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Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

John Payton has been appointed director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Most recently, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr. Payton earned a bachelor’s from Pomona College and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Dr. Tracey D. Ford has been named director […]

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Reveling in Retirement

After two college presidencies, Dr. James Hefner is taking time to pursue his avocations, while still in demand within academia.

December 26, 2007

Students

Black, Brown and College Bound

Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.

December 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Reveling in Retirement

After two college presidencies, Dr. James Hefner is taking time to pursue his avocations, while still in demand within academia.

December 26, 2007

Students

In Brief: An Academic Scandal Snags Florida State

Also, a Princeton University student who argued that his conservative views were not accepted on the campus confessed to fabricating an assault and southwest Missouri freshmen said to be increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.

December 18, 2007

Students

Blackface Costumes at Parties Trigger Punishment at Northwest

MARYVILLE, Mo. Fraternity monitors at Northwest Missouri State University have punished two chapters whose members appeared at Halloween parties in blackface.

December 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Florida A&M to Remain on Probation for Another 6 Months

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida A&M University will remain on probation for at least another six months because of its financial troubles, the school’s president said Tuesday. An accrediting organization meeting was continuing Tuesday in New Orleans, but university President James Ammons told the Tallahassee Democrat that the Atlanta-based Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has decided […]

December 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Black Students at Northern Illinois Say They Feel Unsafe

DEKALB Ill. Black students attending Northern Illinois University say they feel unsafe after racial slurs and references to shootings earlier this year at Virginia Tech were found scrawled on a bathroom wall. The university, which was closed Monday as a security precaution, is scheduled to reopen Tuesday. “University police are satisfied that the anonymous message […]

December 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Alcorn State President To Begin Job In January

JACKSON Miss. The new president of Alcorn State University officially will take over the job Jan. 3, months after he originally was scheduled to work. George Ross, 52, was to become the university’s 17th president on May 28, but shortly after movers arrived at his home in Mount Pleasant, Mich., Ross became ill and was […]

December 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

U. of Colorado Settles Sex-Assault Suit

DENVER The University of Colorado has agreed to pay two women $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by football players and recruits, school officials said Wednesday. The allegations had sparked a football recruiting scandal at the school, prompted broad university reforms and led to a shake-up of its top leaders. […]

December 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Second Annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference Held In Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — Community college educators from as far as Washington state and the Bahamas descended on Tampa, Fla., last week for the second annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference. Hosted by Hillsborough Community College and nine other Florida two-year institutions, BBCB featured numerous tracks dedicated to examining and removing barriers to college for young Black and Hispanic males.

December 5, 2007

Students

UT at San Antonio Student Group Protests Cancellation of Black Studies Course

SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio’s cancellation of an upcoming course within the African American Studies Program has prompted the resignation of a professor and drawn criticism from some students.

December 3, 2007