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Leadership & Policy
Women College Presidents Share Perspectives on Leadership
Women College Presidents Share Perspectives on Leadership WASHINGTONWomen college and university presidents and chancellors came together to discuss leadership and ways that women leaders can affect higher education at the American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) Fourth Women Presidents’ Summit last month in Washington. “The Summit enables women presidents and […]
July 17, 2002
Students
Changes to SAT I Sparks Disparity Debate
Changes to SAT I Sparks Disparity DebateFirst revision in eight years reintroduces the question of biasBy Gabrielle FinleyThe new changes to the SAT I test may create an even larger disparity in test scores among minority and majority students, says an advocacy organization for fair testing.However, Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which administers […]
July 17, 2002
Students
Filling the Budget GAP
Filling the Budget GAPUniversity administrators face tough choices as states cut deep into higher education budgetsBy Page Boinest Melton Norfolk State University President Marie McDemmond hoped this year to tackle the university’s student space shortage. Troubled that financial aid students spill out the doors of the administration building, and that admissions officers interview prospective students […]
June 19, 2002
Students
Research & Reality
Research & RealityMorgan State takes two-prong approach to stemming educational leadership deficit.BALTIMOREJuanita Eagleson, a former associate dean at Southeastern University in Washington, was in the midst of a  “career doldrums” when she heard that Dr. Howard Simmons, the former executive director of the Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, was […]
June 19, 2002
Leadership & Policy
Criticism of Howard University Hospital
Criticism of Howard University Hospital Residency Programs Raises QuestionsBy Cheryl D. FieldsWASHINGTONAn unfavorable assessment by the Accrediting Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the residency programs at Howard University Hospital has generated a flurry of activity, including a major story in the Washington Post and the subsequent reorganization of the oversight committee that manages […]
June 19, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Columbia Launches David N. Dinkins Archives, Oral History Project
Columbia Launches David N. Dinkins Archives, Oral History ProjectNEW YORKColumbia University has launched the David N. Dinkins Archives and Oral History Project, which will include an archive of Dinkins’ official and personal papers and correspondence, an oral history of Dinkins’ life, political philosophy and policy agenda, and a program initiative documenting the influences of Black […]
May 22, 2002
Students
MIT Professor Celebrates 60th Birthday With Scholarship Fund
MIT Professor Celebrates 60th Birthday With Scholarship Fund CAMBRIDGE, Mass.MIT professor Dr. Wesley L. Harris is a private person who prefers to celebrate birthdays quietly with his family, little fanfare, no fuss.When his 60th loomed last fall, his wife, Sandra, wanted to surprise him by doing something special. Her dilemma: What do you do for […]
May 8, 2002
Students
Scholarships to Aid Students With Drug Records
Scholarships to Aid Students With Drug RecordsWASHINGTONOpponents of a 1998 law that denies federal aid to thousands of college students with criminal drug records are trying to work around the law by offering financial help to those affected. A coalition of drug-law reform groups last month inaugurated a scholarship for those denied aid because of […]
April 24, 2002
Leadership & Policy
High Court Passes Up College’s Free Speech Case
High Court Passes Up College’s Free Speech CaseWASHINGTONLeaders of a Kentucky community college lost a free speech case that asked the Supreme Court if a college instructor had a constitutional right to use racial slurs in class as part of a discussion on hurtful communication. Complaints about the lesson cost the teacher his job, and […]
April 24, 2002
Students
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Elaine J. Copeland has been named president of Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill, S.C. Previously, she was acting president of the college. Copeland earned a bachelor’s degree from Livingstone College, master’s degrees from Winthrop University and the University of Illinois, and a doctorate from Oregon State University.Dr. Paul Killpatrick has been named […]
April 10, 2002
Students
Just Another Angry Black Man?
Just Another Angry Black Man?An open letter from Penn State faculty, staff and graduate students on Nolan Richardson’s firing     The only surprising thing about University of Arkansas head basketball coach Nolan Richardson’s so-called “eruption” at a press conference in February was that it took so long. While some attention has been paid to the ridiculously […]
April 10, 2002
Leadership & Policy
College Board Proposes SAT Overhaul
College Board Proposes SAT OverhaulBERKELEY, Calif.In a bid to avoid losing the University of California as a customer, the head of the College Board has proposed overhauling the SAT I test after university officials criticized the exam and announced they were considering dropping it as an admissions standard. Gaston Caperton, president of the New York-based […]
April 10, 2002
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