Black IssuesNative AmericansLower Percentage of Hispanic, American Indian Students Enter UC BerkeleyLower Percentage of Hispanic, American Indian Students Enter UC BerkeleyBERKELEY, Calif.The percentage of Hispanic and American Indian freshman students entering the University of California-Berkeley declined this year, the university recently announced. However, the percentage of Black freshmen increased.Out of a freshman class of approximately 4,000 students Hispanic freshmen make up 9.1 percent of this year’s […]September 27, 2000LGBTQ+Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot ProgramChallenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot ProgramBOULDER, Colo. The University of Colorado has launched a plan to create a more diverse campus by blending students of different backgrounds where they live and study. More than 40 students signed up for the pilot program, which began last month at Hallett […]September 27, 2000StudentsWyoming Seeks to Boost Numbers of Minority StudentsWyoming Seeks to Boost Numbers of Minority Students LARAMIE, Wyo. A new committee has been formed at the University of Wyoming to help boost enrollment of minorities. The Multicultural Campus Visit Committee is aiming to increase ethnic enrollment to 1,400 students by 2005. “Our committee’s goals right now are to increase the number of minority […]September 27, 2000StudentsValedictorians Suing State of ArkansasValedictorians Suing State of ArkansasOnly Four Blacks Among 808 Scholarship RecipientsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. Two high school valedictorians claim in a federal lawsuit that the state of Arkansas is practicing racial discrimination in the way it chooses elite students for scholarships. The lawsuit says only four Black students are among the 808 recipients since 1997 under […]September 27, 2000LGBTQ+UNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource CenterUNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource Center CHARLOTTE, N.C.A new multicultural center is open on the University of North Carolina-Charlotte campus. The UNCC Multicultural Resource Center, inside the university’s Cone Center, is designed to provide social, cultural and educational activities and resources to the campus community and the general public. The 670-square-foot center includes a resource library, […]September 27, 2000HomeOrlando Is FAMU Panel’s Top Choice for New Law SchoolOrlando Is FAMU Panel’s Top Choice for New Law SchoolTallahassee, fla. A five-member committee ranked Orlando, Fla., as the top choice for Florida A&M University’s new law school, which is scheduled to open in 2002.The committee earlier this month ranked Orlando above Lakeland, Tampa and Daytona Beach, but the final decision will be made by […]September 27, 2000HomeScholars Asked to Calculate Slavery ProfitsScholars Asked to Calculate Slavery ProfitsSACRAMENTO, Calif.California lawmakers want scholars to calculate the profits that slave owners and businesses made from slavery.A bill approved last month by the Assembly asks the University of California to assemble scholars to analyze the economic benefits of slavery. Some members of Congress have introduced bills calling for a formal […]September 27, 2000StudentsBowdoin Uses Scholarships to Increase Racial and Ethnic Student DiversityBowdoin Uses Scholarships to Increase Racial and Ethnic Student Diversity BRUNSWICK, Maine The racial and ethnic makeup of the student body at Bowdoin College will be more diverse this fall because of two scholarship programs that are counteracting the state’s disadvantages in attracting minority students.Scholarships from the Posse Foundation, along with the Chamberlain Leadership Scholarship, […]September 27, 2000StudentsUGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination InvestigationUGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination InvestigationATHENS, Ga.University of Georgia officials have temporarily suspended a sorority while they investigate claims that an African American student was denied membership because of her race. University officials say a member of Alpha Gamma Delta filed a complaint against the sorority, which led officials to conduct a preliminary investigation.“Discrimination is […]September 27, 2000HBCUsPresidential Advisory BoardReed Named to Presidential Advisory BoardPresident Clinton announced last month that he intends to appoint Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed to serve as a member of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.Reed, of Little Rock, Ark., is the president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, the first woman to serve […]September 27, 2000Previous PagePage 359 of 431Next Page
