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Leadership & Policy

John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor

John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor AMHERST, Mass. University of Massachusetts English professor John Edgar Wideman has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by University President William M. Bulger.The appointment is given by the Board of Trustees of the UMass system to professors who have brought great recognition to the UMass system. Currently 17 professors at […]

February 28, 2001

Students

Student Deaths Shake Up College Campuses

Student Deaths Shake Up College CampusesBy Linda Meggett BrownOrangeburg, S.C.Acelebration to honor the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Jan. 15, turned tragic at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., when a freshman student was gunned down on campus.Philip Lee Jr., 20, of Newark, N.J., was shot in the back of […]

February 14, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]

January 31, 2001

Students

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]

January 31, 2001

Leadership & Policy

New ACE Survey Has Good News, Bad News for College and University Presidents

New ACE Survey Has Good News, Bad News for College and University PresidentsWashingtonThe American Council on Education’s recent national public opinion poll on higher education policy produced good news and some bad news for college presidents.On the positive side, Americans continue to place high value on a college education and overwhelmingly believe that U.S. colleges […]

January 31, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Sustaining a Year-Round Commitment

Sustaining a Year-Round CommitmentP eople often joke that February — the shortest month of the year — is Black history month. I, however, am among those who recall the Februarys of my childhood and adolescence as a month that African Americans looked forward to, regardless of its abbreviated status. February was our month, when TV […]

January 31, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Auditor Delivers Blast of Bad News to Historically Black Universities

Louisiana Auditor Delivers Blast of Bad News to Historically Black UniversitiesBy Scott DyerGrambling, La.Louisiana Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle gave this state’s two biggest historically Black universities a double-barreled blast of bad news only days before Christmas.Grambling State University’s accreditation and the future of its president, Dr. Steve Favors, were thrown into uncertainty when Kyle issued […]

January 17, 2001

Students

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Battle Lines Drawn Over Clinton’s Appointment of Black Judge to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

Battle Lines Drawn Over Clinton’s Appointment of Black Judge to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals WashingtonP resident Clinton late last month appointed Virginia lawyer Roger Gregory to the all-White 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.And it didn’t take long for conservative members of the U.S. Senate to undertake the task of keeping the […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Kentucky State President Sues Newspaper

Kentucky State President Sues NewspaperFrankfort, KyKentucky State University president, Dr. Frank Reid, filed a lawsuit recently against a Frankfort daily newspaper The State Journal, claiming he has been defamed by the news-paper’s reporting of charges he faked some of his academic credentials.According to Reid’s attorney, Thomas E. Clay, the defamatory information, from a report that […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Southern U. Agriculture Program Could Get Millions in Settlement Dollars

Southern U. Agriculture Program Could Get Millions in Settlement DollarsBaton Rouge, La. Southern University would get millions of dollars in extra state funding for agriculture over the next five years as part of a proposed desegregation settlement with Louisiana State University. The proposed pact resolves “land grant” issues related to LSU and Southern’s agricultural arms […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse College Aims to Provide Global Experience for Students

Morehouse College Aims to Provide Global Experience for StudentsAtlanta A push toward globalism is bringing students from all over the world to Morehouse College. The school has stepped up recruitment of international students and is providing more opportunities for students at the Atlanta campus to study abroad, college president Dr. Walter E. Massey says. “We’re […]

January 17, 2001