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Community Colleges

Riley House Receives Collection of Abolitionist Papers

Riley House Receives Collection of Abolitionist PapersTALLAHASSEE, Fla. The John G. Riley Center/ Museum of African American History and Culture formally received a nationally significant collection of Black abolitionist papers last month at Tallahassee Community College Library. The collection, which will be housed at Tallahassee Community College (TCC), contains documents including editorials, sermons, speeches, letters […]

October 6, 2004

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University of Kansas Doctoral Student Researches ‘Dean Of African American Painters’

University of Kansas Doctoral Student Researches ‘Dean Of African American Painters’LAWRENCE, Kan.A  University of Kansas doctoral student is unraveling the story of Aaron Douglas, the Kansas-born artist who was known as “the dean of African-American painters” in the 1920s and 1930s. Douglas died at age 79 in 1979 in Nashville, Tenn., where he had taught […]

September 22, 2004

Students

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida College

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida CollegeIn what appears to be retaliation for speaking out, five Edward Waters College administrators are abruptly terminated BY PEARL STEWARTJonathan Glenn, a college freshman with a 3.7 GPA, wrote an article for his journalism class last April complaining about the lack of campus security. Within hours of submitting the […]

August 25, 2004

Students

Hampton Journalism School Lands Tony Brown

Hampton Journalism School Lands Tony BrownBrown named dean following resignation of Christopher CampbellBy Ronald Roach    HAMPTON, Va.Still reeling from the controversy over the fall 2003 confiscation of student newspapers by its then acting president and provost, Hampton University has named TV journalist and best-selling author Tony Brown as dean of the Hampton University Scripps Howard […]

August 11, 2004

Students

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet HomeCongressional Black Caucus initiative leads HBCU, community college students down the road to homeownershipBy Cassie ChewWhen students graduate from college, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) wants to make sure they hold the keys to economic success. And one of those keys, the CBCF says, should unlock the door to their own home. […]

August 11, 2004

Faculty & Staff

College of Charleston Law School to Open in August

College of Charleston Law School to Open in AugustCOLUMBIA, S.C. The Charleston School of Law can begin offering classes in August now that the state Commission on Higher Education has issued the school a license. The 13-member commission unanimously approved the fall opening of the private law school. Dean Richard Gershon said the school has […]

July 28, 2004

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Joy Gates Black has been appointed dean of student affairs at San Antonio College in Texas, effective Aug. 18. Currently, she is dean of equity and diversity at Los Angeles City College. Black earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree at Cambridge College, and a doctorate from Pepperdine University.Dr. Wanda Colston has been […]

July 16, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Back in theTrenches

Back in theTrenchesDr. Nannerl Overholser Keohane became Duke University’s eighth president when she arrived on campus in July 1993. She also became the university’s first female president. And after 11 years of leading the 12,000-student campus in Durham, N.C., Keohane is stepping down this month to return to teaching and research. Keohane has been called […]

June 30, 2004

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In Memoriam

Walter H. Annenberg — businessman; statesman; publisher; philanthropist, The Annenberg FoundationArthur Ashe — tennis legend; educator; social activist; organizer, Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid Dr. Marguerite Ross Barnett — educator; political scientist; administrator; first woman and first African American president, University of Houston Dr. Ernest Boyer Sr. — educator; scholar; president, Carnegie Foundation for the […]

June 16, 2004

Leadership & Policy

In Their Own Words

In Their Own WordsQ: Research has shown that women don’t forge the aspiration to become a college president as early as men do. When did you realize you were on the path to top leadership? Dr. Johnnetta Cole“I knew quite early what leadership was and that I would become a leader, and that’s because I […]

June 16, 2004

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50 Years Later:

50 Years Later:Can current education policy finish the work started with Brown?By Karin ChenowethBlack Issues In Higher Education first started publishing a year after the 1983 “A Nation at Risk” report shocked many into taking seriously the sorry nature of elementary and secondary education in this country. The report’s dire warnings of a “rising tide […]

June 16, 2004

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Once-Barred Student Emerges as UT Presidential Candidate

Once-Barred Student Emerges as UT Presidential Candidate KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dr. Kenneth Olden couldn’t get into the University of Tennessee when he graduated from high school in the 1950s because of the color of his skin. Today, a little less than 50 years later, UT is getting another chance. Olden, who rose from poverty to become […]

April 21, 2004