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Leadership & Policy

Status of Black Women and HBCUs Focus of Urban League Report

The National Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America this year examines the community through the eyes and the lives of Black women.

March 5, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Fear of the Known — and Unknown

Just three days before the campus shootings at Northern Illinois University last month, I sat in the morning plenary session at the annual American Council on Education meeting titled “Campus Security, Response and Recovery.” Judging by the number of people that attended the session and the Q&A that followed, campus security post Virginia Tech—and now […]

March 4, 2008

Students

Three Campus Security Scares On Tuesday

Classes were canceled and a small private college went on lockdown Tuesday as police searched for a man who was seen with a gun on campus, officials said.

February 26, 2008

Leadership & Policy

CU Chancellor, Student Editors Apologize for Column on Asians

BOULDER Colo. The chancellor of the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus has apologized for a student’s satirical column poking fun at Asians. Editors of the student newspaper apologized as well. The column said Asian students “hate us all” and should be rounded up and forced to play drinking games and endure other ordeals until they […]

February 21, 2008

Leadership & Policy

UC Berkeley Creates Multidisciplinary Chair For Equity and Inclusion

The University of California, Berkeley has created a new $5 million faculty chair to further extend the university’s campus-wide initiative for equity and inclusion.

February 19, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Tenuous Situation at Clark Atlanta University Led to President’s Decision to Retire

It became pretty clear that it was time for Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax to leave the school.

February 18, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta President to Retire in July

Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax will retire in July.

February 17, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Northern Illinois Shooting Fourth At A School Within One Week

A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said.

February 14, 2008

Students

University of Colorado Presidential Selection Upsets Campus

The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.D.s, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.

February 14, 2008

Students

Colo. University Selection Upsets Campus

BOULDER Colo. The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser. Bruce Benson’s nomination may be bitterly dividing this 52,000-student, three-campus institution, but it is a sign […]

February 13, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic University President at Pennsylvania College Facing Increasing Pressure to Step Down

Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University, a publicly funded college located in Pennsylvania, is facing new pressure to step down from his post amid criticism from the university’s faculty union.

February 13, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The president of the College of William & Mary, who drew heavy criticism for removing a cross from the nation’s oldest college chapel, resigned Tuesday after the public school’s board told him his contract would not be renewed.

February 12, 2008