Black IssuesSportsSenate Committee Approves Anti-Gambling BillSenate Committee Approves Anti-Gambling BillA U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation to halt all legal betting on college sports. The bill from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., primarily targets legalized gambling on college sports in Nevada. However, McCain says such action also will reduce illegal gambling on amateur sports nationwide, since these illegal activities rely heavily […]July 18, 2001HomeLegislation Proposed by CongressionalLegislation Proposed by Congressional Black Caucus Members Targets High School ReformTwo Congressional Black Caucus members want to bring more young adults back to high school while strengthening alternate routes to a high-school diploma.Reps. Eva Clayton, D-N.C., and Julia Carson, D-Ind., have proposed the General Equivalency Diploma Reform and Improvement Act as H.R. 1893 in Congress. […]July 18, 2001HomeNominee for Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action AdvocatesNominee for Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action Advocates President Bush’s new choice to head the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is an African American who has conservatives’ support but who may face opposition from groups that favor affirmative action.Bush in late June nominated Gerald Reynolds, […]July 18, 2001HomeLettersDear Editor: Surely, Black Anthony Johnson’s dubious distinction of being the first person, Black or White, to own a slave outright in Virginia, merits a place in the (slavery) timeline (see Black Issues, May 24).Johnson, the first free Negro landowner, set up the first Negro community in America at Pungoteague Creek in Accomac County. His […]July 18, 2001SportsHeading Straight to the ProsHeading Straight to the ProsI recently watched the NBA draft, and I couldn’t help it, but as an editor of a higher education magazine, it bothered me that four players just out of high school were chosen in the first 10 picks at levels higher than the players who had attended some college. Of course, […]July 18, 2001StudentsBringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back YardBringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back YardThe history of African American students enrolling at Northwestern has fluctuated for the past 20 years, but no one anticipated the record low of only 82 students enrolling in the fall 1996. What happened? A task force of diverse administrators, faculty members and alumni was […]July 4, 2001Community CollegesEventsEventsJULYJuly 25-30Noel-Levitz 15th National Conference on Student RetentionNew OrleansContact: Linda RobertsonPhone: (800) 876-1117Fax: (319) 337-4700E-mail: linda-robertson@noellevitz.com Web: www.noellevitz.comJuly 27-29The Leadership Alliance’s 6th Annual National SymposiumEvergreen Conference CenterStone Mountain, Ga.Contact: Lydia GarnerPhone: (212) 854-2968E-mail: log2@columbia.edu July 28-31National Association of College and University Business OfficersHilton TowersNew YorkContact: Maureen McCarthyPhone: (202) 861-2523Fax: (202) 296-1592E-mail: mmccartju@nacubo.org Web: www.nacubo.org AUGUSTAugust […]July 4, 2001HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsSUNY College at Brockport alumna Vira Hladun-Goldmann has funded a $7,500 scholarship in her name, targeted to underrepresented minority students. One scholarship will be available for the fall 2001 semester and may grow to a total of four scholarships over four years, each renewable for up to four years of study.Florida A&M University’s […]July 4, 2001Community CollegesProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsCarol Moseley Braun will join the Morris Brown College faculty as a visiting distinguished professor and scholar in residence. She recently served as ambassador to New Zealand and as a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois from 1992-1998. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a juris doctorate from the […]July 4, 2001Community CollegesBring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher EducationBring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher EducationCommunity colleges have a tremendous opportunity to serve thousands of new students. A tragic mistake of the early 1990s ended hundreds of excellent associate’s degree programs for incarcerated students throughout the United States. Now is the time to correct that error and begin again to serve a […]July 4, 2001Previous PagePage 294 of 431Next Page