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Leadership & Policy
Achieving Unity Through Diversity
Achieving Unity Through DiversityFulbright conference addresses issues of discord, harmony in an increasingly multicultural United StatesBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONFulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Otelemate Harry has spent time on several college  campuses in the United States, but this year he is getting to know the East Coast. The linguistics scholar is in the middle of an 11-month […]
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NAFEO Outlines New Policies to Congress
NAFEO Outlines New Policies to CongressAdvocacy group seeks $30 million program for predominantly Black collegesBy Charles DervaricsA leading advocacy group is asking Congress to create a $30 million program for “predominantly” Black colleges, or urban institutions that lack the history of HBCUs but face many of the same challenges.“Many of these schools are located in […]
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‘Dean’ of Hispanic Writers Donates Papers to University of New Mexico
‘Dean’ of Hispanic Writers Donates Papers to University of New MexicoALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Albuquerque author Rudolfo Anaya, known as the “dean” of Hispanic writers, has decided to donate his papers to the University of New Mexico. “I’m a UNM grad. I taught there. I just think that’s where they belong,” said Anaya, professor emeritus in the […]
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IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving Schools
IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving SchoolsIn a study that builds upon the 2000 U.S. Department of Commerce-funded National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) report on IT resources at historically Black colleges and universities, researchers with the Washington-based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHE) have authored the first, comprehensive national survey of […]
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HBCUs Among Few Winners in Bush’s Budget Plan
HBCUs Among Few Winners in Bush’s Budget PlanFinancial aid programs see little, if any, gain     Black colleges would receive more money next year while most student financial aid programs face freezes or cuts under President Bush’s new education budget.By percentages alone, minority-serving colleges and universities were one of the plan’s few winners in higher education. […]
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Saturday School
Saturday SchoolWriting in last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Grutter v. Bollinger affirmative action case, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor surmised that in 25 years race-conscious affirmative action won’t be needed because disparities in educational performance between disadvantaged minorities and their White and Asian American peers will have been eliminated. Her conjecture on the […]
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Events
EVENTSJANUARYJan. 25-27Second National Conference on Best Practices in Black Student AchievementThe Conference Center and Inn at Clemson UniversityClemson, S.C.Phone: (864) 656-2200Web: www.clemson.edu/bestpractices2FEBRUARYFeb. 2-4National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)2004 Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency–Capitol HillWashington, D.C. Contact: Tony Pals Phone: ( 202) 739-0474E-mail: tony@naicu.eduWeb: www.naicu.edu/meetings/index.shtmlFeb. 29-March 3League for Innovation in the Community College7th Annual Innovations […]
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Education Funding Up in the Air
Education Funding Up in the AirBipartisan efforts still under way to increase spending package      Republicans have pushed a tardy $373 billion spending package through the U.S. House of Representatives that would increase overall funding for the U.S. Department of Education by $2.9 billion, despite conservative objections that the measure had too many hometown projects and […]
Sports
A Year in Review: Milestones
MilestonesHistorically Black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania kicked off its 150th anniversary celebration in April. The sesquicentennial celebration will last through May 2004 and will encompass a variety of special events. The University of Pennsylvania became the first and only Ivy League institution to establish a criminology department. The University of California-Santa Barbara announced that it […]
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Music College Offers Lessons Via Online Program
By Ronald RoachBOSTONThe Berklee College of Music, the world’s largest independent music college, has announced the launch of a free, downloadable computer program that provides music lessons. The program, Berklee Shares, encourages musicians to share and distribute these music lessons online. The Berklee Shares lessons are made up of a catalog of MP3s, QuickTime movies […]
African-American
Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South America
Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South AmericaATLANTAAccording to U.S. Census reports, there are 38.8 million Hispanics now living in the United States as compared to 38.3 million Blacks or African Americans. However, the federal government’s claim that Hispanics have passed Blacks as the largest “minority” ethnic group confuses language and ethnicity. The claim implies […]
Students
Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship Program
Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship ProgramWASHINGTONThe Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program since 1999 has offered more than 7,000 minority students “last dollar” scholarship awards for undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. programs. The program recently released a study that profiled current and past participants’ success as a result of the scholarships.The attitudes and expectations […]
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