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Students

Education Department Takes Steps to Curb Identity Theft Among Students

Education Department Takes Steps to Curb Identity Theft Among StudentsU.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige urged college students to be aware of the growing problem of identity theft, and announced recently several action steps the Department of Education is taking to help combat this problem. Paige made the announcement at a December press conference held […]

December 31, 2003

Leadership & Policy

A Year in Review: Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten                  Dr. John Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died in August. Ogbu is known for his work that attempted to understand how race and ethnic differences played out in educational and economic achievement. His most […]

December 17, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Singer Ray Charles Donates $1 Million To Dillard University

Singer Ray Charles Donates $1 Million To Dillard UniversityNEW ORLEANSSinger Ray Charles donated $1 million to Dillard University last month to create an endowed chair and program in African American material culture.The program will be designed to study music, food and other African American traditions. It will involve preserving recipes, music and folklore handed down […]

December 3, 2003

Leadership & Policy

On New Ground – DR. Elson S. Floyd

DR. Elson S. FloydPresident, University of Missouri systemEducation: Ph.D., Higher and Adult Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Master of Education, Adult Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Speech, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill In early October, Black Issues caught up with Dr. Elson S. Floyd in Kansas City, […]

November 19, 2003

Leadership & Policy

On New Ground

On New GroundVeteran higher education leaders bring expertise and vision to two large public universities in the MidwestBy Ronald RoachThe 2003 Careers edition of Black Issues In Higher Education shines the spotlight on two of American higher education’s newest chief executives of multicampus universities in the Midwest. Breaking new ground as the first African American […]

November 19, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Another Untimely Departure

Another Untimely Departure Fisk University president’s abrupt resignation springs yet another leadership crisis for the HBCU  By David Hefner  NASHVILLE, Tenn.It’s déjà vu all over again at Fisk University with the untimely departure of another president who is leaving behind a financially depressed school with no stability at the helm and no assurances in sight.Last […]

November 19, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little Wider

Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little WiderIn our cover story in this year’s special report on careers in higher education, senior writer Ronald Roach conducts interviews with newly appointed presidents Dr. Adam Herbert and Dr. Elson Floyd of Indiana University and the University of Missouri system respectively. These are both significant appointments — […]

November 19, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Bennett College Inaugurates President After 15 Months in Office

Bennett College Inaugurates President After 15 Months in OfficeGREENSBORO, N.C.Dr. Johnnetta Cole, credited with rescuing Bennett College from a possible closure, was inaugurated as president of the college last month.Cole arrived at Bennett in July 2002. But she postponed her inauguration until the college could clear up Bennett’s standing with the Southern Association of Colleges […]

November 5, 2003

Leadership & Policy

UNCF Leader to Step Down After 12 Years at the Helm

UNCF Leader to Step Down After 12 Years at the HelmATLANTAAfter more than two decades as president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, Dr. William H. Gray will retire in March, at the end of the organization’s fiscal year.Gray, 62, made his announcement earlier this month at the fall meeting of UNCF’s 39 […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Duke Still Struggles With Providing Equitable Environment, Study Finds

Duke Still Struggles With Providing Equitable Environment, Study FindsDURHAM, N.C.A yearlong study of the status of women at Duke University has found that students, faculty, staff and graduates continue to face lingering stereotypes and prejudicial expectations about what they can accomplish.The Women’s Initiative Steering Committee report, released last month, offers an in-depth, and sometimes troubling, […]

October 22, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Changing Frequency

Changing Frequency Newly formatted Black college radio stations work to jazz up their image, while serving campus and community NASHVILLE, Tenn.Before Fisk University’s radio station recently began using the tagline “Smooth Side Up” to refer to its new smooth jazz format, the station’s broadcasting image was upside down. At best, it played a hodgepodge of […]

October 8, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Diversity in Print

Diversity in PrintWhat Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher EducationBy Frank W. Hale Jr. (ed.); Foreword by William E. KirwanStylus Publishing, July 2003, 320 pp., $59.95 cloth, ISBN I-57922-066-5;$23.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-067-3Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., known for his pioneering efforts in establishing Ohio State University as one of the top producers of African American […]

September 24, 2003