B. Denise HawkinsHomeResurrecting Fisk’s Race Relations Institute: with $4 million in grants, director Raymond Winbush says, “We’re going to do something old” – Fisk UniversitySince taking over Fisk University’s Race Relations Institute two years ago, Dr. Raymond Winbush has been aggressive about revitalizing the once-prominent institute and resuscitating its showpiece — an annual summer seminar which died sixteen years ago.July 10, 2007HomeGender gap – education of African AmericansSince the early 1980s, the American Council on Education (ACE) has been collecting and disseminating educational data annually on racial and ethnic minorities.Among its findings in 1996 is that students of color have posted significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned — yet the picture is decidedly mixed for different racial and ethnic minority groups.June 19, 2007African-AmericanEducational gains by minority students threatened – affirmative action programsWashington — The nation’s students of color made significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned in recent years, but the gap between them and their white counterparts on all educational levels is glaring, says a report released this month by the American Council on Education (ACE).June 18, 2007HomeMerger no longer a threat for Mississippi Valley StateOver the years as the fate of a small, Black, rural institution unfolded in and out of the court, business was as usual as it could have been at Mississippi Valley State University.June 17, 2007Faculty & StaffThe sound of a gateway closing – how anti-affirmative action was organized for national debate – Special Report Top 100 Degree ProducersIn America, education remains the gateway to upward social mobility, to opportunity, to self-sufficiency, successful families and political participation. That’s the reality.June 17, 2007Leadership & PolicyClergy and deans say black colleges need black churchesWashington When a small group of spirited clergy, Black-college presidents, deans and community leaders came together for an early morning session at the national conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) on a recent Saturday morning, they did more than pray and render hearty amens.June 17, 2007African-AmericanBlack congressmen protest NAFEO award to Thurmond – National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Sen. Strom ThurmondWashington Reps. William Clay (Demo) and Louis Stokes (DOH) refused to share an award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) with former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) at a prescheduled Capitol Hill ceremony.June 16, 2007Sports1996 AdNajuma Fletcher and Nicola Martial have travelled far since their days as aspiring young female athletes in Guyana, South America. Today both are looking forward to graduating — Fletcher with a B.S. degree in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and Martial with a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln And both look forward to the summer Olympic games in Atlanta.June 16, 2007HomeMarvelous Morrison – Toni Morrison – Award-Winning Author Talks About the Future From Some Place in TimeAward-winning Author Talks About the Future From Some Place in Time.June 16, 2007Leadership & PolicyCorrecting the inequities of the past – Makaziwe Phulma Mandela, anthropologist, educator and daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela – Interview – Cover StoryBefore embarking on a tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Dr. Makaziwe Phumla Mandela, daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela, stopped by the offices of Black Issues in Higher Education to discuss a wide range of issues facing higher education in the new South Africa.June 16, 2007Previous PagePage 13 of 15Next Page
