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Leadership & Policy

Presidential Searches: Taking Risks

Presidential Searches: Taking Risks And Reaping Rewards  Ask any executive search firm, chair of a presidential search committee or chair of a board of trustees to name the most important quality, attribute or skill needed for today’s college president and if honestly given, the answer will be “the ability to raise money.” They will give […]

October 20, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Ohio University Launches Urban Scholars Program

Ohio University Launches Urban Scholars ProgramATHENS, OHIOOhio University President Roderick J. McDavis recently announced the creation of the Urban Scholars Program —   designed to increase the university’s diversity by enhancing opportunities for Ohio’s urban high school students to enroll and succeed at Ohio University. The program will provide scholarship support for graduates of urban school […]

October 6, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Texas Southern Names Communications School

Texas Southern Names Communications School For Talk Show Host Tavis SmileyHOUSTONTexas Southern University unveiled a new building housing its school of communications in September, renaming the school for talk show host Tavis Smiley. University President Priscilla Slade said the center will house all communications, journalism, speech and telecommunications programs at the historically Black university. Slade […]

October 6, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Utah College Whistleblowers File Lawsuit

Utah College Whistleblowers File LawsuitSALT LAKE CITYTwo women who uncovered spending problems at Salt Lake Community College are now suing the school, claiming they were victims of retaliation.Christine Martin and Nancy Grissetti filed the civil lawsuit, seeking compensatory damages, including back pay and an injunction to end any further alleged retaliation.Martin claims to have been […]

September 22, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Minority Test Takers Make Significant Gains on SAT

Minority Test Takers Make Significant Gains on SATBut achievement gap between White, minority students persists By Cassie ChewWASHINGTONAmong the record 1.4 million college-bound students in the class of 2004 who took the SAT, another record number of these SAT takers, 37 percent, were minority students, the College Board said in its annual report of SAT […]

September 22, 2004

Leadership & Policy

An Insider Moves Front & Center

An Insider Moves Front & CenterBy Ronald RoachLezli Baskerville is no stranger to the ways of Washington. As the fifth president and the first woman to head the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Baskerville brings more than two decades of Washington-based advocacy and legal experience to the task of representing the […]

September 8, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Brave New Leadership

Brave New LeadershipWith community college presidents retiring left and right, what’s an open-access institution to do? Leadership programs just might be the answerAs community colleges grapple with some of the most pressing issues they’ve ever faced — teacher shortages, swelling enrollments and budget cuts, to name a few — those at the helm of the […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Cracking the ‘Cement Wall’ To the College Presidency

Cracking the ‘Cement Wall’ To the College PresidencyBy Kendra Hamilton Millennium Leadership Initiative prepares minority higher education professionals for the administrative ranks     Dr. Livingston Alexander is finishing an “exhilarating” first year as president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He thanks the Millennium Leadership Institute. Dr. Gregory Williams, in his third year at the helm […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

CSU-Stanislaus President Marvalene Hughes to Retire

CSU-Stanislaus President Marvalene Hughes to RetireTURLOCK, Calif.Dr. Marvalene Hughes, president of California State University-Stanislaus the past 10 years, will retire this month but stay on as interim president during 2004-2005 to continue the forward progress of the university. “Marvalene is an outstanding leader in American higher education, not only in this state,” said California State […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

In Not So Good Company

In Not So Good CompanyAnother HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head onBy Tracie PowellCONCORD, N.C.It’s not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Calling All Leaders

Calling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Gathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do Now

Gathering at the River: What Black Colleges Should Do Now Dr. M. Christopher Brown IIAnother verdict has come in from the now infamous Southern Association of Colleges and Schools — the accreditation of Barber-Scotia College has been rescinded. The language of the letter and the media reports are eerily reminiscent of both Morris Brown and […]

August 25, 2004