Black IssuesHomeAttorney to Appeal Ruling in Mississippi College Desegregation CaseAttorney to Appeal Ruling in Mississippi College Desegregation CaseJACKSON, Miss. Mississippi’s long-running college desegregation case is once again headed to the nation’s highest court. In January, a federal appeals court upheld a $503 million settlement in the desegregation case that stems from a lawsuit accusing Mississippi of neglecting its historically Black universities for decades (see […]June 16, 2004HomeConservative Scholars Ponder K-12 EducationConservative Scholars Ponder K-12 EducationConference highlights include discussions of public school reform, closing racial achievement gapBy Ronald RoachNEW YORKDuring the week the nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case, more than 200 conservative scholars and education officials gathered in New York […]June 16, 2004HomeA Delayed VictoryA Delayed VictorySouthern University awards student protesters honorary degrees nearly 50 years after expulsionBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Forty-four years after expelling them for participating in sit-ins at three racially segregated restaurants, Southern University invited the 16 former students back to the historically Black campus to receive honorary degrees at its spring commencement.During the ceremony last […]June 16, 2004InternationalEducation Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee ImplementationEducation Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee ImplementationThree education associations have requested that the implementation of fees for Sevis, the electronic foreign-student tracking system, be delayed for further review. The American Council on Education, the Association of American Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges on May 17 sent a joint letter […]June 16, 2004StudentsNEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public SchoolsNEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public SchoolsInvestments in public schools are not keeping pace with the needs of our children, according to an education funding report released last month by the National Education Association (NEA).Last fall, nearly 400,000 additional children entered the nation’s classrooms, representing the 19th consecutive rise in school enrollment. Yet, annual […]June 16, 2004StudentsCongress’ Debate Deepens Over Republican College Access BillCongress’ Debate Deepens Over Republican College Access BillBy Patricia Troumpoucis The debate over the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is deepening between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives as they focus on student aid — specifically student loans and Pell Grants. Democrats say the changes Republicans recently proposed in a new […]June 16, 2004LatinxA Void Yet to FillA Void Yet to FillWhen Black Issues In Higher Education was being created a little more than 20 years ago, none of us associated with it could have anticipated what this magazine would eventually become. Over the years, however, it has changed and grown into something that makes all of us very proud and thankful.Black […]June 16, 2004HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional Appointments © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comJune 2, 2004SportsEventsJUNEJune 17-19BIHE Inaugural National Conference20th Anniversary Conference and Celebration“Benchmarks & Barriers for People of Color in Higher Education”Marriott Crystal GatewayArlington, Va. Tel: (703) 385-2981Web: www.blackissues.comJune 17-1920th Anniversary Zora Neale Hurston Society Conference “‘Fingering the Jagged Grain,’ Keeping the Pain of Pan-African and Post-Colonial Literary Criticism Alive, and Restructuring the Canon for the 21st Century” Hyatt […]June 2, 2004HomeGrants & AwardsColorado State University College of Business professor of marketing Kathleen Kelly was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct a study on the most effective ways to design tobacco-prevention advertisements for Latino youth. The study will focus on determining the most effective language — English, Spanish or “Spanglish” — and […]June 2, 2004Previous PagePage 72 of 431Next Page
