Black IssuesStudentsGeorge Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom DiversityGeorge Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom DiversityFairfax, Va.George Mason University has committed to a new kind of teacher training with a program that prepares teachers to work with the diversity of ages, races, ethnicity, languages and abilities that is prevalent in today’s typical classroom. The Unified Transformative Early Education Model stresses the […]January 31, 2001HomeMassachusetts Announces Grants for Foster Children Attending CollegeMassachusetts Announces Grants for Foster Children Attending CollegeBOSTON Foster children attending college will be eligible for up to $6,000 a year in state grants to help pay for books, meals and housing under a program unveiled recently. The $1.2 million grant program targets students who have left the foster care system at 18 without being […]January 31, 2001Community CollegesCommunity Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain TeachersCommunity Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain TeachersPHOENIX Community colleges are answering a statewide teacher shortage with an effort to recruit, prepare and retain teachers. In response to the shortage, the Maricopa Community College District has formed the Teacher Education Partnership Commission — composed of 32 education, government and business leaders. “The ultimate goal is […]January 31, 2001HomeAlgeania Freeman Named President of Livingstone CollegeAlgeania Freeman Named President of Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, N.C.Dr. Algeania Warren Freeman has been named the new president of Livingstone College effective Feb. 1. Unanimously selected as the 11th president of the 122-year-old institution, Freeman most recently served as a tenured professor of speech communications at Norfolk State University. She has also served as vice president […]January 31, 2001HomeProfessor Michael Eric Dyson Nominated for NAACP Image Award for King BookProfessor Michael Eric Dyson Nominated for NAACP Image Award for King BookChicagoDr. Michael Eric Dyson, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University, has been nominated for an NACCP Image Award for his latest book I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr.Dyson, whose controversial tome received both acclaim and […]January 31, 2001HBCUsArt From HBCUs On Exhibit at Fisk, Tennessee State UniversitiesArt From HBCUs On Exhibit at Fisk, Tennessee State UniversitiesNashvilleThe art exhibit, “To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” is on display at Fisk University Galleries and the Tennessee State Museum.The exhibit, which contains more than 200 works of art including paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures, represents an extensive holding […]January 31, 2001HomeSpelman, Morehouse Ranked Among Top Colleges for Black StudentsSpelman, Morehouse Ranked Among Top Colleges for Black StudentsNew YorkMorehouse and Spelman colleges were ranked the No. 1 and 2 colleges respectively for Black students by Black Enterprise magazine. The magazine’s rankings were based on a survey of academic programs and social atmosphere. A panel of 409 Black professionals in higher education surveyed 482 schools.In addition […]January 31, 2001HomeAACU Chooses 16 Campuses as Leadership InstitutionsAACU Chooses 16 Campuses as Leadership InstitutionsWashingtonThe American Association of Colleges and Universities has recognized 16 colleges and universities for their visionary campus-wide innovations in undergraduate education. The selected schools were characterized by extensive innovations in their curriculum, pedagogy and organizational structure. The AACU found that the schools’ campus culture supports undergraduates both within and […]January 31, 2001HealthNorth Carolina Researchers to Investigate Racial Differences in HealthNorth Carolina Researchers to Investigate Racial Differences in HealthCHAPEL HILL, N.C. Differences in treatment and outcomes between Blacks and Whites in North Carolina will be the focus of a new program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program, based at the school’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, will […]January 31, 2001Recruitment & RetentionFAMU Ties Harvard in Recruitment of National Achievement ScholarsFAMU Ties Harvard in Recruitment of National Achievement Scholars\TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University has tied with Harvard University as the No. 1 recruiter of National Achievement Scholars, the nation’s top African American high school students, for 2000.“This ranking marks another milestone in the University’s effort to maintain FAMU’s status as one of the nation’s premier […]January 31, 2001Previous PagePage 330 of 431Next Page