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NASPA Session Tackles Hazing Problem Among Black Greeks

Black Greek fraternity members feel hazing solidifies their loyalty to their organization and builds “character and discipline,” according to study results presented to a packed session at the 90th annual NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference.

March 10, 2008

Report Links Hate Crimes to Anti-immigrant Sentiment

Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, a watchdog group said Monday.

March 10, 2008

A Conversation with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

Spelman President Beverly Daniel Tatum recently spoke with Diverse about Spelman’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, the relevance of HBCUs and more.

March 10, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education Faculty Salaries Increased by Four Percent According to Survey

College and university faculty members received a median salary increase of 4 percent last year, according to findings by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) in their 2007-08 National Faculty Salary Survey.

March 10, 2008

James Anderson Named New Chancellor at Fayetteville State

Fayetteville State University has a new chancellor.

March 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

For Hispanic Leaders, College Affordability Is Top Concern

A panel of Hispanic college and university presidents said affordability is greatly affecting Hispanic students’ access to college and offered suggestions for boosting public investment in higher education at a plenary session at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education’s annual meting.

March 9, 2008

O’Keeffe Museum to Stand Down in Battle With Fisk Over Art Collection

In a surprise turn of events, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe has decided against appealing a Tennessee judge’s decision ordering Fisk University to keep and display a priceless collection of art and photographs the museum had sought to repossess.

March 9, 2008

Civil Rights Organization Places Historical Records with Emory University

Historical records for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including sympathy cards when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, have been placed with Emory University’s Manuscript Archives and Rare Book Library.

March 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Loses in Court Battle Over Stieglitz Collection

Fisk University must make good on a promise to display and care for a priceless collection of art and photographs given it in 1949 by the late Georgia O’Keeffe or it may be forced to surrender the collection to O’Keeffe heirs who have been trying to capture parts of its for more than two years, a Tennessee judge declared Thursday.

March 6, 2008

Another Historic Appointment at Harvard

Officials at Harvard University have announced that Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, the university’s senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, will soon become the new dean of Harvard College, making her the first woman and Black to hold the position.

March 6, 2008

Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women

The intersection of race and gender create a third burden for African-American women in that part of our status is a function of the way that the majority society marginalizes and demonizes African-American men.

March 6, 2008

Tragedy Strikes Two Campuses, Threatens One

An Auburn University student was found shot to death on a highway and the University of North Carolina student body president was found fatally shot on a Chapel Hill, N.C. street. Meanwhile, eight dorms at the University of California, Davis were evacuated Wednesday night and a student was arrested after explosives were found in a dorm room.

March 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Officials Ban Community College Employee “Double Dipping”

After months of wrangling and discussion, the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education has implemented a ban on so-called “double dipping,” making it against the rules for employees to hold elected office.

March 5, 2008

Community Colleges

Maine Community College System May Face $1.95 Million Funding Cut

Gov. John Baldacci, spelling out how he would make up for the second $95 million reduction in state revenue estimates in three months, unveiled a budget change package Wednesday that relies largely on new proposals to cut back planned expenditures, including on state aid to local schools.

March 5, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Status of Black Women and HBCUs Focus of Urban League Report

The National Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America this year examines the community through the eyes and the lives of Black women.

March 5, 2008

Community Colleges

Study: High Schools Overlook Community College-Bound Students

A recent report by the Southern Regional Education Board says many high schools are focusing their academic and guidance programs on the minority of students planning to attend four-year colleges, while failing to serve the majority of students preparing to go to community colleges, technical schools or the workplace.

March 5, 2008

Florida Officials Battle Over Right To Raise Tuition

Florida state Senate President Ken Pruitt has proposed a constitutional amendment that would take away the Board of Governors authority to set tuition rates and make other decisions for the state’s public universities, according to a report in The Miami Herald. The amendment would give such authority to an elected education commissioner, a position voters got rid of in 1998.

March 5, 2008

UW Professors See Problems With How Math Is Taught

Sixty University of Washington professors have signed a letter to the Legislature saying that many college freshmen can’t solve math problems, even at a middle-school level.

March 5, 2008