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Ohio University to form alliance with Central State, Wilberforce Universities
Ohio University and eight historically black colleges have agreed to form an educational collaborative to expand their efforts in areas such as faculty development and research, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The new collaborative, called the Interlink Alliance, will include Central State University and Wilberforce University in Greene County. The alliance also will include Hampton and Virginia State Universities in Virginia; Johnson C. Smith and North Carolina Central Universities in North Carolina; South Carolina State University; and Spelman College in Georgia.
The colleges plan to formally enter into the alliance on Thursday, Oct. 30, in Washington D.C., the Chronicle reported.
In a written statement announcing the alliance, the colleges said past agreements between predominantly white institutions and historically black ones had mainly benefited the former, by helping them increase diversity. Ohio University’s president, Roderick J. McDavis, has vowed that the Interlink Alliance will be “a very real two-way street,” helping every institution involved.
Among other activities, the collaborative will establish faculty- and student-exchange programs and conduct research intended to improve the education of black males, the Chronicle said.
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By Bo Peep
October 28, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this
All well and Good, puts a feather in the cap of Ohio University but Garland is overlooking the excellent researchers that are already at CSU. In actuality he and his administration are doing everything they can to dissuade these faculty members from carrying out effective undergraduate research. CSU could be an amazing school if it were lead by academics instead of lawyers.