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Law School Urged to Increase Admissions Standards

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions StandardsAmerican Bar Association concerned with Texas Southern University law school’s bar exam failure rate. By Lydia LumHOUSTONBased on an accreditation review, the American Bar Association (ABA) has criticized Texas Southern University’s law school, saying its students are “short-changed.” Among other things, the ABA said TSU officials enroll students “incapable” […]

August 29, 2001

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Tony Atwater has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Youngstown State University. Most recently, Atwater was dean of the College of Professional Studies and Education at Northern Kentucky University. Atwater earned a bachelor’s from Hampton University, a master’s from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a doctorate from […]

August 1, 2001

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UT-Dallas to Establish Sickle Cell Research Center

UT-Dallas to Establish Sickle Cell Research CenterDALLAS A new research center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will focus on finding a cure and better treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder affecting mostly Blacks.Dr. Steven Goodman, a nationally recognized sickle cell researcher, will be the director of UTD’s Sickle Cell Disease […]

July 18, 2001

Community Colleges

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsCarol Moseley Braun will join the Morris Brown College faculty as a visiting distinguished professor and scholar in residence. She recently served as ambassador to New Zealand and as a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois from 1992-1998. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a juris doctorate from the […]

July 4, 2001

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University of Pittsburgh’s New Dean Studies Black Dating Game

University of Pittsburgh’s New Dean Studies Black Dating GamePittsburgh One of the nation’s leading experts on the Black dating scene is now the University of Pittsburgh’s newest academic dean. Dr. Larry Davis, a professor and researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, will head Pitt’s School of Social Work beginning in August. Although he has […]

July 4, 2001

Recruitment & Retention

University of Kansas to Expand Minority Retention Program

University of Kansas to Expand Minority Retention Program LAWRENCE, Kan.Boasting an 85 percent retention rate, the University of Kansas is expanding its School of Business minority retention program across the entire university.The Multicultural Business Scholars Program was created to provide comprehensive mentoring and scholarship opportunities to students of color who were interested in becoming business […]

July 4, 2001

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The Black Male Research Agenda

The Black Male Research Agenda Scholars say research studying Black males is lagging in analysis, proposed solutions If a wide-ranging research enterprise can be said to exist around defining and proposing solutions for the social dilemmas of African American males, a number of prominent Black scholars and academic administrators can take credit for getting it […]

May 9, 2001

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Rap, Race and Reparations

Rap, Race and ReparationsFisk University’s Race Relations Institute is continuing its long legacy of involving itself in the day’s most pressing issues facing Blacks around the world. By David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.The news came in mid-December. Kemba Smith, the 23-year-old college student sentenced in 1995 on cocaine trafficking charges for her association with a drug-dealing boyfriend, […]

April 11, 2001

Students

Reinventing Howard’s Law School

Reinventing Howard’s Law SchoolDean Alice Gresham Bullock is determined to keep the nation’s oldest historically Black law school relevant to 21st century realities. By Gwendolyn GlennWASHINGTONWhen Alice Gresham Bullock was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 1997, beating out candidates such as Harvard University’s Charles Ogletree, not everyone was pleased. Some […]

April 11, 2001

Students

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsKamili Anderson has been appointed director of the Howard University Press. Formerly she was the associate editor at the Journal of Negro Education and a staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education. Anderson earned a bachelor’s in human nutrition and biochemistry from Howard University and is a graduate of the Howard University Press […]

February 28, 2001

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Finalists for Medill Dean Represent Diverse Backgrounds

Finalists for Medill Dean Represent Diverse BackgroundsEvanston, Ill.Ellis Cose and Laura Washington, two African American journalists, are reportedly among the four finalists for dean of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, according to the university’s campus newspaper The Daily Northwestern. However, the university declined to confirm the names of the candidates.Cose is an editor for Newsweek […]

January 31, 2001

Sports

Professional Appintments

Professional AppintmentsJimmy Arrington has been appointed assistant vice president of enrollment management at Delaware State University. Previously Arrington was director of admissions at Kentucky State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in education, focusing on student personnel services, guidance and counseling, from Tuskegee University. Herman R. Frazier has been […]

January 17, 2001