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Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism

Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism DURHAM, N.C.Students, professors and administrators at Duke University held a rally against racism last month after a fraternity sponsored a party that Latino students say demeaned their heritage.Fraternity members from Sigma Chi designed fliers that looked like expired green cards, on the chapter’s Web site and built the […]

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology SAN ANTONIOA new task force of leading experts in advanced science education outreach to minority college students has been formed to address the need to increase the ranks of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.With a $100,000 grant from the National […]

HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIs

HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIsBy Ben Hammer The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is calling on Congress to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in a bill that addresses Title V funding for the upcoming fiscal year 2004. HACU is calling for increased spending in several areas of the […]

Events

OCTOBEROct. 15-18Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students“Preparing a Diverse Scientific Work Force: Eliminating Health Disparities”Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego Web: www.abrcms.orgOct. 18-21Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)17th Annual Conference“Hispanic Higher Education Success: America’s Path to the Future” Hyatt Regency Orange CountyAnaheim, Calif.Web: www.hacu.netOct. 23-25American Council on EducationOffice of Minorities […]

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall Agenda

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall AgendaTeacher education, welfare reform are among other hot-button issues to be addressed By Charles Dervarics After months of disappointing efforts in seeking student-aid increases, education advocates are pinning their hopes on a U.S. Senate plan that will come up for debate in September.A coalition of senators, mostly Democrats, is seeking […]

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Professional Development

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department […]

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, Others

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, OthersBy Charles Dervarics Minority-serving institutions may house Centers of Excellence devoted to teacher training under legislation the House of Representatives has approved this summer. The Ready to Teach Act would create high-quality teacher-training programs at historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving colleges and tribal colleges. The act reserves about $10 million […]

From Opening Doors to Opening Minds

From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]

House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide Help

House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide HelpPlan would provide as much as $2.5 million per college By Charles Dervarics A bill to help Black colleges with the digital divide is finally making progress in the House of Representatives after sponsors sidestepped some potential obstacles. The House Science Committee approved the bill in July, paving the way […]

Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU Increase

Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU IncreaseBy Charles Dervarics A Senate education spending bill for 2004 follows the Bush administration’s goal for a small increase for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions next year. The bill approved in committee would provide a $10 million increase for the main federal HBCU program, for total funding of $224 million. […]

Bush’s Commitment to Black Colleges Called Into Question:

Bush’s Commitment to Black Colleges Called Into Question: New policy statement contradicts promises of increased federal funding, some sayBy Charles Dervarics An obscure Bush administration document is becoming a flashpoint for debate over affirmative action and the White House commitment to Black colleges — a debate that is attracting the attention of at least one […]

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