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Heading Straight to the Pros

Heading Straight to the ProsI recently watched the NBA draft, and I couldn’t help it, but as an editor of a higher education magazine, it bothered me that four players just out of high school were chosen in the first 10 picks at levels higher than the players who had attended some college. Of course, […]

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Coach’s Racial-Profiling Complaint

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Coach’s Racial-Profiling ComplaintWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court refused to revive claims by a women’s college basketball coach that Texas police arrested her and two others solely because they are Black. The court’s action, taken without comment earlier this month, rejected arguments from Hampton University coach Patricia Bibbs that Lubbock police engaged in […]

Leadership & Policy

Edward Waters College to Reintroduce Football Program After 35-Year Absence

Edward Waters College to Reintroduce Football Program After 35-Year AbsenceJACKSONVILLE, Fla.Citing a need to increase enrollment, especially of Black men, Jacksonville’s Edward Waters College plans to reintroduce intercollegiate football this fall, if the college can raise $2 million dollars. The move comes after a 35-year absence of the game.In a recent communiqué, Edward Waters president […]

Lawmakers Seek to Combat Gambling On College Campuses

Lawmakers Seek to Combat Gambling On College CampusesSome members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate want to zero in on what they consider a major crisis in higher education — gambling among college students and student-athletes.New legislation in both chambers calls for action to combat both legal and illegal gambling, and some provisions […]

Jackson State’s Women’s Team Makes NCAA Golf History

Jackson State’s Women’s Team Makes NCAA Golf HistoryJACKSON, Miss.Jackson State University’s women’s golf team has become the first squad from a historically Black college to advance to the NCAA regional championships. It’s a feat that Jackson State’s men’s golfers accomplished in 1996, and one that coach Eddie Payton says is no less historic for the […]

Young Black Men Speak on College & Life

Young Black Men Speak on College & LifeBlack Issues In Higher Education talks to four young Black men who are currently attending college at campuses across the United States. Their educational, family and cultural backgrounds are diverse but their desire to advance themselves with a college education places them on a common mission. By Ronald […]

Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational Gap

Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational GapWe live in a society of educational gaps. Educational gaps refer to knowledge and information deficits that students bring with them to college. Because students are products of their social backgrounds and circumstances, they are often unaware of these learning deficits. Gaps can be observed between the […]

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie D. CRAFT

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie D. CRAFTTurning Stature Into Success Langston quarterback doesn’t let size prevent him from making big stridesBy Robin V. SmilesLANGSTON, Okla. Langston University’s sports information director James Hilliard says the school’s starting quarterback and Student Government Association president is “not a big guy.” But, he says, Archie D. Craft II’s on-the-field leadership […]

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE SLATON

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE SLATONReaching Goals On And Off the Field Santa Clara soccer star shines in academics, athletics and community serviceBy Eleanor Lee YatesSANTA CLARA, Calif.People around Santa Clara University know Danielle Slaton as a fierce competitor who won a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team last year. She is […]

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their Own

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their OwnBlack Issues In Higher Education in 1992 established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. A scholar and athlete, Ashe sought to expand opportunities for young people. Each year we invite every postsecondary […]

Reflecting on a Season of Winners and Losers

Reflecting on a Season of Winners and LosersBlack athletes, both college and professional, often get a bad rap for their unseemly conduct outside of the arena or stadium. While they may gain praise for a slam dunk, a mean pitch or a winning time in the 100-meter dash, in many cases — and sometimes justifiably […]

Mississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag Design

Mississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag DesignJACKSON, Miss.The state College Board has added its weight to groups pushing to retire the current Mississippi flag in favor of a new design, saying failure to act could hurt the economy and cost future NCAA postseason tournaments. “It is a virtual certainty we would lose these […]

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