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Leadership & Policy

Climbing to the top – African American community college presidents

Rising to the helm of two-year institutions continues to be a challenge for aspiring African American college presidents

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

African American college presidents in decline

Yet the pipeline of Black scholars poised to assume presidential status is growing

July 12, 2007

Students

An enduring commitment – Xavier University’s president Norman C. Francis

In three decades, Norman C. Francis has led Xavier University from local fame to national acclaim

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Chicago board fires outspoken Temple – Black academic Ronald J. Temple

Chicago Dr. Ronald J. Temple, buoyed by the support of a group of African American ministers, recently waded into the murky, shark-infested waters of Chicago politics. But the chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago system discovered his feisty rhetoric was no match for the vicious bite he received on March 5, when he was fired outright by the board of trustees.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Wright State president succumbs to cancer – Harley E. Flack

Dayton, Ohio Dr. Harley E. Flack, the first African American president of a major metropolitan university in Ohio, died March 29 following five-month battle with cancer. He was fifty-five.

July 12, 2007

Students

Dorm Keeps Name Despite Protest Over Klan Connection

BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech dorm named for a now-deceased professor who might have had Ku Klux Klan ties won’t be renamed, Tech President Paul Torgersen said.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas A&M Affiliation With Law School Denied

HOUSTON Texas A&M University should drop its affiliation with the private South Texas College of Law and instead get permission to establish its own law school, higher education officials say.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Feds Close Title VI Investigation in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio The decision by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to close its active Title VI investigation into the state of Ohio’s treatment of Central State University (CSU) triggered mixed reactions ranging from praise to sharp criticism in and around the Wilberforce, Ohio campus.

July 12, 2007

Students

Back from the brink – averted crisis for Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University (CSU), which only seven months ago faced a very real threat of extinction from Ohio legislators, has emerged from a financial and political crisis and is showing strong signs of renewal.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The word from Moses – educator Yolanda T. Moses – Interview – Cover Story

“WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT AN INSTITUTION BECOMES THEIR REALITY UNLESS THAT IS TURNED ON ITS HEAD.”

July 11, 2007

Students

Chancellor of Southern University resigns amid scholarship flap – Marvin Yates

BATON ROUGE, La. The chancellor of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus abruptly resigned in the wake of a scholarship scandal.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Accreditation renewed for University of the District of Columbia

After nearly a decade of financial strife, media misrepresentation, and structural challenges, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) received some positive encouragement regarding its future.

July 11, 2007