Black IssuesFaculty & StaffUC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209UC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209 SACRAMENTO, Calif. The University of California has hired fewer female faculty following passage of anti-affirmative action ballot measure Proposition 209, creating a gender gap that needs bridging, women professors from across the 10-campus system said recently. “We are in serious discrimination mode at the university,” says UC […]February 28, 2001African-AmericanState Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State UniversityState Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State UniversityCHARLESTON, W.Va. The Higher Education Interim Governing Board is investigating complaints of civil rights violations at Bluefield State College, the board chairwoman said recently. The board sent two consultants — a vice president of West Virginia University and a Marshall University lawyer — to the college […]February 28, 2001HomeXavier Sends 73 Black Students to Medical SchoolXavier Sends 73 Black Students to Medical SchoolNew OrleansFor the eighth consecutive year, Xavier University in New Orleans sent more Black students to medical school in 2000 than any other American college.Seventy-three Xavier graduates started medical training last year — more than twice the total from Morehouse College, which ranked second with 31 new alumni […]February 28, 2001HomeU.S. Research Universities Report Drop in the Number of DoctoratesU.S. Research Universities Report Drop in the Number of Doctorates For the first time in 14 years, the number of doctorates awarded by American research universities fell in 1999, according to a national study released last month. A total of 41,140 doctorates were awarded by American universities in 1999, down 3.6 percent from the previous […]February 28, 2001Leadership & PolicyAcademic Community StunnedAcademic Community Stunned by FAMU President’s ResignationProvost James Ammons will leave to head N.C. Central University By Pearl StewartTallahassee, Fla.On the same day the National Alumni Association of Florida A&M University took out a full-page ad in the local newspaper touting the accomplishments of its president, Dr. Frederick Humphries, stunned the campus, the state and […]February 28, 2001HomeFattah Gains a New AssignmentFattah Gains a New AssignmentRep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a key player in higher education policy in recent years, is giving up his seat on the House of Representatives’ education panel for a new slot on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.One of the architects of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), […]February 28, 2001InternationalHere is a complete look at the work of these two subcommittees:Here is a complete look at the work of these two subcommittees:• 21st Century Competitiveness: Education and training beyond the high school level, except for aid to institutions; student financial aid programs; Workforce Investment Act; family literacy; teacher training; science and technology programs; welfare reform; child care grants.• Select Education: Juvenile justice and delinquency; runaway […]February 28, 2001LatinxHouse Education Committee Assigns Responsibility for HBCU, HSI Programs to New SubcommitteeHouse Education Committee Assigns Responsibility for HBCU, HSI Programs to New Subcommittee Democratic committee members say shift means second-class status for minority institutionsAn unexpected but heated debate on congressional oversight of Black colleges is threatening to thwart efforts at bipartisan education policy early in 2001.And the partisan rancor is surfacing from what is usually a […]February 28, 2001HBCUsTaking Our Achievement Gains for GrantedTaking Our Achievement Gains for GrantedOn Capitol Hill, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus are outraged over Republicans’ decision to shift jurisdiction of historically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions from the House Education and Workforce Committee to the new Select Education subcommittee. Under the new subcommittee’s jurisdiction is also juvenile […]February 28, 2001HomeTennessee Desegregation Accord: “Forty Acres and a Mule”Tennessee Desegregation Accord: “Forty Acres and a Mule”Tennessee has supposedly “settled” its higher education desegregation case (Geier) amid much optimism that “it’s finally over” — the case has lingered in court since 1968. The accord was drafted to meet a Dec. 15, 2000, deadline. And much like the litigation over the presidential election going on […]February 14, 2001Previous PagePage 325 of 431Next Page
