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Leadership & Policy

Perspective: Huntington University Directs Diversity Movement at Campus, Hometown

Huntington University president realized he couldn’t improve diversity on campus without addressing racial hostility off campus.

August 16, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Indiana Launches Western Governors University Program

Partnership between Western Governors University and Indiana likely to improve college-degree attainment among the state’s minority students.

August 8, 2010

Leadership & Policy

UT Regents Strip Klansman’s Name from Dorm

University of Texas regents agreed Thursday to strip the name of a former law school professor and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan from a campus dormitory.

July 15, 2010

Students

Amid Criticism, Tennessee HBCU President Announces Retirement

Citing family and personal reasons, Dr. Melvin N. Johnson announced that he would be stepping down as president of Tennessee State University at the end of the year.

July 13, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Experts: Texas Textbooks are Unlikely to Spread

As the second-largest purchaser of textbooks behind California, the Lone Star State has historically wielded enormous clout in deciding what material appears in classrooms across the country.

May 31, 2010

Leadership & Policy

College Board Merger Legislation Scrapped in Louisiana House

House Speaker Jim Tucker scrapped his push to merge the governing boards for four-year public colleges Wednesday after facing significant opposition from lawmakers and higher education leaders.

May 26, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Texas State Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Curriculum Changes

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was among those who implored board members to take more time to consider the new standards, which diminish civil rights and American slavery.

May 23, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College

Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.

May 23, 2010

Leadership & Policy

N.C. County School Board Ends Diversity Policy

Law professor Danielle Holley-Walker, an expert on public school integration in the South, says North Carolina’s Wake County had been viewed as a national model because its diversity policy helped integrate schools using socio-economic factors instead of race.

May 19, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Thurgood Marshall Connection Invites Admiration, Criticism of Supreme Court Nominee

While conservatives have criticized Elena Kagan’s relationship with the late justice, for whom she clerked in 1987 to 1988, some liberals and African-Americans have praised Kagan for her connection to the pioneering jurist.

May 18, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Making Amends in California

Starting this week and continuing through June 7, six campuses of the California State University system are holding special commencement ceremonies for the more than 200 Cal State students who were forced to report to internment camps during World War II.

May 18, 2010

Students

School Attorneys: FAMU Settlement With Porn Video Company Sets Precedent for Trademark Protection

Florida A&M University’s recent settlement with Internet porn company RK Netmedia Inc. sets a precedent for other universities to sue to protect their trademark, school attorneys say.

May 3, 2010