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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Sports
Black Women Diving into the Soccer Spotlight
Black Women Diving into the Soccer SpotlightBy Robin M. BennefieldWASHINGTON — Her teammates call her “The Wall” and it is easy to see why after Brianna Scurry’s performance during last month’s World Cup semifinal soccer game against Brazil. She made six spectacular saves against the Brazilians to lead her teammates to the championship contest against […]
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Reverse-Discrimination Claim Thrown Out by Federal Judge
Reverse-Discrimination Claim Thrown Out by Federal JudgeATLANTA — A federal judge lambasted the University of Georgia for using race as a factor in its current admissions policy, but threw out a White applicant’s claim that the school rejected him because of race. Judge B. Avant Edenfield said the student would not have been admitted to […]
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Sallie Mae to the Rescue
Sallie Mae to the RescueLender Offers HBCUs Help With Loan Default RatesHistorically Black colleges and universities’ decade-long protection from federal loan default sanctions ended July 1. But more financial and management assistance for HBCUs should be made available, according to a report by Sallie Mae.SLM Holding Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, is recommending new […]
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Professional Appointments
AcademicCarmen Ashhurst is the new director of university communications at the New School University in New York City.  She comes to the New School from Radiant Entertainment Inc., a media production and special events planning consultant firm where she was president. Ashhurst earned a bachelor’s degree in government from MacMurray College (Ill.), and a master’s […]
Students
The Top 100: Interpreting the Data
The Top 100: Interpreting the DataEight years and running. Since 1992, I have provided Black Issues with a set of lists enumerating the colleges and universities that have conferred the highest number of degrees to students of color. The first Top 100 issue examined degree production during the 1988-89 academic year. In this year’s issue, […]
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