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Leadership & Policy

Schoolteachers Among Southern University’s Grade-Buyers, Auditor’s Report Finds

Schoolteachers Among Southern University’s Grade-Buyers, Auditor’s Report Finds By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.After a lengthy investigation, the Louisiana state legislative auditor has determined that at least 25 people illegally purchased grades and, in some cases, entire transcripts without paying tuition, enrolling or attending class at Southern University.In a report released recently, legislative auditor Steve Theriot […]

April 6, 2005

Students

California State-Stanislaus President To Head Dillard University

California State-Stanislaus President To Head Dillard UniversityNEW ORLEANS Dr. Marvalene Hughes, the first woman or African American to be named president of California State University’s Stanislaus campus, was chosen in early March as Dillard University’s first female president. Hughes will officially begin July 1 as the ninth president of Dillard, a private, predominantly Black school […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Coalition of States Agree to Raise High-School Standards

Coalition of States Agree to Raise High-School StandardsWASHINGTON A coalition of 13 states confirmed plans recently to require tougher high-school courses and diploma requirements, changes that could affect about one in three students. The announcement is the most tangible sign that the nation’s governors, gathered in the capital for a summit on improving high schools, […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, Closes

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, ClosesWOODLAND, Calif. American Indian leaders who tried to save California’s only tribal college say that problems at D-Q University are insurmountable. The two-year college in rural Yolo County lost its accreditation in January, after school officials failed to fix financial and management troubles.  “We realize the school has reached its […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

UAB Reaches Settlement With Former President Ann Reynolds

UAB Reaches Settlement With Former President Ann ReynoldsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. The University of Alabama System has reached a $475,000 settlement with former UAB president Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the system’s board of trustees.In the settlement, the system and its trustees did not admit wrongdoing in her reluctant departure in 2002 […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters College

Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters CollegeJACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, who served 29 years as president of Bethune-Cookman College, was named last month as interim president of struggling   Edward Waters College. Bronson, 77, began work at the historically Black college and replaced former President Jimmy Jenkins, who resigned recently in the […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Langston President to Retire, Search for New Leader Begins

Langston President to Retire, Search for New Leader BeginsWARNER, Okla. The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma A&M Colleges has started its search for a new president of Langston University. Dr. Ernest Holloway is retiring this year after 25 years as president of the historically Black university that has about 2,000 full-time students. A new […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal

Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Jimmy Jenkins, who was credited with turning around Edward Waters College, increasing its enrollment and its standards, resigned earlier this month after a plagiarism scandal cost the school its accreditation (see Black Issues, Dec. 30, 2004). The executive committee of the board […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

A Voice for Access and Equity

A Voice for Access and EquityAfter serving on the Georgia board of regents for 30 years, Elridge McMillan is honored with lifetime achievement awardBy Tracie PowellATLANTAWhen Elridge McMillan became the second Black trustee to serve on the University of Georgia System Board of Regents in 1975, his Afro and past advocacy made colleagues think he […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Abruptly Dismissed

Abruptly DismissedMorehouse School of Medicine loses president as accreditation date draws near By Marlon A. WalkerATLANTAThe Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has gone into a state of transition weeks before an important site visit by the board that will determine whether the school retains its accreditation.With the December dismissal of the school’s president, Dr. James […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Under Fire

Under FireALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY PERSIDENT FORCED TO RESIGN AMID STRING OF CONTROVERSIESBy Tracie PowellNORMAL, Ala.Like previous school presidents before him, Dr. John T. Gibson’s tenure at Alabama A&M University has been marked by turmoil and scandal. Gibson weathered the storm longer than some, but last month trustees forced him to resign.Problems, some apparently spurred by […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Coppin State, Urban League Partner to Publish

Coppin State, Urban League Partner to Publish Research on Baltimore’s Black Community BALTIMORECoppin State University and the Greater Baltimore Urban League have collaborated to publish The State of Black Baltimore, a collection of scholarly research and observations from some of the region’s top scholars and leaders addressing the state of affairs for Baltimore City’s African […]

December 29, 2004