Black woman breaks into higher echelon

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Ruth Simmons has been appointed President of Smith College in Northampton, MA, the first time a black woman has been appointed to head a top-ranking university or college in the United States. It is also the first time one of the prestigious Seven Sisters colleges has been headed by a black person. Smith College is the largest women's college in the United States with 2,700 undergraduates. Simmons firmly believes women gain more by attending a single-sex college rather than a mixed one. Simmons was raised in the south by sharecropper parents and is one of 12 children.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Smith College, Women college presidents, Simmons, Ruth

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Times past, times future, Times Higher

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The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) was launched in 1971 as a sister publication to the Times Education Supplement. It has had a number of staff changes in 25 years and many former staff members have gone on to prominent academic positions. The newspaper makes a point of covering a broad range of issues, including items about science and the arts, rather than sticking to purely academic topics.

History, Periodicals, Education, Higher, Higher education, The Times Higher Education Supplement

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The art of being black

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Research into the real identity of Britain's black youth concentrated on a group of black boys from East London. The research concluded that although the group allow set images to structure their life, they do not determine them. The group included an amateur pilot, a musician, a stockbroker, and some-one unemployed. An overview of the study, its origins and compilation is given.

Research, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Identity, Blacks, Black race

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