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Radford Has Best Graduation Rate Under NCAA Guidelines
Led by Radford, almost two dozen Division I schools reported Graduation Success Rates of at least 95 percent for…
January 23, 2006
Sports
University of Colorado Football Player Suspended After Racist E-mail
A University of Colorado football player has been suspended and his girlfriend…
January 11, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Community College Basketball Coach
A former basketball coach at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kan., pleaded guilty to helping…
January 11, 2006
Sports
Ivy League Football Has First Black Head Coach
Columbia University recently became the first Ivy League college to hire an African-American to lead its football program…
January 11, 2006
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Leadership & Policy
NCAA Says Tribe’s OK Won’t Save Generic “Indian” Mascot at ULM
Louisiana tribe’s blessing won’t save the University of Louisiana-Monroe’s Indian mascot from the…
January 2, 2006
Faculty & Staff
West Valley College Faculty Member Pleads in $200K Embezzlement
A retired West Valley College faculty member pleaded no contest to charges she embezzled more than…
December 29, 2005
Sports
Tulane University Announces Cutbacks, Layoffs Due to Katrina
Students at Tulane University will return to a school with a gutted engineering department…
December 28, 2005
Sports
Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-Bound
Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…
December 28, 2005
Sports
Plug in the Pipeline
Going from a golf fan to a serious player to a professional is no simple feat…
December 28, 2005
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Sports
Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links
Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links -The golf tee was invented by an African-American, Dr. George Grant, and patented in 1899. Grant graduated second in his class from Harvard’s Dental school in 1870.* -John Matthew Shippen was the first Black golfer to play in the U.S. Open in 1896 in Shinnecock Hills, […]
December 28, 2005
Sports
2005: A Year In Review
Last year would close out with a natural disaster that was beyond anyone’s comprehension…
December 28, 2005
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Sports
In Memoriam
In Memoriam Ossie Davis, actor, playwright, producer, activist, and husband to actress Ruby Dee, was 87 when he died in February from natural causes. Wrote poet Haki Madhubuti in his tribute to Davis: “His art fed us, allowing us to grow and, yes, finally appreciate his greatness and his genius. He was, indeed, our golden […]
December 28, 2005
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Students
University of Colorado Gets $1 Million for Scholarships to Increase Diversity
Buoyed by a $1 million donation from a philanthropic group, the University of Colorado last week said…
December 27, 2005
Sports
Historian Sees Chamberlain as Playing Role in Race Relations
Taking another look at Wilt Chamberlain, a dominating force in college basketball when he played…
December 21, 2005
Sports
Former Arthur Ashe Scholar Named Trump’s New Apprentice
Randal Pinkett, who was honored as an Arthur Ashe scholar for his academic and athletic excellence by Black Issues In Higher Education magazine in 1990s, was named Donald Trump’s new apprentice…
December 18, 2005
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Sports
NAACP May Get Involved if Missouri State Cuts Sports
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) may get involved…
December 18, 2005
Students
Colorado University Police Investigating
University of Colorado, which has recently been hit with a string of racially tinged incidents…
December 14, 2005
Sports
North CarolinaCentral University Votes To Move To Division I
Trustees at North Carolina Central University voted last month to approve moving the school’s sports…
December 14, 2005
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