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Other Types of Campus Crimes

Other Types of Campus CrimesIt is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime erupts on our campuses we usually react with, “How […]

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

Professional Appintments

Professional AppintmentsJimmy Arrington has been appointed assistant vice president of enrollment management at Delaware State University. Previously Arrington was director of admissions at Kentucky State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in education, focusing on student personnel services, guidance and counseling, from Tuskegee University. Herman R. Frazier has been […]

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban Schools

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban SchoolsWashingtonPresident-elect George W. Bush nominated earlier this month Houston School Superintendent Roderick R. Paige to be education secretary.The choice of Paige, 67, who will be the first African American education secretary if confirmed, drew support from educators and specialists who have watched him raise test scores and […]

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players Tampa, Fla.University of South Florida’s women’s basketball coach Jerry Ann Winters was fired last month. Winters was accused of mistreating and segregating Black players. The university upheld a finding there was “reasonable cause to believe” a player was dismissed from the team in retaliation for […]

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-Athletes

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-AthletesIndianapolisThe National Collegiate Athletic Association in its annual graduation rate survey released last month, reported that overall graduation rates for Division I student-athletes who entered college in 1993 remained steady, continuing a trend established after higher initial-eligibility standards became effective for entering freshmen in 1986.Their study also […]

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme Court

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme CourtJACKSON, Miss. A lawyer for a White supremacist group says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the University of Mississippi’s ban on Confederate flags at athletic events. Nationalist Movement lawyer Richard Barrett says the prohibition violates his First Amendment right to […]

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic Action

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic ActionFRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky Virtual University, the state’s electronic portal to a higher education without lecture halls, dorms or bad cafeteria food, has a sports franchise. There are already T-shirts from the KVU Athletic Department, and there will be a logo after its selection by an online poll of […]

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball Team

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball TeamTAMPA, Fla. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women’s basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was dismissed […]

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue Boon

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue BoonLINCOLN, Neb.I t wasn’t hard to predict the outcome of the Sept. 2 football game between the University of Nebraska’s top-ranked team and unranked San Jose State.But the folks at FOXSports.com were predicting their own victory — that their live Webcast of the NCAA Division I-A match […]

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]

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