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Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.
Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. is known to be enthusiastic about superstring theory and supersymmetry, but another passion has him speaking out —  his commitment to education.By Robin V. SmilesYou have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like theoretical physics. It requires a command of both science and mathematics. The work […]
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A Focus on Physics
A Focus on  PhysicsToo few African American students are choosing physics as an area of study, say Black educatorsBy Ronald RoachPETERSBURG, Va.r. James Davenport takes a great deal of pride in having taught hundreds of students who have graduated from Virginia State University with bachelor’s degrees in physics. Among graduates of the college physics program […]
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Congress Faces Crowded Back-to-Work Schedule
Congress Faces Crowded Back-to-Work ScheduleCongress returns to work this month facing a challenging list of priorities that include an education funding bill and possible regulatory reform for colleges and universities.Scheduled to return after Labor Day, the House and Senate immediately will take up the issue of fiscal 2002 appropriations, including funding for Pell Grants, college […]
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Recruiting African American Teachers Requires Collaboration, Cooperation
Recruiting African American Teachers Requires Collaboration, Cooperation Concerns about the quality of instruction in schools are directly related to the quality of teachers who graduate from teacher-education programs. Hence, successful reforms dictate a “simultaneous renewal” of schools and teacher-preparation programs.One of the gravest challenges facing historically Black colleges and universities today is that of preserving […]
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HBCUs Get Savvy About Fund Raising
HBCUs Get Savvy About Fund RaisingBy Cheryl D. FieldsToday, anyone interested in donating to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) can do so online. An agreement between the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and Gateway computer company gives HBCUs a new way to save on technology purchases. Howard University recently scored […]
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Tennessee State Students, NAACP To Unite HBCUs
Tennessee State Students, NAACP To Unite HBCUsNashville, Tenn. The Tennessee State University Student Government Association and its student chapter of the NAACP are planning to bring all historically Black colleges and universities together next February to celebrate Black History Month. The theme for the celebration is “The HBCU Think Tank.”“My goal is to reunite the HBCU […]
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Study Documents Economic Impact Of Public HBCUs
Study Documents Economic Impact Of Public HBCUsNEW YORKThe study, “Economic Impact Snapshot of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Member Colleges and Universities,” conducted by K&R Management Group, is TMSF’s first in-depth snapshot of the economic impact of 42 of TMSF’s 45 member public historically Black colleges and universities.K&R Management assessed 42 of the 45 public […]
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Letters
Dear Editor:I’m in the Air Force, and subsequently have been overseas a couple of times. Because I did not join the Air Force with the agenda of “seeing the world” but to receive tuition assistance for school instead, when I was sent abroad, I was kicking and digging my nails in the streets (figuratively speaking) […]
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Boom and Bust Cycles
Boom and Bust CyclesAmerica’s public colleges and universities — among the first to feel the effects of the cooling economy … ,” writes Black Issues correspondent Page Boinest Melton in her article “What’s Happening to the ‘Public’ in Public Education?” She goes on to say that nowadays how well our public education institutions are doing […]
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General Electric Donates $1 Million
General Electric Donates $1 MillionTo UNCF Technology InitiativeWASHINGTONThe United Negro College Fund last month scored another major gift in its $80 million technology campaign. Officials with the GE Fund donated a $1 million grant in support of the UNCF Technology Enhancement Campaign, bringing total funds raised to $77 million over 18 months, according to UNCF […]
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Looking for Black Journalists
Looking for Black Journalists In the Wrong Places If an individual isn’t careful, he or she might be lured into believing that Blacks have finally arrived in significant numbers in the media. There’s that gorgeous, velvet-voiced sister anchoring the local 6 o’clock news. A brother, usually without a mustache, provides the sports scores. At the […]
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Advice to HBCUs: Use the Media To Your Advantage
Advice to HBCUs: Use the Media To Your AdvantageAs a product of a historically Black university, I am very tired of continuously defending the legal viability, constitutional justification and the significance of HBCUs.We all understand that racism is a prevalent dynamic in our society. However, even more frightening, we must realize that the mass media […]
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