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Leadership & Policy

First defendant in FAMU hazing case sentenced

The first of a dozen defendants to be sentenced in last year’s hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major avoided jail time when he received his punishment Monday, but he will spend more than two years under close supervision.

October 22, 2012

Students

Professors Navigate Social Media Boundaries in Providing Effective Counsel to Students

Scholars discuss appropriate social media interaction with students they teach at a Howard University conference September 27-28.

September 30, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested

A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.

August 7, 2012

Students

LASTWORD: PREPPING FOR THE PROFESSORIATE

Professional development mentoring, for the professoriate, is a postsecondary tool that can be used by graduate faculty to complement graduate students’ formal doctoral level course work.

October 14, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Report Urges U.S. Colleges to Adopt Europe’s Higher Education Accountability Reforms

It’s far from certain whether the U.S. higher education accountability movement will see colleges and universities nationally instituting learning standards and other accountability measures.

August 20, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Challenged D.C. Schools Chief Bringing Reform Story to Academia, National Media

One of the biggest education stories in the United States in 2007 was the unexpected appointment of education reform leader Michelle Rhee as the chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools.

April 28, 2008

Faculty & Staff

UNH accepts factfinder report in faculty contract dispute

DURHAM N.H. There is a break in the impasse in contract talks between faculty and the University of New Hampshire.

August 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Black ivy mysteries – mystery books about black scholars in white institutions

WASHINGTON, D.C. It’s not uncommon for fiction writers to create heroes and heroines whose personalities and life circumstances stem from the writer’s own experiences. So it should come as no surprise that when Pamela Thomas-Graham decided to write a mystery novel, she created an African American heroine who teaches at the same university where she spent her undergraduate and graduate years.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Farewell To the Chief

American Indian groups and others have largely won their battle over the use of Native images by college sports teams, but the economic backstory is seldom reported.

April 4, 2007

Students

Getting to Know Dr. James T. Minor

Growing up in Detroit, James Minor bypassed the drugs and gang life that plagued his neighborhood and graduated from the city’s public school system…

February 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Spellings: Use Accreditation to Hold Colleges Accountable

The nation needs a more accountable higher education system that includes a stronger accreditation process with more information about the quality of colleges and universities, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Wednesday.

November 29, 2006

Students

The Rosser Revolution

It’s not surprising that urban colleges and universities with large commuter populations are among the most racially…

February 8, 2006