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Boston University Plans Residency

Boston University Plans Residency Program for Foreign LeadersBOSTONBoston University plans to launch a residency program for former heads of state from Africa, a project supporters say offers an exit strategy for leaders in need of a way to leave their jobs gracefully.“There is life after the presidency,” says the Rev. Charles Stith, the former U.S. […]

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Black Alumni Request Outside Review

Black Alumni Request Outside Review Of Diversity at ArkansasLITTLE ROCK, Ark.The University of Arkansas’ Black Alumni Society has proposed that Chancellor John White hire an off-campus firm to determine whether Blacks are represented fairly at the university. The group says the review it proposes would assess how effective the university is in recruiting minorities as […]

House Approves 2003 Budget Plan

House Approves 2003 Budget PlanDemocrats deem budget insufficient to meet educational needsThe full House of Representatives approved a 2003 budget plan with a small increase for minority-serving colleges after brushing back efforts to add more money for Pell Grants to the plan.The 221-209 vote was largely along party lines, as Republicans endorsed the budget blueprint […]

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Letter2

Dear Black Issues:I am writing this letter in response to the feature story on young African American scholars in the Jan. 3 issue. I thoroughly enjoyed this publication. In fact, this particular edition was my introduction to Black Issues, which I had never read. I would like to briefly share the impact reading this issue […]

A Real Team Player

A Real Team Player Wofford College’s Ben Foster makes doing for others a daily priority and a future goal.By Lydia LumPicture the average running back, sprinting down the field, rushing yards and scoring touchdowns. Then picture Wofford College’s Ben Foster, who is better known for his blocking than for rushing and scoring — a fact […]

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Did Black Folks Gain From the Women’s Movement?

Did Black Folks Gain From the Women’s Movement?I have always been intrigued by the career of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The Stanford Law School graduate’s legal career was clearly affected by sex discrimination, yet O’Connor has tended to take mixed positions in cases of race discrimination. Her opinion in the Croson case was, […]

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural Removed

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural RemovedBLOOMINGTON, Ind.Some students at Indiana University are pressing school officials to remove a mural that has been hanging in a classroom since 1941, saying the image of Ku Klux Klan members and a burning cross creates a hostile learning environment. The 12-foot-square painting by the late artist Thomas Hart […]

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Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the Web

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the WebOAKLAND, Calif.The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) is using video on the Web to tell a forgotten chapter of journalism history.The Maynard Institute late last month launched “The Black Journalists Movement,” a unique online oral history project that gives voice to Black journalists recalling […]

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Events

EventsMARCHMarch 21-22Third Annual Conference of the Center For the Study of Race and Race RelationsJ. Wayne Reitz Student Union and University AuditoriumGainesville, Fla.Contact: Barbara DeVoe, Phone: (352) 392-8070E-mail: devoe@law.ufl.eduWeb: www.law.ufl.eduMarch 21-25The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)27th National Conference on Blacks in Higher EducationHilton Washington HotelContact: NAFEOPhone: (301) 650-2440Fax: (301) 495-3306Web: www.nafeo.orgMarch […]

Faculty & Staff

‘Race in the College Classroom’

‘Race in the College Classroom’Minority faculty often face student resistance when teaching about raceDealing with conflict in the multiethnic classroom — well, it can pose dilemmas that stump even the so-called experts.An exchange during “Comparative and Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Multiethnic Literatures,” a panel at the recent Modern Languages Association conference, neatly illustrates the point. […]

University of Tennessee Offers Grants to Attract Black Students

University of Tennessee Offers Grants to Attract Black StudentsKNOXVILLE, Tenn.Under pressure to increase minority enrollment, the University of Tennessee will begin a new scholarship program this fall to attract Black students. “This program is meant to make more resources available to African American students,” says Richard Bayer, dean of admissions. “We think we can do […]

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Brigham Young University Elects First Black Student Body President

Brigham Young University Elects First Black Student Body PresidentPROVO, UtahBrigham Young University students have elected the school’s first Black student body president. Rob Foster, 25, of Raleigh, N.C., and his running mate, Eisha Tengelsen, captured 43 percent of the campus vote — 2,580 of 5,959 votes cast for three sets of candidates last month. Less […]

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