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Leadership & Policy
Second Annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference Held In Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Community college educators from as far as Washington state and the Bahamas descended on Tampa, Fla., last week for the second annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference. Hosted by Hillsborough Community College and nine other Florida two-year institutions, BBCB featured numerous tracks dedicated to examining and removing barriers to college for young Black and Hispanic males.
December 5, 2007
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Students
UT at San Antonio Student Group Protests Cancellation of Black Studies Course
SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio’s cancellation of an upcoming course within the African American Studies Program has prompted the resignation of a professor and drawn criticism from some students.
December 3, 2007
Students
UTSA Student Group Protests Cancellation of Black Studies Course
SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio’s cancellation of an upcoming course within the African American Studies Program has prompted the resignation of a professor and drawn criticism from some students. The university pulled “African American Political Thought” from the spring semester because of a lack of student interest in the black […]
December 3, 2007
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Students
SC’s 16 Tech Schools, University of South Carolina Start Program to Ease Student Transfers
COLUMBIA, S.C.  Students at the state’s 16 technical colleges will be able to more easily transfer to the University of South Carolina under an agreement approved Thursday. The program will go into effect next fall and could attract up to 500 students in the first year, officials said. “There’s a wonderful Southern saying, ‘Y’all come!’ […]
November 29, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Under Pressure
Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.
November 28, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
DR. RENU KHATOR  has been named president and chancellor of the University of Houston. She will assume her new post in January. Most recently, Khator served as provost and vice president of the University of South Florida. She holds a bachelor’s from Kanpur University in India and a master’s and doctorate from Purdue University in […]
November 28, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Meharry’s Persistence Pays Off
Alumnus’ son takes helm of medical college.
November 28, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes
Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.
November 28, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape
DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.
November 28, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes
Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.
November 25, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Southern University Board Picks New Chairman
NEW ORLEANS Myron Lawson was chosen Friday as the chairman of the Southern University System board of supervisors, replacing the former chairman who has been embroiled in sexual harassment allegations.
November 24, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Feds Repeat Criticisms of EMU Cover-up of Student’s Rape-killing
YPSILANTI Mich. The U.S. Education Department has repeated its criticism of Eastern Michigan University for covering up the rape-killing of a student in her dorm room.
November 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
New University of Hawaii Chancellor Says School’s a Tarnished Jewel
HONOLULU The University of Hawaii’s new Manoa chancellor says the campus is a tarnished jewel.
November 20, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Poll: Majority of Faculty Want Oral Roberts University President Gone
TULSA Okla. More than 80 percent of the faculty at Oral Roberts University do not want Richard Roberts to continue as president of the evangelical school, a new survey shows.
November 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Ousted Sprint Executive Said to be Candidate to Head University of Missouri
KANSAS CITY Mo. The search for the next University of Missouri president is down to a single finalist.
November 19, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Mobile Students Rally to Support Teen Who Received Racist Letter
MOBILE Ala. About 100 students at St. Paul’s Episcopal School stood outside in the courtyard to show their support for a black classmate who received a racist, threatening letter in her locker this week.
November 19, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Dixie State College Ready to Surrender Name, Mascot
ST. GEORGE Utah Dixie State College is taking its first step to giving up its formal name and “Rebel” mascot as a condition of its affiliation with the University of Utah, which says its doesn’t want to be associated with stereotypes of the Old South.
November 19, 2007
Faculty & Staff
ORU President Says He Received Prophecy Telling of Troubles
TULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts says he received a prophecy six months ago that troubles were looming.
November 19, 2007
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