Black IssuesLeadership & PolicyPassing the TorchPassing the TorchI can only assume that one of the goals and hopes of a college president is to leave their respective institution better off than they found it. For presidents of Black colleges, however, this is sometimes easier said than done. Often these presidents take the helm at institutions that are facing fiscal deficits […]June 20, 2001HomeMaintaining an Open Pipeline to Higher Education: Strategies that WorkMaintaining an Open Pipeline to Higher Education: Strategies that WorkAnother academic year has come and gone and this edition of Black Issues allows us to celebrate the success of students of color. While we applaud these students, we must also address the fact that in order to increase the number of African American and other […]June 6, 2001HomeEventsEventsJUNEJune 22-25American Association of University Women National ConventionAustin, TexasContact: Joyce GilliganPhone: (800) 326-AAUWFax: (202) 872-1425E-mail: convention@aauw.org Web: www.aauw.org June 23-27American Association of Higher Education 2001 Assessment ConferenceAdams Mark Hotel, DenverContact: Carlos PelhamPhone: (202) 293-6440Fax: (202) 293-0073E-mail: cpelham@aahe.org Web: www.aahe.org June 24-27American Society for Engineering Education 2001 Annual Conference & ExpositionAlbuquerque, N.M.Contact: Michael DingmanPhone: (202) 331-3530Fax: […]June 6, 2001HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsThe Alamo Community College District (San Antonio) has been awarded a $830,777 “Discovery 4 Higher Education Distance Learning” grant from the state Telecommunications Infrastructure Board. The grant will help create a state-of-the-art system for online education.California State University at Northridge received a $60,000 gift from software company Sight, Sound and Motion. The gift […]June 6, 2001Leadership & PolicyProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Duchess Harris, a professor of political science and African American studies at Macalester College, has received a 2001 Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty sponsored by the New Jersey-based Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Harris earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in American studies from the University of […]June 6, 2001STEMA Tricky Decision: Upgrading Your Operating SystemA Tricky Decision: Upgrading Your Operating SystemShould you upgrade your operating system? Computer users are faced with this question every time Microsoft, Apple or one of the other operating-system developers releases a new version. It’s a crucial question.Answering “yes” could make productive new operating-system tools available to you, or it could create headaches if your […]June 6, 2001StudentsDear BI Career Consultants:Dear BI Career Consultants:With colleges and universities increasingly changing many of their retention, scholarship and other programs from targeting only African American students, what can I do as an administrator to keep my university committed to increasing their Black student enrollment and graduation rates?Dr. Donnie Perkins,Dean and DirectorOffice of Affirmative Action and DiversityNortheastern UniversityBostonIf not […]June 6, 2001HomeSafeguarding Against Online CheatingSafeguarding Against Online CheatingBy Ronald RoachLike many of his peers at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), Melvin A. Greene had anticipated that teaching online courses would be expected of him at the Adelphi, Md., campus that specializes in adult and online education. The prospect that students might resort to cheating or plagiarism didn’t […]June 6, 2001HBCUsMinority Bachelor’s Degrees on the Rise:Minority Bachelor’s Degrees on the Rise:Number of African American Bachelor’s Degree Holders Tops 100,000 by Phaedra Brotherton In the 1999-2000 academic year, the number of African Americans earning bachelor’s degrees topped the 100,000 mark — coming in at 103,874, an increase of 8,350 degrees, or 8.74 percent, over 1997-1998 figures. After promising gains in 1997-1998 […]June 6, 2001Asian American Pacific IslanderIS HIGHER EDUCATION READY FOR MINORITYAMERICA?IS HIGHER EDUCATION READY FOR MINORITYAMERICA?Census 2000 data shows an increasing browning of the U.S. populationBy RONALD ROACHA steady stream of Census 2000 data is informing Americans of a radically changing U.S. population. Huge increases in the Latino and Asian American populations are said to be changing the complexion of the nation. There is no […]June 6, 2001Previous PagePage 300 of 431Next Page
