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Students

CyberLearning Summit Highlights Jackson State University’s iPad, e-Textbook Initiatives

Jackson State faculty members, administrators and students took the opportunity to tout the university’s iPad and e-textbook initiatives.

April 25, 2013

Home

Appreciation of a Media Man With a Passion for Diversity

As he was empire building and moving to reinvent the news, Al Neuharth embraced a passion for affirmative action and diversity in the news business.

April 22, 2013

Faculty & Staff

‘Central Park Five’ Activists Want Columbia Law Professor Fired for Role in Infamous Case

Protesters are calling on Columbia University to fire part-time law professor Elizabeth Lederer who along with Linda Fairstein were the lead prosecutors who handled the botched 1989 case.

April 21, 2013

Home

Controversy Marches On as S.C. State Names Elzey President

The Citadel administrator was chosen by SCSU trustees by a 6-5 vote despite passionate appeals from student body leaders, faculty and community activists to give the job to Dr. Cynthia Warrick, the interim president.

April 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry

Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”

April 11, 2013

Students

Police Say Florida College Student Plotted Attack

A college student armed with guns and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday in an apparent attempt to force other students out into the open so that he could slaughter them, authorities said.

March 19, 2013

HBCUs

Some Universities Filling Void Created by Military Tuition Assistance Cuts

Webster University is one of at least a handful of universities that have stepped up to offer enlisted members all of some of the tuition assistance they lost as a result of cuts to the Department of Defense.

March 19, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Florida A&M Suspends Search for New President

Florida A&M University on Friday abruptly halted its search for a new president after the university board chairman contended it was the wrong time to move ahead with a new leader.

March 17, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Stephens Found His Calling in Fundraising

Stephens, who died Feb. 14, found his place in life and blazed trails along the way.

February 21, 2013

Health

Va. Struggles With Health Insurance Requirement

State agencies are reducing part-time employees’ hours until officials figure out how to comply with federal health insurance requirements regarding those who work more than 30 hours each week.

February 11, 2013

Students

Duke Fraternity Suspended Amid Protest over Party

The parent organization of Kappa Sigma fraternity has suspended its Duke University chapter over a party some claimed was racist after photos surfaced of partygoers in Asian-style clothing.

February 7, 2013

Students

Southern Mississippi Leaning Toward Hiring Black President

The school is likely to become the first of the state’s historically White public universities to be led by a Black man.

February 3, 2013