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Tag: Single Sex Institutions: Page 3
Students
Mills College Celebrates 20-year Anniversary of Protests
Mills College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their board’s recommitment to single-sex education, which protesting students sought to preserve.
May 5, 2010
African-American
Analysis: Torch Passes in Civil Rights Struggle
The recent deaths of Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, two icons of the civil rights era, nudge those who have come behind them closer to the control for which they have clamored.
April 22, 2010
African-American
Hampden-Sydney’s Superstar President Makes Splash
Christopher Howard has taken the helm of Hampden-Sydney College as the first African-American to lead the all-male Virginia liberal arts college.
September 27, 2009
Leadership & Policy
A&M President Scores Poorly in First Evaluation
Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano received low marks for leadership and management in a highly critical performance review released Thursday by the A&M system.
June 7, 2009
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Britain Proposes Affirmative Action Bill
Is the end near for the English gentleman of privilege? Britain has proposed an affirmative action bill meant to tackle thorny class divisions and encourage equal opportunities for women and minorities — a proposal already causing an uproar in some circles.
April 27, 2009
Students
3 Va. Men Hurt in Shooting at Hampton University
A former Hampton University student armed with three guns followed a pizza delivery man into the student’s former dorm early Sunday, shot the delivery man and a dorm monitor, then turned the gun on himself, university officials said.
April 26, 2009
Students
Men Struggling to Finish at Black Colleges
They’re no longer the only option for Black students, but the country’s historically Black colleges and universities brag that they provide a supportive environment where these students are more likely to succeed.
March 29, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Private Va college names first black president
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) – Christopher B. Howard has been named president of Hampden-Sydney College. Howard will be the first African-American to serve as president of the private all-male college near Farmville. He will succeed Walter M. Borz III. Borz announced in May that he would step down June 30. Hampden-Sydney’s board of trustees appointed Howard […]
December 21, 2008
Students
Spel-Bounding: All-Female Spelman College Ranks No. 2 in Sending Black Graduates On to Ph.D.s in Science and Math
Coming in second usually isn’t a big deal. But, when it is a tiny, historically Black women’s college placing No. 2 to a fellow HBCU with a student body just more than three times its size in a national science- and math-related survey, it seems that it is something to celebrate.
December 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Cosby: Black Colleges Should Demand More from Alumni
Noted author and humorist Bill Cosby recently took historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to task for not making their alumni give back.
October 28, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Va. Court Upholds Women’s College Move to Coed
A former all-women’s college did not break a contract with female students when it decided to enroll men, a divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday.
June 8, 2008
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Virginia Justices Hear Randolph Macon Coeducation Cases
The governing board of Randolph Macon Woman’s College broke a contract with students when it decided in 2006 to immediately begin enrolling men, a lawyer for a group of female students told the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday.
April 14, 2008
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