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UVa to Examine Its Segregated Past

UVa to Examine Its Segregated Past CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.University of Virginia officials say it is time for incoming students to learn about their school’s segregated past and how to be sensitive to classmates of all backgrounds. Administration officials say they became aware of the need to do something more about race on campus after students came […]

Leadership & Policy

More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows

More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows WASHINGTONThe rate of increase in the number of women and minorities serving as college presidents slowed during the past three years according to The American College President: 2002 Edition, the results of a new survey of college presidents released last month by the American Council […]

First Black Fraternity Chartered At University of Wyoming

First Black Fraternity Chartered At University of Wyoming LARAMIE, Wyo.The first historically Black fraternity at the University of Wyoming has received its charter after originally organizing on campus five years ago. Phi Beta Sigma now has seven active undergraduate members and four graduate student members, according to Clarence Neasman, president of the chapter and a […]

African-American

Decision to Stay at Harvard Is ‘Final,’ Gates Says

Decision to Stay at Harvard Is ‘Final,’ Gates Says BOSTONDr. Henry Louis Gates put an end to a widely watched academic tug of war last month, officially announcing he would remain as head of Harvard University’s Afro-American studies department rather than follow two prominent colleagues to Princeton. “This is for good,” Gates told The Associated […]

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense Funds

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense FundsBy Charles Dervarics Thirteen tribal colleges will gain new funds from the Pentagon under a program designed for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions. The 13 colleges will receive $3.3 million under the Department of Defense’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program, which is […]

The Republican Sweep And Higher Education

The Republican Sweep And Higher Education By Julianne Malveaux A full month after the November debacle, political pundits are still deconstructing the Democrat’s embarrassing loss at the polls. While the Republican “sweep” could hardly be called a mandate (some Senate races were decided by fractions of a percentage point), the outcome is that the Republicans […]

Promises for Another Memorable Year

Promises for Another Memorable Year We’re in the homestretch of 2002, and those of us in the higher education community already know that 2003 is gearing up to be a memorable year. By now you’ve heard that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the University of Michigan’s affirmative action cases. As long as […]

Faculty & Staff

A Shared Responsibility

A Shared ResponsibilityBluefield State’s new president makes college’s success a community agendaBy Kendra Hamilton Dr. Albert L. Walker, the new president of Bluefield State College in Bluefield, W.Va., is a career educator. He has taught in public schools and institutions of higher education since 1967. Previously, he was vice chancellor for academic affairs and a […]

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues

Morehouse President Vows To Talk to Students on Gay Issues ATLANTAAn attack on a student last month at Morehouse College led to talk around the campus about homophobia and a call from a national organization for the school to address the issue publicly. Sophomore Aaron Price was charged with aggravated assault for the baseball bat […]

African-American

Colleges in Western North Carolina Struggle to Recruit Blacks

Colleges in Western North Carolina Struggle to Recruit Blacks ASHEVILLE, N.C.The lowest enrollment of Blacks in five years at the University of North Carolina at Asheville has forced changes in how the school recruits minorities. Chancellor James Mullen issued the demand after just 10 Blacks enrolled with the 438 freshmen who started at the college […]

When Procedural Diversity is Not Enough

When Procedural Diversity is Not Enough Two fraternities at the University of Virginia were suspended as photos of members in blackface were posted on a Web site following a Halloween party, the Washington Post recently reported. If that sounds like an alarmingly familiar story, that’s because it is. Around the same time last year, Black […]

African-American

When the Personal Is Political: Telling and Selling Our Stories

When the Personal Is Political: Telling and Selling Our StoriesBy Julianne Malveaux Anthony Samad is a Los Angeles-based political scientist, economic developer and political activist. He has written a weekly column in California for more than a decade, focusing on social, political and race issues affecting African Americans. For all of his accomplishments, the greater […]

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