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Leadership & Policy

“Wow!”

I just want to thank God for having this wonderful article on my great school. I love where Wilberforce…

July 12, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown Hanging On In Wake of Scandal

Three years ago, the massive crowd at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, on hand to witness the Honda Battle of the Bands…

July 12, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Troubled College Sees Signs of Turnaround

Historically Black Knoxville College is experiencing a reversal of fortunes, officials say. A year ago, the college was down to about 130 students, couldn’t pay its faculty or electric bills and was drowning in debt.

July 10, 2006

Leadership & Policy

LeMoyne-Owen Trustees Resign for $2.5 Million Donation

Members of the board of trustees at LeMoyne-Owen College heeded the call to resign, allowing their institution to receive an anonymous $2.5 million donation to pay its operating costs that were due Friday.

July 2, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Officials to Decide Future of College Desegregation Funding

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is not ready to say if he wants to continue state funding for diversity programs in a settlement of the state’s college desegregation case, but a University of Tennessee official says the spending should be extended.

June 28, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Clark College Faculty: ‘No Confidence’ in First Black Leader

By an overwhelming margin, the Clark College faculty union has passed a no-confidence measure against the two-year school’s president

June 28, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern Makes Presidential Firing Official

Dr. Priscilla Slade’s time as president of Texas Southern University has officially come to an end…

June 28, 2006

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Board Must Resign In Order To Get Grant

An anonymous donor has pledged $2.5 million to help financially strapped LeMoyne-Owens College meet an end-of-the-month deadline to pay its operating expenses, but with one catch: All of the board trustees at the historically Black college in Memphis have to resign.

June 26, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Interim Chancellor Brings Healing Touch to

Chancellor of the 84,000-student Dallas County Community College District for just three years…

June 14, 2006

Leadership & Policy

In the Line of Duty

Dr. Jane Buck, who spent almost her entire career teaching psychology at Delaware State University…

June 14, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern Makes Presidential Firing Official

Dr. Priscilla Slade’s firing from Texas Southern University became official yesterday, after the university’s board of regents denied her appeal to keep her job as president.

June 7, 2006

Leadership & Policy

New Chancellor Seeks to Heal Tensions at Embattled Dallas College

When Dr. Jesus “Jess” Carreon, the first Hispanic to head the 84,000-student Dallas County Community College District, abruptly resigned last month, the board of trustees quickly turned to Dr. Wright Lassiter, who had been president of the district’s El Centro College since 1986. Wright, who became the district’s first Black chancellor, spoke with Diverse about the healing touch he plans to bring to the embattled community college system.

June 6, 2006