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Leadership & Policy

Mfume: ‘it’s all right now to come back home.’ – Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president, views on role of youth in civil rights struggles

Winston-salem, NC The nation’s Colleges will be the incubators for new soldiers in America’s civil rights struggle, Kweisi Mfume told a group of students.

Leadership & Policy

Embattled Jackson State President seeks promised funds for deficit – James Lyons, Sr – Recruitment & Retention

JACKSON, MS Beleaugered Jackson State University President James Lyons Sr. has asked the state legislature to erase a third of a university deficit that could exceed $3 million.

Student-athletes at work: NCAA work rule will be ‘difficult to monitor.’ – National Collegiate Athletic Association

In a surprise development at its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) approved new legislation allowing athletes to work part-time jobs during the school year.

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UDC cuts out athletics – The University of the District of Columbia

WASHINGTON, D.C. The University of the District of Columbia will eliminate its inter-collegiate athletics program in order to save money in its attempt to stay afloat despite drastic cuts in its budget.

Presidential transitions – the appointment of the president of Smith College

Higher education rode a roller coaster in 1995, a year of actions that provoked rage and hope, sorrow and joy.

Athletes, outcasts and partyers – films about African Americans in higher education

Films about African Americans in higher education are a relatively new phenomenon but they, like other films about Blacks, still frequently resort to stereotypes.

Former Purdue Star Jannon Lampley Named Women’s Basketball Coach at St. Joseph’s College

RENSSELAER Ind. Jannon Lampley, former Big Ten player of the year at Purdue, was named women’s basketball coach Friday at St. Joseph’s College.

Chasing More Than Just Wins

Black women coaches hope to inspire the next generation of athletes.

Black Women Coaches Hope to Inspire the Next Generation

Recent appointments of Black women coaches – like that of Cochese Washington at Penn State – raise the profile of African American women in Division I athletics, and provide hope and inspiration to the next generation.

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Shalala, Franklin Receive Images in Excellence Award from Black Coaches Association

University of Miami President Donna Shalala and Bernard Franklin, the NCAA’s senior vice president for governance, membership, education, and research, were each awarded Black Coaches Association 2007 Images in Excellence award during the organization’s annual meeting last week.

Grants & Gifts

The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]

The Prevalence of Black Females In College Sports: It’s Just An Illusion

If you had a chance to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship in April, you probably noticed that 80 percent of the starters for Rutgers and Tennessee were non-White.

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