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Leadership & Policy

Regents Vote to Fire Texas HBCU President

Texas Southern University regents voted Monday to fire school president Priscilla Slade after a two-month investigation into her spending habits, officials said…

April 18, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern President Placed on Leave While Investigation Into Spending Continues

The provost at historically Black Texas Southern University has been placed in charge of the school’s operations while the university’s president is on paid leave pending the results of an investigation into her spending…

April 4, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Meharry President to Assume Presidency

Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, and the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…

March 22, 2006

Students

Grants & Awards

Bucknell University (Pa.) will receive $416,640 to establish a wireless Internet network as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Cameron University (Okla.) received $4 million from the McMahon Foundation as part of the university’s Changing Lives campaign. The grant, the largest in Cameron’s history, will go towards […]

March 22, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Case Western Reserve University President Resigns After No-Confidence Vote

Dr. Edward M. Hundert, president of Case Western Reserve University, submitted his resignation Wednesday night to the University’s Board of Trustees. Hundert’s resignation will be effective Sept. 1, 2006, allowing the Board to take the necessary time to select a president…

March 19, 2006

Students

Stanford Scholarship to Benefit Latin American Students

Stanford University recently announced a new $10 million scholarship fund for Latino students, established by colleagues of Uruguayan biotechnology pioneer Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni…

March 15, 2006

Students

SIU Opens Minority Fellowships to All Students

The Southern Illinois University board of trustees voted unanimously last month to accept a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that averts a potential lawsuit over three…

March 8, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Meharry President To Assume Presidency of Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, will step down in July. Maupin, the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…

March 1, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Historically Black Allen University Drops Football Program

Allen University has dropped its football program because the small, historically Black college can’t afford the $1.4 million annual price tag, school officials say…

February 21, 2006

Students

Southern Illinois Agrees to Fellowship Settlement

The Southern Illinois University board of trustees voted unanimously last month to accept a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that averts a potential lawsuit over three graduate fellowships…

February 13, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Former Southern Illinois University President James Walker Dies

Dr. James Walker, the first Black to serve as president of the two-campus, 35,000-student Southern Illinois University system, has died after a long bout with prostate cancer. He was 64…

February 8, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Embattled Indiana University President

Indiana University President Adam Herbert, whose leadership has come under fire from faculty critics…

February 8, 2006