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Wittenberg University Students Get Text Alert of Gunman on Campus

SPRINGFIELD Ohio Reports of a gunman entering a residence hall prompted Wittenberg University to text-message students with a security alert but it turned out to be a prank.

October 30, 2007

University of Nevada, Reno Prof Loses Flash Drive with Students’ Personal Information

RENO Nev. A University of Nevada, Reno professor has lost a flash drive that contains the names and Social Security numbers of 16,000 current and former students, according to school officials.

October 30, 2007

Division II Chowan moving to Historically Black CIAA

MURFREESBORO, N.C. When tiny Chowan University moved up to Division II a few years ago, it knew it needed the stability that comes with joining a conference.

October 25, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Sculptor Rebuilds Ga. University’s $1M Sculpture of Earth Following Collapse

KENNESAW Ga. It took Finnish-born sculptor Eino roughly four months to rebuild the world.

October 23, 2007

Leonard Haynes Named Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, replacing Charles M. Greene, who abruptly resigned earlier this month.

October 22, 2007

New Leader Gives Troubled Paul Quinn College a Makeover

DALLAS At beleaguered Paul Quinn College, the self-proclaimed oldest historically black school in Texas, Michael Sorrell should be the most unpopular man on campus.

October 21, 2007

Just the Stats: HBCU Football Student-Athlete Graduation Rates

Diverse continues its analysis of student-athlete graduation rates, this time focusing on Division I and II football programs at historically Black colleges and universities.

October 17, 2007

Diversity Efforts in the Works

First, I want to introduce a new section called “What Works!” in which we feature successful efforts on the part of colleges and universities to tackle anything from diversity recruitment to fund raising. The first column debuts on pg. 12. We invite all of our readers to submit a brief synopsis via e-mail outlining the […]

October 16, 2007

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New FAMU President James H. Ammons Keeps Focus on Black Males

Jubilation spread across Florida A&M University when officials announced that Dr. James H. Ammons would return to lead his alma mater’s turnaround effort.

October 16, 2007

Study: Companies Don’t Spend Enough Time Recruiting at HBCUs

The strategies Fortune 400 companies and government agencies use when looking to recruit new employees from historically Black colleges and universities differ from those they use for predominantly White institutions.

October 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Report: IRS Notified Oral Roberts University of Problems with Political Programs

TULSA Okla. Oral Roberts University officials received notification from the Internal Revenue Service last year of deficiencies in the way the nonprofit school had handled political programs, a spokesman has confirmed.

October 15, 2007

South Carolina HBCU Raises Salaries for Some Professors

COLUMBIA, S.C. Benedict College trustees have approved a small pay increase for some professors, but salaries remain lower than they were before the school cut pay across the board two years ago during a financial crisis.

October 14, 2007

President of Murray State College Killed in Accident

ARPELAR, Okla. Services are pending for the president of Murray State College, who died when his vehicle collided with another vehicle, authorities said.

October 14, 2007

Michigan State’s Ivy-covered Halls to Extend to Dubai University

EAST LANSING Mich. The next time Michigan State University expands its operations, it will be going a bit farther afield than Grand Rapids.

October 14, 2007

Jury Deliberates Fate of Texas Southern University’s Former President

HOUSTON The first full day of jury deliberations in the trial of Texas Southern University’s former president, who is accused of spending more than $500,000 of school money to lavishly furnish and decorate her homes, ended Tuesday without a verdict.

October 8, 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

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