Black IssuesStudentsFilling the Budget GAPFilling the Budget GAPUniversity administrators face tough choices as states cut deep into higher education budgetsBy Page Boinest Melton Norfolk State University President Marie McDemmond hoped this year to tackle the university’s student space shortage. Troubled that financial aid students spill out the doors of the administration building, and that admissions officers interview prospective students […]June 19, 2002StudentsResearch & RealityResearch & RealityMorgan State takes two-prong approach to stemming educational leadership deficit.BALTIMOREJuanita Eagleson, a former associate dean at Southeastern University in Washington, was in the midst of a “career doldrums” when she heard that Dr. Howard Simmons, the former executive director of the Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, was […]June 19, 2002HomeEventsEventsJULYJuly 18-21The Multicultural Affairs InstituteOffice of Minority AffairsMemphis, Tenn.Phone: (901) 678-2054E-mail: minority@cc.memphis.eduWeb: www.people.memphis.edu/~minorityJuly 23-27National Association of Black Accountants31st Annual National Convention“Promoting Black and Minority Business Professionals”Marriott Marquis-Times SquareNew YorkContact: NABAPhone: (301) 474-NABAFax: (301) 474-3114Web: www.nabainc.orgJuly 24-27National Conference on Student Retention16th Annual ConferenceWashington, D.C.Contact: Noel-LevitzPhone: (800) 876-1117Fax: (319) 337-5274Web: www.noellevitz.com/ncsrJuly 23-27National Conference of State LegislaturesNCSL Annual […]June 19, 2002HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsAlbany State University (Ga.) has received $2 million from performing artist Ray Charles. The money will be used for scholarships and to help build a theater in the name of Charles’ mother Aretha Robinson.The Louisiana Board of Regents has funded a five-year $2,917,303 grant from Louisiana’s Millennium Health Excellence Fund to establish the […]June 19, 2002HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Dwight J. Fennell has been named president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas. Fennell served as interim president for the past year. Fennell earned a bachelor’s from Saint Augustine’s College, master’s degrees from Atlanta University and Florida International University and a doctorate from Florida State University. Mary Ella Graham has been named dean […]June 19, 2002Leadership & PolicyHoodwinked and Bamboozled: Black Colleges, Desegregation And Selling OutHoodwinked and Bamboozled: Black Colleges, Desegregation And Selling OutIt is a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the end of the semester. I am at home trying to grade final exams that are due by Friday. As I often do, I have a video playing quietly in the background. Today it has been Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” […]June 19, 2002HomePeople Who Love Their Computers Too MuchPeople Who Love Their Computers Too MuchJoe, a computer programmer, was talking with his psychotherapist. “You’ve got to help me,” he says. “I’ve fallen in love with my computer, but I know I can never marry her.”“Well, it’s good you haven’t totally lost touch with reality,” says the therapist. “Oh, it could never work,” says […]June 19, 2002StudentsConnecticut State Universities to Expand Online OfferingsConnecticut State Universities to Expand Online OfferingsHARTFORD, Conn.The Connecticut State University system has announced it has signed contracts with Campus Pipeline Inc., CollegisEduprise, SCT and WebCT to expand its distance-learning arm, OnlineCSU, and enhance online services for the overall system. The CSU System includes Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State […]June 19, 2002HomeConsumer Groups Urge Federal Policy on Digital AccessConsumer Groups Urge Federal Policy on Digital AccessWASHINGTONAlthough nearly two-thirds of all Americans now have access to the Internet, less affluent households run the risk of being shut out of the digital economy because they are not as likely to be online, according to a May report sponsored by major U.S. consumer groups. As a […]June 19, 2002HomeVirginia Universities Team Up on Nation’s Cyber SecurityVirginia Universities Team Up on Nation’s Cyber SecurityFocus on public policy and law gives research effort unique focusARLINGTON, Va.In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United States, federal policy-makers have taken measures to strengthen computer network security systems guarding the nation’s vital database and infrastructure operations. Last month, federal officials announced […]June 19, 2002Previous PagePage 218 of 431Next Page