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BI News Briefs
Judge Refuses to Stop UGA Preferences While Case Is PendingSAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge has denied a motion that would have prevented the University of Georgia from continuing to use race as one of the factors for admitting borderline students while a class action lawsuit wends its way through the court. The motion for […]
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California Regent Wants to Repeal
California Regent Wants to Repeal BERKELEY, Calif. — In a move that is largely symbolic, a University of California Regent said last month that he is preparing a proposal to reverse the university’s groundbreaking ban on the use of racial and gender preferences in admissions decisions.And in a related development, Berkeley officials announced that applications […]
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Events
EventsFEBRUARYFeb. 13-17, 2000National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)25th Annual ConventionWashington, D.C.Contact: Wilma RoscoePhone: (301) 650-2440Web: www.nafeo.orgFeb. 16-20, 2000Association for Educational Communications and Technology“Creating Pathways to Learning: Educational Communications for the 21st Century”Long Beach, Calif.Contact: Lois FreelandPhone: (202) 347-7834E-mail: loisf@aect.orgWeb: www.aect.orgFeb. 21-26, 2000National Association of African American StudiesHoustonContact: Dr. Lemuel Berry Jr.Phone: (606) […]
Students
African American Student Programs vs. Diversity
African American Student Programs vs. Diversity As more student groups scramble to get a share of the diversity pie, is the African American slice shrinking?A $46,000 annual budget may seem reasonable in these economic times for a campus organization of 1,200 students. But when that student group happens to be African American and other minority groups […]
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Toiling Along King’s High Way
Toiling Along King’s High Way Earlier this week, campuses across the country joined the rest of the nation in observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is the first year  since the federal holiday was launched in 1986 in which all 50 states have  recognized it. The last state, New Hampshire, came into the fold […]
Students
As Different as Day and Night
As Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]
Faculty & Staff
BI News Briefs
Hampton Coach’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown OutLUBBOCK, Texas — A judge has dismissed a college basketball coach’s civil rights lawsuit, ruling she, her husband and an assistant failed to establish that racial bias was a factor in their 1998 arrests. Hampton University women’s coach Patricia Bibbs and the others sued the city, several police officers […]
Students
Events
EventsJanuaryJan.  4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th National African American Student Leadership Conference“New Dimensions of African American […]
Students
Events
DecemberDec. 27-30, 1999Modern Languages Association115th Annual ConventionChicagoPhone:  (212) 475-9972E-mail: mkraus@mla.orgWeb: www.mla.org JanuaryJan.  4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th […]
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BI News Briefs
Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. — In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, […]
Students
Preparing to Cross the River
Preparing to Cross the River When I was growing up in Falmouth, Ky., I can remember my grandmother singing a song that put me to sleep and awakened me. The title of this song is “Shall We Gather At the River.” The final chorus still lingers in my mind:  “Shall we gather at the river, […]
African-American
The Problem With Henry Louis Gates’ ‘African World’
The Problem With Henry Louis Gates’ ‘African World’The beautiful African coastline in Ghana is studded with the haunted vestiges of slave fortresses built by European nations over a period of 400 years. It is not unlike the history of the European Slave Trade in other parts of West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola, where more […]
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