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Leaving for Princeton, West Says Too Much Made Of His Dispute With Harvard President
Leaving for Princeton, West Says Too Much Made Of His Dispute With Harvard PresidentMAHWAH, N.J.Harvard scholar Dr. Cornel West says the university’s president was largely responsible for his move to Princeton but that too much has been made of their dispute. After giving a lecture late last month at Ramapo College’s conference “State of the […]
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Letters
Dear Editor: Thank you for your March 28th insightful and inspirational article on the unheralded contributions of Black mothers and historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities to this nation. As of Jan. 1, 2002, I became the President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), which is the […]
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The Academy’s New Cast — Bravo! Encore Please!
The Academy’s New Cast — Bravo! Encore Please!America’s preoccupation with the “right look” has prompted myriad entertainers to sculpt their bodies as they seek a measure of success. Body sculpting, both a mental and physical exercise, tends to yield optimal physical results to those individuals who demonstrate the requisite mental attitude and discipline to transform […]
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Dear BI Career Consultants
Dear BI Career Consultants: As participation in higher education becomes more global and multicultural, how can African American students/faculty maintain their identity, or do they need to?Creating and maintaining a positive cultural identity is essential to the success of African American students and professionals in higher education. Too often African Americans allow our identity to […]
Students
Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana Classroom
Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana ClassroomBLOOMINGTON, Ind.A mural from the 1930s that includes images of the Ku Klux Klan will remain hanging in an Indiana University classroom, despite objections from the university’s Black Student Union (see Black Issues, March. 28). Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm announced the mural’s fate late last month, […]
Students
Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony Criticized
Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony CriticizedEast Lansing, Mich.Critics are taking aim at a new, optional Michigan State University event that will honor Black graduating seniors next month, saying it is unfair and promoting separatism. In one of several letters sent to the MSU student newspaper, Michael Cykowski, a senior computer science major, wrote: “What would […]
African-American
Letters
Dear Editor:I read with great interest the March 29 article on the sister presidents of Bennett and Spelman in Black Issues In Higher Education. I was indeed surprised to see that the writer did not refer to the first woman president of Bennett College, Dr. Willa B. Player. Dr. Player served Bennett during the mid-50s […]
African-American
Letters
Dear Editor:We at Eastern Washington University, just 30 miles from the north Idaho border, are having a different experience than that described in Kendra Hamilton’s article “Race in the College Classroom” in your March 14 issue.Our courses in African American studies are filled to overflowing with 100-plus students in most classes. We have added additional […]
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Events
EventsAprilApril 25-27Education Writers Association (EWA)55th National SeminarWyndham City CenterWashington, D.C.Contact: EWAPhone: (202) 452-9380Fax: (202) 452-9837E-mail: ewa@ewa.orgWeb: www.ewa.orgMAYMay 98th Annual Scholarship Dinner to Benefit Single FathersMedgar Evers College and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity“Changing Images”Brooklyn Museum of Art, New YorkContact: Peter HolomanPhone: (718) 270-6051E-mail: peter@mec.cuny.eduMay 29-June 2NCORE 200215th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity“The Challenge and […]
African-American
Black Alumni Request Outside Review
Black Alumni Request Outside Review Of Diversity at ArkansasLITTLE ROCK, Ark.The University of Arkansas’ Black Alumni Society has proposed that Chancellor John White hire an off-campus firm to determine whether Blacks are represented fairly at the university. The group says the review it proposes would assess how effective the university is in recruiting minorities as […]
African-American
Letter2
Dear Black Issues:I am writing this letter in response to the feature story on young African American scholars in the Jan. 3 issue. I thoroughly enjoyed this publication. In fact, this particular edition was my introduction to Black Issues, which I had never read. I would like to briefly share the impact reading this issue […]
Students
A Real Team Player
A Real Team Player Wofford College’s Ben Foster makes doing for others a daily priority and a future goal.By Lydia LumPicture the average running back, sprinting down the field, rushing yards and scoring touchdowns. Then picture Wofford College’s Ben Foster, who is better known for his blocking than for rushing and scoring — a fact […]
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