Black IssuesHBCUsMorgan State to Offer English DoctorateMorgan State to Offer English DoctorateBALTIMOREMorgan State University will soon join Howard University as the only two historically Black colleges and universities to offer students a doctorate in English.The Maryland Higher Education Commission approved the university’s proposal earlier this summer, and the degree will be offered commencing with the fall semester of the 2003 academic […]July 31, 2002Leadership & PolicyHarvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’Harvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers announced recently that Harvard University is participating in the “Scholars at Risk Network” and has selected its first two visiting fellows, Dr. Mehrangiz Kar and Dr. Wolde Mesfin, for the academic year 2002-03. “In the 1930s, certain institutions stepped forward and […]July 31, 2002African-AmericanPenn Study Links Church Attendance, Marriage OddsPenn Study Links Church Attendance, Marriage OddsPHILADELPHIAA University of Pennsylvania study shows that frequent church attendance substantially increases the odds of marriage for urban women. Penn’s Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, CRRUCS, released the report, “Then Comes Marriage? Religion, Race, and Marriage in Urban America” last month. It is the first […]July 31, 2002HomeNAACP Opposes California Initiative To Bar Racial ClassifyingNAACP Opposes California Initiative To Bar Racial ClassifyingHOUSTONThe NAACP voted last month to oppose a ballot initiative that would bar the state of California from classifying residents by race.The resolution to oppose University of California regent Ward Connerly’s “Racial Privacy Initiative” and similar ballot measures was approved by delegates at the National Association for the […]July 31, 2002Faculty & StaffBush Names 14 to Tribal College BoardBush Names 14 to Tribal College BoardWASHINGTONPresident Bush last month appointed 14 individuals to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities.Authorized under an executive order, the board is charged with ensuring that tribal colleges and universities have full access to federal and private programs and funds that benefit other higher […]July 31, 2002SportsFormer WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review PanelFormer WNBA Star to Chair Title IX Review PanelThe Bush administration has named a former African American basketball star and coach to head an ambitious review of issues affecting college athletics, including fairness and opportunity.Former WNBA basketball star Cynthia Cooper will co-chair a 15-member panel created by Education Secretary Roderick Paige on the 30th anniversary […]July 31, 2002HomeNAACP Gives Congress Failing GradesNAACP Gives Congress Failing GradesMore than half of the U.S. Congress earned failing grades in a new NAACP ranking of lawmakers for their work on civil rights issues.“In this day and age when we are consistently being asked to come together for our country and stand as one, it is difficult, if not impossible, to […]July 31, 2002HBCUsRepublican Congressman’s Retirement a Blow to HBCUsRepublican Congressman’s Retirement a Blow to HBCUsRep. J.C. Watts helped give Black colleges greater visibility, education leaders sayThe retirement of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., from Congress may have serious implications for historically Black colleges, according to education leaders.“Any time you have an African American retiring from Congress, it’s a loss,” says Dr. Clinton Bristow, president […]July 31, 2002HomeBlacks Are in a State of EmergencyBlacks Are in a State of EmergencyIt is becoming ever more unpopular for me to assert that I am an African American. It appears that I would have more fans if I would just accept myself as a “diversity.” But, I am not a “diversity,” I am not a “multiculturalism,” and I am not a […]July 31, 2002SportsRestoring the Talent PipelineRestoring the Talent PipelineEven though Black college baseball is going through its own facelift of sorts, the game’s observers believe that a concerted effort at the grass-roots level can spur a larger number of Black youngsters to play the sport at an early age, which in turn would help restore the talent pipeline to colleges […]July 31, 2002Previous PagePage 211 of 431Next Page
