HBCU Review: Alabama State to Pay $1.1 Million More in Sexual Harassment Suit
Plus, Alcorn State is certified as StormReady.
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ASU Sexual Harrasment Suit Has Hefty Price Tag - New HBCU learning program with China; Morgan State fires football coach; plus HBCU graduation rate results are disappointing. —Dominique ZonyééA judge ordered another $1 million to the three attorneys who represented Jacqueline Weatherly, Cynthia Williams and Lydia Burkhalter, former employees of Alabama State University as part of a sexual harassment suit against the university. In the original complaint, the women claimed that CEO John Knight and associate executive director LaVonette Bartley made sexual advances toward them.(Photo: Courtesy of Alabama State University)
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Norfolk State Considers Raising Admissions Standards - Norfolk State University is cleaning up shop. With new board members and a new interim president, the university is now looking to raise the GPA admission requirements. The university is seeking to raise the minimum high school GPA for incoming freshman from 2.3 to 2.5 in hopes of increasing the graduation rate.(Photo: BET)
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Virginia State Launches Investigation Into Football Players’ Brawl - The bathroom brawl between Virginia State and Winston-Salem football players, which resulted in the cancellation of the CIAA Championship football game, is still under investigation as students from both schools have very different tales of events. The CIAA labeled VSU ineligible for pre-season play, but now VSU is launching its own investigation into the brawl.(Photo: Steve Helber/AP Photo)
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Two People Injured in Shooting Near Citrus Bowl - While thousands of fans watched the Florida Classic festivities and the annual Citrus Bowl football game in which Florida A&M University played against Bethune-Cookman University on Nov. 23, two shootings broke out just two blocks away. Two individuals were taken to the hospital; the authorities are still looking for the shooters. None of the victims were students.(Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
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HBCU Graduation Rates Decline - The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education released a new report on Nov. 26 on graduation rates at HBCUs. Spelman University ranked No. 1 with a 79 percent graduation rate, Howard University followed at 64 percent, and then Morehouse at 59 percent, followed by Hampton University at 50 percent. (Photo: Henry Chaplin/Getty Images)
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