wire reportsLeadership & PolicyAndrew Brimmer Retires as Tuskegee University Board ChairmanThe longest-serving member of the Tuskegee University board of trustees, Dr. Andrew Brimmer, is retiring.October 20, 2010Community CollegesGates Foundation Seeks College Success TechnologyThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering up to $20 million in grants to attract new technology aimed at helping students get a college degree.October 11, 2010StudentsCommunity College Summit to Highlight Initiatives, Promote New IdeasWhite House community college summit is set to open a chapter on two-year institutions expanding their role in U.S. postsecondary education and work-force preparation.October 4, 2010HomeHistorian Gordon-Reed Named MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’ RecipientAcclaimed historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed is among 23 winners of MacArthur fellowships, announced Monday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.September 27, 2010African-AmericanHistorically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social MissionGraduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.June 15, 2010Faculty & StaffUniversity of Virginia Names First Female PresidentThe university’s Board of Visitors on Monday elected Teresa Sullivan to succeed President John Casteen.January 11, 2010Leadership & PolicyNorfolk State’s Meyers to Step Down June 30After more than three years of leading the southeastern Virginia-based historically Black public institution, Norfolk State University president Carolyn W. Meyers is stepping down from her post on June 30.January 7, 2010HealthKennedy Remembered as Social and Civil Rights GiantReflecting on the legacy left by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, President Barack Obama called the late Massachusetts legislator one of the “most accomplished Americans” in history and a man whose work in Congress helped give new opportunities to millions.August 26, 2009HomePaul Quinn College Sues to Regain AccreditationPaul Quinn College has taken its fight for accreditation to federal court. The oldest historically Black college in Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Atlanta to restore its accreditation with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).August 26, 2009HomeFederal Judge Upholds UT’s Race-Conscious Admissions PoliciesA judge dismissed a federal lawsuit Monday that claimed undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violated the Constitution and federal law.August 18, 2009Page 1 of 5Next Page
