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Leadership & Policy

Grambling Welcomes Extended ‘Probation’ Status; Others Face Harsh Reality

Grambling Welcomes Extended ‘Probation’ Status; Others Face Harsh Reality BATON ROUGE, La.Troubled Grambling State University has shown enough progress in cleaning up its finances that the regional accrediting agency decided last month to extend its probation for another year. At the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ annual meeting in San Antonio, the agency’s executive […]

January 1, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents All of us can remember a professor that made a difference when we were in college. We remember both those professors we absolutely adored as well as those we loathed. Ironically, we learned important lifelong lessons from both. From the ones that were in our corner and supportive, we learned […]

January 1, 2003

Faculty & Staff

A Shared Responsibility

A Shared ResponsibilityBluefield State’s new president makes college’s success a community agendaBy Kendra Hamilton Dr. Albert L. Walker, the new president of Bluefield State College in Bluefield, W.Va., is a career educator. He has taught in public schools and institutions of higher education since 1967. Previously, he was vice chancellor for academic affairs and a […]

December 4, 2002

Students

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues ATLANTAAn attack on a student last month at Morehouse College led to talk around the campus about homophobia and a call from a national organization for the school to address the issue publicly. Sophomore Aaron Price was charged with aggravated assault for the baseball bat […]

December 4, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Western Michigan University President Makes Historic

Western Michigan University President Makes Historic Move to Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo.After several days of speculation and reports of a counteroffer, Dr. Elson S. Floyd became the University of Missouri’s first Black president last month. Floyd, who has served as president of Western Michigan University since 1998, will begin his new position Jan. 6. Prior to […]

December 4, 2002

Leadership & Policy

The Dilemma of the ‘Double Day’

The Dilemma of the ‘Double Day’ Although men are doing more, many women in higher education still find they have two domains – the university and the homeIt’s a new twist on an old theme. Men have done it for years — left their families temporarily so that they could pursue better opportunities. And now […]

November 20, 2002

Students

EDUCATION at Their Command

EDUCATION at Their Command Black leadership at National Defense University oversees education, training of top military, civilian officials. FORT McNAIR, WASHINGTON, D.C.Much has been written about Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice — two African American key players in the Bush administration’s “war on terror.” But there are other […]

November 6, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Former Baltimore Mayor to Head Howard University Law School

Former Baltimore Mayor to Head Howard University Law School AtlantaFormer Morris Brown College president Dr. Dolores Cross acknowledges that the school used $8 million in student financial aid to pay bills, but she says the U.S. Department of Education has overreacted in a review of financial practices at the college. “When the money came in, […]

November 6, 2002

Students

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the Future

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the FutureOfficials celebrate financial makeover, turn attention to other areas in need of reviewBy Scott DyerGRAMBLING, La.Grambling State University scored a major victory in its fight to remain accredited last month when the historically Black school received its first unqualified audit in five years.Accreditation by the Southern Association of […]

October 23, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy

Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy The U.S. Senate has another new bill to promote historic preservation at HBCUs — a plan with new provisions recommended by UNCF-The College Fund.The plan introduced by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is similar to other bills introduced this session but with additional provisions suggested by UNCF, congressional aides say. […]

October 23, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Instructional Technology Training Center Launched

Instructional Technology Training Center LaunchedLOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif.A regional instructional technology training center for teachers was dedicated earlier this month on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif. With the goal of bridging the digital divide, officials at Foothill College opened the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Made […]

September 25, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Campus and Community: An Enduring Relationship

Campus and Community: An Enduring RelationshipFrank Lloyd Wright once said, “No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.” Similarly, it’s neither realistic nor responsible for a university to believe it can […]

September 11, 2002