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Students

Grants & Awards

At Tuskegee University’s “Investment for the Future” conference (from left), University President Dr. Benjamin Payton; Dr. Woodrow Myers, director of Ford Motor Company’s Healthcare Management; Edsel B. Ford II; and Erroll Jackson, Ford liaison to Tuskegee.Tuskegee University has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Ford Motor Company. The grant which will be awarded […]

May 26, 1999

Students

University Clears Administrator Accused of Hazing

University Clears Administrator Accused of Hazing OXFORD, Pa. — A Lincoln University official accused by students of watching fraternity members haze pledges and doing nothing to stop it has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a university commission. Interim university President James Donaldson said earlier this month that the commission told him there was “insufficient […]

May 26, 1999

Students

Back from the Brink of Extinction

Back from the Brink of ExtinctionAfter surviving funding battles and a student insurrection, among other things, the nation’s premier Native American arts institute finally is getting a home of its ownBy William MacNeilIts federal funding was slashed by nearly half and nearly cut off completely. Enrollment plunged, roughly 60 percent of the faculty had to […]

May 12, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Texas Asks Court to Reconsider Hopwood

Texas Asks Court to Reconsider HopwoodAUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas, last month, asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its  Hopwood ruling, the decision that led to the elimination of affirmative action policies at the state’s public colleges and universities. “This case addresses one of the most important issues of […]

May 12, 1999