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Specializing in the air – interview with Urban and Community Relations for American Airlines managing director Lou Phillips – Interview

As Managing Director of Urban and Community Relations for American Airlines, part of Laugh Phillips’s responsibilities include recruiting students for employment, developing the concept of ethnotourism, and building relations with Black colleges and universities. He recently sat down with Black Issues to discuss these and other aspects of specialization in the fastest growing industry in America.

July 11, 2007

Native Americans

Learning to live a warrior’s life: institute seeks to improve Native American education – National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Native American students often struggle academically at colleges and universities nationwide because the institutions are virtually foreign environments. As a result, says Pam Agoyo, director of the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education, half of the first-year Native American students who start college leave by the end of their first year.

July 11, 2007

Sports

A suggestion for college coaches: teach by example

While most will remember the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) men’s basketball Final Four Tournament for the University of Arizona’s improbable run to a national championship, the most significant collegiate sports event of that particular weekend occurred off the court.

July 11, 2007

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A Conversation With Cynthia E. Nance

Cynthia E. Nance was appointed last year as dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, joining a small but elite club of Black law school deans.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Business School Dean Holds Ohio State Reins For Now

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State’s acting president said the temporary nature of his job hasn’t stopped well-meaning alumni from offering suggestions.

July 10, 2007

Students

Pledging a brother, not intaking a “paper brother.”

The following story allegedly took place on a public historically Black college campus in Maryland last year. Because the tradition of pledging has been officially replaced by the National Pan-Hellenic Council with a “Membership Intake Process,” all forms of hazing have prohibited. The author signed a document promising not to be involved in any pledging activities. To avoid sanctions, he asked that his name not be given. The author is currently working on a master’s degree. Although the name Gamma Delta is used, it is not the real of the fraternity chapter involved.

July 10, 2007

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Resurrecting Fisk’s Race Relations Institute: with $4 million in grants, director Raymond Winbush says, “We’re going to do something old” – Fisk University

Since taking over Fisk University’s Race Relations Institute two years ago, Dr. Raymond Winbush has been aggressive about revitalizing the once-prominent institute and resuscitating its showpiece — an annual summer seminar which died sixteen years ago.

July 10, 2007

HBCUs

HBCUs getting up to speed on the information highway – historically Black colleges and universities – Cover Story

When Emma Bradford Perry arrived at Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge from Harvard four years ago to head up that school’s library, the first thing she did close the card catalog.

July 10, 2007

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Equal opportunity officers seek ways to defend against attacks on affirmative action – affirmative action loses political support

Houston Waning political support for affirmative action poses new obstacles for advocates and equal opportunity officers, leaders of the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) said here in April at their annual conference.

July 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Establishing a Real-World Credential

Community College of the Air Force to award 300,000th associate degree.

July 5, 2007

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NHTI to expand nursing program, alleviate nursing shortage

CONCORD N.H. A new building planned for New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord would expand the college’s in-demand nursing program and help alleviate the state’s nursing shortage, college officials say.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Honors college dean picked as new IU Bloomington provost

BLOOMINGTON Ind. An honors college dean has been picked to become the new provost of Indiana University’s Bloomington campus, officials announced Thursday.

July 4, 2007