Black IssuesLeadership & PolicySt. Augustine’s College Faces Sanction by Accreditation BoardSt. Augustine’s College Faces Sanction by Accreditation BoardBy Eleanor Lee YatesRaleigh, N.C.St. Augustine’s College has been issued a 12-month warning from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. SACS denied St. Augustine’s 10-year accreditation renewal, instead renewing accreditation for only one year. The historically Black college in Raleigh, N.C., was cited for failure to comply […]March 13, 2002HomeTexas Law School Officials Answer Bar Association’s ScrutinyTexas Law School Officials Answer Bar Association’s ScrutinyBy Lydia LumHoustonDespite a scathing American Bar Association (ABA) report against it, Texas Southern University’s law school remains a viable institution competitive with peer schools, TSU officials say.Officials at TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law say they have taken steps to improve the passage rate of the state […]March 13, 2002Faculty & StaffEliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingEliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingNASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, mathBy Hilary Hurd Alexandria, Va.“I’m math illiterate,” along with “I’m science phobic” are familiar statements to NASA’s Dr. Sandra Proctor — in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, […]March 13, 2002Students‘One Struggle, One Battle, One Survival’‘One Struggle, One Battle, One Survival’Student think tank ponders the future, role of HBCUs By David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.It seemed fitting that more than 400 college students from across the country converged on Tennessee State University’s campus last month for the first HBCU “think tank.” Until last year, historically Black TSU was bound by a federal […]March 13, 2002HBCUsHBCU Initiative Based in Education Secretary’s OfficeHBCU Initiative Based in Education Secretary’s OfficeThe White House Initiative on HBCUs has a new base of operations — just down the hall from Education Secretary Roderick Paige.Education Department officials say the higher profile for the initiative is a reflection of the administration’s commitment to Black colleges. Previously, the White House Initiative was housed in […]March 13, 2002HBCUsBush Launches HBCU Advisory BoardBush Launches HBCU Advisory BoardWith much fanfare, President Bush in February named 21 individuals to a Black college advisory board that seeks to strengthen links to the private sector and increase HBCU involvement in federal grants and contracts.Dr. Benjamin Payton, Tuskegee University president, will chair the President’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. […]March 13, 2002HomeLetter2Dear Editor,Kudos for Black Issues’ recent coverage of the values of and seminal issues confronting Black culture centers, as well as your historical summary of the Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) (see Black Issues, Feb. 14). As ABCC founder and current executive director, I nonetheless need to raise the issue of how my position […]March 13, 2002Faculty & StaffLetter1Dear Editor:Julianne Malveaux’s attack on the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (“The New McCarthyism,” Dec. 20, 2001) is little short of libelous. She characterizes our report, “Defending Civilization,” as advocating censorship and opposing free speech. In fact, the report says exactly the opposite. It says that academic freedom should be “passionately defended.”Professors, like the […]March 13, 2002HBCUsBeing a VisionaryBeing a VisionaryIt’s been a long time in the planning stages, but we finally caught up with Dr. Roderick Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education, in his office in Washington.Interviewing the sitting secretary of education has become a Black Issues tradition. Our first such interview was with Secretary Terrel H. Bell during the first Reagan administration. […]March 13, 2002HomeEventsEventsMARCHMarch 8-10National Conference of Arab & Muslim American JournalistsChicagoContact: Ray HananiaPhone: (708) 403-1203Web: www.ArabAmericanView.netMarch 16-19American Association for Higher Education’s National Conference on Higher EducationChicago Hilton and TowersContact: AAHEPhone: (202) 293-6440Fax: (202) 293-0073E-mail: bcambridge@aahe.orgWeb: www.aahe.orgMarch 21-25The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)27th National Conference on Blacks in Higher EducationHilton Washington HotelContact: NAFEOPhone: (301) […]February 27, 2002Previous PagePage 243 of 431Next Page
