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President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to Diversity

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to DiversityPresident Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House’s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community.“I ask you to recommit yourselves … to fighting discrimination, to revitalizing our poorest communities, and to giving people an […]

Surveying the Combat Zone

Surveying the Combat ZoneIn 1984, the birth year of Black Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The victory signaled the high mark of conservative political ascendance in the United States. Throughout Reagan’s eight-year tenure, conservative policymakers took aim and fired at policies designed to […]

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“Wrighting”History’s Wrongs

“Wrighting”History’s Wrongs By Kendra HamiltonWhen Dianne Swann Wright was hired as director of special programming at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, she became the first African American in a senior staff position at the organization that owns and operates Monticello, the Charlottesville, Va., historical site that was the home of the nation’s third president. Swann-Wright’s […]

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Reinterpreting America’s History

Reinterpreting America’s HistoryBy Kendra HamiltonOnce the home to founding father Thomas Jefferson, today Monticello is one of the nation’s most prized historical sites. It also is among the most popular of Virginia’s tourist attractions, drawing upwards of 500,000 visitors a year.But, for many African Americans, the word Monticello is a raft of unpleasant associations. Slaves? […]

Faculty & Staff

United We Stand

United We StandNAFEO, HACU, and AIHEC have formed a new alliance to improve support for students of colorWASHINGTON — The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has been formed between three of the largest organizations serving the needs of minority students.In […]

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Societal Schizophrenia and Academic Retrenchment:

Societal Schizophrenia and Academic Retrenchment: A Tale of Two InconsistenciesAs we approach the new millennium, it is indeed the best of times and the worst of times for African Americans in higher education.College attendance for African American students is at an all-time high. However, those percentages are still significantly lower than Caucasian student attendance rates.Even […]

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“Branches Without Roots” — But Full of Flowers

“Branches Without Roots” — But Full of FlowersUpon his death at the age of 52 in Paris on Nov. 28, 1960, Richard Wright, author and subject of Black Boy, left a literary legacy of novels, short stories, essays, and poetry. Part of his poetic legacy is the haiku — a specialized form of Japanese poetry […]

The Top 100: Interpreting the Data

The Top 100: Interpreting the DataEight years and running. Since 1992, I have provided Black Issues with a set of lists enumerating the colleges and universities that have conferred the highest number of degrees to students of color. The first Top 100 issue examined degree production during the 1988-89 academic year. In this year’s issue, […]

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An Incomplete Herstory

An Incomplete HerstoryWhen Women Ask the Questions is a provocative, yet deeply flawed publication that purports to annotate the creation of women’s studies programs within the American academy. Noted as “the first comprehensive account of women’s studies,” Marilyn Jacoby Boxer presents an incomplete history of the discipline in its maneuverings through the patriarchal elitism of […]

BI News Briefs

Badillo Appointed to Chair CUNY’s Board NEW YORK — Herman Badillo, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s top education adviser, has been named the next chairman of the board of the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban university system. Gov. George Pataki appointed him late last month. “Herman Badillo and the governor share a commitment […]

Native Americans

Notre Dame Gets First Black Mascot

Notre Dame Gets First Black MascotSOUTH BEND, Ind. — It’s hard to miss the vivid color of Michael Brown’s uniform as the leprechaun mascot for the University of Notre Dame. But these days it is the color of Brown’s skin that has captured the attention of many longtime Fighting Irish fans. The sophomore business major […]

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Whiteness Studies: Deceptive or Welcome Discourse?

Whiteness Studies: Deceptive or Welcome Discourse?Dr. Maulana Karenga was one of the scholars who pressed for Black studies in the late 60’s and early 70s. As the author of Introduction to Black Studies, a text used widely throughout the academy, he also is the founder of Kwanzaa, a celebration of family, community, and culture observed […]

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