Black IssuesHomeGray’s Way: A Recommended PathGray’s Way: A Recommended Path Dear Editor:Black Issues is to be commended for the excellent interview and article regarding the exceptional accomplishments of the United Negro College Fund’s chief executive officer, Bill Gray that appeared in your Sept. 30, 1999, edition.Gray’s accomplishments as a fund-raiser, public policy advocate and coalition builder for minorities in higher […]November 24, 1999HomeThe Driving ForceThe Driving ForceJust as we were preparing to send this edition to the printer, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that his new “One Florida” plan would end affirmative action in that state. In its place, he’s recommending a package of initiatives that he and his staff contend would improve “resources and opportunities in underperforming [primary […]November 24, 1999Faculty & StaffCreating a Competitive EdgeCreating a Competitive EdgeThe “competitive edge” is more than imperative in today’s recruitment climate for full-time, part-time, internship, and co-op positions. Specifically, students of color have to understand that a 3.0 GPA and above, academic honors, and letters of recommendation are not what create the total “competitive edge” when the competition is NOT other people […]November 10, 1999HomeGrants & AwardsMaharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the nation’s first research center specializing in preventative medicine for minorities.North Carolina A&T received a $3 million grant from the Ford Motor Company to support key educational initiatives and student resource facilities. The grant is […]November 10, 1999StudentsProfessional AppointmentsSuber to Head St. Augustine’sDr. Dianne Boardley Suber is the first woman to be named president of St. Augustine’s College in North Carolina. Suber has been a professor, assistant provost and, most recently, vice president for administrative services at Hampton University in Virginia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Hampton University, […]November 10, 1999African-AmericanTesting Your Diversity KnowledgeTesting Your Diversity KnowledgeThe following test was developed by Fred L. Pincus, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and author of the Test of Affirmative Action Knowledge and the co-editor of Race and Ethnic Conflict: Contending Views of Prejudice, Discrimination and Ethnoviolence. 1 It is well known that children from […]November 10, 1999HomeThe Evolving Quest for A Desegregation DefinitionThe Evolving Quest for A Desegregation DefinitionOvercoming more than a century of discrimination against African Americans in higher education involves questions of law and public policy. The legal issues focus on southern and border states that once operated systems of higher education segregated by race. Over the years, public policy debates have centered on the […]November 10, 1999Faculty & StaffNoteworthy BriefsState, University Professors Reach Agreement on ContractHARRISBURG, Pa. — Negotiators for the state and the union representing faculty at 14 state universities reached a tentative agreement on a new contract last month, just two hours before a strike moratorium set by the union was about to expire.Details of the three-year contract proposal were not available […]November 10, 1999HomeA Chartered FightA Chartered FightWASHINGTON — Parents in one Baton Rouge, La., neighborhood were relieved when they first learned of the opening of a charter school. But they became disheartened to learn that the school, which would be 80 percent Black, could run afoul of a court order for racially balanced schools.“As I see it, the children […]November 10, 1999StudentsHunters Become the HuntedHunters Become the Hunted CINCINNATI — Picnics, pizza parties and expense-paid trips are some of the methods companies are using to attract college students who a few years ago might have been scrambling for job interviews with those same companies.Ajay Kachwaha, a senior majoring in finance at the University of Cincinnati, said he hasn’t started […]November 10, 1999Previous PagePage 408 of 431Next Page