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Leadership & Policy

Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters College

Oswald Bronson Named Interim President of Edward Waters CollegeJACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, who served 29 years as president of Bethune-Cookman College, was named last month as interim president of struggling   Edward Waters College. Bronson, 77, began work at the historically Black college and replaced former President Jimmy Jenkins, who resigned recently in the […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on Women

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on WomenBOSTONSaying he hoped to “turn heat into light” after the recent controversy over his remarks on women in science, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers recently announced the appointment of two faculty task forces on women and pledged to create a senior administrative position to support gender diversity.Summers […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal

Edward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Jimmy Jenkins, who was credited with turning around Edward Waters College, increasing its enrollment and its standards, resigned earlier this month after a plagiarism scandal cost the school its accreditation (see Black Issues, Dec. 30, 2004). The executive committee of the board […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Brown’s Family History

Brown’s Family HistoryFollowing are excerpts from the special report “Slavery, the Brown Family of Providence and Brown University”:Brown’s Family History”The histories of Brown University and the Brown family of Providence are complex and firmly intertwined. The family included both ardent abolitionists like Moses Brown and Nicholas Brown Jr. (after whom the University is named) and […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Teachable Moments

Teachable MomentsWhen protests erupted following the publication of an anti-reparations ad in a campus newspaper, Brown University President Ruth Simmons decided her community could benefit from taking a closer look at the university’s historical ties to slavery By Kendra HamiltonIt all started as a rather run-of-the-mill campus controversy over race and slavery: an anti-reparations ad […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

University of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on Campus

University of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on CampusEUGENE, Ore. Nearly 20 years after it was proposed, the University of Oregon has opened an American Indian longhouse, a community center traditional to many Native American peoples in the Pacific Northwest and around the country.The 3,000-square-foot building stands as a symbol of two generations of effort, […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National Trend

Arkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National TrendLITTLE ROCK, ARKArkansas had the fastest growth in college graduates from 2000 to 2003, but it lagged so far behind to begin with that it is still well below the national average, according to new U.S. Census estimates. Also, the percentage of Arkansans over age 25 […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education, College Rankings

Higher Education, College Rankings And Access for Lower-Income StudentsBy Dr. James T. Harris III The 20th century has been called the American Century, and one of its leitmotifs was the great leap forward for millions of Americans from poverty into the middle class. In the 1960s and 1970s, the implementation of the Higher Education Act […]

January 12, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Edward Waters Loses Accreditation After Plagiarism Scandal

Edward Waters Loses Accreditation After Plagiarism ScandalJACKSONVILLE, Fla.Edward Waters College has lost its accreditation two months after a plagiarism scandal at the historically Black college, say school officials. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools voted to drop Edward Waters from membership. Edward Waters President Jimmy Jenkins said school leaders […]

December 29, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Former Miami Dade Official to Lead FAMU as Interim President

Former Miami Dade Official to Lead FAMU as Interim PresidentMIAMIForsaking her promise of enjoying the fruits of retirement after 26 years as a Miami Dade College employee and most recently Medical Center Campus president, Dr. Castell Vaughn Bryant is back at doing what earned her a stellar reputation: she has been named interim president of […]

December 29, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Smithsonian Names Members of Council, Advisory

Smithsonian Names Members of Council, Advisory Committee for National African American History Museum WASHINGTON Dr. Michael L. LomaxH. Patrick SwygertThe Smithsonian Board of Regents, the institution’s governing body, named the members of the founding Council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in early December. The new museum will be the only […]

December 29, 2004

Students

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six Despite ‘Save Hefner’ campaigns, current president will leave post, but stay on as business professorBy Marlon A. WalkerNASHVILLE, Tenn. The search to replace outgoing Tennessee State University President James A. Hefner was narrowed to six candidates at the presidential search committee’s Dec. 13 meeting. The […]

December 29, 2004