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Once-in-a-lifetime Career Opportunities

Once-in-a-lifetime Career OpportunitiesEven as women move up the university’s ladder to accept senior-level positions, the question remains — Can women in the academy have it all?By Kendra HamiltonWhen Dr. Lucy J. Reuben rises each morning to prepare for her dream job as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Carolina Central University, it’s […]

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money ATLANTAMorris Brown College’s financial crisis appears to be growing as recent newspapers report in addition to being $23 million in debt, things are so bad that the cafeteria sometimes runs out of food, computer labs carefully ration paper and laptop computers that cost […]

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the Future

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the FutureOfficials celebrate financial makeover, turn attention to other areas in need of reviewBy Scott DyerGRAMBLING, La.Grambling State University scored a major victory in its fight to remain accredited last month when the historically Black school received its first unqualified audit in five years.Accreditation by the Southern Association of […]

Webcasting the College Game

Webcasting the College GameInternet, media firms team up with football conference to bring sporting events to a new audience.A new era in college sports broadcasting got under way in late August when fans watched a Big 12 conference game between the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M University on their computers using high-speed Internet connections. […]

Giving Back to the Future

Giving Back to the FutureSouth Carolina’s Call Me Mister program has a huge task at hand. Not only has it taken on the shortage of teachers in general, but that of Black teachers and Black males in particular. It is an issue that stretches across all disciplines and harbors far-reaching societal implications as the gender […]

Saint Augustine’s Athletic Director Named U.S. Olympic Men’s Track Coach

Saint Augustine’s Athletic Director Named U.S. Olympic Men’s Track CoachRALEIGH, N.C.George “Pup” Williams said he is humbled and elated at reaching the pinnacle of his profession: U.S. Olympic men’s track and field coach. This summer, a 22-member committee of elite athletes and coaches from across the nation selected the Saint Augustine’s College athletic director to […]

University of South Florida Seeks to Dismiss Bias Suits

University of South Florida Seeks to Dismiss Bias SuitsTAMPA, Fla.T he University of South Florida filed joint motions last month to dismiss all 12 lawsuits stemming from alleged racial discrimination on the women’s basketball team. The motions were filed on behalf of all plaintiffs and defendants, except Jerry Ann Winters, who was fired as the […]

Study: Number of Black Head Coaches Declines in Last Six Years

Study: Number of Black Head Coaches Declines in Last Six YearsLINCOLN, Neb.The number of Black head coaches at major college football programs declined in the past six years, even though a majority of players are minorities, according to a new study released last month. In 1995-1996, Black head coaches made up 5 percent of Division […]

An Opportunity to Flourish

An Opportunity to FlourishUnable to offer ‘red carpet’ treatment to recruits, Bethune-Cookman football coach provides players with much more.By Tim PovtakDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.As a kid, Alvin Wyatt used to walk seven miles on Saturday mornings, for the chance to ride 90 minutes in the back of a boys-club pickup truck that would take him to […]

Bush Administration Panel to Review Title IX Policy

Bush Administration Panel to Review Title IX PolicyA Bush administration panel reviewing all aspects of Title IX policy is planning a series of public hearings nationwide this fall and winter.Cynthia Cooper, former WNBA basketball star and coach, is co-chairing the Secretary’s Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, which is to review all facets of Title IX, […]

Study Reveals 23 Football Players Died During 2001 Season

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Eight young U.S. football players, including seven in high school and one playing in a Pop Warner league, died last year as a direct result of injuries suffered on the field, according to a new study published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Three other players died of heatstroke during […]

Former WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review Panel

Former WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review PanelThe Bush administration has named a former African American basketball star and coach to head an ambitious review of issues affecting college athletics, including fairness and opportunity.Former WNBA basketball star Cynthia Cooper will co-chair a 15-member panel created by Education Secretary Roderick Paige on the 30th anniversary […]

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