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Leadership & Policy

Conference: College Leaders Highlight Challenges, Role of Diversity During School Transformations

In Phoenix at the American Council on Education’s annual conference, university presidents spoke Monday about experiences with transforming their universities and the challenges that came with change.

March 8, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Two-year College Officials Plan for Disasters

The Alabama Community College System held the Introduction to Vulnerability exercise last Wednesday to identify and plug holes in disaster plans for the schools and their communities. The longtime goal tragically was made timely after last month’s deadly shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

March 8, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Women Leaders Honored at ACE Meeting

The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix.

March 7, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Tavis Smiley, Chicago State University Preparing to Host Black Agenda Meeting

Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a “Black agenda.”

March 3, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana’s Historically Black University System Nearing Selection of New Leader

Aiming to choose a new leader by mid-April, the Southern University system presidential search committee co-chairmen said they plan to narrow a field of 13 candidates this week and begin interviews this month

March 1, 2010

Students

UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History

The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.

February 18, 2010

Students

Students Complained About Alabama Professor Charged in Deadly Rampage

After Amy Bishop’s arrest on charges of shooting to death three colleagues during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, student complaints add to the picture that has emerged of her as a talented  but erratic figure.

February 17, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Professor in Slayings Shot Victims Methodically, Survivor Says

A professor who survived a deadly university shooting rampage said the colleague charged in the attack methodically shot her victims in the head until the gun apparently jammed and she was pushed out of the room.

February 16, 2010

Leadership & Policy

ACLU Accuses Calif. Instructor of Religion Lessons

An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.

February 9, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Miss. HBCU Merger Proposal Halted; JSU President Faces Scrutiny

Public discussion in Mississippi has now moved from merging the three HBCUs to how to adequately fund them and, more recently, what the future holds for Jackson State President Ronald Mason.

February 3, 2010

Leadership & Policy

JSU President Defends Black College ‘Unity’ Plan

Jackson State University (JSU) President Dr. Ronald Mason has received a sharp rebuke from Black lawmakers and supporters of historically Black colleges and universities over his proposal to unite JSU with the state’s other two historically Black universities.

January 31, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Minority Male Plight Demands Broad U.S. Action, College Board Says

A College Board report highlighting the “overwhelming barriers” U.S. minority males confront in becoming educated and productive citizens.

January 26, 2010