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Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Dr. Shari Clarke has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. Previously, she was associate to the president at the University of Nebraska. Clarke earned a bachelor’s from Lane College, a master’s from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate in educational leadership and higher education from the […]

August 27, 2003

Leadership & Policy

The Price of Education

The Price of EducationBy Julianne Malveaux I can’t explain my eclectic reading habits, or my innate curiosity about all kinds of things. The combination of the two explains, perhaps, why I snatched Andrew Ward’s book about the Fisk Jubilee Singers off a sale table at a small bookstore, and devoured it on a cross-country flight […]

August 27, 2003

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Winston-Salem’s Fund-Raising Efforts Pay Off

Winston-Salem’s Fund-Raising Efforts Pay OffWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Winston-Salem State University’s fund-raising efforts have earned the school national recognition. The school’s division of university advancement recently won a 2003 CASE/Wealth ID Award for Exceptional Fund Raising. The award, which is issued by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), honors superior fund-raising programs across the nation. […]

August 27, 2003

Students

NAFEO Names First Class of Leadership Fellows

NAFEO Names First Class of Leadership Fellows SILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) has selected 13 outstanding faculty, from historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities, for its first class of Kellogg Leadership Fellows in the NAFEO National Leadership Institute. The institute is designed to train and develop the […]

August 27, 2003

Students

A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact.

A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact. By Ronald Roach There’s no doubt that the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board school desegregation case next year will generate much-needed discussion about the ongoing struggle over providing quality education for American children, especially for […]

August 13, 2003

Students

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business Commitment to faculty, students and fund raising brings Florida State dean early legacy of successBy Pearl Stewart Tallahassee, Fla. One morning about three years ago, Dr. Melvin Stith brushed past a student who seemed to need assistance in his outer office. When the dean of the Florida State University College of […]

July 2, 2003

Students

‘What Does it Take to Get There?’

‘What Does it Take to Get There?’… ‘A graduate degree,’ many conclude, as a weak job market has students flocking to graduate schools despite limited financial aidBy Page Melton Obra Hackett has a common-sense exercise for undergraduates weighing the choice between graduate school and a job. “Write the year 2023 on a piece of paper,” […]

July 2, 2003

HBCUs

Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored

Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored ATLANTA Four prominent African American alumni of historically Black colleges and universities were honored for their generous gifts to their alma maters last month during a ceremony at the Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta. Dr. Wendell Cox of Detroit, James E. Silcott of Los Angeles, Dr. Velma Speight-Buford of Greensboro, […]

June 18, 2003

Students

Benedict Raises $30 Million to Improve College

Benedict Raises $30 Million to Improve CollegeCOLUMBIA, S.C.Afirst for Benedict College, the South Carolina historically Black school recently completed a successful capital campaign, raising $30.1 million over six years. “We have attempted a few capital campaigns in the past, but none of our previous financial drives was as victorious as this campaign,” says Barbara C. […]

May 21, 2003

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Oprah, P&G Boost Morehouse, Tuskegee Fund-Raising Campaigns

Oprah, P&G Boost Morehouse, Tuskegee Fund-Raising Campaigns ATLANTAMorehouse College and Tuskegee University both edged closer to their fund-raising goals last month with single donations exceeding the $1 million mark. Oprah Winfrey will donate $5 million to Morehouse College, according to school officials. The talk show host’s pledge came as Morehouse launched its largest-ever fund-raising campaign, […]

March 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw University

Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw UniversityBy Eleanor Lee Yates RALEIGH, N.C.At a time when some historically Black colleges are making headlines for financial mismanagement and woes, Shaw University’s outgoing president is being remembered for daring to take the reins of a financially troubled institution and turn those troubles into opportunities.“Those were […]

March 12, 2003

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Certiport Donates Microsoft Certification Exams to UNCF

Certiport Donates Microsoft Certification Exams to UNCFBy Ronald Roach SALT LAKE CITYCertiport Inc., the worldwide administrator of the Microsoft Office Specialist program, has announced an in-kind gift of Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) valued at approximately $2 million. Help will be given to UNCF colleges and universities to […]

February 26, 2003