Black IssuesFaculty & StaffMississippi Plaintiffs Make First Proposal in College Desegregation CaseMississippi Plaintiffs Make First Proposal in College Desegregation CaseJACKSON, Miss.State leaders are reviewing a proposed multiyear plan that could bolster the three historically Black universities and end the 25-year-old college desegregation case here. An attorney for Black plaintiffs last month made the first settlement offer since negotiations began in June in an effort to settle […]October 11, 2000HealthUniversity of California To Require Students To Get Health InsuranceUniversity of California To Require Students To Get Health InsuranceSAN FRANCISCO University of California regents voted last month to make insurance a mandatory requirement for students, believed to be the first such requirement by a major U.S. university system. The insurance issue stemmed from concerns about the estimated 40 percent of undergraduates who have inadequate […]October 11, 2000StudentsStudent Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race ProblemsStudent Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race ProblemsPULLMAN, Wash. Police are still trying to determine why Washington State University freshman Atuanya Priester was beaten up last month. Some witnesses told investigators that Priester, from Seattle, was jumped by 10 men; others depict a confrontation between Priester and a member of a rival fraternity.Minority […]October 11, 2000SportsFired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversityFired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]October 11, 2000HomeDoctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of WisconsinDoctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of WisconsinMADISON, Wis. Hoping to illustrate its diverse enrollment, the University of Wisconsin at Madison says it doctored a photo on a brochure cover by inserting a Black student in a crowd of White football fans. “We did it in this one instance, and it really was an error […]October 11, 2000Faculty & StaffAdministrator at University of Florida Law School ResignsAdministrator at University of Florida Law School Resigns Over Minority Hiring PracticesGAINESVILLE, Fla. The highest-ranking Black administrator at the University of Florida’s law school resigned his position a week after a stormy meeting about the school’s difficulty in attracting and retaining Black professors. Kenneth Nunn, associate dean for law center affairs, and others felt that […]October 11, 2000StudentsUniversity of Pittsburgh Names Nursing Award for First Black StudentUniversity of Pittsburgh Names Nursing Award for First Black StudentPITTSBURGH The University of Pittsburgh is naming a nursing scholarship for its first Black nursing student. Adena Johnson Davis started at the University of Pittsburgh in 1943, a year after she had been rejected because of her race. “The stereotype was we didn’t fit in,” says […]October 11, 2000HomeColorado Math Professor Tries to Solve Minority Ph.D. EquationColorado Math Professor Tries to Solve Minority Ph.D. EquationBOULDER, Colo. A University of Colorado math professor has been honored for working to increase diversity among Colorado’s doctoral recipients in five years. Dr. James Curry, professor of applied mathematics, was selected to receive the 2000 Boulder County Community Action Program multicultural award in the category of […]October 11, 2000StudentsGeorgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity TrainingGeorgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training ATHENS, Ga.A University of Georgia sorority accused of evaluating a potential pledge on the basis of race will undergo sensitivity training, according to an agreement with the university. A resolution released last month says Alpha Gamma Delta and the university agreed that some sorority members “may hold […]October 11, 2000HomeRutgers’ Minority Graduation Rate Doubles in Last DecadeRutgers’ Minority Graduation Rate Doubles in Last DecadeNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Rutgers University’s graduation rate for minority students has doubled in the last decade, its president said last month. As a percentage of total degrees conferred, minorities accounted for 35 percent of graduates in 1999, up from 17 percent in 1989, president Francis L. Lawrence said. […]October 11, 2000Previous PagePage 355 of 431Next Page
