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Leadership & Policy

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse

Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million Donation to Morehouse ATLANTAOprah Winfrey surprised Morehouse students and officials in February with a $5 million donation during the college’s 137th Founder’s Week celebration. Winfrey was awarded the first ever Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Humanitarian Service Award at a gala during the celebration and announced her donation during […]

April 7, 2004

African-American

The Many Faces of Bias

The Many Faces of BiasBy Julianne Malveaux If 2002 did nothing else, it provided those who teach African American studies with scores of “teachable moments” about race, class, gender, history and intersectionality. The year-end flap about Sen. Trent Lott’s hankering back to the good old days of segregation could easily take up hours of conversation, […]

January 15, 2003

Students

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues ATLANTAAn attack on a student last month at Morehouse College led to talk around the campus about homophobia and a call from a national organization for the school to address the issue publicly. Sophomore Aaron Price was charged with aggravated assault for the baseball bat […]

December 4, 2002

HBCUs

‘Choosing Spelman’

‘Choosing Spelman’College’s ninth president sees intersection between the school’s values and her life’s work.Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum took over the reigns of Spelman College as its ninth president in August. “It just felt like this was what I was supposed to do,” Tatum says about heading Atlanta’s historically Black college for women. Author of Why […]

October 9, 2002

Military

Fifty Female Cadets Report To The Citadel

Fifty Female Cadets Report To The CitadelCHARLESTON, S.C.This year 50 women were among those reporting to The Citadel last month. It is the largest class of freshmen women to enroll at the state military college. The cadet corps of about 1,950 will have a total of about 125 women, or about 6 percent of the […]

September 11, 2002

Home

Surviving The Citadel

Surviving The CitadelFirst African American female graduates of the military college share their sense of accomplishment, struggles    By Linda Meggett Brown  CHARLESTON, S.C. They had different backgrounds and cultural experiences when they arrived at The Citadel for the biggest challenge of their lives — surviving the indoctrination of first-year students called knobs.Reasons for enlisting in […]

May 22, 2002

African-American

A Second Calling

A Second CallingDr. Johnnetta Cole to lead all-female Bennett CollegeBy Allison ForemanGREENSBORO, N.C.Troubled Bennett College received some new hope last month when it named Dr. Johnnetta Cole as its new president. Cole, best known for her 10 years as president of Spelman College, will step into her new post July 15. She will replace Interim […]

May 22, 2002

HBCUs

Calling on the Black Community’s Best and Brightest

Calling on the Black Community’s Best and BrightestI was one of those people who associate editor Robin Smiles in her article “Race Matters in Health Care” says “yawned” when the Institute of Medicine released its report recently, which documented that minorities, regardless of income, education and access, were discriminated against in health care. I thought […]

May 22, 2002

Students

Lack of Board’s Support Prompts Bennett President to Resign

Lack of Board’s Support Prompts Bennett President to Resign Board selects retired university administrator to serve as interim presidentBy Allison ForemanGREENSBORO, N.C.After less than a year on the job, Dr. Althia Collins is resigning her post as president of historically Black Bennett College, a small, all-women’s school in Greensboro, N.C.Collins says she’s leaving this June […]

February 13, 2002

Students

Young Black Men Speak on College & Life

Young Black Men Speak on College & LifeBlack Issues In Higher Education talks to four young Black men who are currently attending college at campuses across the United States. Their educational, family and cultural backgrounds are diverse but their desire to advance themselves with a college education places them on a common mission. By Ronald […]

May 9, 2001

Students

New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT

New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Many stories about life as one of the few Black students at MIT are recounted in longtime professor Clarence Williams’ new book, Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999 (MIT Press, $37.95). The 1,042-page book is a look at racial issues […]

March 28, 2001

Recruitment & Retention

Staying Power: Colleges Work to Improve Retention Rates

Staying Power: Colleges Work to Improve Retention RatesBy Hilary HurdHAMPTON, Va.T wo years ago, Wilbur Powell was a first-semester freshman. He slept too much, watched too much TV and was not excited about the classes he was taking. By the end of the semester, he had a 1.3 grade-point average. Rudea Downs also was a […]

October 25, 2000