Black IssuesHomeFormer HBCU Dean Named To Postsecondary Education PostFormer HBCU Dean Named To Postsecondary Education PostAn HBCU graduate and former dean of a Black college is joining the upper ranks of the Bush administration’s Education Department team.Wilbert Bryant was named deputy assistant secretary in the Education Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education, which oversees student financial aid programs, student loans, TRIO programs and Title […]January 2, 2002HomeHouse, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 PactHouse, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 PactBill has ambitious ideas, but limited funding, critics sayAfter months of debate and lingering opposition among some experts, House and Senate negotiators forged a final agreement on a bill to improve the nation’s K-12 education pipeline through more testing as well as increased aid for disadvantaged schools.Republicans and […]January 2, 2002Faculty & StaffTaking the Road Less TraveledTaking the Road Less TraveledHappy New Year, and I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. As many of us set goals and resolutions for the new year, our first edition in 2002 should prove inspirational to anyone in the academy. Our cover article, “The Academy’s New Cast,” profiles 10 rising stars in […]January 2, 2002StudentsEventsEvents JANUARYJanuary 18-19Eighth National African American Student Leadership Conference“Connecting Progressive African American Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing Legacy”Rust College, Holly Springs, Miss.Phone: (662) 252-8000, Ext. 4311Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgJanuary 23-26Association of American Colleges and Universities 88th Annual Meeting“Changing Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economi-cally Divided, Globally Interdependent”Grand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Contact: AACUPhone: […]December 19, 2001HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsCalifornia State University-San Bernardino has received $300,000 from Riverside County to evaluate the effectiveness of several county juvenile crime prevention programs.Oklahoma State University’s College of Business Administration has received $1.3 million from The Williams Institute to establish The Williams Institute for Quantitative Finance.Penn State University’s College of Communications received a $250,000 grant from […]December 19, 2001HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsAnnie Allen has been named assistant to the president for institutional planning at Essex County College (N.J.). Most recently, Allen was associate to the provost for outreach and executive officer for cultural pluralism at the University of Vermont. She earned a bachelor’s from the State University of New York and a master’s from Fairleigh […]December 19, 2001HomeThe New McCarthyismThe New McCarthyismWhat’s wrong with this picture? The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a frequent campus speaker, tells students at Harvard Law School that the United States should “build bridges and relationships, not simply bombs and walls.” Many, including the most hawkish foreign policy analysts, would agree with the generalities implicit in these sentiments, if not the […]December 19, 2001StudentsDear BI Career Consultants:Dear BI Career Consultants:I have heard of programs to increase the number of minority faculty by allowing them to teach if they are in the final stages of their doctorate. Can you tell me if there are any programs like thisfor prospective college administrators?Programs to increase the number of minority college administrators — analogous to […]December 19, 2001HomeWhen There’s a Need for SpeedWhen There’s a Need for SpeedSpeed has played a key role with computers since the inception of the digital age in the 1940s. The very raison d’être of electronic machines is their ability to carry out computational procedures faster than humans.Speed is not always what it’s cracked up to be. On the other hand, speed […]December 19, 2001HomeU.N. Launches Digital Divide Venture to Reach the World’s PoorU.N. Launches Digital Divide Venture to Reach the World’s PoorNew YorkLast month, the United Nations launched a global task force to help build universal interconnectivity and spread the benefits of the digital revolution to the world’s poor. An initiative of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force was set up […]December 19, 2001Previous PagePage 260 of 431Next Page
