Black IssuesHomeBudget Shortfall Forces Meharry to Lay Off WorkersBudget Shortfall Forces Meharry to Lay Off Workers NASHVILLE, Tenn. A budget shortfall has forced Meharry Medical College to lay off 18 non-faculty employees at the private, historically Black college, officials said. Most of the cuts were support staff positions, including administrative assistants and business managers, spokeswoman Jill Scoggins said. Another dozen vacant positions also […]March 24, 2004HomeNew Book Chronicles Impact Of N.C. Tuition IncreaseNew Book Chronicles Impact Of N.C. Tuition IncreaseRALEIGH, N.C. On the steps of the North Carolina General Assembly Building, the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments (UNCASG) released the book The Personal Stories Project: Faces, Not Numbers. The book contains 800 stories from students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni from all 16 UNC […]March 24, 2004HomeMinorities Have ‘50-50’ Chance of Graduating High School, Study FindsMinorities Have ‘50-50′ Chance of Graduating High School, Study FindsWASHINGTONHalf or more of Black, Hispanic and American Indian youth in the United States are getting left behind before high-school graduation, according to a new study.The result is a “hidden crisis” that is obscured by regulations issued under the No Child Left Behind Act that “allow […]March 24, 2004HealthPresident Bush Awards Harvard $107 Million in Africa AIDS FightPresident Bush Awards Harvard $107 Million in Africa AIDS FightWASHINGTONAt a State Department press conference last month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias announced that the Harvard School of Public Health’s AIDS Treatment Care and Prevention Initiative in Africa […]March 24, 2004HomeHEA Renewal Faces RoadblocksHEA Renewal Faces RoadblocksBy Garry BoulardAlthough it has been billed as one of the top legislative tasks of the 108th U.S. Congress, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act may be postponed until next year due to stalled action in Congress and diversions posed by the upcoming presidential election.“I think that for right now, the […]March 24, 2004Community CollegesEducators Question Bush’s Plan to Change PellEducators Question Bush’s Plan to Change PellBy Patricia Troumpoucis A proposed rule change to the Pell Grant program in President Bush’s budget aims to guard against future budget shortfalls, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Education. But critics say it’s just a way to cap or slash the maximum Pell Grant award and […]March 24, 2004HomeSomething to Brag AboutSomething to Brag AboutIn 1993, as her nomination to a federal post faced a barrage of conservative criticism and mischaracterizations, Lani Guinier, both self-assured and certain, stood before a national audience with a simple request — to have a fair hearing and defend her views. Throughout that controversy, under the media’s close watch, Guinier held […]March 24, 2004STEMMaking STEM Careers More AccessibleMaking STEM Careers More AccessibleIn its July 2003 publication of Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that high-school completion and college enrollment among African Americans and Hispanics continues to increase. NSF goes further to convey that these groups have shown an upward trend in completion […]March 10, 2004Faculty & StaffHoward University Engineers SuccessHoward University Engineers SuccessInterdisciplinary study keeps the university on the cutting edgeBY CASSIE M. CHEWLess than three months before graduation, Howard University engineering student Artis Johnson is displaying signs of “senoritis.” As he completes the coursework toward his bachelor’s degree in systems and computer science, he can’t keep his thoughts off of graduation day or that […]March 10, 2004Native AmericansLosing GroundLosing GroundProportional declines mar engineering education picture for underrepresented minorities.BY RONALD ROACHAfter more than a decade of steady enrollments and degree completion rates by underrepresented minorities, public schools, colleges, advocacy groups and government agencies still face a daunting task in helping bring Blacks, Latinos and American Indians into the engineering profession in numbers reflecting their […]March 10, 2004Previous PagePage 88 of 431Next Page
