Black IssuesHomeWater Leak Delays Planned OpeningWater Leak Delays Planned Opening Of Greensboro Civil Rights MuseumGREENSBORO, N.C. A water leak will probably delay the opening of a planned civil rights museum by at least three or four months and add up to $200,000 to the cost, organizers says. The $10 million International Civil Rights Center and Museum in downtown Greensboro had […]November 3, 2004Community CollegesCommunity Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report SaysCommunity Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report SaysBy Dee Ann FinkenWASHINGTONHow critical are community colleges in educating America’s engineers? According to many educators, the schools play a vital role, and their influence will continue to grow. In 1999-2000, 40 percent of engineers reported having turned to a community college for help at some […]November 3, 2004African-AmericanGordon Parks Returns to Hero’s Welcome in HometownGordon Parks Returns to Hero’s Welcome in HometownFORT SCOTT, Kan. The town that wouldn’t let Gordon Parks sit with the White people when he was growing up made it up to him in a big way with a four-day celebration of his life.In the downtown theater where, as a boy, Parks had to sit in […]November 3, 2004HomeUniversity of Michigan Has Bigger Freshman Class, Fewer Black StudentsUniversity of Michigan Has Bigger Freshman Class, Fewer Black StudentsANN ARBOR, Mich. The number of Black students in the freshman class at University of Michigan fell 14.6 percent compared to last year due to a decrease in Black applicants following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the school’s undergraduate affirmative action policy, the […]November 3, 2004HomeNew Learning Community Promotes Diversity, Leadership At University of Nebraska-LincolnNew Learning Community Promotes Diversity, Leadership At University of Nebraska-LincolnLINCOLN, Neb. Melvin Jones Scholars Learning Community supporters plan for students in this new University of Nebraska-Lincoln learning community to become leaders both in academic and off-campus settings.The community is named for former UNL Vice Chancellor Melvin Jones, who died in 1999. M. Colleen Jones, Melvin […]November 3, 2004HealthNIH Funds Michigan Project to Improve Racial Disparities in Pregnancy OutcomesNIH Funds Michigan Project to Improve Racial Disparities in Pregnancy OutcomesANN ARBOR, Mich.Black women are three times more likely than White women to die during pregnancy, and twice as many Black babies as White babies die in infancy. Yet researchers know little about why pregnancy and infant health differ by race, despite massive efforts to […]November 3, 2004StudentsAfter First Rejecting Request, Catholic University Approves NAACP ChapterAfter First Rejecting Request, Catholic University Approves NAACP Chapter WASHINGTONThe Catholic University of America’s Office of University Center, Student Programs and Events has approved a request to form a student chapter of the NAACP, after the students gave the university’s president assurances recently that they would not engage in any advocacy for abortion or other […]November 3, 2004SportsSome NCAA Schools Get High Marks From Black Coaches GroupSome NCAA Schools Get High Marks From Black Coaches GroupINDIANAPOLIS The Black Coaches Association (BCA) still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group’s new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.Seventeen of 28 Division I-A and I-AA schools received either […]November 3, 2004StudentsCongress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessCongress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessBy M.H. MillerNora Diaz almost didn’t make it to college because her student-aid application form was too long and complicated. Diaz told a congressional panel that she couldn’t have filled out the form without help from counselors. And without student aid, college wouldn’t have been an option for Diaz, whose father […]November 3, 2004InternationalForeign Student Visa Process ClumsyForeign Student Visa Process Clumsy And Cumbersome, Educators SayBy Garry BoulardVisa requirements imposed on foreign students since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are confusing, redundant and causing more problems than they solve, witnesses appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said last month. They noted that if current policy trends continue, many students — particularly […]November 3, 2004Previous PagePage 37 of 431Next Page
