Black IssuesCommunity CollegesEnrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut CollegesEnrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut CollegesHARTFORD, Conn.Connecticut’s colleges are enrolling Black and Hispanic students at record rates, but fail to keep many of them in the classroom, say state education officials. Minority students also are concentrated at lower-level programs such as two-year colleges, the Department of Higher Education said in an […]March 28, 2001HomeArt Collector Donates Extensive Collection of African American Art to University of DelawareArt Collector Donates Extensive Collection of African American Art to University of Delaware NEWARK, Del. A prominent collector of works by modern Black artists says integration was the reason he chose the University of Delaware, and not a historically Black college, as the home for his 1,000-piece collection. The collection was given to the university […]March 28, 2001HomeColumbia University to Create Malcolm X Research ArchiveColumbia University to Create Malcolm X Research ArchiveNEW YORK Columbia University and the daughters of Malcolm X recently announced a project to archive the slain Black activist’s personal papers and create an electronic version of his famous autobiography. The project will also eventually include oral histories from 200 of Malcolm X’s relatives and contemporaries, a […]March 28, 2001HomeOrganizations Unify to Attract Minorities to Business CareersOrganizations Unify to Attract Minorities to Business CareersWASHINGTONA group of leading organizations have banded together to address the problem of minority underrepresentation in business and management education. The organizations have agreed to work together in a new coalition, the Diversity Pipeline Alliance, to leverage their individual efforts to attract more African Americans, Hispanic Americans and […]March 28, 2001HomeUniversity of Michigan’s Race-Conscious Admissions to be AppealedUniversity of Michigan’s Race-Conscious Admissions to be AppealedDETROIT A federal judge’s ruling upholding the University of Michigan’s race-based admissions policy has been appealed to a higher court. The Center for Individual Rights, a conservative legal organization based in Washington, filed the appeal late last month with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. […]March 28, 2001STEMUC System, Business Groups to Explore Ways to Improve Campus DiversityUC System, Business Groups to Explore Ways to Improve Campus Diversity SACRAMENTO, Calif.The University of California and an organization that promotes minority participation in economic and community development will spend two years looking for ways to improve campus diversity. UC President Richard Atkinson and the Greenlining Institute of San Francisco recently announced a two-year pilot […]March 28, 2001HomeYoungstown State Faculty, Staff Weigh In on Campus Diversity EffortsYoungstown State Faculty, Staff Weigh In on Campus Diversity EffortsYOUNGSTOWN, OhioAlmost half of Youngstown State University faculty and staff, (46 percent), responding to an in-house survey on issues of diversity, say the university is placing too much emphasis on diversity. Fifty-nine percent of the respondents say that one of the problems with pursuing the goal […]March 28, 2001Leadership & PolicyCentral State Rewards President With New ContractCentral State Rewards President With New ContractWILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University’s trustees have rewarded university President John Garland’s rebuilding efforts with a three-year extension of his contract, a raise to $170,000 a year and a financial incentive to remain at CSU. Garland’s contract, which had been scheduled to expire in August 2002, now extends through […]March 28, 2001StudentsNational Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementNational Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementORLANDO, Fla.Just as March Madness draws to a close, student athletes will again be the center of national attention, this time for their academic and civic achievement. On April 6, campuses around the country will observe National Student-Athlete Day for the 14th consecutive year. Some in college […]March 28, 2001HomeA Call to Discard the SATA Call to Discard the SATCollege Board says ‘don’t scapegoat SAT because of inequalities in educational systems’By Pamela BurdmanSACRAMENTO, Calif.University of California President Richard Atkinson’s recent call to jettison the SAT I would eliminate a test that has long aroused suspicions of racial bias, a move diversity advocates have been proposing for decades.This time, however, […]March 28, 2001Previous PagePage 318 of 431Next Page
