Discusses how Dr. Ann Reynolds, president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, long has championed sometimes unpopular causes such as diversity. As a result, some supporters say she is being forced from the presidency, creating a void in the higher education landscape. (EV)

Presents an interview with Dr. Joyce F. Brown, the first female and first African American president of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Explores the intricacies of being a Black woman president, working in New York higher education systems, and training students for an industry not renowned for its diversity. (EV)

Profiles the African American leaders of the National Defense University and the role they play in national security efforts. Also provides demographic data on military personnel. (EV)

More black leaders are making the deliberate choice to serve historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). However, black leaders whose careers have been mainly at black schools find it nearly impossible to attain leadership positions at either majority white schools or national higher education organizations. Controversy over the issue…

An outpouring of support--in various forms--was all it took to change the mind of Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Bennett College, who had decided on April 27 to resign from the 132-year-old Black college for women. In a prepared statement, Cole described how it felt to see supporters lined up at the president's house when she returned home…

Profiles five college presidents (Henry Tisdale of Claflin University, David Carter of Eastern Connecticut State University, Jimmy Jenkins of Edward Waters College, Dorothy Yancy of Johnson C. Smith University, and Luns Richardson of Morris College) who have brought success to their once-languishing institutions. (EV)

Discusses how, with president Frederick S. Humphries' tenure drawing to a close and a newly appointed board of trustees in place, many people are wondering what the future holds for Florida A&M University, the nation's leading producer of African American undergraduate degrees. Includes a timeline of the changes in leadership. (EV)

Describes how, in 1988, students at Gallaudet University led a successful movement calling for the appointment of the university's first deaf president; today, that sense of empowerment has carried over into addressing issues related to cultural and ethnic diversity. (EV)

Discusses recent high-profile appointments of Black presidents at predominantly White colleges and explores the issue of a two-track system in which leaders of historically Black colleges are not considered to be in the same candidate pool as Whites or Blacks who have served at White colleges. Also explores the goals of Black colleges that have…

From her late teenage years as a civil rights activist to an interim presidency at Howard University, Dr. Joyce A. Ladner has lived as heroic and accomplished a life as any scholar of her generation. A 1964 graduate of Tougaloo College, Ladner, in her college days, with her sister, Dorie Ladner, and other students from the Student Nonviolent…

If a random sampling of student affairs professionals was taken, they'd all agree: without the work they do with students, campus functions would simply grind to a halt. "Student affairs professionals spend 80 percent of their time with students. We do admissions and registration, we house them and feed them, we do the counseling and guidance…

Identifies 60 college presidents as twentieth century change agents in furthering equity and access to higher education for blacks and other minority groups. Thumbnail sketches identify each individual's institution and major achievement or characteristic. (DB)

A Black state lawmaker said recently that Black voters feel betrayed by Democratic leaders who agreed to a higher education bond plan that may threaten the future of the Black college in Tulsa. Rep. Opio Toure, D-Oklahoma City, also says he plans to apply for the president's job at Langston and is considering running for statewide office as an…

Profiles Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, and outlines the changes she is bringing to this often neglected school. Her first order of business has been to raise admissions standards to focus on quality rather than quantity. Other efforts center on increasing funding for the school , which, although not a historically black…

An interview with Arthur Levine, the president of Teachers College, Columbia University (New York), discusses diversity, school vouchers, recruiting new teachers, affirmative action, student attitudes about race, the need for advocacy groups to counter the conservative National Association of Scholars, and his latest book, "Diversity on…