Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyTexas A&M Affiliation With Law School DeniedHOUSTON Texas A&M University should drop its affiliation with the private South Texas College of Law and instead get permission to establish its own law school, higher education officials say.July 12, 2007SportsMinority Hiring Not Making the Grade in Collegiate SportsBOSTON The grades are in for minority hiring in college sports, and they’re lousy.July 12, 2007SportsUC Women’s Basketball Coach Sued Over Alleged SlurOAKLAND, Calif. University of California (UC) women’s basketball coach Marianne Stanley has been sued over her alleged use of a racial slur during an argument at a school gym.July 12, 2007StudentsCalifornia Students Propose Initiative to `Provide Equal Opportunity’BERKELEY, Calif. In response the anti-affirmative action referendums and policy statements which have become the law of the land in the state of California, students here have crafted the Equal Educational Opportunity. Initiative (EEOI) in hopes of getting it on the ballot in November.July 12, 2007Faculty & StaffCharting a Black research agenda – interview with H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University – Cover Story – InterviewPresident H. Patrick Swygert, 54, assumed the helm of the nation’s only historically Black Research I institution in 1995. Since his arrival at Howard University, he has been crafting a strategy to carry the institution into the twenty-first century on a more stable financial footing, from which it will be poised to lead the nation in shaping and implementing the academic and research agenda for African Americans in the next millennium.July 11, 2007Community CollegesACE adopts diversity statement – American Council on EducationAmerica’s colleges and universities differ in many ways. Some are public, others are independent; some are large urban universities, some are two-year community colleges, others small rural campuses. Some offer graduate and professional programs, others focus primarily on undergraduate education. Each of our more than 3,000 colleges and universities has its own specific and distinct mission. This collective diversity among institutions is one of the great strengths of America’s higher education system, and has helped make it the best in the world. Preserving that diversity is essential if we hope to serve the needs of our democratic society.July 11, 2007StudentsThrough these eyes – photographs of P.H. Polk – IllustrationFrom 1939 until his death in 1984, Prentice Herman Polk taught It photography at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and was the official Campus Photographer. In 1933, he became chair of the university’s photography department. Polk owned one of Macon County, Alabama’s few private photography Studios and became a renowned portrait photographer.July 11, 2007Faculty & StaffThe word from Moses – educator Yolanda T. Moses – Interview – Cover Story“WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT AN INSTITUTION BECOMES THEIR REALITY UNLESS THAT IS TURNED ON ITS HEAD.”July 11, 2007HomeLibrary of Congress to put “African American Odyssey” on displayWASHINGTON An exhibit comprised of items from the nation’s largest collection of materials relating to African American history and culture will go on display next year at the Library of Congress.July 11, 2007StudentsSenate clears student aid, HBCU funding bill – historically Black colleges and universitiesSix weeks into fiscal year 1998, Congress has finally completed action on legislation that will boost funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), TRIO, and many student-aid programs through next year.July 11, 2007Previous PagePage 104 of 115Next Page
