Black IssuesLeadership & PolicyProfessional AppontmentsProfessional AppontmentsGilberto Cardenas has been named assistant provost and director of the newly established Institute for Latino Studies and Julian Samora Chair of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously an associate professor of sociology and executive director of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research at the University of Texas. Cardenas […]November 24, 1999HomeSparing the Commentary Would Not Have Spoiled The Children’s StoriesSparing the Commentary Would Not Have Spoiled The Children’s StoriesIn 1971, soul singer Marvin Gaye produced “What’s Going On,” one of the first concept albums to be released. Gaye sang about Vietnam, racism and the ecology. One song on the album that has had an endless life span is “Save the Children,” with its haunting […]November 24, 1999HomeResearch For the New MillenniumResearch For the New MillenniumAre you tired of the new millennium yet? Lord knows I am. Tired of conferences predicting the status of African Americans in the new millennium, the status of education in the new millennium, 10 steps for making it in the new millennium and you get my drift. There will be no […]November 24, 1999HomeE-Dictionary Has Modest BeginningE-Dictionary Has Modest BeginningPHILADELPHIA — A couple of technology gurus are looking for some “eyeball hang time.” Um. What? In other words, they want you to spend a lot of time looking at their company’s Web site.“Eyeball hang time” is one of dozens of terms listed in a new dictionary of e-lingo developed by Tom […]November 24, 1999StudentsTech BriefsPenn State Officials Respond to Racist E-mails UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Even though the racist e-mails that were circulating through Penn State last month only reached a relatively small number of students, the entire Pennsylvania State University community may feel its impact, according to a report in the Daily Collegian, the campus newspaper.To help deal […]November 24, 1999HomeETS Research Focuses Computer TestingETS Research Focuses Computer TestingWASHINGTON —— Educational Testing Service officials announced earlier this month that the organization is launching a three-year, multimillion dollar research project to improve the quality of its tests based on data gleaned from the use of computer adaptive tests. Since 1993, ETS, the nation’s largest private, nonprofit organization devoted to educational measurement […]November 24, 1999LatinxNew NetworkingNew NetworkingLast month, the National Science Foundation announced that it would spend $5.9 million over four years to assist minority-serving higher education institutions in bringing the latest computer networking technology to their campuses and establishing the management and staffing skills necessary to create and sustain these technologies.Known as the NSF Advanced Networking Project with Minority-Serving […]November 24, 1999Native AmericansAppalachian, American Indian Students Bridge Cultural DivideAppalachian, American Indian Students Bridge Cultural DivideCUMBERLAND, Ky. — Kristen Foley, a fourth-generation resident in Harlan County, is separated by 1,253 miles from some new friends — Sioux Indians living on the Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D. Through a course offered jointly at Southeast Community College here and at Sinte Gleska University on the reservation, […]November 24, 1999StudentsTribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial HelpTribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial HelpSANTA FE, N.M. — Students at the Institute of American Indian Arts have started a letter-writing campaign to Congress and are seeking help from their tribes, saying the school needs more support than it’s getting. Under a compromise version of funding for the school, the institute is […]November 24, 1999StudentsInappropriate MonikersInappropriate MonikersAs minority students become aware of buildings honoring people of dubious distinction, campus officials grapple with issues concerning institutional history and racist legaciesBy Paul MuschickCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kristi Booker thought her fellow students didn’t know what they were talking about when they told her Saunders Hall here at the University of North Carolina’s […]November 24, 1999Previous PagePage 406 of 431Next Page
