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Making the Circle a Circle

Making the Circle a CircleOf the myriad challenges facing Native American college students, retention appears to be the most dauntingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaving the reservation for college wasn’t too hard for Rozanna Benaly, a Utah teen who already had lived away from home at the Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington.But it’s different this time. School […]

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Demanding Quality Leadership

Demanding Quality LeadershipIt is commonly said that African Americans suffer from a lack of leadership. Yet, whenever someone begins to wield significant power, too often the campaign to unseat him or her is not far behind.Certainly, no one should be allowed to set an agenda or lead without censure. But rather than tearing folks down […]

Private Party

Private PartyPlagued by sexually-lewd behavior and violence, one of the largest Black fraternity gatherings in the country is no longer a public event and some say that while it’s unfortunate, it may be the wave of the futurePhiladelphia — At first, it seemed that the 1999 Philadelphia Greek Picnic had all of the support that […]

Rap Session on Race

Rap Session on RaceAs Clinton calls for a second round of campus dialogue on race, some wonder how successful the first was; others praise efforts as a useful starting pointWASHINGTON — President Clinton created the President’s Initiative on Race to “help build One America in the 21st Century — a nation of people who respect […]

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Professional Appointments

AcademicFrancene Gilmer has been appointed director of the Vanderbilt University Career Center. Before the appointment, she was associate director of the center. Gilmer earned a bachelor’s degree in community health education from Western Kentucky University; and a master’s degree in education from Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Mynora J. Bryant has been named coordinator of counseling […]

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Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting WASHINGTON — Agendas were set and board members were sworn in as 13 of the 15 members of the President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities gathered here in July for the group’s inaugural meeting.Carrie L. Billy, executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges […]

BI What’s New

California State University-Fullerton, in partnership with the state of California, has begun operating the California Corporate Board Registry to expand minority and women representation statewide on boards of directors. CSU-Fullerton was named to oversee the registry by the Office of Secretary of State Bill Jones.Stemming from legislation passed in 1993 and 1998, the registry will […]

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Capturing the spirit of 15 years

Capturing the spirit of 15 yearsWhen Black Issues In Higher Education started in 1984, Nelson Mandela was enduring a life sentence in a South African prison. Today, he is not only the former president of South Africa, but he holds an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. In the United States, back in 1984, “PC” was […]

Collegiate Athletics Hightlights

Collegiate Athletics HightlightsCollegiate athletics have presented a grueling playing field for student athletes of color over the past 15 years. And sometimes, just when it seems that players of color have gotten used to the terrain, new issues of equity explode on the field, making the footing even more precarious. The following 15 issues — […]

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Shameful Occurrences

Shameful OccurrencesWhile rummaging though our files in search of highlights to include in this anniversary edition, we also came across many, many shameful occurrences. Any reputable 15-year assessment of Black issues in higher education would be incomplete without at least a mention of some of these ignominious episodes. This is by no means a comprehensive […]

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain During the late 1960s and the Vietnam War era, the Black fraternity and sorority movement suffered a loss of prestige because many young African Americans viewed them as too traditional and middle class to be “cool.” However, the success of affirmative action and academic outreach programs brought an unprecedented number of […]

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching ToleranceWASHINGTON — Many colleges and universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without conscious attempts at educating students about how to get along with others, some students may feel threatened or hostile and do things that are destructive to other students and to […]

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