Black IssuesHomeDo Major’s Matter?Do Major’s Matter?There is, perhaps, no college decision that is more thought-provoking, gut-wrenching and rest-of-your-life oriented — or disoriented — than the choice of a major.“Sometimes, even those who have already decided, when you ask them about their major [and how it will affect their job expectations], the answers don’t correspond with what they want […]April 12, 2000HomeACE TroubleshooterACE TroubleshooterWelcome relief and big expectations accompany Dr. William B. Harvey’s appointment as head of the Office of Minorities in Higher EducationWhen the American Council on Education announced the new head of its Office of Minorities in Higher Education last month, observers said they were getting the best of both worlds — a respected scholar […]April 12, 2000HomeEventsEventsAPRILApril 15-19, 2000National Forum for Black Public Administrators18th Annual Conference“Strategic Investment Imperatives for Public Administration”Charlotte, N.C.Contact: John SaundersPhone: (202) 408-9306Fax: (202) 408-8558E-mail: nfbpa@erols.comWeb: www.nfbpa.orgApril 15-19, 2000University Continuing Education Association85th Annual Conference“Riding the Wave: Strategies for the New Futures of Higher Education”San DiegoContact: Francis GloverPhone: (202) 659-3130Fax: (202) 785-0374E-mail: postmaster@nucea.eduWeb: www.nucea.eduApril 24-28American Educational Research Association81st Annual […]April 12, 2000HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsDuke University’s new Institute on Care at the End of Life has received two gifts totaling $650,000. The institute, founded earlier this year and based at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, examines issues surrounding death and dying from standpoints ranging from the medical to the spiritual. A $550,000 gift came from the […]April 12, 2000HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Calvin W. Lowe has been selected to become the ninth president of Bowie State University in Maryland beginning in May. Lowe is currently vice president of research and dean of the graduate college at Hampton University in Virginia. He has extensive experience in higher education, having taught in Alabama and Kentucky. Lowe earned […]April 12, 2000StudentsDear BI Career Consultants:Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some points that African American faculty and administrators should consider when mentoring students of color?Clayton CobbDirector of Multicultural AffairsCarleton CollegeNorthfield, Minn.The psychosocial factors inherent on college and university campuses tend to impede the ability of students of color to achieve their educational goals. The duration of their academic careers at […]April 12, 2000Faculty & StaffPleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationPleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationMany readers of The Pleasures of Academe will sympathize with author James Axtell’s first sentence: “I couldn’t wait to go to college and I couldn’t stand to leave at graduation.”Despite the common sentiment, however, few people remain to become professors. And while many Americans have opinions about what […]April 12, 2000HomeTechnology, Learning and the Future of EducationTechnology, Learning and the Future of EducationA few weeks ago, a newly minted dot-com millionaire opined in The New York Times that higher education was hardly necessary. Why not put it all on the Internet, he asked — the great books, stirring lectures and rigorous exams? Why not let people teach themselves? Why allow higher […]April 12, 2000HomeDiversity Should be Praised, Not EnforcedDiversity Should be Praised, Not EnforcedBy Karin ChenowethThe latest school integration case is now being chewed over by school board attorneys around the country, and it’s proving fairly indigestible. No one is quite sure where it leaves magnet programs, busing programs, transfer policies or anything else related to school integration and desegregation.The case, Eisenberg vs. […]April 12, 2000Recruitment & RetentionUniversities Need to Take a Stand and Defend Affirmative ActionUniversities Need to Take a Stand and Defend Affirmative ActionIn a world preoccupied with outer appearances and organized hypocrisy, it is truly no surprise that we have seen the demise of affirmative action in higher education. I am not surprised, nor am I shocked over the Hopwood decision, Proposition 209 and now the One Florida […]April 12, 2000Previous PagePage 387 of 431Next Page
