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Leadership & Policy

Power to the People

Generations of African-Americans have gone to their graves without knowing where in Africa their ancestors descended…

February 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Report: Employers Say College Graduates Lack Essential Skills to Succeed in Today’s Global Economy

Almost two-thirds of employers or about 63 percent, say college graduates lack essential skills to succeed in today’s global economy…

February 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

‘They Are Starting To Pay Attention’

Ronald Mason Jr. may be the only college president in the United States who’s had the experience of running a major city’s public housing authority

February 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Resuscitating MLK/Drew

To this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…

February 7, 2007

Students

Push to Hold Colleges Accountable Fraught With Problems, Say College Presidents

WASHINGTON, D.C. A public database for college accountability and learning outcomes of students, as proposed by the blue-ribbon Commission on the Future of Higher Education, would not factor in the diverse missions and characteristics of individual schools, said a panel of college presidents at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

February 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

NCCU’s Ammons Chosen To Be FAMU’s Next President

Florida A & M University on Thursday picked the chancellor of North Carolina Central University, Dr. James H. Ammons, to become FAMU’s new president.

February 1, 2007

Students

Clemson University Probes Racist Party

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party where White students mocked Black stereotypes by drinking malt liquor and at least one student dressed in black face.

January 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown President Sentenced to Five Years Probation

Dr. Dolores Cross, the former Morris Brown College president convicted of embezzling millions of dollars in government money…

January 24, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Harvard Presidential Search Reportedly Winding Down

The buzz around Harvard University is that the university could soon name its first woman president. But gender is hardly the only issue on the table as a nine-member committee tries to fill one of academia’s most prestigious jobs.

January 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Report: Employers Say College Graduates Lack Essential Skills to Succeed in Today’s Global Economy

WASHINGTON, D.C. Two-thirds of employers (63 percent) say college graduates lack essential skills to succeed in today’s global economy, according to a new report by the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America’s Promise, or LEAP, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

January 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ex-Texas Southern President, Others To Be Tried Separately

Former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade and three ex-university employees indicted on charges of misspending hundreds of thousands of university dollars to furnish and landscape her home will be tried separately, a judge ruled Tuesday.

January 9, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Under Pressure To Steer Students Toward Four-year Schools

PHOENIX Officials at Maricopa Community Colleges are searching for ways to keep their students in class. Three-quarters of the college’s first-time, full-time students do not earn two-year degrees or certificates or transfer to universities within three years, according to The Arizona Republic.

January 8, 2007