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Section: Leadership & Policy
Faculty & Staff
When faculties vote “no confidence.”
Not long before Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton selected to be the president of Ohio’s largest two-year institution, a national group named her the top community college CEO in the country. Now, six years later, faculty members at Cuyahoga Community College say that the woman they once welcomed with open arms isn’t fit to feat the 22,000-student college.
June 16, 2007
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Students
Making retention work
Since 1988’s all-time high in the college enrollment African Americans enrollment of African, American, declining high school completion figures have contributed to a slower increase in minority college participation After more than a decade of intensely examining factors that influence retention, we seem to be in a period of slippage of minority participation and success at the post-secondary level.
June 16, 2007
Students
Student aid plans face tough road ahead
President Bill Clinton’s new two-part approach to higher education investment–a Pell Grant increase coupled with more extensive tax credits–is drawing a mixed: response among both education advocates and Republicans in Congress.
June 16, 2007
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Students
Small schools – Where Football Is An Activity, Not a Business
In college football, the big schools win and the small schools struggle.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Correcting the inequities of the past – Makaziwe Phulma Mandela, anthropologist, educator and daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela – Interview – Cover Story
Before embarking on a tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Dr. Makaziwe Phumla Mandela, daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela, stopped by the offices of Black Issues in Higher Education to discuss a wide range of issues facing higher education in the new South Africa.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Mfume: ‘it’s all right now to come back home.’ – Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president, views on role of youth in civil rights struggles
Winston-salem, NC The nation’s Colleges will be the incubators for new soldiers in America’s civil rights struggle, Kweisi Mfume told a group of students.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
New community college liaison to ED – appointment of Jacqueline E. Woods to a Department of Eduction post
Jacqueline E. Woods, the vice chancellor for external affairs at City Colleges of Chicago and a former American Association of Community Colleges staff member, will become the second community college liason to the Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley announced last week.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Endowments: investing in education’s future – historically African American colleges
With enrollments down, operating costs up, federal research funds disappearing and admission and hiring policies endangered, the best way to coax a smile out of higher education administrators is to mention a single word: endowment.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Spending smart – economic restructuring of Morris College
Behind his back, Morris College alumni refer to the president of the small, Black Baptist college in Sumter, SC, as “the survivor.” It is a respectful nickname that has been earned by staying power — more than two decades at the helm — and an ability to financially right an institution that was sinking fast.
June 16, 2007
Students
Mississippi mayhem – Mississippi desegregation ruling may harm black college applicants
At this time of year, college recruiters are processing the flood of applications from potential students. But not at Mississippi Valley State University.
June 16, 2007
Students
Stopping the raid on student aid
Washington In an assessment of the past political year at a Quality Education for Minorities luncheon, Dr. David Merkowitz of the American Council on Education said that threats to financial aid have been defeated and that affirmative action is still alive.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Dedicated to the ones they love – endowment helps open the Camille Cosby Academic Center at Spelman College
Spelman’s New $15-Million State-of-the-art Camille Cosby Academic Center Draws Tributes, Raves from Community.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
California’s Mertes to resign – David Mertes, chancellor of California Community College system
David Mertes, who led the nation’s largest collection of colleges through massive social changes and numerous political mine fields, will resign June 30 as chancellor of the California Community College system.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Ready and able – Henry Ponder and National Assn. for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education presidency – Recruitment & Retention
Insiders privy to the search process for a new president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education say the next top executive of the organization created to oversee the needs of Black colleges could be soon-departing Fisk University President Henry Ponder.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
U.S. gives Ohio time to improve Central State University – Recruitment & Retention
WASHINGTON The U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced recently that it will postpone further investigation into federal Civil Rights Act violations by the state of Ohio and instead allow them time to devise a plan that will satisfy the U.S. Department of Education and address the financial crisis at Central State University.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Embattled Jackson State President seeks promised funds for deficit – James Lyons, Sr – Recruitment & Retention
JACKSON, MS Beleaugered Jackson State University President James Lyons Sr. has asked the state legislature to erase a third of a university deficit that could exceed $3 million.
June 15, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
The Citadel subpoenas women who left
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel has subpoenaed two female cadets who left the college alleging they were hazed by male cadets, the military school’s president said.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UDC cuts out athletics – The University of the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, D.C. The University of the District of Columbia will eliminate its inter-collegiate athletics program in order to save money in its attempt to stay afloat despite drastic cuts in its budget.
June 15, 2007
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