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Black America Status Report Finds Good and Bad News

Black America Status Report Finds Good and Bad NewsThe National Urban League’s annual overview on the state of Black America — a report that largely details the disparities among Blacks and Whites in this country — has some good and bad news.The bad news?One of the most troubling gaps doesn’t divide Black and White: It […]

Native Americans

Culturak References to Math

Culturak References to MathDr. Jim Barta, a professor in the Elementary Education Department at Utah State University whose emphasis is ethnomathematics, especially as it relates to American Indians, cites the concept of infinity as one of his favorite examples of ethnomathematics. While he was conducting research among the Seminole Indians of Florida, he asked a […]

Leadership & Policy

BI New Briefs

BI New BriefsCalifornia Professor Launches Hunger Strike Over Tenure DecisionPOMONA, Calif. — A professor at Pomona College who says he was denied tenure because of race discrimination went on a hunger strike last month, hoping the attention would pressure the school to reopen the case. Dr. Stanley O. Gaines Jr. worked as an assistant professor […]

Academic Freedom without Tenure

Washington Briefs

Washington BriefsHBCU Wins Commerce FundsWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration’s new initiative to improve communities in the Mississippi Delta region continues to provide benefits for colleges in that area.Mississippi Valley State University has received a $90,000 university center grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Goals for the program are to help improve the Delta economy, […]

Panel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in Technology

Panel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in TechnologyWASHINGTON — The federal government must “significantly expand” initiatives to recruit minorities and women for science and technology careers through larger Pell grants, increased support for Black colleges and other services, a bipartisan congressional panel says.“The problem has been studied enough. Now we need action,” says Rep. Eddie […]

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Last Word

When traveling around the world, few countries can provide the sense of belonging that African Americans may encounter during a trip to the Motherland.My journey to Pram Pram, Ghana, was arranged through Global Volunteers, an international service organization that assists in community development worldwide. Specifically, seven other volunteers and I were divided between teaching assignments […]

Washington Briefs

Pell Grant Debate Sours House Budget TalksWASHINGTON — Debate on a fiscal 2001 education funding bill has taken an increasingly bitter turn as House leaders recently rejected Democratic attempts to add more money for Pell grants, among other programs for needy students.Republican leaders labeled out of order an amendment that would have increased the maximum […]

African-American

Letters

African American Studies Programs Bear ScrutinyDear Editor,It was good to see the examination of African American Studies programs in Black Issues in Higher Education’s May 25th edition.However, one issue that is seldom discussed is the failure of African American Studies programs to develop at Black colleges and universities. A perfect example is the state of […]

More Doctorates in the House

More Doctorates in the HouseExperts explain what’s working in postgraduate programs at HBCUs and TWIsWASHINGTON — The upward trend for African American postgraduate degree attainment remains constant. From 1992-93 through 1997-98, African American master’s degree attainment rose 8.6 percent overall and 9.7 percent at historically Black colleges and universities. Degree attainment for African Americans at […]

Native Americans

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating Unemployment

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating UnemploymentWASHINGTON — A new national survey reveals that tribal college graduates do very well in the workplace, offering new hope that higher education can be a big boost to one of the nation’s poorest and most undereducated minority groups.The study, Creating Role Models for Change: A Survey of […]

Leadership & Policy

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports Administration

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports AdministrationPercentage of Black athletics directors drops, other positions make little gainsINDIANAPOLIS — Diversity hiring in college athletics is a grand illusion. That’s what the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s latest race report suggests. In college sports, Blacks participate in significant numbers as athletes, but are far less prominent in […]

Report Predicts Surge in Minority Enrollment by 2015

Report Predicts Surge in Minority Enrollment by 2015PRINCETON, N.J. — Minority students are expected to swell the ranks of undergraduates over the next 15 years, pushing enrollments in higher education up by more than 2.6 million students. But while racial or ethnic minorities will represent a dramatic proportion of the new students — as many […]

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