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Tag: Retirement: Page 15
HBCUs
Republican Congressman’s Retirement a Blow to HBCUs
Republican Congressman’s Retirement a Blow to HBCUsRep. J.C. Watts helped give Black colleges greater visibility, education leaders sayThe retirement of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., from Congress may have serious implications for historically Black colleges, according to education leaders.“Any time you have an African American retiring from Congress, it’s a loss,” says Dr. Clinton Bristow, president […]
July 31, 2002
HBCUs
Changing the Color of Wealth
Changing the Color of WealthNot long ago, a young woman, who was a senior at the Howard University business school, asked me what she should do about a $40,000 retirement plan she had accumulated while working for the federal government. She was planning to go to graduate school in Georgia, and wanted to know what […]
July 3, 2002
Leadership & Policy
UAB President Claims She Was Forced Out Because of Gender, Age
UAB President Claims She Was Forced Out Because of Gender, AgeBIRMINGHAM, Ala.Dr. Ann Reynolds claims in a federal discrimination complaint that she was forced out of the University of Alabama in Birmingham presidency because of her gender and age. She also claims she never received a serious retirement offer. A board of trustees spokeswoman has […]
May 8, 2002
Faculty & Staff
LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step Down
LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step DownMEMPHIS, Tenn.LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. George R. Johnson Jr. says, “it’s time to do something else,” and plans to step down this summer. Johnson, who didn’t elaborate on what he’ll do, has been at the helm of the private, historically Black college for six years. Lucille V. Smith, chairwoman […]
February 13, 2002
Leadership & Policy
Spelman College President Announces Retirement
Spelman College President Announces RetirementATLANTADr. Audrey Forbes Manley, the eighth president and the first alumna president of Spelman College, announced her retirement at a college convocation ceremony last month. “When I accepted this position of honor, I identified a number of goals for a five-year tenure that I believed would enhance our distinctive legacy of […]
November 7, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Parting Words
Parting WordsOutgoing college presidents share thoughts about challenges facing HBCUs as well as the state of higher education.By Cheryl D. FieldsThe transition from spring to summer is one of higher education’s most exciting periods. It is a time when students who have toiled for years to achieve their academic goals finally get an opportunity to […]
June 20, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Turning a New Page In History
Turning a New Page In HistoryI vividly recall the spring day nearly four years ago, when then executive editor of Black Issues In Higher Education, Karin Chenoweth, called looking for someone to write an article about retirement plans. At the time, I was new to Washington, D.C., and working as a freelance journalist. Though I […]
February 16, 2000
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