Black IssuesHomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsCity University of New York LaGuardia Community College has received a $7.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enable students and schools to benefit from teacher training programs and additional support services, helping students reach higher standards of academic performance.Meharry Medical College has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant […]January 5, 2000StudentsEventsEventsJanuaryJan. 4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th National African American Student Leadership Conference“New Dimensions of African American […]January 5, 2000Leadership & PolicyProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsJackson State to Get New LeaderRonald Mason Jr. has been named by the board of trustees to become the next president of Jackson State University in Mississippi effective Feb 1. He is currently executive director of the National Center for the Urban Community at Tulane and Xavier universities in New Orleans. Mason has 17 […]January 5, 2000StudentsEventsDecemberDec. 27-30, 1999Modern Languages Association115th Annual ConventionChicagoPhone: (212) 475-9972E-mail: mkraus@mla.orgWeb: www.mla.org JanuaryJan. 4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th […]December 22, 1999HomeProfessional AppointmentsKnoxville College Chooses HattonDr. Barbara Hatton has been chosen to lead Knoxville College in Tennessee. She is the former deputy director of the education and culture program at the Ford Foundation. Hatton holds a bachelor’s in psychology and mathematics from Howard University, a master’s from Atlanta University and a second master’s in business and education […]December 22, 1999HBCUsReplicating OurselvesReplicating Ourselves In the 20th and 21st CenturiesWhat has 20th century meant for African American women in higher education? Over a steaming cup of tea, I smile as I fall into the trap of naming names and citing trends to answer this question. The names are hauntingly familiar. Dr. Sadie Tanner Moselle Alexander was one […]December 22, 1999StudentsNoteworthy BriefsMinority Business School Faculty Increases 50 Percent in Five YearsCHICAGO — Minority representation among the nation’s business school faculties has increased by almost 50 percent in five years, according to The Ph.D. Project.The project to attract and encourage more minorities to become business professors started in 1994. At that time, there were 294 African Americans, […]December 22, 1999Faculty & StaffTech BriefaStudy Shows Most Adult Education Programs Offer Distance Learning NEW YORK — Nearly 69 percent of adult and continuing education programs offer distance learning courses, a new study shows.The Survey of Adult and Continuing Education Progams in Higher Education also found that the most common credentials offered through distance learning courses are non-degree certificates. Other […]December 22, 1999HomeBreaking the Science BarrierBreaking the Science BarrierAs we cross the threshold of a new millennium, the extraordinary global economic expansion, driven primarily by American technological innovation, is a dazzling affirmation of our nation’s preeminence. Advances still unfolding in America’s research laboratories — from quantum computing and “moletronics” to synthetic genes and evolutionary algorithms — portend a mastery over […]December 22, 1999Leadership & Policy20th Century Presidents20th Century Presidents Who Have Influenced the Higher Education LandscapeInstitutions that have made the most progress in terms of access, matriculation and diversity in the 20th century owe much of their success to the leadership of bold chief executives who were unafraid to take risks and unyielding in their commitment to educational equity. Black Issues […]December 22, 1999Previous PagePage 403 of 431Next Page
