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Leadership & Policy

Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination Suit

Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination SuitARNOLD, Md. — A former vice president of Anne Arundel Community College has lost another round in her race discrimination suit against the school’s board of trustees and president.The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., unanimously upheld a verdict against Dr. Augustine Pounds, who […]

July 5, 2000

Students

Un-‘Favor’-able Times At Grambling

Un-‘Favor’-able Times At GramblingSchool’s sixth president tries to convince the board he can reverse calamitous financial problemsBATON ROUGE, La. — Dr. Steve A. Favors, the president of historically Black Grambling State University, is in the hot seat here over a scathing legislative audit.In his review of the records for the fiscal years that ended in […]

July 5, 2000

Leadership & Policy

BI News Briefs

Doctoral Program Decision Deferred in BaltimoreBALTIMORE — A decision on new doctoral programs at two Baltimore-area public universities, opposed by Morgan State University on the grounds they would unnecessarily duplicate programs at the predominantly Black school, has been deferred, state education officials said late last month. The programs will not be approved before the commission […]

June 21, 2000

Students

The Stories Behind the Numbers

The Stories Behind the Numbers: Black Issues  Salutes Outstanding  Members of the Class 20001Christine Lincoln, left, is congratulated by a fellow graduate after accepting the Sophie Kerr award during commencement exercises at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Lincoln received the $53,266 award for being the graduating senior with the best ability and promise for future […]

June 21, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-A

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-AMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees here has decided to push forward efforts to become the first historically Black institution to move to Division I-A football despite concern and skepticism among some university officials.The board voted last month to make the […]

June 7, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Marshall B. Bass has been elected chairman of South Carolina’s Voorhees College Board of Trustees. Bass is the founder of Marshall B. Bass and Associates Inc., a management consulting firm. Bass earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and doctorates of law from North Carolina Central University and civil laws from […]

May 24, 2000

Students

News Briefs

One Florida Plan Meets More OppositionTALLAHASSEE, Fla.  —  Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have voted to issue a statement criticizing Gov. Jeb Bush’s program banning consideration of race and gender in university admissions and contracting decisions. The federal panel voted 6-2 to approve the statement earlier this month, says commission spokesman David […]

April 26, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative action

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative actionCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —  Ever since Hopwood  vs. Texas, the court decision that nullified minority admissions practices at the University of Texas Law School, the pundits have gleefully predicted the demise of campus affirmative action programs.But if a recent conference held at the University of  Virginia provides […]

March 15, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Clemson History Offers Perspective for Flag Debate

Clemson History Offers Perspective for Flag DebateClemson University is a state agency as well as a university. As a state agency, we are governed by the laws and policies of the state of South Carolina and therefore have a stake in the development of such laws and policies — a stake that encompasses the current […]

March 15, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Tech Briefs

Purdue Professor Among Experts Seeking Sabotage Solution WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Gene Spafford, a professor of computer sciences at Purdue University, was among approximately 20 computer specialists invited to a White House gathering last month with President Clinton and his National Security Council advisers to discuss ways to prevent hackers from disrupting Internet services. The […]

March 1, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Clemson History Offers Perspective for Flag Debate

Clemson History Offers Perspective for Flag DebateClemson University is a state agency as well as a university. As a state agency, we are governed by the laws and policies of the state of South Carolina and therefore have a stake in the development of such laws and policies — a stake that encompasses the current […]

March 1, 2000

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Just Missing Minority Hiring Goal May Not Prove Costly for Nebraska UniversityLINCOLN, Neb. — Even though the University of Nebraska system fell one person short of a state-required target for minority faculty members in 1999, it may not lose any state funding. Officials at the university say the three-year average for adding minorities meets the […]

February 2, 2000