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Faculty & Staff
Erasing An Absence
Erasing An AbsenceThe Paul R. Jones Collection’s Inaugural Exhibition of African American Art Treasures Debuts at University of DelawareBy Ronald RoachWith the opening of “A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection” at the University of Delaware this fall, the inclusion of African American art in the annals of American visual art […]
HBCUs
North Carolina HBCU Working to Produce Textbooks for Benin
North Carolina HBCU Working to Produce Textbooks for BeninRALEIGH, N.C. With a little help from a boy named Bio, educators and students at historically Black St. Augustine’s College are trying to improve education in the West African nation of Benin. They are part of a U.S. Agency for International Development program called Textbooks for a […]
Students
N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary Magazine
N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary MagazineDURHAM, N.C.The chancellor of North Carolina Central University restored the budget of the school’s literary magazine —  and gave it a little boost.Chancellor James H. Ammons said he didn’t realize that the 39-year-old Ex Umbra magazine had lost its $7,000 budget until he read about it in a […]
Native Americans
African American Art Front and Center
African American Art Front and CenterThree years ago we featured Paul R. Jones, following his decision to donate his extensive collection of African American art to the University of Delaware (see Black Issues, March 29, 2001). And three years later, the University of Delaware has completed a $4.6 million renovation of a campus building to […]
HBCUs
HBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School Program
HBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School ProgramWASHINGTONTo spearhead a pilot program designed to prepare African American high school students for college and careers, the Ford Motor Company Fund announced a partnership among the national Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Business Deans Roundtable (HBCU BDRT), the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) […]
Students
NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College Transfers
NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College TransfersDURHAM, N.C. North Carolina Central University is freeing up scholarship money and tweaking its course requirements as it tries to triple the number of community college transfer students within five years.“It’s a fertile pool of qualified students for the baccalaureate,” Chancellor James H. Ammons said. More than 72,000 North […]
Latinx
Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUs
Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]
Students
Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black Colleges
Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black CollegesBy Ronald Roach I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesBy Juan Williams and Dwayne AshleyAmistad (Harper Collins), 2004pp. 480, $35.00, HardcoverISBN: 0-06-009453-2 In I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, authors Juan […]
Leadership & Policy
Are You Presidential Material?
With stiff competition, officials say finding the right mix of ‘passion and mission’ has made the presidential search process more complicated..
Leadership & Policy
University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer
University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer, Collaboration with HBCUs  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. A committee that was formed after racially tinged incidents at the University of Virginia recommended recently the creation of an officer for “diversity and equity” who would report to the president. The panel also recommended the development of an academic program on issues […]
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Events
OCTOBER                                    Oct. 14-16American Association of University Professors (AAUP)Fifth Annual Conference on Governance“Degrees of Quality”The Marriott DowntownMemphis, Tenn.Web: www.aaup.orgOct. 16The National Visionary Leadership Project2004 Intergenerational Summit on the State of Black AmericaLibrary of Congress, Coolidge AuditoriumWashington, D.C. Phone: 202-331-2700Toll-free: 1-888-680-6857 (NVLP)Oct. 27-31National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)2004 Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board […]
HBCUs
A Higher Education Wake-Up Call
A Higher Education Wake-Up Call Whoever wins the November election has a rough row to hoe where higher education is concerned. A recent report, “Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education,” produced by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, paints a troubling picture (see story, pg. 6). It identifies […]
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