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Leadership & Policy

Fisk Loses in Court Battle Over Stieglitz Collection

Fisk University must make good on a promise to display and care for a priceless collection of art and photographs given it in 1949 by the late Georgia O’Keeffe or it may be forced to surrender the collection to O’Keeffe heirs who have been trying to capture parts of its for more than two years, a Tennessee judge declared Thursday.

March 6, 2008

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Connerly Faces Hostile University Crowd in Speech on Affirmative Action Measure

Ward Connerly, a national figure in a battle against affirmative action, says the Democratic presidential contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shows that “institutional racism and institutional sexism are no more.”

February 27, 2008

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Perspectives: Black History Month Is More Important Now Than Ever

There was a time in my life, albeit brief, that I would not speak during Black History Month. If I was good enough to speak during the month of February, then I was good enough to speak during the other 11 months. But, successful Blacks have a responsibility to go into schools and provide Black students with hope. The idea of being a role model is never more evident and more needed than today.

February 24, 2008

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BLACK MEN – Left out and locked up

There are an estimated 1.5 million Black men in prison and another 3.5 million on probation.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Duplicate Degrees at Black, White Colleges Sparks Debate Again

ANNAPOLIS Md. A measure to allow Morgan State University to take the Maryland Higher Education Commission to court in a dispute over a duplicative MBA program is stirring debate again, a year after it caused contention in the General Assembly. Opponents say the bill would enable entities in state higher education to sue each other, […]

January 30, 2008

STEM

N. H. University System Employees are State’s Top 62 Salary Earners

DURHAM, N.H. University System of New Hampshire employees accounted for the 62 highest salaries paid to state workers last year, with the president of UNH topping the list. The New Hampshire Sunday News requested the release of state salary figures, which show University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston earning $317,000 last year. That’s almost […]

January 27, 2008

Students

Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

January 14, 2008

STEM

From a Georgia Jail Cell To A Morehouse Classroom

A year ago, Genarlow Wilson was in a Georgia prison because of a conviction that prompted national discussions about fairness and justice in the criminal justice system. Next week, he starts his journey toward becoming a Morehouse Man.

January 9, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 9, 2008

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Photo ID Voting Requirement Under Scrutiny in Supreme Court

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that will determine whether an Indiana law requiring all voters to present a government-issued photo identification before voting is unconstitutional. Opponents of the law argue that it unfairly impacts elderly people of color and the poor.

January 8, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Perspectives: The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 7, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Battles Donor Fatigue as Art Sale Bogs Down in Courts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Despite two years of trying, Fisk University hasn’t been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O’Keeffe into cash.

January 3, 2008