Black IssuesStudentsThe Diligent DozenThe Diligent Dozen A ‘To-Do’ List for Parents of Minorities Aspiring to CollegeJDon’t leave the choices in your child’s high school curriculum to school guidance counselors. Too often, counselors will steer students of color to less rigorous courses that fail to adequately prepare them for college work. JDon’t leave it to counselors to decide which […]October 13, 1999African-AmericanRaising the Bar for Middle-Class BlacksRaising the Bar for Middle-Class BlacksNext month, Jenna Bond-Louden will board a plane for North Carolina where she and other college seniors will spend all day learning to write a college essay that will wow admissions officers. Her parents have already shelled out hundreds of dollars for the Baltimore senior to take SAT prep classes.There […]October 13, 1999HomeAdmissions Models for InclusionAdmissions Models for Inclusion Two New Admissions Strategies Could Reopen Doors the Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives have closed — at least for the most disadvantaged students of colorThey’re not complete substitutes for affirmative action, their creators admit bluntly. But in states where affirmative action has been banned or is threatened, two new approaches to the college […]October 13, 1999StudentsBringing It Back to the BasicsBringing It Back to the BasicsIn a High-Tech World Where Many Colleges Are Scrambling to Acquire the Most Advanced Curriculums, Others Are Being Progressive by Teaching the Fundamentals By Eleanor Lee YatesBALTIMORE — Michael Miller always struggled with school. “I was considered to be slow,” recalls the 26-year-old. After repeating the 10th grade twice — […]October 13, 1999HBCUsThe State of RetentionThe State of Retention AUSTIN, Texas — In the academic world, where importance in the institutional pecking order often can be measured by how much money officials are willing to spend on a certain program, rarely a peep is heard these days about retention.College and university administrators traditionally have preferred to spend their money on […]October 13, 1999StudentsIdaho Official: State’s Image Hampers RecruitmentIdaho Official: State’s Image Hampers RecruitmentMOSCOW, Idaho — A top University of Idaho official says that the state’s national image as a haven for racists, though unwarranted, has made it much more difficult for the university to recruit Black students.“The farther away from the university, the image of Idaho can be important for the multicultural […]October 13, 1999StudentsBlack Students Losing HopeBlack Students Losing HopeRecord Numbers of African American Students Forced From State-Funded Tuition Program Before They Can Reap Full BenefitsATLANTA — Georgia’s 6-year-old Hope scholarship program has brought thousands of African American students into the state’s higher education fold who otherwise would not have been able to afford a college education.But a disturbing analysis released […]October 13, 1999Leadership & PolicyRunning for CoverRunning for CoverFear and Paranoia Su rrounding Affirmative Action Lawsuits Unjustified, Experts SayBy Robin M. BennefieldTwo years ago, University of North Carolina System President Dr. Molly Broad, fresh from the California State System, requested a complete review of the use of race in the admissions policies of schools in the state system.Then last spring, Dr. David […]October 13, 1999HomeBomb Scares Leave Scars at Florida A&M UniversityBomb Scares Leave Scars at Florida A&M UniversityTwo Explosions, Deemed Hate-Related, Have Rocked This Historically Black Campus and Spurred Debates Over Greater Security MeasuresTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Authorities charged an unemployed 41-year-old White man earlier this month with planting two small bombs on the Florida A&M University campus, casting a pall of fear and igniting a […]October 13, 1999HomeGeorgia Reaffirms Affirmative ActionGeorgia Reaffirms Affirmative ActionPresident Tells Campus That University Will ‘Do the Right Thing’By Michele N-K CollisonATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia officials announced late last month that they will continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions for a portion of the freshman class of 2000.The pronouncement here came even as the university […]October 13, 1999Previous PagePage 414 of 431Next Page
