Black IssuesHBCUsBaskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEOBaskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEOSILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) late last month named Lezli Baskerville, a Washington, D.C., activist-attorney, to become the fifth president of the umbrella association of the nation’s 118 public and private, two- and four-year historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities. Baskerville had […]July 14, 2004HomeArchaeologists Unearthing Earliest Incorporated Black TownArchaeologists Unearthing Earliest Incorporated Black TownCOLLEGE PARK, Md. In a 42-acre field of prairie grass, an archeological team has begun to uncover the remains of a pre-Civil War experiment in integration. New Philadelphia, Ill., the earliest known U.S. town incorporated by an African American, survived for nearly a century as a racially mixed community, and […]July 14, 2004Recruitment & RetentionGeorgia Regents Continue to Tackle Black Male College Enrollment, RetentionGeorgia Regents Continue to Tackle Black Male College Enrollment, RetentionATLANTAContinuing the Board of Regents’ efforts to increase the low numbers of African American males who attend college, University System of Georgia Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announced recently the funding of three new collaborative pilot programs in Atlanta, Albany and Savannah.The board has made tackling the […]July 14, 2004African-AmericanHigh School Students Uncover Common Goals, Troubling Differences Among PeersHigh School Students Uncover Common Goals, Troubling Differences Among PeersNEW YORKA piercing new look by New York metro region high school students at race and education affirms their strong support for racially integrated schools, but cautions that 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education access to quality education and resources have not been fully […]July 14, 2004StudentsTIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research ScholarshipTIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research ScholarshipNEW YORK TIAA-CREF, a national financial services company and retirement system for higher education and research employees, announced in June the creation of the Ruth Hamilton Research Scholarship, honoring the work of the late Michigan State University (MSU) Professor and TIAA Trustee Ruth Simms Hamilton.The Hamilton Research Scholarship is funded […]July 14, 2004HealthUGA Wins Knight Chair in Health and Medical JournalismUGA Wins Knight Chair in Health and Medical JournalismATHENS, Ga. The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication won a major endowment grant to create an innovative Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism.The grant will allow the Grady College to develop and teach undergraduate and master’s courses in health and medical […]July 14, 2004HealthStudy Shows Eye Drops Can Delay, Prevent Glaucoma in BlacksStudy Shows Eye Drops Can Delay, Prevent Glaucoma in Blacks SACRAMENTO, Calif. University of California-Davis ophthalmologists and other researchers around the country have found that pressure-lowering eye drops can delay or possibly prevent the onset of glaucoma in almost 50 percent of African Americans who are at higher risk for developing the disease.The findings are based […]July 14, 2004StudentsRepublican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws FireRepublican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws FireShould for-profit, proprietary institutions be considered in the same way as traditional nonprofit schools? The House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing June 16 to consider how federal funding is doled out to proprietary schools under the proposed College Access and Opportunity Act, a […]July 14, 2004StudentsReport Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’Report Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoDubbing the 1990s the “Decade of the Community College,” a new report from the American Council on Education (ACE) says public two-year colleges saw a bigger enrollment boom during that decade than other higher education institutions did.Enrollment at public two-year colleges jumped 14 percent between […]July 14, 2004HomeAll in the Name of ResearchAll in the Name of ResearchIt takes a village to raise an African American doctoral recipient. If you don’t agree, ask any newly minted Ph.D. about the harsh reality of completing the degree. Ask them how many friends, family members, fellow graduate students, faculty mentors, university administrators, co-workers did they have to lean on at […]July 14, 2004Previous PagePage 64 of 431Next Page