Linda L. MeggettHomeCitadel sisters: a first times two – African American women students at The Citadel military college in Charleston, SCCHARLESTON, S.C. Unlike the late Charles D. Foster, who thirty-one years ago bore the burden of integrating The Citadel military college alone, the first two African American females to attend the school will have something he didn’t have – each other.July 11, 2007Leadership & PolicyHazing illegal but persistent – hazing of women cadets at the Virginia Military InstituteCHARLESTON, S.C. The kind of hazing that allegedly happened to two female cadets at The Citadel in recent months is nothing new.July 4, 2007StudentsSeeking the cure – nursing program at South Carolina State University – special report: health sciencesORANGEBURG, S.C. Facing the threat of closure, the nursing program at South Carolina State University is searching for a cure to its problem of low passing rates among graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).June 23, 2007Leadership & PolicyThe HBCU presidential pressure cooker – historically Black colleges and universitiesFaced with hostile legislatures, growing enrollments, and shrinking budgets, the presidents of many historically Black colleges and universities are also under increasing pressure from their boards of trustees to perform “satisfactorily” or get out.June 20, 2007HBCUsSupreme Court ruling on VMI not a legal burden to HBCUs – Virginia Military Institute, historically Black colleges and universitiesHistorically Black colleges and universities probably won’t face another legal barrage now that the Supreme Court has eradicated single-gender education at Virginia Military Institute, discrimination law experts say.June 18, 2007Page 1 of 1
