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Faculty & Staff

Universities Are Slow To Reveal Links To Slavery

When Brown University released its landmark report on the institution’s connections to slavery in the fall of 2006, academics and reparations advocates across the country praised the institution, but few universities have followed Brown’s lead in examining their own history with slavery more than one year later.

November 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Dixie State College Ready to Surrender Name, Mascot

ST. GEORGE Utah Dixie State College is taking its first step to giving up its formal name and “Rebel” mascot as a condition of its affiliation with the University of Utah, which says its doesn’t want to be associated with stereotypes of the Old South.

November 19, 2007

Students

New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover

DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.

November 19, 2007

Students

Some Faculty Question NDSU Professor’s ‘Distinguished’ Status

FARGO N.D. Four of Tom Isern’s fellow professors at North Dakota State University are questioning whether he deserves a special award and the pay raise and title that goes with it.

November 18, 2007

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John H. Cross Jr., Pastor of Church Bombed in ’60s, Dies at 82

ATLANTA The Rev. John H. Cross Jr., who dug through the rubble of his Alabama church looking for survivors of a bombing, then presided over a funeral for some of the youngest victims of civil rights-era violence, has died. He was 82.

November 18, 2007

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Former S.C. Gov. Robert McNair, Who Took Heat for Deadly Race-related College Clash, Dies

COLUMBIA S.C. Former Gov. Robert E. McNair, who helped guide the state through a turbulent era of race relations, including the deadly clash between state troopers and black college students known as the Orangeburg Massacre, has died. He was 83.

November 18, 2007

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Judge Indicates He Will Open Trial of Jena 6’s Bell

JENA La. A state district judge filed papers Thursday indicating that he would open to the public the upcoming juvenile trial of one of the six black teenagers charged with beating a white classmate.

November 15, 2007

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Blanco Names University of Louisiana-Lafayette Professor Emeritus State Poet Laureate

BATON ROUGE La. Gov. Kathleen Blanco has named a professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette as the state’s next poet laureate.

November 15, 2007

STEM

Israeli School System Faces Strike

JERUSALEM Israeli parents aren’t having the usual trouble rousting their teenagers out of bed for school these days: Hundreds of thousands of secondary school students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom for more than a month as their teachers strike.

November 14, 2007

HBCUs

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

November 14, 2007

Students

No Place Like Home

Passed over for the chancellorship at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2005, Dr. J. Keith Motley is a classic example of “good things come to those who wait.”

November 14, 2007

HBCUs

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

November 14, 2007