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Washington Briefs

Clinton Initiative Would Improve Access to ServicesWASHINGTON — A new initiative from the Clinton administration and several members of Congress may benefit Black colleges, two-year institutions and students of color in high-poverty areas of the South.The president’s New Markets initiative seeks to promote economic development and community improvements in several high-poverty areas nationwide. Following the […]

Survey Reveals Black, Hispanic Parents Place High Value on College

Survey Reveals Black, Hispanic Parents Place High Value on CollegeWASHINGTON — Compared to White parents, a greater number of African American and Hispanic parents recognize the value of sending a child to college, new national research says.Data from Public Agenda and the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement says nearly two-thirds of Hispanic parents surveyed say […]

The Black And Brown Value of a Higher Education

The Black And Brown Value of a Higher EducationAccording to a recent survey, more Black and Hispanic parents cite a college education as being a requirement for success than do White parents (see story next page).Though the assessment made headlines across the country, somehow, its findings just aren’t surprising to me. Parents of every hue […]

African American Studies

African American StudiesFive minutes on the World Wide Web makes the point more plainly than a full weekend with a stack of college catalogs: There are as many types of African American Studies programs as there are institutions of higher learning offering them.Some programs — like those at California State University-Long Beach and Cornell University […]

Research Shows Lag in Hispanics’ Bachelor’s Attainment

Research Shows Lag in Hispanics’ Bachelor’s Attainment WASHINGTON — While Hispanic Americans have made great strides in the last three decades as far as attaining high school diplomas, their attainment rate for bachelor’s degrees has inched up slowly, according to Census data released earlier this month.People of Mexican descent, who comprise more than 65 percent […]

Leadership & Policy

Expecting Standards

Expecting StandardsDupont Circle associations wrestle with meeting high diversity expectations.WASHINGTON — The American Council of Education recently lost two of the most visible minorities in higher education. Dr. Deborah Wilds, the association’s deputy director of the Office of Minority Concerns, recently left to become a program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (see […]

Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding Gains

Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding GainsWASHINGTON — President Clinton’s final education budget plan would give student aid and Black college programs some substantial funding gains next year.Total funding for historically Black colleges and universities would increase by $30 million, surpassing the $200 million barrier. The overall $209 million plan includes $169 million for the […]

Crossing The Divide

Crossing The Divide$6 million NSF project seeks to connect minority-serving institutionsWASHINGTON — By the time a fierce winter storm had sheathed this capitol city and its burgeoning suburbs with a foot of snow this past January, some 40 representatives from historically Black institutions, tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions had comfortably settled in a downtown hotel. The […]

Washington Briefs

Proprietary Schools Seek Liaison Like Black, Hispanic CollegesWASHINGTON — Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and community colleges all have their liaisons within the U.S. Education Department. Now for-profit trade schools are seeking representation as well.The education department is nearing the appointment of a special liaison for proprietary schools, a proposal Congress included in the […]

Students of Color Win in Final Education Budget

Students of Color Win in Final Education BudgetWASHINGTON — Postsecondary institutions serving students of color earned some hard-fought budget victories as Congress concluded its business for the year.Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all won funding increases in the final education budget bill for fiscal year 2000. HBCUs got a last-minute bonus when the […]

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appontments

Professional AppontmentsGilberto Cardenas has been named assistant provost and director of the newly established Institute for Latino Studies and Julian Samora Chair of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously an associate professor of sociology and executive director of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research at the University of Texas. Cardenas […]

New Networking

New NetworkingLast month, the National Science Foundation announced that it would spend $5.9 million over four years to assist minority-serving higher education institutions in bringing the latest computer networking technology to their campuses and establishing the management and staffing skills necessary to create and sustain these technologies.Known as the NSF Advanced Networking Project with Minority-Serving […]

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