Black IssuesFaculty & StaffFinding The Right PrescriptionFinding The Right PrescriptionIn stiff competition with the private sector for pharmacy faculty, academia often finds itself on the losing side By Tracie PowellAn aging population, the changing role of pharmacists as health systems rely more heavily on newer, sophisticated drug therapies to cure ills, and a proliferation of corner drug stores is driving a […]November 17, 2004HBCUsHBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School ProgramHBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School ProgramWASHINGTONTo spearhead a pilot program designed to prepare African American high school students for college and careers, the Ford Motor Company Fund announced a partnership among the national Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Business Deans Roundtable (HBCU BDRT), the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) […]November 17, 2004HomeGetting to the Heart Of the Achievement GapGetting to the Heart Of the Achievement Gap PRINCETON, N.J.Billed as the “African American, Hispanic and Native American Educational Achievement Symposium,” the Educational Testing Service (ETS) convened a two-day forum at their Princeton, N.J., headquarters to highlight informative research and data on the achievement gap among U.S. schoolchildren. The research presentations focused on the educational […]November 17, 2004LatinxUniversity of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano ProgramUniversity of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano ProgramALBUQUERQUE, N.M.The University of New Mexico’s Chicano studies program, begun in 1971 during the activism movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is becoming the Southwest Hispanic studies program. Its director, Dr. Enrique Lamadrid, said the new name will be published in UNM’s catalog for the fall. The […]November 17, 2004HomeSurvey: Two-Thirds of Head Start Programs Expect Service, Staff Cuts in 2005Survey: Two-Thirds of Head Start Programs Expect Service, Staff Cuts in 2005WASHINGTON Despite being one of the most successful programs in the federal government, Head Start, which gets America’s poorest children ready to learn in kindergarten and beyond, is in a bad way today after three years of “neglect and disdain,” according to a recent […]November 17, 2004HomeHarvard University Planning Major Expansion of Engineering ProgramHarvard University Planning Major Expansion of Engineering ProgramCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University is planning a major expansion of its engineering program, including a 67 percent increase in the size of the faculty and the possible establishment of a separate school. Dr. Venkatesh Narayanamurti, dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, told The Boston Globe he’s […]November 17, 2004HomeNew Report Critiques Affirmative Action StudiesNew Report Critiques Affirmative Action StudiesPRINCETON, N.J.The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has posted a new report on its Web page, “The Changing Shape of the River: Affirmative Action and Recent Social Science Research,” prepared by Dr. Russell Nieli, a lecturer in the department of politics at Princeton University. In the report, Nieli summarizes the […]November 17, 2004HomeColleges Could Get Financial Awards For Low-Income GraduatesColleges Could Get Financial Awards For Low-Income GraduatesSANTA FE, N.M.State officials in New Mexico have come up with an idea to encourage universities and two-year colleges to ensure that at-risk students graduate: pay bonuses to schools based on the number of such students earning degrees. The proposal developed by the state Commission on Higher Education […]November 17, 2004HomeMinority Philanthropy Initiative Gets $3 Million GrantMinority Philanthropy Initiative Gets $3 Million Grant INDIANAPOLISA $3 million grant awarded to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University could help put more minorities, women and youth in positions of philanthropy leadership. The center said it will use the grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to reach current and future leaders. “Our goal is […]November 17, 2004HomeCourts Recruit College Students to Advise People Who Don’t Have LawyersCourts Recruit College Students to Advise People Who Don’t Have LawyersLOS ANGELES The 300,000 litigants who come to court each year without lawyers in Los Angeles County are about to get help from a unique group of college students dubbed, “The Justice Corps.”Those who want to handle their own divorces, custody battles, landlord-tenant disputes and […]November 17, 2004Previous PagePage 33 of 431Next Page
