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Once-in-a-lifetime Career Opportunities

Once-in-a-lifetime Career OpportunitiesEven as women move up the university’s ladder to accept senior-level positions, the question remains — Can women in the academy have it all?By Kendra HamiltonWhen Dr. Lucy J. Reuben rises each morning to prepare for her dream job as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Carolina Central University, it’s […]

November 20, 2002

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money ATLANTAMorris Brown College’s financial crisis appears to be growing as recent newspapers report in addition to being $23 million in debt, things are so bad that the cafeteria sometimes runs out of food, computer labs carefully ration paper and laptop computers that cost […]

November 20, 2002

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the Future

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the FutureOfficials celebrate financial makeover, turn attention to other areas in need of reviewBy Scott DyerGRAMBLING, La.Grambling State University scored a major victory in its fight to remain accredited last month when the historically Black school received its first unqualified audit in five years.Accreditation by the Southern Association of […]

October 23, 2002

Webcasting the College Game

Webcasting the College GameInternet, media firms team up with football conference to bring sporting events to a new audience.A new era in college sports broadcasting got under way in late August when fans watched a Big 12 conference game between the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M University on their computers using high-speed Internet connections. […]

October 9, 2002

Giving Back to the Future

Giving Back to the FutureSouth Carolina’s Call Me Mister program has a huge task at hand. Not only has it taken on the shortage of teachers in general, but that of Black teachers and Black males in particular. It is an issue that stretches across all disciplines and harbors far-reaching societal implications as the gender […]

October 9, 2002

Saint Augustine’s Athletic Director Named U.S. Olympic Men’s Track Coach

Saint Augustine’s Athletic Director Named U.S. Olympic Men’s Track CoachRALEIGH, N.C.George “Pup” Williams said he is humbled and elated at reaching the pinnacle of his profession: U.S. Olympic men’s track and field coach. This summer, a 22-member committee of elite athletes and coaches from across the nation selected the Saint Augustine’s College athletic director to […]

October 9, 2002

University of South Florida Seeks to Dismiss Bias Suits

University of South Florida Seeks to Dismiss Bias SuitsTAMPA, Fla.T he University of South Florida filed joint motions last month to dismiss all 12 lawsuits stemming from alleged racial discrimination on the women’s basketball team. The motions were filed on behalf of all plaintiffs and defendants, except Jerry Ann Winters, who was fired as the […]

September 25, 2002

Study: Number of Black Head Coaches Declines in Last Six Years

Study: Number of Black Head Coaches Declines in Last Six YearsLINCOLN, Neb.The number of Black head coaches at major college football programs declined in the past six years, even though a majority of players are minorities, according to a new study released last month. In 1995-1996, Black head coaches made up 5 percent of Division […]

September 11, 2002

An Opportunity to Flourish

An Opportunity to FlourishUnable to offer ‘red carpet’ treatment to recruits, Bethune-Cookman football coach provides players with much more.By Tim PovtakDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.As a kid, Alvin Wyatt used to walk seven miles on Saturday mornings, for the chance to ride 90 minutes in the back of a boys-club pickup truck that would take him to […]

September 11, 2002

Bush Administration Panel to Review Title IX Policy

Bush Administration Panel to Review Title IX PolicyA Bush administration panel reviewing all aspects of Title IX policy is planning a series of public hearings nationwide this fall and winter.Cynthia Cooper, former WNBA basketball star and coach, is co-chairing the Secretary’s Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, which is to review all facets of Title IX, […]

September 11, 2002

Study Reveals 23 Football Players Died During 2001 Season

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Eight young U.S. football players, including seven in high school and one playing in a Pop Warner league, died last year as a direct result of injuries suffered on the field, according to a new study published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Three other players died of heatstroke during […]

August 14, 2002

Former WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review Panel

Former WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review PanelThe Bush administration has named a former African American basketball star and coach to head an ambitious review of issues affecting college athletics, including fairness and opportunity.Former WNBA basketball star Cynthia Cooper will co-chair a 15-member panel created by Education Secretary Roderick Paige on the 30th anniversary […]

July 31, 2002

Restoring the Talent Pipeline

Restoring the Talent PipelineEven though Black college baseball is going through its own facelift of sorts, the game’s observers believe that a concerted effort at the grass-roots level can spur a larger number of Black youngsters to play the sport at an early age, which in turn would help restore the talent pipeline to colleges […]

July 31, 2002

Black College Baseball’s Uncertain Future

Black College Baseball’s Uncertain FutureFacing a dearth of African American talent and a lack of institutional support, HBCU programs seek alternative strategies to field competitive teams. Black college baseball is not what it used to be. And there’s little chance that it will ever be the same again. The glory years, many say, are gone for […]

July 31, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Fired Athletic Director, Connecticut College Reach Settlement

Fired Athletic Director, Connecticut College Reach SettlementNEW LONDON, Conn.Connecticut College has reached a settlement with a former athletic director who had accused college administrators of racial discrimination. In March, the college decided not to reappoint Kenneth McBryde, 49, who was hired as athletic director and an adjunct professor in 1997.McBryde, who is Black, claimed in […]

July 17, 2002

Progress Slow for Minority Football Coaches

Progress Slow for Minority Football CoachesEAST LANSING, Mich.Despite some recent high-profile hirings, progress has been slow for minority football coaches at universities, according to participants in a conference at Michigan State University. Among Division I-A schools, there have been 348 head football coaching vacancies since 1982, but only 19 Blacks hired to fill those positions, […]

June 19, 2002

Letters

Dear EDITOR:In your April column of the “Last Word,” (April 11) Hill et al. suggested that a deeper investigation needs to be conducted concerning the hiring processes for NCAA Division I-A football. Although I agree with this and most of the other points that were presented, obtaining relevant and meaningful data would be extremely difficult […]

May 22, 2002

Courting Success: A New Method for Motivating Urban Black Males

Courting Success: A New Method for Motivating Urban Black MalesDespite the great strides Black males have made over the last several decades in education, too often we are reminded of their struggle by statistical publications, media depictions and entertainment caricatures that hypothesize their gradual extinction from mainstream society. This extinction from society is shown to […]

April 24, 2002