Black IssuesCommunity CollegesGrants Lure D.C. Kids To Va., Md. SchoolsGrants Lure D.C. Kids To Va., Md. SchoolsColleges and universities in Maryland and Virginia are favored by high school graduates here benefiting from a new federal grant program that offers cheaper rates at all public and a few private institutions in the nation. The program’s officials and educators say the grant, coupled with heavy recruiting […]August 30, 2000HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsThe College Fund/UNCF has received $96,415 from the estate of James W. Norwood, a retired assistant curator with the Smithsonian Institution. The gift will provide scholarships for students to attend UNCF member institutions.CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY’s School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions has received a $1 million grant from the Institute for the Advancement […]August 30, 2000HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Elaine Johnson Copeland is the new dean and vice president of academic affairs at Livingston College in Salisbury, N.C. Copeland earned a bachelor’s from Livingstone College, a master’s in education from Winthrop University and an additional master’s in business administration from the University of Illinois. She earned a doctorate in counseling and guidance […]August 30, 2000HomeSen. Lieberman and The Diversity DilemmaSen. Lieberman and The Diversity DilemmaT he conventional political wisdom about the major political parties is that Republicans ignore African Americans, and Democrats take us for granted. Thus, 84 percent of us voted Democratic in 1996, because, according to the adage, we had nowhere else to go. But earlier this month, the Republican National Convention […]August 30, 2000Leadership & PolicyUniversity President Who Promoted Racial Equality Dies at 91University President Who Promoted Racial Equality Dies at 91 PORTLAND, OreDr. Miller A.F. Ritchie, a former Pacific University president, died early this month at his home in Hillsboro. He was 91. Ritchie was chairman of human relations at the University of Miami in the late 1940s and early ’50s, when his interest in promoting racial […]August 30, 2000HomeU. of Wisconsin to Help Build Telescope in AfricaU. of Wisconsin to Help Build Telescope in AfricaMADISON, Wis.University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomers will help build a telescope in South Africa powerful enough to peer deep into distant galaxies. The $35 million Southern African Large Telescope, to be built on a mountaintop at the edge of the Kalahari Desert, will be the largest telescope in […]August 30, 2000African-AmericanN.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination SuitN.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination Suit SYRACUSE, N.Y.A federal appeals court has dismissed discrimination charges in a lawsuit brought by 32 Black students at the State University of New York at Oneonta, who alleged that state police singled them out as suspects in an attempted rape investigation because of their race. The 2nd U.S. Circuit […]August 30, 2000HomeOhio State Minority Affairs Director Lasts A YearOhio State Minority Affairs Director Lasts A YearCOLUMBUS, Ohio Dr. Timothy Knowles, hired to help Ohio State University improve diversity, has been fired after only a year on the job. University spokesman Dave Ferguson says Knowles’ brief stint as minority affairs director at Ohio State was marred by problems with his management style. The university’s […]August 30, 2000SportsUniversity of Georgia Files Appeal in Race-Based Admissions RulingUniversity of Georgia Files Appeal in Race-Based Admissions RulingSAVANNAH, Ga. NCAA Rejects confederate flag protest in georgiaATLANTA The National Collegiate Athletic Association has rejected calls from civil rights groups to move upcoming basketball tournaments from Georgia unless the state removes the Confederate battle symbol from its state flag.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference earlier this month sent a […]August 30, 2000HBCUsHouse Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task ForceHouse Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task ForceRep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and some of his colleagues announced the formation of a task force to follow up on the first House Republican Historically Black Colleges Summit on Capitol Hill earlier this summer (see Black Issues, July 6).The task force, which Watts says will convene at least three […]August 30, 2000Previous PagePage 365 of 431Next Page