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Leadership & Policy

Bid to Move Famed Art Collection Might Be Called Off

Bid to Move Famed Art Collection Might Be Called OffPHILADELPHIAThe Barnes Foundation says it might have to abandon plans to move its priceless artwork to downtown Philadelphia because of opposition from Lincoln University.Thirty private donors have already pledged $100 million toward a $150 million goal to help the cash-poor foundation build a new gallery in […]

September 24, 2003

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Court to Hear Mississippi College Desegregation Appeal

Court to Hear Mississippi College Desegregation Appeal JACKSON, Miss.A federal appeals court will hear arguments Nov. 3 on the settlement of Mississippi’s college desegregation case. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was asked in March by attorney Alvin Chambliss to schedule a hearing on demands from plaintiffs opposed to last year’s […]

September 10, 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

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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

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Ayers Plaintiffs Ask Appeals Court to Throw Out Desegregation Pact

Ayers Plaintiffs Ask Appeals Court to Throw Out Desegregation PactJACKSON, Miss.A federal appeals court has been asked to throw out the settlement of Mississippi’s college desegregation case and start the process from step one. Attorney Alvin Chambliss asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to schedule a hearing on demands from […]

March 26, 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

Students

Johnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s History

Johnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s History CHARLOTTE, N.C.Johnson C. Smith University received more than $3.9 million last month from the Duke Endowment, a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke. The grant, which is provided annually for both general operating support and for special projects and programs, […]

February 12, 2003

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What to Do With That Old Clunker of a PC

What to Do With That Old Clunker of a PCYou’ve gotten good use out of your computer, putting it through its paces. It has cranked out words, crunched numbers and cruised through cyberspace. But now it’s getting long in the tooth and slowing you down. Time to upgrade to a new machine. But what should […]

October 23, 2002

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Training of School Leaders

Training of School LeadersBY Kendra HamiltonKeeping the appointment book for Dr. Dorothy S. Strickland is no task for the faint-hearted. In one whirlwind week recently, she spoke before “the father of Head Start” at Yale University, to a group called Kids Count and to another group at the Carnegie Corp. Still to come are sessions […]

October 9, 2002

Health

Oprah Winfrey Endows NYU Program for African Women

Oprah Winfrey Endows NYU Program for African WomenNEW YORKThe Oprah Winfrey Foundation has awarded a $2.5 million endowment to New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service for the creation of The Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program for African Women. The program, which will allow African women to pursue graduate studies in public policy and management […]

June 5, 2002

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Federal Judge Approves Mississippi Desegregation Settlement

Federal Judge Approves Mississippi Desegregation Settlement JACKSON, Miss.A federal judge has approved a desegregation plan for Mississippi’s universities, signaling an end to a 27-year-old legal battle. The lawsuit was filed in 1975 by the late Jake Ayers, the father of a Black college student, who accused the state of neglecting its three historically Black universities […]

March 13, 2002

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Judge Signals Approval of Mississippi Desegregation Pact

Judge Signals Approval of Mississippi Desegregation PactJACKSON, Miss.A federal judge said earlier this month he’s ready to approve a settlement in Mississippi’s long-running college desegregation case if the state Legislature assures him it supports the $500 million pact. In a 10-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. said if lawmakers provide those assurances, he […]

January 30, 2002