Diverse StaffHomeLincoln Gets Half of State FundingHARRISBURG, Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge is expected to sign legislation that would fund half of the state’s $11 million appropriation to Lincoln University, a spokesman said last month. However, he did not say when the bill would be signed.July 14, 2007SportsVideoconference searches for ways to end fraternity and sorority hazingPRAIRIE VIEW, Texas Prairie View A&M University’s suspension has been put on hold.July 14, 2007African-AmericanLetters To The EditorIf one of the editorial goals of Black Issues In Higher Education is to advocate and expand the base of those who seek to increase educational opportunities for Blacks, care must be most intensive when reporting the results of various studies that address any issue pertinent to the stated goal. This includes the issue of affirmative action.July 14, 2007HomeJudge Says Radio Station Can Keep Airwaves Klan-FreeST. LOUIS A federal judge has ruled that the University of Missouri-St. Louis does not have to broadcast Ku Klux Klan announcements on its radio station.July 14, 2007Leadership & PolicyReflections of a trailblazer – African American Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., former president of Michigan State University – Cover Story – InterviewDr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr., reflects on his career and shares his insight on the current status of African Americans in higher educationJuly 12, 2007StudentsDorm Keeps Name Despite Protest Over Klan ConnectionBLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech dorm named for a now-deceased professor who might have had Ku Klux Klan ties won’t be renamed, Tech President Paul Torgersen said.July 12, 2007Leadership & PolicyNAACP Head Backs Off Criticism Of Handling of Racial AttackGREENSBORO, N.C. The head of the state chapter of the NAACP says he regrets criticizing Guilford College for its response to a campus racial attack.July 12, 2007HomeHarvard Civil Rights Project Gets $500,000 GrantCAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Harvard Civil Rights Project — headed by Christopher Edley Jr., former advisor to President Bill Clinton and current law professor, and Gary Orfield, professor of education and social policy — announced earlier this month that it had received a $500,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.July 12, 2007African-AmericanCollege Deciding Discipline For Hanging Black MannequinYELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio Antioch College officials are trying to decide whether to discipline four students who tied a noose around the neck of a Black mannequin and hung it from a tree.July 12, 2007African-AmericanHoward Weighs In on Affirmative Action DebateWASHINGTON By organizing a high-powered symposium that includes William Gray of The College Fund, Christopher Edley Jr. of the Harvard School of Law, and Luther Williams of the National Science Foundation, Howard University has begun an examination of whether African Americans and other under-represented groups will continue to have access to graduate education.July 12, 2007Previous PagePage 103 of 115Next Page
