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Leadership & Policy
Regents Approve Higher Admissions Standards
Regents Approve Higher Admissions Standards For Nevada UniversitiesLAS VEGASAfter two months of debate and two public hearings, the Nevada Board of Regents took action last month to increase admissions standards at the state’s two public universities.According to the revised policy, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno will increase their […]
January 2, 2002
Leadership & Policy
Roxbury President Resigns After Audit
Roxbury President Resigns After Audit Shows Millions MismanagedBOSTONThe embattled president of Roxbury Community College, who had been accused by state auditors of mismanaging $3.5 million in financial aid, has resigned. But her downfall has apparently brought to light an even bigger financial mess than auditors had expected. Two days after school President Grace C. Brown […]
December 19, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Southern University System President Backs Firing of Congressman’s Wife
Southern University System President Backs Firing of Congressman’s WifeNEW ORLEANSThe president of the Southern University System is backing the chancellor of the New Orleans campus in his half-year battle to fire Vice Chancellor Andrea Jefferson, wife of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.Leon Tarver said late last month he had sent Southern University-New Orleans Academic Vice […]
December 19, 2001
Students
‘Free Speech’ Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn ‘Blackface’ Case
‘Free Speech’ Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn ‘Blackface’ CaseSuspended fraternity members file lawsuit against university citing violation of constitutional, civil rightsBy Erik LordsThe issue of free speech is at the heart of a lawsuit filed last month by suspended members of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi against Auburn University. The university suspended 10 members of […]
December 19, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Spelman College President Announces Retirement
Spelman College President Announces RetirementATLANTADr. Audrey Forbes Manley, the eighth president and the first alumna president of Spelman College, announced her retirement at a college convocation ceremony last month.  “When I accepted this position of honor, I identified a number of goals for a five-year tenure that I believed would enhance our distinctive legacy of […]
November 7, 2001
Students
Standing Up for Diversity
Standing Up for DiversityAs a university established  for deaf students, Gallaudet’s diversity initiatives seek to further empower and enlighten its community.By Phaedra BrothertonWASHINGTONWhen Jerry C. Lee, former president of Gallaudet University — the Washington, D.C.-based university established for deaf and hard of hearing students — resigned in 1987, students rallied on campus for the board […]
October 10, 2001
Leadership & Policy
The New FAMU Trustees
The New FAMU TrusteesAt least one state official describes the new Florida A&M Board of Trustees as “perhaps the strongest the governor has pulled together.” The new trustees, who were named June 15, range in age from senior citizens to a college student. They are Black, Latino and White; Republicans and Democrats. They range in […]
October 10, 2001
Students
Timeline of Change
Timeline of ChangeFebruary 2000  Florida board of regents adopts Gov. Jeb Bush’s One Florida Plan, which eliminates the use of affirmative action policies in admissions in the state in exchange for a system giving special consideration to students who demonstrate economic or educational disadvantage. One Florida also guarantees admission to high school students who rank in […]
October 10, 2001
Students
What’s in FAMU’S FUTURE?
What’s in FAMU’S FUTURE? With Its Leadership in transition, Will the country’s top producer of Black undergraduates sustain its momentum ?By Cheryl D. FieldsTallahassee, Fla.s unsettling as it can be, change is one of the inevitabilities of the human condition. It can present torrents of unimaginable horrors as easily as it can serve up blue […]
October 10, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Plan to Boost Minority Enrollment at UC Campuses Stalled for Lack of Funds
Plan to Boost Minority Enrollment at UC Campuses Stalled for Lack of FundsOAKLAND, Calif.An attempt to boost minority enrollment at the University of California by guaranteeing admission to the top 12.5 percent of each high school class has stalled for lack of funds. The UC board of regents voted in July to make the change, […]
October 10, 2001
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Board of Trustees Elects Chairman
FAMU Board of Trustees Elects ChairmanTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Arthur “Art” Collins, prominent business lobbyist, was elected chairman by the members of the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees during their first meeting held in early August“Thank you for providing me with this humble opportunity,” said Collins. “We are all equal in the task of moving FAMU forward […]
September 26, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about Vietnam
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about VietnamSOUTH HADLEY, Mass.A Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor who admitted he lied to his students about being a Vietnam combat veteran will be suspended for a year without pay, say Mount Holyoke College officials. Joseph J. Ellis, 57, also must give up his endowed chair at the […]
September 12, 2001
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