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Leadership & Policy

Fisk ‘Family Feud’ Enters Its Next Chapter

Fisk University’s legal battle over its efforts to raise funds for the school by monetizing part of its prestigious Stieglitz Collection of photographs and paintings entered another testy chapter this month.

May 26, 2011

African-American

Tennessee Appeals Proposed Sale of Fisk University’s O’Keeffe Art

Tennessee’s attorney general is appealing a decision that will allow Fisk University to sell a portion of an art collection donated to the school by the late painter Georgia O’Keeffe.

May 10, 2011

MSIs

U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges

Diverse brings together an expert panel to dissect the situation of public and private institutions and offer solutions. This is a two-part series.

May 10, 2011

Sports

Schools Urged to Aggressively Monitor Title IX Compliance

In complying with Title IX — the civil rights law significantly helped expand women’s athletic opportunities — college administrators should not assume their programs satisfy the law as long as no one has filed a complaint, a U.S. Education Department official said Tuesday.

May 3, 2011

Leadership & Policy

James Llorens Named New Chancellor at Southern University at Baton Rouge

The Southern University System’s Board of Supervisors has chosen James L. Llorens as the next chancellor of its Baton Rouge Campus.

May 2, 2011

African-American

Historically Black Schools Turning to Capital Campaigns

While planned giving campaigns are not a new phenomenon, the fundraising strategy might spell salvation for cash-strapped HBCUs.

April 26, 2011

Leadership & Policy

High Point University Giving Has Aim To Build Elite School

The recent announcement of $40 million in gifts to High Point University feeds into the school’s 10-year plan to raise and spend $2.1 billion and to define itself as an up-and-coming Southeastern private university.

April 25, 2011

Students

Californians Join Hands to Help Community Colleges

Community college supporters across California joined hands Sunday to raise awareness and scholarship money for students struggling to pay for college.

April 18, 2011

Students

UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging

Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”

April 18, 2011

Sports

Candid Race Talk Launches College Sports Symposium

Expert panelists detailed how lucrative college sports competition have led many to ask whether athletes in men’s basketball and football programs are exploited while others profit immeasurably.

April 13, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Southern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed Down

The top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.

March 30, 2011

African-American

Fisk University Seeking Emergency Funds to Strengthen Re-accreditation Bid

Fisk University, facing increasing demands from its national accrediting body for more substantive documentation about its long-term financial viability, is beating the bushes for more funds.

March 24, 2011