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HBCUs

Grants & Awards

Albright College (Pa.) received a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to purchase safety and security equipment for the campus. The new equipment includes a portable radio and radio control station that provides campus police officers with wider radio access. The college has also purchased a portable metal detector that […]

November 2, 2005

HBCUs

Hurricane Puts Louisiana Higher Ed Leadership to the Test

For decades three historically Black colleges and universities have called New Orleans home.

October 5, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Penn State Black Caucus Calls School’s Response to Racism ‘Halfhearted’

Penn State Black Caucus Calls School’s Response to Racism ‘Halfhearted’STATE COLLEGE, Pa. The Penn State Black Caucus called on students, administrators and university President Graham Spanier to assure the safety of minorities on campus and claimed the school takes a halfhearted approach to racial tensions.“This is about students’ rights, students’ welfare,” caucus President Ed Smith […]

March 23, 2005

Students

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida College

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida CollegeIn what appears to be retaliation for speaking out, five Edward Waters College administrators are abruptly terminated BY PEARL STEWARTJonathan Glenn, a college freshman with a 3.7 GPA, wrote an article for his journalism class last April complaining about the lack of campus security. Within hours of submitting the […]

August 25, 2004

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Federal Ruling Says Colleges and Universities Can’t Silence Rape Victims

Federal Ruling Says Colleges and Universities Can’t Silence Rape VictimsKING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.As millions of college students prepare to go back to school in the next few weeks, campus crime victim advocates are hailing a landmark federal ruling that will help improve safety on college and university campuses across the country. In last month’s ruling […]

August 25, 2004

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From Kobe Bryant to Campus Rape

From Kobe Bryant to Campus RapeNobody knows what happened between L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and his Colorado accuser, but everybody with half of an opinion knows that public attention around this case is not just about what happened between the two of them. To be sure, Bryant was a $45 million “good guy” athlete whose […]

May 5, 2004

Students

The Best-Kept Secret: Crime on Campus

The Best-Kept Secret: Crime on CampusIn Indiana, a Ball State University student’s lifeless, bullet-riddled body is discovered at dawn, wedged between the seats of his car. A 19-year-old Iowa student is stabbed to death in plain sight in a campus-dining hall at the Maharishi University. A Fort Hays college freshman is savagely beaten just off […]

May 5, 2004

Leadership & Policy

False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing Scandal

False Transcripts Add to Southern University Grade-Changing ScandalBATON ROUGE, La.A Southern University assistant registrar who sold grade changes for cash also allegedly manufactured entire academic transcripts for people who never enrolled on the Baton Rouge campus, according to an internal investigative report obtained by Black Issues In Higher Education. In an internal report, campus auditors […]

May 5, 2004

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‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’It is no surprise that college campuses, as microcosms of society, have become prey to the increased violence in our world. However, it is extremely disturbing to hear the stories of young students attacked, assaulted, raped, and even killed while matriculating at institutions of higher learning, once considered one […]

May 5, 2004

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Louisville President Increasing Security After Klan Activity on Campus

Louisville President Increasing Security After Klan Activity on Campus LOUISVILLE, Ky.University of Louisville President James Ramsey told a closed-door campus meeting earlier this month about efforts to increase safety in the wake of Ku Klux Klan flier distributions. While Ramsey admitted he does not want the Klan on campus, he said his understanding of the […]

March 24, 2004

African-American

U of Texas Panel Suggests Ways to Soothe Racial Tensions

U of Texas Panel Suggests Ways to Soothe Racial TensionsHOUSTONA University of Texas panel seeking to end racial tensions on campus has recommended the university require sensitivity training for campus police and hire an administrator to promote campus diversity. The 15-member task force, made up of students, faculty and staff, was appointed by UT President […]

February 11, 2004

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A Year in Review: Legal/ Political Matters

Legal/ Political MattersThe University of California Board of Regents rejected fellow regent Ward Connerly’s initiative to outlaw the collection of racial data, in a 15-3 vote with one abstention, making it only the 10th time in 25 years that the university had gone on record on a state ballot measure. California residents also voted against […]

December 17, 2003