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Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science Early

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science EarlyWashingtonYoung African American females show a strong inclination toward science in their high school years because of strong female role models in their lives — usually their working mothers, according to a study completed at The Catholic University of America. However, the researchers also concluded that both […]

African-American

Events

EventsFEBRUARY Feb. 11-13United Negro College Fund Special Programs CorporationDepartment of Defense HBCU/MITechnical Assistance Conference“Opportunities in the 21st Century”MiamiContact: Paula DickersonE-mail: Paula.Dickerson@uncfsp.orgPhone: (703) 205-7643Web: www.uncfsp.org/idapFeb. 12-137th Annual African American Student Leadership Conference“Connecting Progressive African Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing Legacy”Rust CollegeHolly Springs, Miss.Contact: Dr. A.J. StovallPhone: (662) 252-6107Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgFeb. 12-17National Association of […]

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

Report Shows More Americans with High School, College Diplomas

Report Shows More Americans with High School, College DiplomasWashington American adults are better educated, according to new Census Bureau estimates. Of Americans age 25 and older this year, a record-high 84.1 percent had at least a high school degree, up from 83.4 percent in 1999 and 24.5 percent in 1940, the earliest records available, according […]

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget Agreement

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget AgreementBy Charles DervaricsFederal funding for minority-serving colleges, including historically Black colleges and universities, will increase significantly under the final 2001 budget agreement between the White House and Congress.Nearly three months into the new fiscal year, the two sides finally came together on an agreement just before […]

African-American

Embracing ‘Black is Beautiful’

Embracing ‘Black is Beautiful’A frican Americans have long had a seriously vexed relationship with the very notion of beauty.”We were stripped of everything — all our tools, our rituals, our practices from the moment of our arrival on this continent,” says Mikki Taylor, beauty director and cover editor of Essence magazine. “We were brought to […]

African-American

Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected Officials

Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected OfficialsWashingtonThe Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies last month released its 1999 count of Black elected officials, showing a net increase of 68 for a total of 8,936 between January 1998 and January 1999. With this increase, the representation of Black elected officials among all […]

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A University of New Mexico fraternity accused of duct-taping a swastika on a Black student’s car has been placed on emergency suspension. University administrators say they placed the Sigma Chi chapter on suspension and that the rights, privileges, charter and affiliation with UNM are […]

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of Desegregation

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of DesegregationAthens, Ga.‘Two-four-six-eight! We don’t want to integrate!” were the chants from the crowd that greeted Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes — the first two African American students to integrate the University of Georgia 40 years ago Jan. 9. To mark the 40 years since UGA was desegregated, the […]

Native Americans

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal Colleges

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal CollegesThe U.S. Dept. of Education is offering new grants to support improvements at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities and tribal institutions.The Education Department made applications available Nov. 30 for new grants under the Title V HSI grant program and the Title III Higher Education Act program for tribal […]

Leadership & Policy

Year 2000: A Retrospective

Year 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]

Asian American Pacific Islander

Think TANKs in the United States

Think TANKs in the United States• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), Washington• American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), Washington• Asia Pacific Policy Center (APPC), Washington• Asia/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), Stanford, Calif.• Asia Society, New York• The Aspen Institute, Washington• Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), Washington• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Fairfax, Va.• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), Berkeley, Calif.• The Brookings […]

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