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Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy

Senate Plan Outlines New HBCU Preservation Strategy The U.S. Senate has another new bill to promote historic preservation at HBCUs — a plan with new provisions recommended by UNCF-The College Fund.The plan introduced by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is similar to other bills introduced this session but with additional provisions suggested by UNCF, congressional aides say. […]

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap‘Sustained teamwork’ needed to eliminate disparities, one leader saysHistorically Black colleges and universities lag far behind traditionally White institutions in technology, college leaders told a House of Representatives panel in September.“The technology gap at many of our campuses is a visible reminder of the unresolved legacy of separate but equal […]

Education Without Representation

Education Without Representation The national debate about the overproduction of doctorates dangerously ignores the underproduction of African American doctorates within the academy and the crucial role these scholars play in promoting further success of African American students. In Four Decades of Progress … and Decline: An Assessment of African American Educational Attainment, Dr. Antoine M. […]

Huston-Tillotson College Opens Dell Computer Laboratory

Huston-Tillotson College Opens Dell Computer LaboratoryAUSTIN, TexasLast month, Huston-Tillotson College officials unveiled its corporate-sponsored Dell Computer Laboratory, which is housed in the Dickey-Lawless building.The unveiling follows last year’s announcement by Dell Computer Corp. officials of its $300,000 donation to Huston-Tillotson, the company’s largest to a historically Black college or university. The donation came with an […]

Bush Administration Awards Community Development Grants to 22 HBCUs

Bush Administration Awards Community Development Grants to 22 HBCUsTwenty-two historically Black colleges and universities will receive $10.7 million to revitalize distressed neighborhoods near their campuses by expanding their role and effectiveness in neighborhood revitalization, housing and economic development, HUD Deputy Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced last month.“These grants will help ensure these colleges continue to educate […]

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains WASHINGTONThe number of students of color enrolling and graduating from the nation’s colleges and universities continues to climb steadily, according to an annual status report released last month by the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE). Overall, enrollment by students of color […]

‘Choosing Spelman’

‘Choosing Spelman’College’s ninth president sees intersection between the school’s values and her life’s work.Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum took over the reigns of Spelman College as its ninth president in August. “It just felt like this was what I was supposed to do,” Tatum says about heading Atlanta’s historically Black college for women. Author of Why […]

HBCUs Have Key Role to Play in School Reform Efforts

HBCUs Have Key Role to Play in School Reform EffortsBlack colleges have significant roles to play in implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, the new federal reform plan for K-12 education, administration officials told HBCU leaders in September.“HBCUs are a top priority for this administration,” said Wilbert Bryant, deputy assistant secretary for postsecondary […]

President’s Advisory Board Proposing 10 Percent Spending Increase for HBCUs

President’s Advisory Board Proposing 10 Percent Spending Increase for HBCUs President Bush’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities was prepared to discuss increasing the federal spending of HBCUs by 10 percent with the president during a visit to the White House last month. However, with the president’s attention increasingly occupied by international security […]

HBCUs Making Progress on Loan Default Rate

HBCUs Making Progress on Loan Default RateNo Black college or university in 2002 is subject to federal sanctions for student loan default rates, a sign that HBCUs are making major progress in counseling and monitoring its student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education says.HBCUs “have deployed innovative approaches towards default management and reduction,” the […]

Working Toward a Common Goal

Working Toward a Common GoalThe last time Black Issues reported on the exclusive honor society Phi Beta Kappa, Fisk and Howard universities, in addition to Morehouse College, were the only three historically Black colleges and universities with Phi Beta Kappa chapters — that was in 1990 (see Black Issues, Sept. 27, 1990). In 1997, Phi […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsEric Beck is the new visiting project coordinator for the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Formerly, he was an adviser for the Educational Talent Search (TRIO) program housed at Parkland College in Champaign, Ill. Beck earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of […]

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