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Leading from Behind

Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools

July 12, 2007

Back from the brink – averted crisis for Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University (CSU), which only seven months ago faced a very real threat of extinction from Ohio legislators, has emerged from a financial and political crisis and is showing strong signs of renewal.

July 11, 2007

Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils. – book reviews

As a Black female psychologist who has worked in many settings — most recently in a university setting — and as a student who attended a predominantly White university in the Northeast, I can vividly recall the feelings of belonging and support that I experienced in meeting other members of the Black Graduate Student Association. Only within that fellowship at the predominantly White university which I attended did I feel whole.

July 11, 2007

Community Colleges

Temple’s tenure in the Windy City in a tailspin – Ronald J. Temple, chancellor of Chicago, Illinois city colleges

CHICAGO The meeting of the City Colleges of Chicago board here earlier this month was full of all the pleasantries and light banter of a typical business meeting.

July 11, 2007

Community Colleges

Temple’s tenure in the Windy City in a tailspin – Ronald J. Temple, chancellor of Chicago, Illinois city colleges

CHICAGO The meeting of the City Colleges of Chicago board here earlier this month was full of all the pleasantries and light banter of a typical business meeting.

July 11, 2007

Lee may be given a recess appointment – appointment of Bill Lann Lee as assistant attorney general

Despite Senate Republican opposition, Bill Lann Lee may still become assistant attorney general in charge of civil rights, if only on a temporary basis.

July 11, 2007

Spurring interaction: Cornell is counting on outreach programs to spur cross-racial and cross-ethnic interaction – Cornell University

Cornell University officials are hoping that student residential-housing outreach programs being launched this school year will help the upstate New York institution avoid the problems it experienced last spring when a conservative student publication offended many university students with an Ebonics parody.

July 11, 2007

House, Senate differ on HBCU funding – historically Black colleges and universities – Washington Update

The House of Representatives and the Senate are at odds over how to fund historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) next year.

July 11, 2007

Black coaches convention focuses on job-hunting strategies; collegiate athletic directors, sensitized to concerns, participate in interview clinics

Concerned about the paucity of Black coaches and athletics administrators on college campuses, the Black Coaches Association (BCA) devoted a major portion of its annual conference, held last month in Miami, to helping its members prepare and successfully compete for positions in higher education.

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Baton Rouge CC opening still on hold; rebel shopping center to be part of desegregated campus

BATON ROUGE, La. The long-awaited opening of a community college that will help integrate this city’s higher education community will have to wait a little longer.

July 10, 2007

Community College Photo

Frat-ricide: are African American fraternities beating themselves to death? – includes related articles on the National Pan-Hellenic Council, its statement on hazing and its membership development efforts – Cover Story

“They took him into a room and five members of the fraternity attacked him. They punched and kicked him. I asked if he ever got the urge to swing back and he said, `We can’t.’ He said he had been kicked in the head.”

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Conceptual shift needed to diversify higher education

At a recent meeting in Los Angeles, the American Association of Community College board of directors unanimously approved a statement on inclusion.

July 10, 2007

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