Black IssuesSTEMCal State Los Angeles Leads State System In Hiring of Minority FacultyCal State Los Angeles Leads State System In Hiring of Minority Faculty LOS ANGELESCalifornia State University, Los Angeles appointed a higher percentage of minority faculty in 2002 than any other California State University (CSU) campus, a recent report revealed. More than 50 percent of the faculty in tenure-track positions at CSULA were minority appointments, making […]August 27, 2003HomeWinston-Salem’s Fund-Raising Efforts Pay OffWinston-Salem’s Fund-Raising Efforts Pay OffWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Winston-Salem State University’s fund-raising efforts have earned the school national recognition. The school’s division of university advancement recently won a 2003 CASE/Wealth ID Award for Exceptional Fund Raising. The award, which is issued by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), honors superior fund-raising programs across the nation. […]August 27, 2003HomeStudy Offers Students Tips on College Application ProcessStudy Offers Students Tips on College Application Process ALEXANDRIA, Va.As high-school students nationwide assemble their college admission applications this fall, a new study by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) offers some tips to help make the process less stressful. The study, authored by Sarah M. McGinty of the Harvard Graduate School of […]August 27, 2003Community CollegesPartnership Gives Teacher Education Students a Head StartPartnership Gives Teacher Education Students a Head Start MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.Central Michigan University will join three Michigan community colleges to pilot a new admissions program intended to help potential teacher education students get a jump on their course requirements.Starting this fall, the university will initiate a provisional admissions program for teacher education transfer students from […]August 27, 2003HBCUsResearchers Find Growing Number of HIV Cases at North Carolina CollegesResearchers Find Growing Number of HIV Cases at North Carolina CollegesGREENSBORO, N.C.Researchers are alarmed by a recent outbreak of the HIV virus among college students in North Carolina in which 53 male students — most of them Black — have contracted the virus. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and state researchers say the […]August 27, 2003LatinxUC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. ProgramUC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department […]August 27, 2003HomeAffirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists SayAffirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say PITTSBURGHThe U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the use of race as a factor in college admissions was a victory for affirmative action supporters, but they say the fight will continue in state legislatures and on ballot initiatives. “We cannot be sanguine about this fight,” said […]August 27, 2003StudentsNAFEO Names First Class of Leadership FellowsNAFEO Names First Class of Leadership Fellows SILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) has selected 13 outstanding faculty, from historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities, for its first class of Kellogg Leadership Fellows in the NAFEO National Leadership Institute. The institute is designed to train and develop the […]August 27, 2003StudentsCharter Schools Produce Higher Test Scores, But Segregated EnvironmentCharter Schools Produce Higher Test Scores, But Segregated EnvironmentRecent studies assess race, academic achievement in the nation’s charter schools By Ben Hammer WASHINGTON Charter school students perform slightly better on standardized tests than their public school counterparts, but go to schools that tend to be racially segregated, two recent studies have found. A study by […]August 27, 2003HomeHarvard Student Newspaper Sues University for Campus RecordsHarvard Student Newspaper Sues University for Campus RecordsBy Shilpa Banerji CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University’s student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, filed a lawsuit against the university late last month to gain access to campus police records regarding various incidents. The lawsuit, filed with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, claims that since Harvard police officers […]August 27, 2003Previous PagePage 132 of 431Next Page
