Black IssuesHomePennsylvania State Colleges Drop Automatic Admissions ProposalPennsylvania State Colleges Drop Automatic Admissions ProposalHARRISBURG, Pa. State-owned universities have dropped a proposal to offer automatic admissions to top Pennsylvania students following federal opposition to similar plans in other states. The State System of Higher Education has been studying since last spring the idea of giving automatic admissions at the 14 state institutions to […]December 20, 2000Community CollegesTransfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California ListTransfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California ListLOS ANGELES California’s community college system targeted 14 of 107 two-year colleges for having the worst record for transferring students to state universities. More than half of them are in the Los Angeles area. The California Community Colleges list angered many of the schools whose administrators see it […]December 20, 2000StudentsIowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority StudentsIowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College, a private institution in the southeastern part of the state, has attracted a record number of minority students. Despite the college’s location in a small, predominantly White community, nearly 21 percent of the school’s 482 full-time students are minorities this […]December 20, 2000Recruitment & RetentionWisconsin Regents Want More Minority Recruitment After Photo EmbarrassmentWisconsin Regents Want More Minority Recruitment After Photo EmbarrassmentMADISON, Wis. Two University of Wisconsin System regents say the Madison campus needs to step up minority recruitment after an embarrassing photo gaffe drew unwanted national attention. University officials admitted they digitally altered the cover photograph of an admissions booklet to include the face of a Black […]December 20, 2000HomeLawyer Files New Brief on UGA Admissions PolicyLawyer Files New Brief on UGA Admissions PolicyATHENS, Ga. Lawyers who oppose the University of Georgia’s use of race in its admissions process filed another brief late last month at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Attorney Lee Parks accused the university of “state-sponsored discrimination.” The brief includes a complaint against the […]December 20, 2000HomeOfficials Defend Mississippi Desegregation Suit Settlement OfferOfficials Defend Mississippi Desegregation Suit Settlement OfferJACKSON, Miss. Higher education officials and the Mississippi attorney general defended the state’s counteroffer to a desegregation suit settlement posed by advocates for Black universities. The state College Board offered plaintiffs in the 25-year-old Ayers case about $400 million last month, an amount that was half of what was […]December 20, 2000Native AmericansEducation Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal CollegesEducation Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal CollegesThe U.S. Dept. of Education is offering new grants to support improvements at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities and tribal institutions.The Education Department made applications available Nov. 30 for new grants under the Title V HSI grant program and the Title III Higher Education Act program for tribal […]December 20, 2000HomeLack of Action on Federal Education Budget Draws ConcernLack of Action on Federal Education Budget Draws ConcernConcern is mounting in Washington about the continued lack of action on a federal 2001 education budget for student aid and other programs.Pell Grants, college work/study and aid to Black colleges all have temporary funding that was to last through Dec. 6. These programs have had short-term […]December 20, 2000HomeStudents, CBC Map Strategy to Combat Racial ProfilingStudents, CBC Map Strategy to Combat Racial Profiling College students are joining an effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to combat racial profiling. The United States Student Association is putting its support behind legislation from Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., that would promote police accountability. Conyers’ Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act was introduced in the […]December 20, 2000Leadership & PolicyYear 2000: A RetrospectiveYear 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]December 20, 2000Previous PagePage 339 of 431Next Page
