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Leadership & Policy

Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.

October 3, 2007

Leadership & Policy

New HBCU Rankings Get Mixed Reviews

U.S. News & World Report has launched a new ranking series, “America’s Best Black Colleges,” which ranks historically Black colleges and universities separately but by using the same methodology as its annual “America’s Best Colleges” rankings.

October 2, 2007

Perspectives: Empty Promises in the STEM Fields

Are efforts to broaden diversity leading to empty promises of increased employment opportunities in science and engineering? The U.S. Government has been promoting and funding programs since the 1980s to increase the number of American women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

October 2, 2007

What Is the Context of Our Emotions Related to the “Jena 6”?

Why has the Jena 6 situation garnered so much attention and outrage? Many of us, as people of color, feel responsible and compelled to stand up for our brethren in small town America who are resigned to the persistent unjust treatment of African- Americans.

October 2, 2007

White House HBCU Initiative Chief Quits During Contentious Board Meeting

On the job for slightly over a year, White House Initiative on HBCUs Executive Director Charles Greene has called it quits. This came at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs last week, in which several members expressed frustration with Greene for failing to deliver on time a completed 2004-05 report on federal agencies’ grant activity with HBCUs.

October 2, 2007

Video Football Gaming

A video game soon to hit stores will offer what has yet to be seen: the Black college footballwatching experience.

October 2, 2007

Community Colleges

Indiana Black Expo president going to Ivy Tech Community College

INDIANAPOLIS The president of Indiana Black Expo is stepping down to take a job heading the fundraising efforts for Ivy Tech Community College.

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Oregon Coast Community College Gets New Home, At Last

NEWPORT Ore. Oregon Coast Community College has been without a home for 20 years.

October 2, 2007

Oklahoma University student volunteers for Iraq duty

NORMAN Okla. University of Oklahoma student Jeff Gray knew he had a choice to make when he heard last month that his National Guard brigade had been called up for duty in Iraq.

October 1, 2007

Community Colleges

Enrollment grows at Carroll Community College

WESTMINSTER Md. Carroll Community College officials say full-time enrollment has jumped more than 12 percent this fall and part-time enrollment grew nearly three percent.

October 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Shelton State finance chief placed on leave pending probe

TUSCALOOSA Ala. The head of Shelton State Community College’s finance office was placed on paid leave Monday pending a probe of financial operations by the office, school officials said.

October 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Community College Aims to be First to Sponsor Presidential Debate

Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., may be the first community college to ever sponsor a presidential debate. In partnership with the Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission of Portland, Ore., Clark aims to convince the Commission on Presidential Debates to select the Oregon Convention Center to host the candidates.

September 25, 2007

Community Colleges

Former Diablo Valley College Student Facing Jail Time Over Grade-Changing Scheme

MARTINEZ, Calif. A former Diablo Valley College student is facing a year in jail after pleading guilty to his role in a grade-changing scheme at the school.

September 25, 2007

Community Colleges

Wisconsin Higher Ed Officials Find No Financial Aid Wrongdoing Among Employees

MADISON, Wis. Higher education leaders in Wisconsin say none of their employees broke state ethics laws in maintaining cozy relationships with private lenders.

September 25, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Officials at North Carolina A&T, NCCU mull future of series after brawl

GREENSBORO N.C. Officials at North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central are considering the future of their football series after the latest meeting ended in a post-game brawl that police broke up with pepper spray.

September 24, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Gay College President Has Few Peers

When Ralph Hexter assumed the presidency of Hampshire College in western Massachusetts in 2005, his partner of 25 years, Manfred Kollmeir, was officially welcomed with all the trappings of a presidential spouse. Over Labor Day weekend, the couple made it official, exchanging vows in a private ceremony (Massachusetts is the only state allowing gay marriage) and breaking the news last week to the campus community.

September 24, 2007

Iowa legislator calls for limits to campus credit card offers

DES MOINES Iowa An Iowa City legislator called for restrictions on credit card marketing to students at Iowa’s public universities, and the head of the state Board of Regents said the group may seek more information about confidential deals with alumni organizations.

September 24, 2007

Chowan to join CIAA football conference in 2008

MURFREESBORO N.C. Chowan will join the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a football-only member beginning next season, school and league officials said Monday.

September 24, 2007