Black IssuesHomeTexas Test PatternsTexas Test PatternsWhile Lawsuit Says High School Exit Exam Discriminates, Report Shows Achievement Gap Is Closing in Two School DistrictsAUSTIN, Texas — The outcome of a lawsuit over an exit-level high school examination in Texas could have ramifications for other states that require students to pass a statewide test to receive a diploma. The lawsuit filed […]October 27, 1999HomeTuition & Financial Aid:Reports Depict Mixed TrendTuition & Financial Aid:Reports Depict Mixed Trend WASHINGTON — To hear The College Board tell it, there is good news and then there is good news about tuition and financial aid. But that’s only half right — on both counts. More accurately: There is almost-good news and there is not-so-bad news — generously speaking, on […]October 27, 1999Faculty & StaffBI What’s NewPennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development has opened a new Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts to train scholars to look at what impacts families in the context of culture, race and socioeconomic status. The center’s mission is to enhance the lives of families by developing partnerships between […]October 27, 1999StudentsBI News BriefMinority Enrollment Continues to Drop at California Medical SchoolsOAKLAND, Calif. — University of California officials have appointed a task force to investigate why minority enrollment is dropping at the system’s five medical schools. In 1993, 103 Black and Mexican American students enrolled at University of California medical schools. This fall, the total was 59. That […]October 27, 1999StudentsWashington BriefsAs Default Rates Fall, HBCUs Face No SanctionsWASHINGTON — The nation’s student loan default rate has fallen to its lowest level since the federal government began collecting data in 1987.The 8.8 percent default rate for 1997 was down nearly a 1 percent from the previous year, and it represents the seventh consecutive decline from a […]October 27, 1999LatinxSenate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’sSenate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’sWASHINGTON — Amid predictions of a federal budget meltdown, historically Black colleges and universities and sponsors of college access programs got a little bit of good news from the U.S. Senate this month.In its most definitive statement yet on the year 2000 education budget, Senate leaders came […]October 27, 1999Faculty & StaffLearning From Wilt And MiltLearning From Wilt And MiltI was among those stunned earlier this month at the news that basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain and jazz legend Milt Jackson had died within days of each other. Chamberlain’s giant feet trampled over me once at a track and field meet that I and a few athletes he was mentoring were […]October 27, 1999StudentsWho Really Cares About Retention?Who Really Cares About Retention?Society’s influence on elementary and secondary students has left many of our young people less than prepared for college. The poor academic preparation of incoming freshman also has made retaining these students at the postsecondary level more difficult. If higher education is going to embrace these students, it is important for […]October 13, 1999HomeGrants & AwardsBennett College in Greensboro, N.C., received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help increase the number of minority graduates in the science and technology fields. The money will be used to improve Bennett’s on-campus technology, to train faculty to make better use of technology and to review and modifying curriculum.Mississippi […]October 13, 1999StudentsDear BI Career Consultants:Dear BI Career Consultants:As a dean, how do I get my faculty and the academic vice provost/provost to buy into our diversity agenda?Dr. James AndersonVice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate StudiesNorth Carolina State UniversityTo promote any campus initiative, successful deans understand what the faculty value, how academic business gets done and how to facilitate the […]October 13, 1999Previous PagePage 412 of 431Next Page
