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Leadership & Policy

Art, audits, and allegations – Lincoln University, President Niara Sudarkasa

Lincoln University, Pa. Summer break is normally a time of respite, a pause in the scholastic action to allow administrators, faculty, and students a little timeout and a chance to get the batteries charged. But it seems the only things being charged at Lincoln University in rural southeastern Pennsylvania this summer are highly publicized allegations of fiscal mismanagement and misconduct.

July 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Art, audits, and allegations – Lincoln University, President Niara Sudarkasa

Lincoln University, Pa. Summer break is normally a time of respite, a pause in the scholastic action to allow administrators, faculty, and students a little timeout and a chance to get the batteries charged. But it seems the only things being charged at Lincoln University in rural southeastern Pennsylvania this summer are highly publicized allegations of fiscal mismanagement and misconduct.

July 13, 2007

Students

Fundraising scandal at Bowie State – Bowie State University, Bowie, Md

Bowie, Md. A financially troubled fund-raising organization for Bowie State University (BSU) is being temporarily handed over to the University of Maryland system amidst criticism that the organization sapped its administrative funds and then dipped into other money earmarked for scholarships and campus activities to cover further operating costs.

July 12, 2007

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A Hope in the Unseen. – book reviews

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to teach at several high schools in New Jersey. Once again, I was disappointed with American public school education. Our society seems to be failing the majority of our young people. Who is to blame? Who is responsible? Every day, many of our young people simply show tip at an educational site, move through the corridors, laugh with friends, talk about clothes and sports, ignore their teachers, and wait for the day to end so that they can return to the streets. Unless we undertake and adopt major reforms, our democratic foundation as a nation will be imperiled.

July 12, 2007

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Daughters of Thunder. – book reviews

Daughters of Thunder is a wonderful compilation of thirty-eight first-time-published sermons of fourteen African American female preachers, many of whom were the first African American females to pastor churches, receive ordination, and be granted terminal degrees.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Path to the presidency – American Council on Education grants to develop academic management skills

Let’s say you want to be a college president some day. You’ve already survived the trials associated with earning a doctorate and winning tenure. You’ve even risen to a middle-management position on campus. Now what?

July 12, 2007

Students

Sharing expertise – Xavier University’s partnership with Tulane University on public housing – Interview

What strengths does Xavier University bring to this partnership with Tulane University?

July 12, 2007

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A new script for black theater: Dartmouth conference focuses on new strategies

Nearly two years ago, playwright August Wilson stunned the American theatre community by charging that predominately white arts organizations were guilty of undermining African American theater companies. The charges — delivered at Princeton University before the Theatre Communications Group, a leading nonprofit theater organization–sparked a national debate about the role of African American theater companies in American theater.

July 12, 2007

Students

Motivating faculty gets results – recruitment for minority graduate students

When Dr. Ted Greenwood talks about boosting the number of it under-rep presented minority doctoral holders in the sciences, there is a no-nonsense resolute quality to his voice.

July 12, 2007

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Harvard Civil Rights Project Gets $500,000 Grant

CAMBRIDGE, 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, 2007

African-American

Howard Weighs In on Affirmative Action Debate

WASHINGTON 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, 2007

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Black Scientists: Why Are There Still So Few?

When Gene Roddenberry’s starship Enterprise explored new frontiers science fiction in his show Star Trek, he cast a diverse team of actors to portray the rocket scientists of the future.

July 12, 2007