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Not Your Father’s Community College

Not Your Father’s Community CollegeNew programs, increased visibility boost two-year institutions’ appealBy Lydia LumPublic perception of community colleges has improved so much in the past two decades that they are no longer regarded as higher education’s last resort. Many two-year schools have increased the number and visibility of honors programs. They have signed deals with […]

June 16, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Doing More With Less

Doing More With LessDespite having fewer resources, HBCUs have outpaced majority institutions in producing Black professionals, but experts say strong leadership will be the key to their long-term survivalBy B. Denise HawkinsSince their founding in segregation, the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities have been studies in resourcefulness, contrasts, resoluteness, possibilities and miracles. But have […]

June 16, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Long Overdue

Long Overdue20th Anniversary Edition“After researching, analyzing and listening to the ‘pros’ from all sectors of higher education, it became obvious that this publication was long overdue,” wrote Frank L. Matthews and William E. Cox in their “Publisher’s Viewpoint” in March 1984. Black Issues In Higher Education was “this” publication. The magazine, which started out as […]

June 16, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Student Honored for Defense of Computer Network

Student Honored for Defense of Computer NetworkBOULDER, Colo.A University of Colorado at Boulder student named Student Employee of the Year was cited for special praise last month by university Chancellor Richard Bynny for his role in preventing the university’s network from being compromised by the invasive “Blaster” worm last fall. It took Davis Chen 36 […]

May 19, 2004

Leadership & Policy

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’Humphries out; Washington-based attorney to serve as interim presidentBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONCiting the need to “move into another direction with its leadership,” the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), at an April 26 board meeting, requested that its top officer, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, step […]

May 19, 2004

Leadership & Policy

False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing Scandal

False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing ScandalBATON ROUGE, La.A Southern University assistant registrar who sold grade changes for cash also allegedly manufactured entire academic transcripts for people who never enrolled on the Baton Rouge campus, according to an internal investigative report obtained by Black Issues In Higher Education. In an internal report, campus auditors […]

May 5, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Desmond Tutu Featured at CU-Boulder AIDS Symposium

Desmond Tutu Featured at CU-Boulder AIDS Symposium BOULDER, Colo.Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu kicked off a six-day “Stop the Silence” AIDS Symposium last month at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The former archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, was the keynote speaker of the symposium that included advocates and scholars from CU-Boulder and Harvard […]

April 21, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Grade-Changing Scandal Rocks Southern University

Grade-Changing Scandal Rocks Southern UniversityFormer assistant registrar’s illegal actions date back to 1995By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A massive grade-changing scandal is rocking Southern University’s campus, and may wind up in the revocation of some undergraduate and graduate degrees. In all, 541 students and former students have been implicated in an illegal grade-changing scandal masterminded by […]

April 21, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Achieving Unity Through Diversity

Achieving Unity Through DiversityFulbright conference addresses issues of discord, harmony in an increasingly multicultural United StatesBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONFulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Otelemate Harry has spent time on several college  campuses in the United States, but this year he is getting to know the East Coast. The linguistics scholar is in the middle of an 11-month […]

April 21, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Hampton University President to Lead National Board

Hampton University President to Lead National BoardHampton University President William R. Harvey was appointed as the chairman of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education by U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige late last month. Harvey’s three-year term begins immediately.“Dr. Harvey’s vast financial knowledge and excellent leadership ability will be valuable […]

April 21, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same Team

Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same TeamHigh expectations greeted Dr. Myles Brand when he became president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in January 2003. As the fourth president of the nation’s most powerful amateur sports organization, Brand has the distinction of being the first to have been a college president. As president […]

April 7, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse ATLANTAOprah Winfrey surprised Morehouse students and officials in February with a $5 million donation during the college’s 137th Founder’s Week celebration. Winfrey was awarded the first ever Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Humanitarian Service Award at a gala during the celebration and announced her donation during […]

April 7, 2004