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Leadership & Policy
Accrediting group gives Florida A&M ultimatum for accounting woes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University has six months to clean up its troubled financial situation or could lose its accreditation, one of the nation’s top college associations said Friday.
June 21, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Tribal College Honors American Indian Veterans
KYLE S.D. A monument honoring more than 1,800 American Indian military veterans will be dedicated Saturday six miles southwest of Kyle at the administrative headquarters of Oglala Lakota College.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
The HBCU presidential pressure cooker – historically Black colleges and universities
Faced with hostile legislatures, growing enrollments, and shrinking budgets, the presidents of many historically Black colleges and universities are also under increasing pressure from their boards of trustees to perform “satisfactorily” or get out.
June 20, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Museum exhibit sheds historical light on Atlanta University Center
Atlanta Heidi Struve and her father, Larry Struve, had some time on their hands after attending a field hockey match on the campus of Morris Brown College during the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The Reno NV duo spotted an Olympic Arts Festival sign pointing to an exhibit on “The History of the Atlanta University Center” in the college’s Fountain Hall and decided to venture inside.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School names new dean
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School said Thursday that it has named Thomas S. Robertson as its new dean, effective Aug. 1.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
We’ve all had to adjust on Capitol Hill
Covering Capitol Hill over the past two years represents a prime example of how important it is for journalists to stay flexible and learn new rules of the trade to remain productive.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UDC President William Pollard Abruptly Resigns
University of the District of Columbia President William L. Pollard unexpectedly resigned at a board of trustees’ meeting Tuesday, ending a five-year tenure. Despite tensions with the board over stagnant fundraising and the slow pace of facility improvements, board chairman James W. Dyke Jr. had talked publicly in recent months about extending Pollard’s contract, which expires July 1. Nevertheless, it appears that a plurality of board members wanted a fresh start.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UMDNJ’s New President Talks About His Vision
On July 1, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will welcome its first African-American president, William F. Owen Jr., an accomplished researcher and clinician.
June 20, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
New Alcorn State University President Being Treated for Leukemia in Michigan.
JACKSON Miss. Mississippi higher education officials said Wednesday that it will be August or September before Alcorn State University’s new president assumes his post.
June 19, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Prince George’s County: another ghetto in the making?
After U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas agreed to speak at an awards ceremony for a middle school in Maryland, Kenneth F. Johnson, a school board member, objected, saying Thomas’ views had no place in Prince George’s County MD, the fastest-growing Black jurisdiction in the country.
June 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Alabama College President’s Indictment Leads to Internal Investigation of Two-Year System
MONTGOMERY Ala. Two-year colleges chancellor Bradley Byrne said n internal investigation has begun following the indictment of former Alabama Fire College President William Langston and will focus on the hiring of the director’s children.
June 18, 2007
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Settlement Ends Dispute Over N.J. College Newspaper Adviser’s Ouster
TRENTON, N.J. Trustees at a southern New Jersey community college have agreed to permanently reinstate a student newspaper faculty adviser whose removal had sparked protests from journalism groups and even criticism from a federal judge.
June 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Rainy day blues at UDC: furloughs, pay cuts and tuition hikes at the University of the District of Columbia – University of the District of Columbia
Washington For most colleges and universities, May is the month for bestowing “rights and privileges” to deserving scholars.
June 18, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
ACE & affirmative action: a chat with Robert Atwell and Reginald Wilson – former president and senior scholar with the American Council on Education – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers
As the umbrella organization for higher education, the American Council on Education is often at the center of the major issues facing colleges and universities, Dr. Robert Atwell, who has announced his retirement as president, and Dr. Reginald Wilson, senior scholar with ACE, have been two of the leading proponents in the country for affirmative action.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Black literature in the ’90s
In 1948, Zora Neale Hurston published an article in the Negro Digest titled “What White Publishers Won’t Print.” Today, the issue turns not on what white publishers won’t print, but rather, what they will print when it comes to African-American literature.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Rescue for the endangered – role for Historically Black Colleges and Universities in developing African American leadership
Historically Black colleges and universities should play a major role in reversing the stagnant African American pattern of existence that is characterized by hopelessness and powerlessness, according to a new study of African-American males.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Southern University officials resist one-board-for-all plan
BATON ROUGE, LA Southern University’s separate management board is safe for now, but college administrators aren’t sure it will survive.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Clergy and deans say black colleges need black churches
Washington When a small group of spirited clergy, Black-college presidents, deans and community leaders came together for an early morning session at the national conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) on a recent Saturday morning, they did more than pray and render hearty amens.
June 17, 2007
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