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Leadership & Policy
A Year in Review: Saving Morris Brown
Saving Morris BrownThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) stripped Atlanta’s Morris Brown College of its accreditation last winter, citing the school’s mounting debt, institutional ineffectiveness, poor record keeping and difficulties with processing financial aid. When the school’s bid to appeal the SACS decision failed in April, most of the 1,500 enrolled students transferred [
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December 17, 2003
Leadership & Policy
A Year in Review: Black Issues looks back over a year of educational highlights
A Year in  ReviewBlack Issues looks back over a year of educational highlightsTen years since the death of scholar athlete Arthur Ashe, 100 years since the publication of W.E.B. Du Bois’ timeless The Souls of Black Folk — 2003 has been another memorable year.  But what probably most set the tone for the year ahead in higher [
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December 17, 2003
Leadership & Policy
New Name for Mary Washington College Sparks Controversy
New Name for Mary Washington College Sparks ControversyFREDERICKSBURG, Va.Mary Washington College’s board of visitors voted last month to recommend the new moniker “University of Mary Washington” — after students, faculty and alumni balked at more drastic name changes. Earlier a committee voted 10-9 to make “Washington & Monroe University” its first choice for a name [
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December 17, 2003
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Law School Officials Break Ground for New Campus
FAMU Law School Officials Break Ground for New CampusORLANDO, Fla.Florida A&M University broke ground for its new law school campus last month, giving the historically Black school a permanent home to educate future lawyers for the first time since 1968. “It’s a great feeling to know that the legacy of this institution springs anew,” said [
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December 17, 2003
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Leadership & Policy
On New Ground
On New GroundVeteran higher education leaders bring expertise and vision to two large public universities in the MidwestBy Ronald RoachThe 2003 Careers edition of Black Issues In Higher Education shines the spotlight on two of American higher education’s newest chief executives of multicampus universities in the Midwest. Breaking new ground as the first African American [
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November 19, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Another Untimely Departure
Another Untimely Departure Fisk University president’s abrupt resignation springs yet another leadership crisis for the HBCU  By David Hefner  NASHVILLE, Tenn.It’s dĂ©jĂ  vu all over again at Fisk University with the untimely departure of another president who is leaving behind a financially depressed school with no stability at the helm and no assurances in sight.Last [
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November 19, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little Wider
Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little WiderIn our cover story in this year’s special report on careers in higher education, senior writer Ronald Roach conducts interviews with newly appointed presidents Dr. Adam Herbert and Dr. Elson Floyd of Indiana University and the University of Missouri system respectively. These are both significant appointments — [
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November 19, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Cheyney, Fisk University Presidents Step Down
Cheyney, Fisk University Presidents Step DownHARRISBURG, Pa.Presidents of two historically Black colleges and universities announced plans to leave their respective institutions last month. After seven years as president of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Dr. W. Clinton Pettus is stepping down to pursue other interests. His retirement is effective Dec. 31.Pettus began work at Cheyney as [
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November 5, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Mission Possible: Three disparate institutions raise the bar nationwide for recruiting and retaining an ethnically diverse faculty
Mission PossibleThree disparate institutions raise the bar nationwide for recruiting and retaining an ethnically diverse facultyBy Kendra HamiltonIncreases in faculty diversity tend to come slowly and incrementally — a few percentage points here, a few percentage points there. But aggressive moves by three quite disparate institutions are raising eyebrows — and raising the bar for [
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October 22, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Lincoln University, Barnes Foundation Settle Differences
Lincoln University, Barnes Foundation Settle DifferencesCompromise would allow relocation of art collection; governor promises Lincoln millionsBy Kendra Hamilton and wire reports PHILADELPHIA“We’re all on our knees with our hands clasped in prayer,” said Kimberly Camp, executive director of the Barnes Foundation, on the eve of a historic vote by the Lincoln University board of trustees [
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October 8, 2003
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Leadership & Policy
Truth and Consequences
Truth and ConsequencesIn the Michigan aftermath, the real fight begins as local institutions work to apply the Supreme Court ruling to meet their campuses’ individual needs and/or restrictionsBy Kendra HamiltonMonths prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, anti-affirmative action forces had begun contesting scholarship programs, “transitional” programs, and [
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September 24, 2003
Leadership & Policy
UMKC Names Two Leaders for ‘Diversity in Action’ Initiative
UMKC Names Two Leaders for ‘Diversity in Action’ InitiativeKANSAS CITY, Mo.Officials at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have named two individuals to lead the next step of the university’s diversity initiative.Over the next 12 months, Dr. Joe Seabrooks and Darlene Scott-Scurry will lead the implementation of the university’s Diversity in Action Plan.Seabrooks, currently UMKC’s director [
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September 24, 2003
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