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Leadership & Policy
Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments
Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.
November 10, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Hill Harper Encourages Financial Fitness Among HBCU Students
The critically acclaimed actor and New York Times best-selling author, Hill Harper worked tirelessly to advance the cause of change for his friend and former classmate, President-elect Barack Obama.
November 9, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Overcoming the College President’s Achilles’ Heel: Fundraising
Today’s college president must be more than a visionary leader, motivational manager and innovative administrator.
October 29, 2008
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Students
Universities Struggle to Cover Operating Costs
With declines in the stock market and less access to credit, some institutions are looking at their financial bottom lines more closely.
October 29, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Cosby: Black Colleges Should Demand More from Alumni
Noted author and humorist Bill Cosby recently took historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to task for not making their alumni give back.
October 28, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Nebraska Chancellor: No One Made Him Cancel Ayers
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman says no one strong-armed him into canceling the visit of William Ayers, and that if they had, he would have resigned.
October 21, 2008
Leadership & Policy
School’s Fundraising Pitch Gives Alumni the Blahs
An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word “blah” 137 times has some Framingham State College alumni questioning the school’s professionalism, judgment and … blah, blah, blah.
October 21, 2008
Students
Haskell Indian Nations University President Under Fire
The embattled president of Haskell Indian Nations University is standing firm while the university’s Board of Regents asks for her dismissal and nearly half of the students have signed petitions seeking her resignation.
October 20, 2008
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Students
Critics of MVSU president pick set to protest
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state’s preferred choice to lead Mississippi Valley State University is scheduled to visit the campus Tuesday. Donna Oliver’s visit will come amid a protest from students and alumni seeking to prevent her from being named the school’s next president. The College Board selected Oliver, the provost and vice president of […]
October 19, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Putting Barack Obama’s Candidacy In Historical Perspective
A host of pre-eminent Black scholars sound off on the historical and sociological significance of Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy and its aftereffects on Black America.
October 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
DR. ALLEN SESSOMS is president of the University of the District of Columbia. Formerly, he served as president of Delaware State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Union College, a master’s from the University of Washington and a doctorate from Yale University. JACQUES FUQUA JR. is director of the International Affairs Center at Indiana State […]
October 15, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Approaching Diversity From the Top Down
Three university presidents talk about recruiting and retaining diverse populations as well as the diversity challenges that remain at their respective institutions.
October 15, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Oliver is board’s choice for MVSU president
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state College Board has named Donna Oliver as its choice to lead Mississippi Valley State University, a historically black college in Itta Bena. Oliver is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. Mississippi Valley State has been without a permanent leader since […]
October 14, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Librarian shot and killed on San Antonio campus
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A librarian at Northeast Lakeview College was shot and killed Monday by a fellow employee, college president Eric Reno said. Reno identified the man who was killed in the library as Devin Zimmerman, 37. He said the gunman, a 62-year-old adjunct librarian, sat down after the shooting and waited to be […]
October 14, 2008
Students
Colleges to fight concealed gun bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The heads of Oklahoma’s state colleges and universities are vowing to oppose any legislative efforts to allow concealed weapons on campus. Legislation that would have allowed concealed weapons on college campuses was defeated earlier this year after college presidents and law enforcement officers said it would create chaos and even more […]
October 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Leading Education Organizations Push for New Federal Role in Public Schools
A partnership of 18 leading national education associations are calling for a new federal role in the public school system, according to a statement released Tuesday.
October 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Tribal College Presidents Will Reflect on Century
Four speakers will address the “Tribal College Presidents’ Perspectives on the Last 100 Years” at the 20th Annual “Consider the Century” conference on Friday, Oct. 10, the South Dakota State University announced.
October 6, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Affirmative Action Before Voters in Colo., Neb.
University of Colorado freshman Darian Salehy loves college life so far — except for one thing.
October 6, 2008
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