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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 […]

The Stories Behind the Numbers

The Stories Behind the Numbers: Black Issues Salutes Outstanding Members of the Class 20001Christine Lincoln, left, is congratulated by a fellow graduate after accepting the Sophie Kerr award during commencement exercises at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Lincoln received the $53,266 award for being the graduating senior with the best ability and promise for future […]

Minority Convocations Lend Cultural Flavor to Celebration

Minority Convocations Lend Cultural Flavor to CelebrationPHOENIX — When Alejandro Contreras graduated last month from Arizona State University, he was thinking about his migrant-worker parents’ mud-caked shoes.“You see our shoes?” Contreras remembers his tired mother saying after returning from a long day in the lettuce fields. “They are all muddy when we come home. Look […]

Emerson College Course to Explore Web of Hate

Emerson College Course to Explore Web of HateBOSTON — An image of a slain gay man burns in hell on one. The “FBI” has declared war on White Christians on another. A third pretends to pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr., then suggests the civil rights leader was a sex fiend, a communist and […]

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Despite Outreach Efforts, UC Schools See Low Minority EnrollmentLOS ANGELES — Black and Hispanic enrollment at the Universities of California has not increased significantly despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the outreach programs that replaced affirmative action. Over the past five years, the percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians who enrolled at […]

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority Schools

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority SchoolsWASHINGTON — In their rush to wrap up action in an election year, congressional leaders are proposing major funding increases for minority-serving colleges and universities next year.Historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all are due for major increases under new legislation being developed in the […]

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law Schools

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law SchoolsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two months ago, more than 11,000 angry protesters marched here on Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Jeb Bush’s plan to end affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting.Now the Florida governor is poised to sign legislation that would create two new law […]

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