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Section: Institutions
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University
As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.
April 6, 2015
Students
COLLEEN HANYCZ
COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.
April 6, 2015
Students
RHONDA TRACY
RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.
April 6, 2015
Students
REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER
REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.
April 6, 2015
HBCUs
E. Ethelbert Miller Among Those Let Go at Howard
In an April 2 letter to the campus community, Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick announced the firing of 84 Howard staffers, effective immediately.
April 6, 2015
HBCUs
In Case You Missed It …
Inequalities in Education Continue to Fuel Wealth Gap in U.S. NYC Cop Apologizes for Racist Rant Against South Asian Nonprofit Provides Life-Coaching Services to Students With Mental Illness Obama’s Immigration Plan Would Have Positive Results for Students
April 2, 2015
African-American
Spelman College Appears to be Riding Wave of Momentum
Students, or Spelmanites, as they call themselves, have high hopes for what Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell will contribute to the college as its new president.
April 2, 2015
HBCUs
Brown Grad Student Dies After Jumping Off Campus Building
A Brown University graduate student from South Korea has died after jumping from the 12th floor of a campus building.
April 1, 2015
HBCUs
Kean University Cancels Common as Commencement Speaker
New Jersey’s Kean University has cancelled hip-hop artist Common as commencement speaker after police voiced concerns over a song released 15 years ago about a woman convicted of killing a police officer who fled to Cuba.
April 1, 2015
African-American
Huston-Tillotson Names Pierce Burnette President
Huston-Tillotson University’s Board of Trustees has selected Colette Pierce Burnette as the successor to Larry L. Earvin as president of the private, historically Black institution in East Austin, Texas.
April 1, 2015
Sports
Bucknell University Expels 3 for Racist Radio Broadcast
Bucknell University says it has expelled three students over a school radio broadcast in which they made racist comments and used a slur.
March 31, 2015
Students
Congressman’s Son a Defendant in Clemson Fraternity-Death Lawsuits
The son of U.S. Rep. John Carney, D-Del., is one of five defendants in two lawsuits seeking at least $50 million stemming from the death of a Clemson University fraternity pledge.
March 31, 2015
Community Colleges
Are Millennials a Socially Awkward Generation?
According to many consultants, employers, professors, pundits and other purveyors of the culture, the answer is yes.
March 31, 2015
Students
Unusual Amount of Cheating Suspected at Stanford University
An unusually high number of students at Stanford University are suspected of cheating during the most recent term, putting faculty members and administrators of the prestigious institution on alert.
March 29, 2015
African-American
California Community Colleges Team Up With HBCUs
The California Community College system and nine historically Black institutions have devised a transfer program linking the state’s 112 two-year colleges with the nation’s Black college community.
March 26, 2015
Latinx
HACU Making Maintaining Accessibility of Pell Grants a Priority
Many low-income, first-generation-to-college students rely on Pell Grants. For Hispanic students, who in years past have been less likely to borrow money to fund their educations, the grants are particularly crucial.
March 25, 2015
Students
U.Va. Board Considers Tuition Hike; Vote Expected This Week
Students would pay more to attend the University of Virginia if a proposed tuition increase is approved.
March 24, 2015
Community Colleges
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March 23, 2015
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