Black IssuesStudentsGEAR UP Facing CriticismGEAR UP Facing CriticismCongressional sponsors of the 2-year-old Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs have beaten back attempts to terminate the initiative, but prospects for future funding growth may be dimming.House and Senate negotiators in late July rejected White House recommendations to increase funding for the program from $200 million to $325 million. […]August 30, 2000LatinxBlack, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant ProgramBlack, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant ProgramBy Charles DervaricsHistorically Black colleges and other institutions with a history of serving minority students stand to benefit from a new U.S. Department of Labor program to improve the skills of tomorrow’s work force.The department is looking for HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges […]August 30, 2000HomeBlack-Jewish Relations in Election-Year PoliticsBlack-Jewish Relations in Election-Year PoliticsThe selection of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Isadore Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, as the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic party has been heralded as a major historic “first” and an exhilarating “breakthrough” of the ramparts of mainstream American public life. Whatever the political motive and moral “necessity” behind presidential candidate Al […]August 30, 2000HBCUsLettersDeVry happy to move overDear Editor,We read with great enthusiasm your recent article, “Move Over, DeVry,” announcing that historically Black colleges and universities now top the list of the number of computer and information science baccalaureate graduates (see Black Issues, June 22).We at DeVry are proud to have had the distinction of being one of […]August 30, 2000HomeThe More Things Change …The More Things Change …I t seems as if every generation thinks that it is the chosen one. The young are convinced that their insights into the pressing issues of the day and their prescriptions for the future are uniquely insightful and better than anything that preceded them. We all have personal experience with this. […]August 30, 2000HomeEventsEventsAUGUSTAugust 17-19, 2000National Association of Investors Corporation Annual Conference and ExpositionPhiladelphiaContact: Wendy LathropePhone: (856) 988-6560Web: www.better-investing.orgAugust 20-24, 2000American Chemical Society220th National MeetingWashingtonPhone: (800) 227-5558Fax: (202) 872-6128E-mail: cc-pruitt@acs.orgWeb: www.acs.orgSEPTEMBERSeptember 9-10, 2000National Council of Negro WomenNational Black Family Reunion CelebrationWashingtonContact: Shiba Freeman-HaleyPhone: (202) 737-0120Fax: (202) 737-0476E-mail: bfr@ncnw.comWeb: www.ncnw.comSeptember 11-13Educational Technology and Telecommunications MarketsAnnual Conference“Ed NET 2000: […]August 16, 2000HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsAlcorn State University received $272,053.02 from the Tom Joyner Foundation. The funds will go toward scholarships for ASU students. The university was featured during the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” in February.The American Council on Education has received a $100,000 grant from the Metropolitan Life Foundation to help underwrite the outreach activities associated with […]August 16, 2000HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Bernice Guillaumewill become the assistant vice chancellor for academic and multicultural affairs at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. She earned a bachelor’s from Scripps College in California, a master’s from Brown University and a doctorate from Tulane University in Louisiana. Dr. Kenya Ayers-Hillardhas been appointed dean of student services at Trinity College in […]August 16, 2000HomeNew Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade SchoolsNew Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade SchoolsThe U.S. Department of Education last month proposed rules that would make it easier for the agency to forgive the loans of students who were victimized by unscrupulous trade schools. The proposed regulations were in response to a decision by a federal appeals […]August 16, 2000HomeEducation Department Study Says Most Student Borrowers Pay Off Loans in Four YearsEducation Department Study Says Most Student Borrowers Pay Off Loans in Four YearsThe National Center for Education Statistics recently released a report showing that most students have either paid off their loans or are close to doing so four years after graduation. However, the report, Debt Burden Four Years After College, also shows that low-income […]August 16, 2000Previous PagePage 366 of 431Next Page
