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Tennessee State To Host Digital Divide Conference

Tennessee State To Host Digital Divide ConferenceNashville, Tenn.Fall 2000 is proving to be busy for historically Black colleges and universities that are vying to bring the HBCU community together on digital divide issues. Tennessee State University joins the ranks of other HBCUs and an HBCU faculty organization that are holding technology conferences. (see Black Issues, […]

White House Initiative Honors Science Faculty With Millennium Awards

White House Initiative Honors Science Faculty With Millennium Awards WASHINGTON Six science professors found themselves under the microscope last month when the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges honored them with Millennium Awards during a special ceremony at the Initiative’s annual meeting.This year, four awards were granted for outstanding achievements in teaching, while two […]

Faculty & Staff

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned By Kendra HamiltonThere may be no sweeter words to a faculty member’s ears than “release time.” Try saying them out loud: “RELEASE TIME.” Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research explored, of […]

Competing for Credit: Republican Watts Seeks HBCU Inroads

Competing for Credit: Republican Watts Seeks HBCU InroadsWASHINGTONCall it Black college fever. Some folks just don’t know what to make of the sudden interest that Rep. Julius Caesar Watts, R-Okla., has in aiding minority-serving institutions. Assembling a gathering of Black college officials to meet with congressional Republicans and standing by Texas Gov. George W. Bush […]

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’WASHINGTONRep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has been a longtime friend to minorities and initiatives that strengthen their access and opportunities where higher education is concerned. His track record is long. A champion of historic building preservation on Black college campuses, Clyburn has worked to help Black […]

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant CompetitionBlack colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program’s inaugural competition last year.Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first grant awards under GEAR UP, a new federal program that promotes college […]

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO Programs

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO ProgramsWith the Clinton administration in its final months, college outreach specialists meeting in Washington in September focused on the issue of continuity — seeking to build on gains made during the past eight years regardless of which party claims the White House in November.Those attending […]

Gore Gets Rousing Response at Howard University Campaign Stop

Gore Gets Rousing Response at Howard University Campaign StopBy Jamilah EvelynDemocratic presidential nominee Al Gore worked an easy crowd and shored up his Black vote last month on a campaign stop at Howard University, appealing to a standing-room-only crowd and a group of potential voters who overwhelmingly back him. Gore gave small nods to higher […]

Giving Credit Where It’s Due for Historic Preservation

Giving Credit Where It’s Due for Historic PreservationDear Editor,I read with great interest your excellent article in the July 20, 2000 edition of Black Issues, titled “Can Historic Buildings on Black Campuses Be Saved?” The article highlighted the continuing need and outstanding progress being made in renovating and upgrading historic buildings on historically Black college […]

Black Colleges Networking On Technology Issues

Black Colleges Networking On Technology IssuesThree Major Conferences Slated When the school year starts, students are not alone in having to adjust to campuses that have upgraded their information-technology infrastructures and are using more technology in the classroom. Faculty and staff also struggle to keep abreast of the issues generated by rapid change. This fall, […]

African-American

As Latino Populations Grow…

As Latino Populations Grow…So does their power. Will they compete or cooperate with African Americans for academic clout?By Pamela R. WeigerThere is power in numbers, sometimes real, sometimes perceived. Last month’s U.S. Census Bureau release of statistics showing just how fast Hispanic and Asian populations are growing in this country may fuel the perception that, […]

Presidential Advisory Board

Reed Named to Presidential Advisory BoardPresident Clinton announced last month that he intends to appoint Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed to serve as a member of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.Reed, of Little Rock, Ark., is the president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, the first woman to serve […]

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