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African-American

African American professors propose creation of institute to help developing countries

BRUSSELS, Belgium Professors at Howard and Fisk universities are proposing that an institute without walls be established by America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to assist developing nations in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific islands.

July 6, 2007

Overcoming segregation in Alabama becomes responsibility of HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama Jamie Fleming is like other non-traditional college students in several ways. He has a strife and a nineteen-month-old son. He has a full-time job and he commutes more than 240 miles a week to attend classes. But until Fleming, who graduated from an all-white high school on rural Sand Mountain, Alabama, enrolled at Northeast Alabama State Community College on a scholarship, he had never sat in a classroom with an African American.

July 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A remedy for Central State’s problems?

DAYTON, OHIO Some Ohio legislators want to force Central State University to merge with another institution of higher education despite a graduation rate for Black students that exceeds that of nearly half of the state’s public universities.

July 5, 2007

Stillman’s Wynn provided accessible visibility – Stillman College Pres Dr. Cordell Wynn

Dr. Cordell Wynn, president of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, may be retiring, but he’s not going to stop working. He plans to remain active in the world of higher education, writing and consulting on the relationship between presidents and boards of trustees of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

July 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Dillard’s Cook put hearts and minds to work – Dillard University Pres Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook

In September 1986, then-Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone shocked many Americans when he asserted that America was intellectually inferior to Japan “because of a considerable number of Blacks, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.”

July 5, 2007

IU Supercomputer No Longer Fastest Among College Computers

BLOOMINGTON Ind. Indiana University’s supercomputer is no longer the fastest college-owned supercomputer

July 5, 2007

University of North Dakota defenseman excited about NHL deal

FARGO N.D. Brian Lee says it was not an easy decision to sign with the NHL instead of returning to play hockey at the University of North Dakota. But he’s happy with his choice.

July 4, 2007

New Mexico Highlands University break-in prompts identity theft concern

LAS VEGAS N.M. New Mexico Highlands University has alerted 420 students that they could be the targets of identity theft after a break-in at a building on campus.

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The physician, the professor and the politico – candidates for the presidency of Spelman College – Cover Story

ATLANTA For Spelman College student Toria Davis, just the thought of getting a new campus president with ties to the White House speaks volumes about the search to replace Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole. “It’s an honor just to think someone who’s so important would be interested in coming to Spelman,” said Davis after learning that […]

July 4, 2007

The Search Committee Handbook

African-American

Patterson Research Institute reports on educational profile of African Americans

Late last month, as part of a highly ambitious research effort on African American education, the first volume in a series of reports on the state of education in Black America was released.

July 4, 2007

The promise and the peril – African American colleges and universities’ hotel and conference center ownership

Filling the Black Hotel & Conference Center Ownership Void: Tuskegee Has High Hopes; Clarke Atlanta Moves Slowly; Howard Throws in the Towel!

July 4, 2007

Following the leaders – the establishment of Leadership Development Centers in historically Black colleges and universities

Leadership Development Becomes Priority for Many Institutions

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

From the ivory tower to the White House … and back again – African American public servants who came from, and came back, to the academe – Cover Story

Shortly after resigning as associate director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in February 1995, Christopher Edley Jr. prepared to resume teaching duties at Harvard Law School, where he had been tenured since 1986. But before he could leave the government, Edley was approached by White House officials who wanted him to chair a high-profile, interagency working group on affirmative action.

July 4, 2007

Student loan default rates fall dramatically – includes related article on default violations of schools

Washington The nation’s student loan default rate has reached its lowest level ever, according to the U.S. Education Department (ED), which nonetheless identified more than 300 colleges and universities that could lose their right to participate in student-aid programs because of excessive defaults.

July 4, 2007

Knoxville College loses accreditation; accrediting agency warns University of Florida – Knoxville College, Tennessee

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools decided to remove Knoxville College from membership in December because the college had failed to comply with the association’s criteria related to adequate financial resources, administrative processes and financial aid, said James T. Rogers, executive director of the association.

July 4, 2007

Hazel O’Leary generated energy for HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities

Despite the harsh Republican congressional attacks that marked a sometimes stormy tenure, departing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Hazel O’Leary will be remembered for her efforts to transform the agency.

July 4, 2007

The new crusaders: environmental education producing cadre of freedom fighters – from toxic waste

While studying chemistry at Xavier University in New Orleans, Robert Swayzer III excelled in the classroom during his freshman and sophomore years. Although the twenty-three-year-old Winnsboro, Louisiana, native decided against pursuing medical school early on in his college career, Swayzer’s performance as a chemistry major won him an environmental research scholarship as a junior through Xavier’s Center for Environmental Programs.

July 4, 2007

Xavier graduate may create new possibilities for HBCUs – Historically Black colleges and universities

Alexis M. Herman nominated by President Clinton to become the first African American (woman to head the Department of Labor, will be one of three Black members of Clinton’s second-term cabinet.

July 4, 2007