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Newspaper: Lawmakers take college jobs
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has drawn criticism for taking a six-figure job at a state college after steering funding its way, but a newspaper investigation has found other current and former lawmakers doing the same. A review by The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times found 18 current and former […]
December 22, 2008
HBCUs
Catching Up With Dr. Leonard Haynes
After a little more than a year as its executive director, Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III has been credited with substantially improving the performance of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
December 22, 2008
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Community Colleges
Atlanta water shut off to college
Atlanta water service has been shut off to Morris Brown College until the school pays its $380,000 water bill.
December 22, 2008
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UW professors killed in crash near Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Officials say the two people killed in a vehicle crash north of Fort Collins were professors at the University of Wyoming’s school of nursing. The Colorado State Patrol says 59-year-old Carol L. Macnee and 54-year-old Susan M. McCabe both died at the scene of the Thursday crash on U.S. 287 […]
December 21, 2008
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Civil rights leader James Bevel dies
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72. Bevel died Friday in Virginia after a fight with pancreatic cancer, said a daughter, Chevara Orrin, who lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He […]
December 21, 2008
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NSU’s Cherokee Education program has 1st graduate
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) – Northeastern State University‘s Cherokee Education degree program now has its first graduate. Greg Drowning Bear received his bachelor’s degree on Saturday during the university‘s fall commencement ceremony. The program is a partnership between NSU and the Tahlequah-based Cherokee Nation. NSU says it is the only public university in the nation to […]
December 21, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Private Va college names first black president
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) – Christopher B. Howard has been named president of Hampden-Sydney College. Howard will be the first African-American to serve as president of the private all-male college near Farmville. He will succeed Walter M. Borz III. Borz announced in May that he would step down June 30. Hampden-Sydney’s board of trustees appointed Howard […]
December 21, 2008
Sports
Native Americans Proud of Bradford’s Heisman
Since Sam Bradford won the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious individual honor in college football, earlier this month, Native Americans have been basking in the glow.
December 21, 2008
Leadership & Policy
HBCUs Question Equity of Research Partnerships
In an effort to meet critical research goals, a familiar trend among historically Black colleges and universities is to link up with larger research-intensive institutions.
December 21, 2008
Leadership & Policy
UT Regents name Cigarroa as chancellor finalist.
Francisco Cigarroa, president of the UT Health Science Center, has been named the sole finalist for chancellor of the University of Texas System, the state’s largest and most prestigious network of colleges.
December 21, 2008
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LGBTQ+
Poll: Black Voters Not to Blame for California’s Same Sex Marriage Ban
African Americans received much of the blame shortly after California voters banned same-sex marriage last month.
December 18, 2008
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Solis is Obama’s labor pick
Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis of California will be Barack Obama’s pick for labor secretary as the president-elect fills the last open positions in his Cabinet, a labor official told The Associated Press on Thursday.
December 18, 2008
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Perspectives: Until Everything Changes, Nothing Changes
Count me in the ranks of the many educators and children’s advocates who are immeasurably excited about President-elect Barack Obama’s pledge to focus on early childhood education, and the formation of his Presidential Early Learning Council.
December 18, 2008
Students
Spel-Bounding: All-Female Spelman College Ranks No. 2 in Sending Black Graduates On to Ph.D.s in Science and Math
Coming in second usually isn’t a big deal. But, when it is a tiny, historically Black women’s college placing No. 2 to a fellow HBCU with a student body just more than three times its size in a national science- and math-related survey, it seems that it is something to celebrate.
December 17, 2008
Sports
London: First Black Head Football Coach in National Championship in 30 Years
The amazing playoff run of the Richmond Spiders will climax in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this Friday against the University of Montana on ESPN at the FCS National Championship.
December 17, 2008
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Salazar Says He’ll Be ‘Strong Voice’
President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to be interior secretary is vowing to be a “strong voice” for the West, and for the nation.
December 17, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Americans Make Progress in Fight for Bilingual Ballot
BOSTON –  The struggle to make elections accessible to all residents of Boston, Massachusetts moved forward after the Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend fully bilingual ballots to Asian American voters in the city.  The council approved a new home rule petition introduced by Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon.  It must now be […]
December 16, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Catholic Educators Want More Latinos in Schools
A task force at the University of Notre Dame will look for strategies to get more Latino children into Catholic schools.
December 16, 2008
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