Black IssuesHomeEventsEventsAlbertson College has been awarded a second-year grant of $29,403 from the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to encourage students to become entrepreneurs by gaining hands-on experience working with Idaho businesses.The American Council on Education Fellows Program has received a $300,000, three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to enhance the use of information technology […]May 23, 2001HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsRosell Caswell, coordinator for student affairs in the Florida A&M University Center for Human Development, has been awarded the Sadie M. Yancey Professional Service Award from the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals. The award recognizes outstanding work. Caswell earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from FAMU.Dr. Badi G. Foster has been […]May 23, 2001HomeDealing With Hate on the InternetDealing With Hate on the InternetSome Web sites may cause you to shudder from the deepest part of your being. You can read, view and hear some of the most malicious and inflammatory material imaginable. You’ll find blatant racism, anti-Semitism, Christianity bashing, homophobia and more — all designed to pit people against one another.Then there […]May 23, 2001HomeMorgan State University Students PrevailMorgan State University Students Prevail In E-Business CompetitionATLANTA A team of three students from Morgan State University took first-place honors and a $150,000 prize in an e-business plan competition at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta last month. The competition marked the inauguration of the OFC Venture Challenge, an event sponsored by Clark Atlanta and the […]May 23, 2001HBCUsMarshall Fund Releases IT Study on Public HBCUsMarshall Fund Releases IT Study on Public HBCUsNEW YORKThe Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) organization released An Assessment of Current Information Technology Usage, the first comprehensive study of information technology usage among the 44 historically Black public colleges and universities (HBPCUs) that are affiliated with the Marshall scholarship fund. The study, released in April, highlights […]May 23, 2001Faculty & StaffSounding the Alarm on Electronic DiscriminationSounding the Alarm on Electronic DiscriminationTo Dr. Oscar H. Gandy Jr., putting computers and Internet access into the hands of disadvantaged minority and poor Americans falls short of addressing what he defines as one barely recognized version of the digital divide in the United States. Gandy, the Herbert I. Schiller professor in the Annenberg School […]May 23, 2001HomePrisons, Justice and EducationPrisons, Justice and EducationUnemployment rates have risen as the economy has soured, with the Black unemployment rate spiking higher than others. In early April, we learned that while the White unemployment rate was just 3.7 percent, the official unemployment rate for African Americans exceeded 8 percent. But if Black folks couldn’t find jobs “outside,” there […]May 23, 2001HomeRunaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave ResistanceRunaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave ResistanceIn the course of human events, it sometimes becomes necessary for one people, regardless of color, gender or age, to dissolve the bonds which have connected them to another and to assume the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which nature and nature’s God entitle […]May 23, 2001Faculty & StaffTo Be or Not To Be(loved)To Be or Not To Be(loved)Although minority and female authors have found a place on many English departments’ reading lists, the debate over the benefits of a diverse curriculum still linger. By Sophia N. KellmanIn the past few decades, English literature departments have added more women and minority writers to their course listings. Thanks to […]May 23, 2001StudentsThe Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching SlaveryThe Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching Slavery By Paul Ruffins Because of its richness and controversy, the study of slavery has captured the interest and imagination of many different theorists. In turn, these researchers have discovered new documents and reinterpreted older sources of data. Because these scholars’ sources and conclusions are […]May 23, 2001Previous PagePage 303 of 431Next Page