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Op-ed: The Birmingham News on Yvonne Kennedy

Bishop State’s controversial president is retiring at the end of the month, but now says she’ll be sticking around campus. What part of “leave” does she not understand?

July 12, 2007

Students

Wilson proud of Norfolk State’s “X” factor – Norfolk State University president Dr. Harrison B. Wilson

His grandfather on his father’s side was a tenacious Virginia slave Who fought in the Civil War, first for the Confederacy and the Union Army. His grandmother on his mother’s side was educated at Wilberforce University and taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Kentucky.

July 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Alabama School Board Votes to Accept Retirement of Kennedy and Rogers

MONTGOMERY Ala. The state school board voted Thursday to accept the retirement of Bishop State Community College President Yvonne Kennedy and Shelton State President Rick Rogers, despite calls for their firing over financial scandals on their campuses.

June 27, 2007

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Run silent, run cheap: the high price of not asking for salary equity

In today’s environment, white males are increasingly feeling as if they are being personally blamed for the fact that there is still a significant wage gap between whites and Blacks and men and women.

June 18, 2007

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Risk & reward: teleconference focuses on retirement plan needs of higher education professionals

WASHINGTON Whether retirement is rapidly approaching or an unimaginable distance down the career path, higher education professionals should act quickly and aggressively to understand and plan for their post-career financial needs.

June 17, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Retirement planning: the easy way

Retirement. A time to retreat from the troubles of the world to a life of rest and relaxation. Right? Well, not necessarily.

June 17, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Bishop State President on Hot Seat For Financial Aid Problems

For months, Dr. Yvonne Kennedy has sat on the searing presidential seat of Bishop Community College, the Mobile, Ala.-based historically Black institution that has been riddled with numerous scandals over the past four years.

June 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Howard University’s President Swygert To Retire

Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert announced on Friday his plans to retire effective June 30, 2008, the announcement coming just weeks after faculty members demanded he step down.

April 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Long-time Instructors Finally Get Benefits

BALTIMORE The Maryland Board of Regents has approved giving traditional benefits to long-term contractual lecturers. Some lecturers at Coppin State and Frostburg State universities weren’t even getting health insurance, even though they have been teaching for more than 10 years. The Baltimore Sun reported in December that nearly 300 full-time instructors were not eligible for retirement and other benefits.

April 16, 2007

Health

Research Roundup: You’re Fired, Call An Ambulance; Black Smokers; the Insulin-Resistant Race

Involuntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke; new research may explain why Black smokers are less successful than Whites at quitting the habit; Black women — even if their weight is normal — may be at increased risk for insulin resistance, a condition associated with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart vessel disease.

July 4, 2006

Students

Luminaries Honor Toni Morrison Before Retirement

A party for author Toni Morrison drew stars such as former President Bill Clinton and actor Morgan Freeman, as well as officials and students from Princeton University, where the author has taught for 17 years before announcing her retirement this spring.

May 29, 2006

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Parents Worry More About Paying

All those reports about the rising cost of a college education appear to be having an impact on the savings patterns of American families…

January 25, 2006