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Lawyer: AWOL Professor Alleged Racism Last Summer
MADISON, Wis.  A University of Wisconsin-Parkside professor, fired this week after not showing up to teach last semester, had informed the school months earlier he planned to stay away until the school resolved its discriminatory environment, his lawyer said. In a federal lawsuit filed in July, Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi claimed that university officials discriminated against […]
February 10, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Regents Deny Tenure Appeal of Intelligent Design Professor
AMES, Iowa The Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday rejected the appeal of an Iowa State University professor who claimed he was denied tenure because he supports the theory of intelligent design. Guillermo Gonzalez first appealed the university’s decision to deny him tenure last spring, a decision that was upheld by Iowa State President Greg […]
February 10, 2008
Leadership & Policy
ASU President Joe Lee Stepping Down May 31, Move Shocks Trustees
MONTGOMERY Ala. Alabama State University President Joe Lee has announced plans to resign after a sometimes tumultuous seven years at the school’s helm. Lee made the announcement Friday during a scheduled board of trustees meeting and caught most of the trustees, administrators and alumni off-guard when he said he will resign May 31. He did […]
February 10, 2008
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Judge Rules Fisk Cannot Sell Priceless Art Collection for Any Reason
In a major setback for Fisk University, a Tennessee judge has barred the school from selling any or all of its priceless 101 piece Stieglitz Collection of art to raise money to support the financially troubled school.
February 10, 2008
Sports
New Policy In Effect to Increase Number of Minority Head College Football Coaches
A new minority-interviewing rule, similar to the “Rooney Rule” currently used in the National Football League, is being implemented at all Division I-A football programs, in hopes of boosting the number of minority head coaches.
February 10, 2008
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A Chat With Dr. Cary Goodman
Last year, Directions for Our Youth, an organization founded in 1991 to address high drop out rates, organized the first Dropout SUMMIT, which brought together parents, teachers, students, researchers, and community organizations to develop a strategy for dropout prevention.
February 10, 2008
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Perspectives: The Future of Public HBCUs Depends On Exceptional Leadership
HBCUs make up 3 percent of colleges, but 23 percent of Black graduates. Surely, Black institutions add value to American higher education. The question is how can they contribute more?
February 10, 2008
Students
Student Kills 2, Self at La. College
BATON ROUGE La. A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students with a .357 revolver in a classroom at a vocational college Friday, then committed suicide, police said. The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the […]
February 9, 2008
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More Swastikas Found on St. Cloud State Campus
ST. CLOUD, Minn. The discovery of more swastikas at St. Cloud State brings the total number of the symbols found on the campus to four in the past five days. University spokesman Loren Boone says two of the symbols were found Wednesday in the Brown Hall classroom building and in an elevator in the Stearns […]
February 7, 2008
Students
Former Sacramento Bee Editor Joins Arizona State Faculty
TEMPE, Ariz. The former editor of the Sacramento Bee has joined the faculty of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Rich Rodriguez, 53, will lead an initiative to train young journalists to cover Latino and U.S.-Mexico border issues. He’s been named the school’s first Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor. Rodriguez was […]
February 7, 2008
Latinx
HEA Bill Passes, Despite White House Objection Over MSI Funding
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Higher Education Act bill even as the White House criticized some of its provisions, including two to boost support for minority-serving institutions.
February 7, 2008
Leadership & Policy
ACE: Significant Efforts Needed to Improve Diversity in College Presidency Ranks
An uneasy environment exists today for presidents of public HBCUs, leading to a revolving door of higher education executives.
February 7, 2008
African-American
Low Performance of Children Tied to “Ecological Risk”
Living in high-poverty neighborhoods has such a detrimental effect on verbal abilities of Black children that it’s the equivalent to missing a year of school, according to a recent study by sociologists from Harvard and New York universities and the University of Chicago.
February 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
ACE: ‘Significant Efforts’ Needed To Improve Diversity In College Presidency Ranks
There’s been little increase in the number of minority college presidents in the last 20 years. A new report suggests efforts to diversify college president ranks begins with the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.
February 6, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Students Hid in Bathrooms as Tornado Hit Union Univ.
JACKSON, Tenn.  Students took shelter in dormitory bathrooms as a tornado reduced the buildings to rubble around them at Union University. At least eight people were trapped in the wreckage of shredded walls, floors and furniture until rescuers could dig them out. Tim Ellsworth, the school’s news director, said about 50 students were taken to […]
February 6, 2008
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Temple University Gets Anonymous $5M Donations in the Mail
PHILADELPHIA  The checks to Temple University really were in the mail — for $5 million. It was a total surprise for the school to receive the anonymous donations, which arrived in a pair of nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona, said Stuart Sullivan, Temple’s senior vice president for institutional advancement. […]
February 6, 2008
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Civil Rights Icons Backing Clinton Have Little Company
ATLANTA When Barack Obama was declared the winner of Georgia’s Democratic presidential primary, the Sweet Lowdown restaurant in midtown Atlanta echoed with whoops of glee as dozens of young, Black professionals celebrated his win with raised martini glasses. In other parts of the city, two civil rights icons had more subdued evenings, watching from separate […]
February 6, 2008
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Assessing Attitudes
Pew survey highlights Black perceptions of a deepening social split between poor and middle-class Blacks.
February 6, 2008
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