Black IssuesStudentsDear BI Career Consultants:Dear BI Career Consultants:What new pressures will community colleges experience when remediation is removed from four-year institutions?Dr. James Anderson, vice provost for undergraduate affairs and professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.Today, a significant number of students who attend college need remedial courses. About one-third of the nation’s first-time, full-time freshmen in […]April 11, 2001African-AmericanAsking The Right QuestionsAsking The Right QuestionsPsychologist puts African Americans at the center of social science research. By Kendra Hamilton ANN ARBOR, Mich.“The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” They were immortal words, words that defined a crucial era of American race relations. But now, at the dawn of a new century, the globalization […]April 11, 2001HomeRap, Race and ReparationsRap, Race and ReparationsFisk University’s Race Relations Institute is continuing its long legacy of involving itself in the day’s most pressing issues facing Blacks around the world. By David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.The news came in mid-December. Kemba Smith, the 23-year-old college student sentenced in 1995 on cocaine trafficking charges for her association with a drug-dealing boyfriend, […]April 11, 2001HomeTurning Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping StonesTurning Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping StonesFinancial exigency, familial, societal and cultural pressures, and educational deficits force many minority law students to make hard choices about whether they should study law. Yet, Black law school graduates today demonstrate that they have the intestinal fortitude to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones and succeed against daunting odds. […]April 11, 2001StudentsReinventing Howard’s Law SchoolReinventing Howard’s Law SchoolDean Alice Gresham Bullock is determined to keep the nation’s oldest historically Black law school relevant to 21st century realities. By Gwendolyn GlennWASHINGTONWhen Alice Gresham Bullock was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 1997, beating out candidates such as Harvard University’s Charles Ogletree, not everyone was pleased. Some […]April 11, 2001Leadership & PolicyCal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student PopulationCal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student PopulationLONG BEACH, Calif. After 41 years of producing many of California’s teachers, the nation’s largest public university system wants to help address the state’s education crisis by offering doctorates in that field. California State University does not independently offer education doctorates, which some experts see as […]April 11, 2001HomeFormer Labor Secretary to Lead Diversity Task ForceFormer Labor Secretary to Lead Diversity Task ForceATLANTAAlexis M. Herman, former labor secretary in the Clinton administration, has been appointed chairwoman of a panel to oversee the Coca-Cola Company’s diversity efforts. The seven-member panel, created by the terms of a settlement of the class-action discrimination lawsuit against Coca-Cola, has the power to make binding recommendations […]April 11, 2001Leadership & PolicyUT May Get Funds for Weekend, Evening CollegeUT May Get Funds for Weekend, Evening College CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. University of Tennessee President J. Wade Gilley has proposed establishing a metropolitan college that would cater to part-time and commuter students. The college, which would be a part of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, would offer weekend and evening classes at off-campus sites. The […]April 11, 2001LatinxDemocrats Unveil Major College Aid PlanDemocrats Unveil Major College Aid PlanWASHINGTONTrying to seize initiative from Republican leaders, House Democrats late last month unveiled a plan to double federal spending on minority-serving colleges and universities during the next three years.The plan is part of Democrats’ 21st Century Higher Education Initiative, endorsed by 90 members including House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. […]April 11, 2001SportsMississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag DesignMississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag DesignJACKSON, Miss.The state College Board has added its weight to groups pushing to retire the current Mississippi flag in favor of a new design, saying failure to act could hurt the economy and cost future NCAA postseason tournaments. “It is a virtual certainty we would lose these […]April 11, 2001Previous PagePage 313 of 431Next Page
