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Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate
Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate Despite Challenges Posed by Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives, the Ph.D. Pipeline Continues to Deliver a Diverse and Much Needed Group of Young ProfessorsCLAREMONT, Calif. — With just one Black professor, five Latino professors and five Asian American professors on its roster of 75 full-time faculty members, the Claremont Graduate University here recognized […]
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BI What’s New
Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development has opened a new  Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts to train scholars to look at what impacts families in the context of culture, race and socioeconomic status. The center’s mission is to enhance the lives of families by developing partnerships between […]
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Learning From Wilt And Milt
Learning From Wilt And MiltI was among those stunned earlier this month at the news that basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain and jazz legend Milt Jackson had died within days of each other. Chamberlain’s giant feet trampled over me once at a track and field meet that I and a few athletes he was mentoring  were […]
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Report Finds Majority of Faculty Technologically Stressed
Report Finds Majority of Faculty Technologically StressedComputer anxiety is surpassing traditional faculty troubles, according to a new national survey of facultyWASHINGTON — As college students research papers on the Internet and manipulate numbers on spreadsheets, their professors are feeling a little less in tune with the newest computer trends.Two out of three professors say they […]
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UNCF Gray’s Way
UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms  His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]
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Professional Appointments
Jones to Lead Community College Baltimore County-CatonsvilleDr. Andrew C. Jones has been named president at the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville. Previously, he was executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas. Jones earned a bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in library science, both, from the University […]
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Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:How can professors at predominantly White colleges and universities receive proper promotion and tenure credits for service to the African American community?Dr. Elaine Johnson CopelandAssociate Professor EmeritusDepartment of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Business Administration Clinton Junior CollegeRock Hill, S.C.This question is an extremely difficult one. While most […]
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Transcending the Classroom
Transcending the Classroom Men of scholarship and prophetic insight must show us the right way and lead us into the light which is shining brighter and brighter.” — Carter G. Woodson    Over the past 15 years, the Black Issues staff has interviewed thousands of faculty. So, it was no small feat to come up with 15 […]
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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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Why I’m Leaving UT-Brownsville
Why I’m Leaving UT-Brownsville This is, I assure everyone, a true story. Unfolding right now in 1999 and not 100 years ago. I offer it in order to illustrate race relations at the end of the millennium, lest anyone think everything is just fine. The place is Brownsville, Texas. The same place where 93 years ago […]
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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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E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of Color
E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of ColorWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a major spending hike for the e-rate policy, in May, marking a significant boost to the controversial federal subsidy program that is helping wire many of the nation’s poorest schools for Internet access. The boost comes at a […]
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