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Leadership & Policy

Grambling’s Accreditation Dilemma to Come Down To the Deadline

Grambling’s Accreditation Dilemma to Come Down To the DeadlineBATON ROUGE, La.Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle said last month he will not know until the deadline time of mid-September if a Grambling University financial audit will pass muster, thus saving the school’s accreditation.“Today, I have no better idea of what the outcome will be. It won’t be […]

September 11, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Marcia Y. Cantarella has been named vice president of student affairs at Audrey Cohen College in New York City. Most recently, Cantarella was an assistant dean at Princeton University. Cantarella earned a bachelor’s degree in political studies from Bryn Mawr College, and both a master’s and a doctorate in American Studies from New […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: A Leader for the Long Haul

A Leader for the Long HaulDr. Luns RichardsonMorris CollegeDr. Luns Richardson is reluctant to consider himself a sage, but when it comes to institutional transformation, his higher education story merits recognition. Compared to the others featured in this series — all who have been at their posts for less than 20 years — Richardson is […]

August 28, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: ‘Plugged in’ in the Piedmont

‘Plugged in’ in the PiedmontDr. Dorothy Cowser YancyJohnson C. Smith UniversityIt takes a lot of personal energy to be a college president, especially when one’s goal is to achieve more than the status quo. Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy has always been known as someone with energy to spare. As the president of Johnson C. Smith University, […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: Waking up a Sleepy Campus

Waking up a Sleepy CampusDr. David G. CarterEastern Connecticut State UniversitySometimes, the plans you don’t make lead to the greatest opportunities. Such has been the experience of Dr. David George Carter, president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Carter, who spent the early stages of his career as a K-12, public school administrator in Dayton, Ohio, […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: An Alum to the Rescue

An Alum to the RescueDr. Henry Nehemiah Tisdale Claflin UniversityWhen Dr. Henry Nehemiah Tisdale assumed the presidency of Claflin University in 1994, the small historically Black institution had an unremarkable reputation. Founded in 1869 with the help of Methodist missionaries, Claflin is the oldest HBCU in the state of South Carolina. During its first century, it […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-AroundVision, leadership and old-fashioned hard work help troubled schools reboundBy Cheryl D. FieldsIn today’s competitive higher education market, where institutions are struggling to balance the demands of tightening budgets, expanding technology needs, burgeoning enrollments and salary crunches, presidents who have a knack for turning water into wine are a sought-after lot. […]

August 28, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Wait Until This Year

Wait Until This YearThe enduring quality of higher education is that each year about this time, as we kick off the academic season, we all get a chance to start over again. Whether it be the freshman who got into college by the skin of his or her teeth, the seasoned faculty sage or the […]

August 28, 2002

Students

Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial Aid

Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial AidMany high-achieving students still unable to afford a college educationLow-income, high-achieving students face tremendous barriers to success in college, largely due to limited financial aid funds, representatives of Black and Hispanic colleges told Congress last month.“Let me be very clear — adequate student financial assistance is fundamentally […]

August 14, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Harvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’

Harvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers announced recently that Harvard University is participating in the “Scholars at Risk Network” and has selected its first two visiting fellows, Dr. Mehrangiz Kar and Dr. Wolde Mesfin, for the academic year 2002-03. “In the 1930s, certain institutions stepped forward and […]

July 31, 2002

Leadership & Policy

The Living Legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The Living Legacy of Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesI recently had the honor of speaking to this year’s graduates of Hampton University at the school’s 134th commencement exercises. As a 1970 Hampton alumnus and president for the past 10 years of a predominantly White university, I have gained valuable perspective on what leaders of universities […]

July 17, 2002

Leadership & Policy

State Leaders Convene to Address College Alcohol Problems

State Leaders Convene to Address College Alcohol ProblemsDENVERRepresentatives from 39 states gathered in Denver last month for the fourth annual Statewide Initiatives Leadership Institute, a four-day event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention to address how comprehensive regional efforts can curb college student underage and […]

July 17, 2002