Black IssuesHBCUsIn Celebration Of the 100th Anniversary of The Souls Of Black FolkIn Celebration Of the 100th Anniversary of The Souls Of Black Folk ¦ Cleveland State University, in partnership with 12 community organizations, presents “The Soul of W.E.B. Du Bois: Celebrating the Genius of an American Scholar,” a three-month citywide celebration of the famous civil rights activist and writer. The celebration kicks off during Black History […]February 12, 2003African-AmericanMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation Marks ProgressMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation Marks ProgressWASHINGTON The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Inc. recently announced the progress of the memorial slated to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.“Building a memorial on the National Mall is a complicated process and involves many parties,” says LeRoy Lowery III, executive […]February 12, 2003StudentsJohnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s HistoryJohnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s History CHARLOTTE, N.C.Johnson C. Smith University received more than $3.9 million last month from the Duke Endowment, a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke. The grant, which is provided annually for both general operating support and for special projects and programs, […]February 12, 2003StudentsFinancial Aid Study to Focus On Graduate StudentsFinancial Aid Study to Focus On Graduate Students WASHINGTONThe National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and Access Group Inc. announced the launch of the 2003 Survey of Graduate Aid Policies, Practices and Procedures (SOGAPPP), a research project designed to provide new information on the funding, distribution and administration of financial aid for graduate […]February 12, 2003HomeExperts Call for New Higher Education Research AgendaExperts Call for New Higher Education Research Agenda PALO ALTO, Calif.Although more people than ever have access to American institutions of higher learning, a new report says research is needed to examine what educational programs are offered at colleges and what students actually learn. The 25-page essay, entitled “Beyond Dead Reckoning: Research Priorities for Redirecting […]February 12, 2003HomeAdvocates Call for Increased Awareness of Financial AidAdvocates Call for Increased Awareness of Financial Aid RESTON, Va.With the rising cost of college tuition making national news, financial aid initiatives and studies are taking center stage. Lower-income families, who most need information about financial aid for college, have the least information about how to pay for higher education, according to a new Harris […]February 12, 2003StudentsStudents Disciplined in Mississippi Graffiti IncidentStudents Disciplined in Mississippi Graffiti Incident OXFORD, Miss.Three University of Mississippi students have been placed on probation and ordered to perform community service and write research papers for their role in a racial graffiti incident in a campus residence hall last November (see Black Issues, Jan. 2). A University Judicial Council, made up of four […]February 12, 2003African-AmericanVirginia Tech Professor’s Books Challenge Appalachian MythsVirginia Tech Professor’s Books Challenge Appalachian Myths BLACKSBURG, Va.According to conventional wisdom, residents of Appalachia had few slaves, and the slaves who did live in the region received better treatment than their counterparts in the Deep South. Virginia Tech sociologist Dr. Wilma Dunaway says much of this conventional wisdom is plain wrong. “We do a […]February 12, 2003HomeCollege Freshmen Spent Less Time Studying and More Time Surfing the Net, UCLA Study RevealsCollege Freshmen Spent Less Time Studying and More Time Surfing the Net, UCLA Study Reveals LOS ANGELES Freshmen are spending less time studying or doing homework and more time using the Internet in the year prior to entering college, according to the results of UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s students entering undergraduate classes at […]February 12, 2003African-AmericanResearchers to Study Natchez’s Role In Underground RailroadResearchers to Study Natchez’s Role In Underground Railroad NATCHEZ, Miss.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has enlisted researchers from an Alabama college to conduct a document search to determine what sites in Natchez were linked to the Underground Railroad. Such sites are likely “because (enslaved) people were coming from as far as northwest Alabama and […]February 12, 2003Previous PagePage 171 of 431Next Page
