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Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign
Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]
Latinx
Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill
Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]
HBCUs
Move Over, SI
Move Over, SIMinority sports magazine to debut at year’s end A new magazine focusing exclusively on issues facing Black, Hispanic and other athletes of color is set to hit the newsstands at the end of the year. “The Color of Sports can fill a significant void and have a tremendous influence on shaping the agenda […]
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Baskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEO
Baskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEOSILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) late last month named Lezli Baskerville, a Washington, D.C., activist-attorney, to become the fifth president of the umbrella association of the nation’s 118 public and private, two- and four-year historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities. Baskerville had […]
Faculty & Staff
New Answers to Old Questions
New Answers to Old QuestionsUnderground Codes: Race, Crime and Related FiresBy Katheryn Russell-Brown, New York University Press, 2004, 175 pp., $18.00 paperback, ISBN 0814775411; $55.00, cloth, ISBN 0814775403In Underground Codes, Katheryn Russell-Brown tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women and crime to the […]
HBCUs
Kaplan, EDU Inc. Team Up to Increase Educational Opportunities at HBCUs
Kaplan, EDU Inc. Team Up to Increase Educational Opportunities at HBCUsNEW YORKWorldwide educational services leader Kaplan Inc. announced it has become the exclusive K-12 partner for EDU Inc., a unique service for historically Black colleges and universities that enables students to apply to 29 member institutions through a single common application. Under the terms of […]
Leadership & Policy
Congressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU Presidents
Congressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU PresidentsSeventy-seven presidents of historically Black colleges and universities attended the Fifth Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Congressional Forum in Washington, D.C., on June 8 and 9. The forum, established by former U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, R-Okla., in 1999, was begun as an initiative for Congressional […]
Leadership & Policy
Doing More With Less
Doing More With LessDespite having fewer resources, HBCUs have outpaced majority institutions in producing Black professionals, but experts say strong leadership will be the key to their long-term survivalBy B. Denise HawkinsSince their founding in segregation, the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities have been studies in resourcefulness, contrasts, resoluteness, possibilities and miracles. But have […]
Latinx
‘Change Takes Time’
‘Change Takes Time’While the names have changed — and some of the laws — many age-old debates in higher education have remained the same over the past 20 yearsBy Charles DervaricsIn the 1980s, a Republican president led a defense build-up in response to foreign crises, and his education secretary chided the establishment on school reform. […]
Sports
Riding the Crest of a Wave
Riding the Crest of a WaveOne of Black Issues’ first writers reflects on the growth of a well-timed publicationBy Eileen M. O’BrienIt’s always fun to ride the crest of a wave. As one of the first writers at Black Issues In Higher Education, I quickly realized the publication had impeccable timing, covering diversity and minority-serving […]
Leadership & Policy
Long Overdue
Long Overdue20th Anniversary Edition“After researching, analyzing and listening to the ‘pros’ from all sectors of higher education, it became obvious that this publication was long overdue,” wrote Frank L. Matthews and William E. Cox in their “Publisher’s Viewpoint” in March 1984. Black Issues In Higher Education was “this” publication. The magazine, which started out as […]
HBCUs
Black College Alumni Gifts on the Rise
Black College Alumni Gifts on the RiseATLANTAAlumni giving to historically Black colleges and universities is growing, thanks in part to the Kresge Foundation through its HBCU Initiative, which works with HBCUs to strengthen their fund raising and institutional advancement. While many media reports have questioned the strength of HBCU alumni giving, the Kresge HBCU Initiative […]
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