey has been named dean of […]

July 25, 2007

Grants & Gifts

California State University-Northridge has received a $2 million contribution from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to support the university’s Performing Arts Center. The 1,700-seat center is expected to begin construction this year and should be completed by 2009. Chestnut Hill College (Pa.) has received a four-year, $799,600 grant from the U.S. Department of […]

July 25, 2007

Making the Transition From the Private Sector to Higher Education

When I moved into the higher education arena earlier this year, my family was ecstatic to see that my new position had been mentioned in Jet magazine. My mother thought I’d have three months off a year to play since I was “teaching.”

July 25, 2007

Small, Minority Student Loan Providers Cry Foul Over Subsidy Cuts

Officials at Urban Ed. Express, a minority-owned newcomer to the student loan industry, say legislation before Congress designed to make college more affordable hurts their efforts to help minority students fund their college educations.

July 24, 2007

Clark Atlanta’s New Day-to-Day Leader Hopes To Smooth Tensions

Embattled Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax, who has taken heavy criticism from faculty, students and alumni over his leadership of the school, has a new right-hand man to take over day-to-day operations. Dr. Carlton Brown, former president of Savannah State University, wants to improve the relationship between the administration and faculty and students in his newly created position that frees up Broadnax to do fund-raising.

July 23, 2007

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Group Files Complaint Against UT Over Race-Conscious Admissions

AUSTIN, Texas A legal group that fights against racial preferences in schools and workplaces has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education about the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process.

July 23, 2007

Texas State U. Professor Teaches South African University How To Infuse ‘Multiculturalism’ in Curriculum

Texas State University-San Marcos’ Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Project, a program designed to help diversify its faculty teaching methods and course content, has caught the attention of a university a world away — in South Africa.

July 22, 2007

Disheveled college applications causes bomb scare

CHARLESTON Ill. Here’s a tip for aspiring college students: make sure your applications don’t warrant a visit from the bomb squad.

July 22, 2007

Langston named in student loan inquiry

OKLAHOMA CITY Langston University officials say they do not have details of an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office that found that a Langston financial aid officer accepted perks from a student loan company before advocating the lender on a preferred list for students.

July 22, 2007

Dustup Over Racial Slur Comes at Delicate Time for Young Law School

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The law school at Roger Williams University is a relative infant among peers, opened less than 15 years ago and angling ever since to elevate its national profile and climb the rankings ladder.

July 21, 2007

Higher Tuition Rates Cause Concern at College Campuses in Handful of States

Michigan is one of a handful of states where tuition at some public universities will increase by nearly 10 percent or more starting this fall. Four-year public schools in Illinois, Colorado and Oklahoma also plan tuition increases that could at least triple the general inflation rate.

July 18, 2007

Gun Rights Activists: Firearms Ban Would Make MSU More Dangerous

BOZEMAN Mont. Montana State University plans to restrict firearms and ban concealed weapons from campus, steps that gun-rights activists argue would make students more vulnerable if a Virginia Tech-style gunman were to threaten the MSU campus.

July 18, 2007

3 E. Michigan Administrators Forced Out

YPSILANTI Mich. Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.

July 18, 2007

Yale Junior Found with Guns Arraigned on Charges of Threatening

NEW HAVEN Conn. A Yale University student who is accused of firing a gun in the living room of his off-campus fraternity house over the weekend has been arraigned on charges of reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace.

July 18, 2007

Hudson Begins Tenure as Miss. Valley State U. Leader

ITTA BENA Miss. It was a pivotal moment in the 56-year history of Mississippi Valley State University.

July 18, 2007

Best & Brightest: Obligation To Native Culture, Community Fuels Academic Drive

Karletta Chief has come a long way since the days when, as a Stanford University undergrad, her father had to sell the family’s cattle to cover the costs of her engineering books. Such were the sacrifices of the Navajo first-generation college student and her parents, a minister and a Navajo weaver.

July 18, 2007

Perspectives: Abandoning Brown and ‘[Race]ing’ Backwards on K-12 Education

The recent, well-publicized U.S. Supreme Court desegregation cases make it much tougher for school districts to achieve racial diversity and eliminate racially isolated public school systems. In addressing the use of race by Seattle and Louisville school districts in student assignments, Chief Justice John Roberts declared, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

July 18, 2007

Enrollment Growing Faster at Tennessee’s Private Colleges

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The state’s private colleges are growing faster than public ones, government data show.

July 17, 2007