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Leadership & Policy

The HBCU presidential pressure cooker – historically Black colleges and universities

Faced 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, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Dine College Blends Two Cultures in Learning

A herd of sheep graze peacefully outside the library of Dine College on a recent afternoon as a student casually strolls by with a laptop case in his right hand. The image is symbolic of the school’s purpose: to provide a balance between traditional Navajo knowledge and Western education.

April 10, 2007

Early College Program to Give At-Risk Students Taste of Higher Ed

Starting this fall, about 55 seventh-graders from central Georgia will be attending Early College, part of a statewide program that aims to give students who aren’t on track for higher education a taste of college life.

July 25, 2006

Princeton Review Releases Best Law and B-School Rankings

The Princeton Review — known for its annual college rankings based on surveys of students attending the schools…

October 5, 2005

Getting HBCUs in the Disaster-Response Loop

Getting HBCUs in the Disaster-Response LoopBy Dr. Ladd G. ColstonNatural and man-made disasters represent an ominous threat to the research, instructional and public service missions of colleges and universities. From the bombings in Oklahoma City to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 to last year’s Hurricane Frances, the potential damage to campus buildings, human life […]

January 26, 2005

Ayers Case Ends After Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal

Ayers Case Ends After Supreme Court Refuses to Hear AppealJACKSON, MISS.The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a Mississippi college desegregation lawsuit, ending a 29-year-old legal battle over state support of three historically Black universities. Officials say the state can now enforce a $503 million settlement designed to correct past neglect […]

November 3, 2004

Educators Urge Focus on ‘Year-Round’ College

Educators Urge Focus on ‘Year-Round’ CollegeNew academic calendar would help low-income students, UNCF leader saysA year-round college calendar with flexible financial aid rules would help low-income students stay in school and allow colleges to expand enrollment without new facilities, a Black college leader and other educators tell Congress.The traditional fall-to-spring academic year, created two centuries […]

June 2, 2004

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: ‘Success express’ still on track

‘Success express’ still on trackDr. Jimmy Raymond JenkinsEdward Waters CollegeDr. Jimmy R. Jenkins, the 26th president of Edward Waters College, has pulled off what is arguably one of the most impressive feats of institutional recovery that any postsecondary leader has achieved in recent years. When he took the helm in 1996, the 130-year-old college was […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: Waking up a Sleepy Campus

Waking up a Sleepy CampusDr. David G. CarterEastern Connecticut State UniversitySometimes, the plans you don’t make lead to the greatest opportunities. Such has been the experience of Dr. David George Carter, president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Carter, who spent the early stages of his career as a K-12, public school administrator in Dayton, Ohio, […]

August 28, 2002

Vision for a ‘New Fisk’ Has Students, Alumni Asking ‘At What Expense?’

Vision for a ‘New Fisk’ Has Students, Alumni Asking ‘At What Expense?’Survey shows president, students far apart on plans for reviving the HBCUBy David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.Fisk University’s newly elected president, Dr. Carolynn Reid-Wallace, has created quite a stir in Nashville and within the tightly woven Fisk community. It all started in March when she hinted […]

June 19, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown President to Resign in June

Morris Brown President to Resign in JuneATLANTADr. Dolores Cross, who has been president at Morris Brown College since 1999, announced plans to resign effective June 30. Cross was the first female president at the private liberal arts and historically Black college that now serves more than 2,700 students. The college is affiliated with the African […]

March 13, 2002

Lack of Board’s Support Prompts Bennett President to Resign

Lack of Board’s Support Prompts Bennett President to Resign Board selects retired university administrator to serve as interim presidentBy Allison ForemanGREENSBORO, N.C.After less than a year on the job, Dr. Althia Collins is resigning her post as president of historically Black Bennett College, a small, all-women’s school in Greensboro, N.C.Collins says she’s leaving this June […]

February 13, 2002

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