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Professional Appointment

ACADEMICLisa R. Elliott has been named communications coordinator for Cleveland State University’s office of minority affairs and community relations. Previously, she managed a marketing communications firm, Aspire Marketing. Elliot holds a bachelor’s in speech from Northwestern University.Dr. Allen J. Green has been named dean of studies and student life at Sarah Lawrence College. He comes […]

Higher Education’s Money Man

Higher Education’s Money Man An Interview With United Negro College Fund President Bill GrayWhen William H. Gray, at the age of 50, announced in 1991 that he was leaving his Majority Whip post in the U.S. House of Representatives to head the United Negro College Fund, many believed his brightest days were behind him. Two […]

UNCF Gray’s Way

UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]

Washington Briefs

HBCUs to Get $2.1 Million from Human Services AgencyWASHINGTON — Black colleges and universities will get a share of more than $20 million in new federal funding to help improve the economic outlook of low-income neighborhoods nationwide, officials here say.At least $2.1 million in the Urban and Rural Community Economic Development program will go to […]

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

Leadership & Policy

The Boycott That Isn’t — Yet

The Boycott That Isn’t — YetRumors last month that Benedict College’s president was rallying his HBCU colleagues in South Carolina to join the NAACP’s boycott of that state have thwarted the alleged plan, at least temporarilyColumbia, S.C. — Apparently, word that South Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities are joining the NAACP’s tourism boycott of […]

NAACP Calls for Bluefield State Investigation

NAACP Calls for Bluefield State InvestigationHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia should investigate employment practices at Bluefield State College because of the school’s lack of minority faculty and staff, according to a resolution approved by state NAACP members last month. The resolution was one of several approved during the final day of the National Association for […]

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain During the late 1960s and the Vietnam War era, the Black fraternity and sorority movement suffered a loss of prestige because many young African Americans viewed them as too traditional and middle class to be “cool.” However, the success of affirmative action and academic outreach programs brought an unprecedented number of […]

Out of State, Out of Funding

Out of State, Out of Funding A growing number of states are adopting new legislation that is forcing some Black institutions to choose between public dollars and loyalty to legacy studentsGREENVILLE, S.C. — As public colleges and universities in the South compete for limited state dollars, the legislators and taxpayers who allocate and provide those dollars […]

Top of the Top 100

Top of the Top 100In 1992, Black Issues produced the first annual Top 100 ranking of colleges and universities. The ranking is based on each institution’s degree production performance among people of color in various degree categories. Over the years, the special reports featuring these rankings have become among our top selling editions. For the […]

UNCF Examines Digital Divide On Campus

UNCF Examines Digital Divide On Campusby Ronald RoachNearly a month before the federal government’s July release of Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide — a report that details the disparities of computer ownership and Internet usage among Americans along racial, ethnic, and income lines (see Net Report Stirs Concern, next page) — The […]

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