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Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Jess Carreon was recently selected as the next president of Portland Community College in Portland, Ore. Previously, Carreon was the superintendent and president of the Rio Hondo Community College District in Whittier, Calif. Carreon earned a bachelor’s from San Diego State University, a master’s from the University of California at Irvine and a […]

July 18, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Commission Proposes Limits on College Sports

Commission Proposes Limits on College Sports WASHINGTONColleges with low graduation rates among athletes should be banned from postseason play, a commission said last month in chiding universities for putting too much emphasis on winning. Under the plan proposed by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, player uniforms would be stripped of corporate logos, and a […]

July 18, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Accrediting Agency Acts Against Grambling State University

Accrediting Agency Acts Against Grambling State UniversityGRAMBLING, La.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has taken punitive action against Grambling State University.At its summer meeting late last month in Portsmouth, Va., the SACS denied its reaffirmation of Grambling State University’s 10-year reaccreditation and placed the school on warning. “This is a very significant move by […]

July 18, 2001

Students

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action Case

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action CaseUT president says university will continue to search for ways to serve all of the state’s populationAUSTIN, TexasUniversity of Texas officials say they are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear their challenge to the Hopwood decision, but vowed to continue “vigorous efforts to enroll students […]

July 18, 2001

Students

Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year Students

Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year StudentsBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.For the most part, Louisiana’s community and technical college students have missed the state scholarship boat. Virtually all of the 36,000 students who cashed in this year on the state-funded Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, are attending four-year universities.To qualify, a student must […]

July 18, 2001

Students

Capital Campaigns

Capital CampaignsAs competition grows for philanthropic dollars, and federal and state funding decreases, colleges and universities are launching record-breaking capital campaigns. But do HBCUs face different fund-raising challenges than their White counterparts?By Eleanor Lee YatesHampton University recently set a record among historically Black colleges and universities by raising $200 million in a capital campaign that […]

July 4, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Ole Miss, MSU Could Help Jackson State in Fund-Raising Efforts

Ole Miss, MSU Could Help Jackson State in Fund-Raising Efforts JACKSON, Miss. A Jackson State University fund drive that the school hopes will be the largest ever may be receiving help from two of Mississippi’s majority White universities. Next year, Jackson State plans to announce what would be the school’s largest national capital campaign ever, […]

July 4, 2001

Students

It’s All About the Benjamins

It’s All About the BenjaminsColleges and universities, to their credit, are raising more money than ever. I must receive a few press releases a week from schools announcing either their record-breaking fund-raising results or that they are about to launch a capital campaign. For the average person, it is difficult to conceive that schools are […]

July 4, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Becoming Presidential Timber Is No Small Order

Becoming Presidential Timber Is No Small OrderOver 13 years ago, I was a member of the search committee to find a president for my institution. More than 100 candidates vied to become the anointed one. The pool of candidates was first reduced to 20, then to six for interview purposes. A comment that was made […]

June 20, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Earle V. Bryant, associate professor of English at the University of New Orleans, has been honored as a Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Fellow. The fellowship supports teaching and scholarly activities. Bryant earned a bachelor’s in English from Xavier University in New Orleans and a master’s and doctorate both in American Literature from […]

June 20, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Moving Toward A New Era

Moving Toward A New EraUniversity of Louisiana System’s incoming president seeks to get Grambling State back on track BY GARRY BOULARDGrambling, La.The incoming president of the University of Louisiana System, Dr. Sally Clausen, says getting historically Black Grambling State University back on track is at the top of her priority list.The university has long been […]

June 20, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Parting Words

Parting WordsOutgoing college presidents share thoughts about challenges facing HBCUs as well as the state of higher education.By Cheryl D. FieldsThe transition from spring to summer is one of higher education’s most exciting periods. It is a time when students who have toiled for years to achieve their academic goals finally get an opportunity to […]

June 20, 2001