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Leadership & Policy

Jury Deadlocks in Texas Southern Trial

HOUSTON Jurors deliberating whether Texas Southern University’s former president misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes said they were at an impasse Wednesday, but the judge told them to keep working.

October 9, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Getting to Know: Dr. Robert Franklin Jr.

Prior to profiling Morehouse’s new president in the pages of Diverse, we reported online about his speech at the HBCU Week conference last month where he essentially outlined some of his plans for the all-male college.

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Troubled FAMU Law School Gets A Boost From New Dean, Higher Bar Exam Pass Rate

Florida A&M University’s Law School, which faces a possible loss of its accreditation, recently got a boost in the form of a new dean and good news about higher pass rates on the bar exam.

September 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fisk University, Wal-Mart Heiress Strike Deal on Stieglitz Art Collection

The Fisk University board of trustees approved a deal this week selling the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a 50 percent interest in the school’s prized Alfred Stieglitz Collection of art and photographs. The price: $30 million.

September 25, 2007

Students

HCCC passes enrollment milestone

Hudson County Community College broke the 7,000 student barrier this September, creeping past this historic milestone by 19 students, officials announced this week.

September 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Memphis awarded Access Diversity grants

The Tennessee Board of Regents has awarded five Access Diversity grants, totaling nearly $90,000, to the University of Memphis.

September 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Durango college trustees slams scheduling of game against Montana

DURANGO Colo. A Fort Lewis College trustee has accused the athletic department of “pigskin prostitution” for scheduling a game against the much larger University of Montana, resulting in a 49-0 drubbing after a 17-hour bus ride.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Virginia high court to hear disputes over Randolph coed move

RICHMOND Va. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear the appeals of students and alumni challenging the end of 115 years of single-sex education at the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.

September 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Western Washington University president announces her retirement

BELLINGHAM Wash. Western Washington University President Karen W. Morse, the longest-serving university president in the state, announced Friday she would retire Sept. 1, 2008.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of West Georgia professor to run Alabama’s largest school system

MOBILE Ala. University of West Georgia professor Roy Nichols has been chosen as superintendent of Mobile County schools, the state’s largest system with some 65,000 students.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ohio State gives basketball coach Thad Matta $480,000 raise and adds a year to his contract

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State gave men’s basketball coach Thad Matta a raise of almost $500,000, boosting his salary to just under $2.5 million a year, and added a year to his contract to extend it through the 2016 season.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former Harvard president Summers disinvited from UC talk

Some consider Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad among the world’s most dangerous men, but Columbia University has resisted calls to rescind an invitation for him to speak there Monday.

September 22, 2007