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FAMU Wins 5th National Title in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

FAMU Wins 5th National Title in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge ORLANDO, Fla.The Florida A&M University Rattlers slithered past the competition here last month to clinch the 5th national championship at the 2003 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an academic competition for the best and brightest students at historically Black colleges and universities. Nearly 100 HBCU […]

Congressmen Introduce Resolutions To Honor Black Colleges

Microsoft Aids Black Public College Technology Program

Microsoft Aids Black Public College Technology ProgramBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTON, D.C.Microsoft has announced a $15 million software grant to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) technology initiative, which is a multi-year effort to raise more than $100 million to upgrade technology at public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The software grant will be distributed […]

Faculty & Staff

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]

New Bill Puts Technology Funds in the Hands of HBCUs

New Bill Puts Technology Funds in the Hands of HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics A new bill from Senate Republicans seeks to address the digital divide by providing minority-serving colleges with money to address technology issues. The Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act would provide funds to upgrade technology, support technology degrees and promote use of […]

A Scientific Mandate

Dr. Rita R. Colwell Birthplace: Beverly, Mass.Education: B.S., Bacteriology; M.S., Genetics, Purdue University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of WashingtonPrevious position: President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1991-1998 Honors & Awards: The Medal of Distinction from Columbia University, the Gold Medal of Charles University, Prague, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alumna Summa Laude […]

Black College Bands ‘Get Paid’ to Showcase Talents

Black College Bands ‘Get Paid’ to Showcase Talents ATLANTAMarching bands from eight historically Black colleges brought their unique, high-stepping, energetic musical performances to the Atlanta Georgia Dome in January as part of the inaugural Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase. The Honda Battle of the Bands is the first national program of its kind […]

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 Budget

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 BudgetMinority-serving institutions, TRIO, GEAR UP receive slight increasesBy Charles Dervarics After months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress and the White House finished work on a 2003 budget bill with a 5 percent increase for Black colleges and slightly higher Pell grants for needy students. Approval of the package ends […]

MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ Comes to North Carolina Central University

MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ Comes to North Carolina Central University HBCU serves as backdrop, as presidential contender faces tough questions DURHAM, N.C.North Carolina Central University basked in the national limelight earlier this month when political talk show host Chris Matthews brought his MSNBC’s “Hardball College Tour” to the campus. The live broadcast featured fast-talking Matthews’ tough questions […]

Senate Approves HBCU Preservation Bill

Senate Approves HBCU Preservation BillBy Charles Dervarics Historically Black colleges and universities could get new funds to promote historic preservation under legislation the U.S. Senate approved in late January. The plan from Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. and Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., would provide $10 million annually for five years to help HBCUs improve historic properties […]

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few Gains

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few GainsMany student aid programs face funding freezeBy Charles Dervarics The Bush administration is proposing a funding freeze for many student aid programs next year while cutting a variety of K-12 initiatives, including several projects to promote school reform. The top Pell grant for needy students would remain unchanged at […]

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins Access and equity — two underlying themes present in the majority of articles in .Black Issues In Higher Education. That’s what we’re all about. So the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court could very well deliver a landmark ruling that could change the way most U.S. colleges and universities have […]

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