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Leadership & Policy

Alumnus Henry Ponder Named Acting President at Langston University

Outgoing Langston University President JoAnn Haysbert plans to take a position as executive vice president at Hampton University in Virginia in the spring.

September 5, 2011

Leadership & Policy

University of Central Arkansas President Resigns over Food Service Contract Flap

Allen Meadors is the second university president in past four years to leave Central Arkansas under pressure.

September 5, 2011

Leadership & Policy

A Conversation with Kentucky State University President Mary Sias

As chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities organization, Sias is charged with being one of the chief advocates for not only Kentucky State and the 17 other “1890s” land-grant HBCUs, but public land-grant institutions across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

Leadership & Policy

University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated

If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.

August 23, 2011

Leadership & Policy

New York’s Columbia College Dean Resigns

The first Black female dean of Columbia College in New York cited administrative changes that would diminish or limit her authority as the reason for her departure.

August 23, 2011

Leadership & Policy

University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated

If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.

August 22, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Black Scientists Lag Whites in Government Funding

Just 1.5 percent of NIH applicants were Black; the study shows when applications were rejected, Black researchers were less likely than Whites to revise their work and try again, suggesting a lack of mentoring.

August 21, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman Looking to Future

The new president of Haskell Indian Nations University said it’s time to move on from recent unrest at the school, and instead focus on providing more opportunities for its students.

August 7, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Chancellor Sees Challenges

New Southern Chancellor James Llorens, who has been on the job one week, said Thursday that declaring a state of financial emergency, called exigency, is a last-step resort, but it must remain on the table.

July 10, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Historically Black Concordia College-Selma Regains Favorable Accreditation Status

Last month’s reaccreditation announcement capped what many involved described as a gut-wrenching three years of uncertainty at Concordia, a small Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod supported college in the middle of Alabama’s Baptist dominated Black Belt.

July 4, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Report: Merging N.C. Community Colleges Would Save Millions

North Carolina’s community colleges could save about $5 million a year by folding administration and back-office work at the smallest campuses into larger neighbors, a legislative efficiency report released Tuesday said.

June 29, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Audit Says $1 Million Diverted from North Carolina Central University Program

The ex-director of a program based at N.C. Central University designed to reduce the achievement gap appears to have skimmed more than $1 million in program funds and used nearly $290,000 for her personal use, according to a state audit Tuesday that referred the case to prosecutors.

June 28, 2011