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Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Hampton Coach’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown OutLUBBOCK, Texas — A judge has dismissed a college basketball coach’s civil rights lawsuit, ruling she, her husband and an assistant failed to establish that racial bias was a factor in their 1998 arrests. Hampton University women’s coach Patricia Bibbs and the others sued the city, several police officers […]

January 5, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsJackson State to Get New LeaderRonald Mason Jr. has been named by the board of trustees to become the next president of Jackson State University in Mississippi effective Feb 1. He is currently executive director of the National Center for the Urban Community at Tulane and Xavier universities in New Orleans. Mason has 17 […]

January 5, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Workload

Faculty WorkloadRuled Non-Negotiable in OhioWILBERFORCE, Ohio — The Central State University faculty union has lost a lengthy court battle concerning its right to bargain over professors’ workload.The Ohio Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision, ruled in late October that a 1993 law requiring professors at that state’s public universities to spend more time in the […]

November 24, 1999

Students

Can the Dream Be Saved?

Can the Dream Be Saved?CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors  announced earlier this month that  race will continue to be considered in the school’s admissions process. The board also said it  supports President John T. Casteen III’s decision several months ago to end the use of a point system that benefited […]

October 27, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Running for Cover

Running for CoverFear and Paranoia Su rrounding Affirmative Action Lawsuits Unjustified, Experts SayBy Robin M. BennefieldTwo years ago, University of North Carolina System President Dr. Molly Broad, fresh from the California State System, requested a complete review of the use of race in the admissions policies of schools in the state system.Then last spring, Dr. David […]

October 13, 1999

Leadership & Policy

BI Nes Briefs

Regents Reprimand Tennessee State University President Over Mishandled Student Honors Program NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The state Board of Regents reprimanded the president of Tennessee State University earlier this month and stripped control of a student honors program from him after revelations the program has been mishandled.The university first  landed in trouble when state officials discovered […]

September 29, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Garza Takes Leave from ACE to Lead New Organization

Garza Takes Leave from ACE to Lead New OrganizationWASHINGTON — Hector Garza, vice president of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Division of Access and Equity programs, will take a two-year leave of absence to start a new organization to encourage partnerships between colleges and elementary and secondary schools.Garza, who also served as director of […]

August 18, 1999

Students

Professional Appointments

academicReNee Dunman, Esq., has been appointed director of Old Dominion University’s Office of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action. He has worked in the office as acting director, EO coordinator, and EO manager. Dunman earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University; a master’s degree in communications from Norfolk State University; and doctor of jurisprudence […]

August 4, 1999

Students

The Cost-of-Education Increase

The  Cost-of-Education IncreaseAs the annual rise in tuition and fees at colleges and universities continues, trustees and administrators at public institutions blame inadequate state fundingWASHINGTON — Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) student Lindsay Proffitt headed home this summer with bad news about school. It wasn’t her grades; it was her tuition. “I can’t believe it’s […]

July 7, 1999

Students

Black Issues’ Wright Wins AAUP Journalism Award

Black Issues’ Wright Wins AAUP Journalism AwardFairfax, Va. —  Scott W. Wright, a senior staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education, is the 1999 winner of the “Award for Excellence in Coverage of Higher Education,” given annually by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Wright, who also is the editor of Black Issues’ […]

June 23, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Price Takes Helm, Makes History at Marygrove CollegeDr. Glenda D. Price has become the seventh president and the first African American female to head Marygrove College in Detroit. Before coming to Marygrove, she served as provost of Spelman College. Her experience in higher education also includes serving as dean of the College of Allied Health […]

May 26, 1999

Students

BI News Briefs

New Round of Fordice Hearings While Board Considers Privatizing Ole MissJACKSON, Miss. — U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. has told the Mississippi College Board to prepare for a new round of court hearings in the 24-year-old Ayers v. Fordice lawsuit that accuses the state of favoring White colleges over historically Black ones. But Alvin […]

May 12, 1999