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A Time To Grieve and Heal

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the most deadly and violent school shooting in American history.

April 15, 2008

Students

Students Being Forced Out of Dorms Because of Poor Grades

Students attending State University of New York at Old Westbury may find themselves homeless and hungry if they don’t keep their grades up, according to a story in The New York Times. The college has recently began enforcing a 14-year-old policy that says any student with a cumulative grade point average lower than 2.0 will […]

February 13, 2008

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University of Delaware Halts Controversial Diversity Program

DOVER, Del. Amid growing public scrutiny, the University of Delaware last week halted a controversial residence hall program that critics say tried to force students to accept university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.

November 4, 2007

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Reginald S. Avery has been appointed president of Coppin State University (Md.). Currently executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, he will assume his new position in January. Avery earned a bachelor’s from North Carolina A&T State University, a master’s from the George Williams College of Aurora University […]

October 31, 2007

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University of Delaware Accused of Indoctrinating Students

DOVER Del. The University of Delaware has come under fire by a civil rights group that claims the school is trying to force dormitory residents to adopt university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.

October 30, 2007

Students

Professional Appointments

Peter Roby has been named athletic director at Northeastern University (Mass.). He becomes only the second Black AD at a New England Division I institution. Roby was previously director of Northeastern’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College.   Dr. Maurice Apprey has been named dean of […]

July 25, 2007

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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

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Following the leaders – the establishment of Leadership Development Centers in historically Black colleges and universities

Leadership Development Becomes Priority for Many Institutions

July 4, 2007

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Questions of Conduct

When Jason Johnson, a student at the University of the Cumberlands in the eastern Kentucky hills…

November 29, 2006

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Report: Atlanta-area Colleges Strengthen Economic Draw Of City

Colleges in the Atlanta area alone have an annual economic impact of more than $10.8 billion on the state of Georgia, around $1,200 for every man, woman and child in the state, according to a new report released Wednesday.

September 27, 2006

Students

Professional Appointments

Dr. Emmanuel Awuah has been named director of the Office of Multicultural Resources and Diversity Awareness at Onondaga Community College. He earned bachelor’s degrees from St. Mary’s Teachers’ College and the University of Ghana, a master’s from the University of Guelph in Canada and a doctorate from Michigan State University. Dr. Rosalinda B. Barrera has […]

January 11, 2006

Students

Professional Appointment

Patrick Day has been appointed associate vice president for student affairs at Temple University in Philadelphia. Previously he was assistant vice president for student affairs/dean of students at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. Day earned his bachelor’s from Northwestern University and his master’s from Texas Tech University. Michaelle Finch has been named associate […]

April 6, 2005