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Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Dr. Michael A. Battle is the new president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Previously, he was vice president for student affairs at Chicago State University. Battle earned a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College, a master of divinity degree from Duke University and a doctor of ministry degree from Howard University. Dr. […]

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX WASHINGTONA coalition of college coaching associations, aiming to change the way a major sports anti-discrimination law is enforced, will press its legal fight on two fronts. The College Sports Council announced plans last month to sue the U.S. Department of Education over its July decision to […]

Leadership & Policy

Virginia Union President Resigns to Take Job With NCAA

Virginia Union President Resigns to Take Job With NCAA RICHMOND, Va.The president of Virginia Union University has resigned to take a job with the National Collegiate Athletic Association beginning in November. Dr. Bernard W. Franklin submitted his resignation to the historically Black school’s board of trustees last month. He has been president of the Richmond […]

Study Finds 2002 a Safer Season for Football Players

Study Finds 2002 a Safer Season for Football PlayersCHAPEL HILL, N.C. In what has turned out to be a pleasant surprise, no deaths from heatstroke occurred among young U.S. football players during the 2002 season, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows.The safer season was a surprise since 21 players died […]

U.S. Tennis Association Honors Pioneering Black Female Athletes

U.S. Tennis Association Honors Pioneering Black Female Athletes TUSKEGEE, Ala.Long before Venus and Serena Williams became household names, nationally known tennis stars Margaret “Pete” and Maltida Roumania “Repeat” Peters proved that African Americans can dominate the sport.From the late 1930s into the early ’50s, the two sisters were known for their slice serves, fierce backhands […]

In Memoriam: Remembering Donald Phelps (1929-2003): Community College Leader

In Memoriam: Remembering Donald Phelps (1929-2003): Community College LeaderAUSTIN, Texas Dr. Donald G. Phelps, W.K. Kellogg Regents Professor in Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, died in Austin, on July 5, after a brief illness. Phelps was the first African American to serve as chancellor of both the […]

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Young College Athletes See ‘Raceless’ World, Study Says

Young College Athletes See ‘Raceless’ World, Study SaysNASHVILLE, Tenn. A new study showing similar levels of agreement among White and Black college athletes that racial and ethnic discrimination is no longer a problem bucks more than 70 years of social science trends relating to racial perceptions of discrimination. The report, “There’s No Race on the Playing […]

Bush Retreats on Title IX Revisions

Bush Retreats on Title IX RevisionsOpponents vow to continue efforts to weaken law By Ben HammerWASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Education in early July announced it would not alter its enforcement of the 1972 law known as Title IX that has led to a dramatic increase in women’s participation in athletics, heading off challenges to […]

Clark Atlanta University Begins Round of Layoffs

Clark Atlanta University Begins Round of LayoffsATLANTA Clark Atlanta University began a series of layoffs this month as part of a plan to cut spending by 20 percent. The layoffs, calculated to save about $3.4 million annually in salary and benefits, began with 53 staff members in various departments, said spokeswoman Sheila Jack. Another 26 […]

Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Dr. Michael A. Battle is the new president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Previously, he was vice president for student affairs at Chicago State University. Battle earned a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College, a master of divinity degree from Duke University and a doctor of ministry degree from Howard University. Dr. […]

San Jose Students Want Statue Honoring Olympic Salute

San Jose Students Want Statue Honoring Olympic SaluteSAN JOSE, Calif. Thirty-five years after sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos bowed their heads and raised their fists on the Olympic podium in a Black power salute, students at their alma mater want to honor their controversial gesture with a statue. The image of two athletes raising […]

College Sports Television to Produce Broadband Shows

College Sports Television to Produce Broadband ShowsNEW YORKCSTV, or College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the first 24-hour college sports network, will produce College Sports Buzz@AOL, two original, specially produced weekly shows airing on AOL for Broadband. The shows focus on the stories, games and events in the world of college sports. The first show premiered May […]

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