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As Different as Day and Night

As Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]

Reparations and Higher Education

Reparations and Higher EducationThere is a continuing argument about the role of affirmative action, in various forms, in admissions and faculty recruitment at historically White universities, and in budget support for historically Black colleges and universities. But the debate does not get us much closer to consensus on a practical guiding principle for making decisions […]

Replicating Ourselves

Replicating Ourselves In the 20th and 21st CenturiesWhat has 20th century meant for African American women in higher education? Over a steaming cup of tea, I smile as I fall into the trap of naming names and citing trends to answer this question. The names are hauntingly familiar. Dr. Sadie Tanner Moselle Alexander was one […]

African-American

BI News Briefs

Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. — In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, […]

Washington Briefs

People of Color and Women Gain In EnrollmentWASHINGTON — Students of color represent a larger share of the college population than they did at the beginning of this decade, a new Education Department report says.Minorities in 1997 accounted for 27 percent of all college students, up from 20 percent in 1990, says the study, Getting There: […]

Students of Color Win in Final Education Budget

Students of Color Win in Final Education BudgetWASHINGTON — Postsecondary institutions serving students of color earned some hard-fought budget victories as Congress concluded its business for the year.Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all won funding increases in the final education budget bill for fiscal year 2000. HBCUs got a last-minute bonus when the […]

Faculty & Staff

Creating Opportunities for Faculty Research

Creating Opportunities for Faculty ResearchResearch is one of the most rewarding aspects of a scholarly career, but until recently few African American scholars have had a chance to pursue it seriously. Gradually, times are changing.Higher education’s sacrosanct route to promotion and tenure is navigated along the paths of teaching, service and research. Good teaching and […]

Tech Briefs

Penn State Officials Respond to Racist E-mails UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Even though the racist e-mails that were circulating through Penn State last month only reached a relatively small number of students, the entire Pennsylvania State University community may feel its impact, according to a report in the Daily Collegian, the campus newspaper.To help deal […]

New Networking

New NetworkingLast month, the National Science Foundation announced that it would spend $5.9 million over four years to assist minority-serving higher education institutions in bringing the latest computer networking technology to their campuses and establishing the management and staffing skills necessary to create and sustain these technologies.Known as the NSF Advanced Networking Project with Minority-Serving […]

Inappropriate Monikers

Inappropriate MonikersAs minority students become aware of buildings honoring people of dubious distinction, campus officials grapple with issues concerning institutional history and racist legaciesBy Paul MuschickCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kristi Booker thought her fellow students didn’t know what they were talking about when they told her Saunders Hall here at the University of North Carolina’s […]

Washington Briefs

High Court Hears Controversial Fees CaseWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month heard arguments in a case that may have major implications for campus-based organizations that represent students of color.The case focuses on the University of Wisconsin and its policy of collecting mandatory fees from students — money the university ultimately uses to […]

Cuts Threaten Education Programs

Cuts Threaten Education ProgramsWASHINGTON — Across-the-board cuts in federal programs may hamper vital college programs, including the U.S. Department of Education’s ability to process student-aid applications for grants and loans, the Clinton administration warns.In the latest salvo over the 2000 federal budget, Democrats and agency officials complain that a 1 percent, across-the-board cut endorsed by […]

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