Saturday, January 30, 2010

Your Black World Exclusive Music Release - Research and Development by Mark A. Holmes

Your Black World Exclusive Music Release - Research and Development by Mark A. Holmes

Dr, Boyce Watkins Discusses Chris Matthews State of The Union Comments

Dr, Boyce Watkins Discusses Chris Matthews Comments on the Takeaway

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Did Clark Atlanta University Violate the Law?

In a new report, the American Association of University Professors criticizes how Clark Atlanta fired a third of its faculty last year

The  firing of nearly one-quarter of the full-time faculty members at Clark Atlanta University a year go led to an investigation by the American Association of University Professors.

The investigatory committee has just released its report about the sudden termination of 55 faculty member, concluding that the college’s actions were egregious.

Among the findings:

The administration selected the particular faculty members for dismissal without any discernible prior consultation with appropriate faculty bodies. The administration in its selections also paid no heed to the rights of tenured over nontenured faculty with respect to retention.

  1. By not affording the dismissed faculty members opportunity for a hearing before a body of faculty peers, the Clark Atlanta University administration denied them academic due process to which they were entitled under stated university regulations as well as Association-supported standards.

 

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Would Dr. Martin Luther King Support Obama

Dr. Boyce Watkins on MSNBC Live discussing if Dr. King would support President Obama's policies

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks With MSNBC Live

Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks With MSNBC Live about the need for a national conversation on race.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

alpha Phi Alpha Stops Membership Drive Nation-wide

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From Macon.com:

WARNER ROBINS — Citing flawed membership intake processes at chapters across the country, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity incorporated has put a halt to new membership processes nationwide.

The ruling, announced to active members in a letter from the fraternity’s General President Herman “Skip” Mason Jr., comes nearly a month after a member of the student chapter at Fort Valley State University was charged with aggravated battery against a new member. Mason said the decision to halt intake was due to “the failure of some of our members to behave honorably and with care.”

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