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N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary Magazine

N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary MagazineDURHAM, N.C.The chancellor of North Carolina Central University restored the budget of the school’s literary magazine — and gave it a little boost.Chancellor James H. Ammons said he didn’t realize that the 39-year-old Ex Umbra magazine had lost its $7,000 budget until he read about it in a […]

Native Americans

African American Art Front and Center

African American Art Front and CenterThree years ago we featured Paul R. Jones, following his decision to donate his extensive collection of African American art to the University of Delaware (see Black Issues, March 29, 2001). And three years later, the University of Delaware has completed a $4.6 million renovation of a campus building to […]

HBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School Program

HBCUs, Ford Motor Form Partnership to Implement High School ProgramWASHINGTONTo spearhead a pilot program designed to prepare African American high school students for college and careers, the Ford Motor Company Fund announced a partnership among the national Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Business Deans Roundtable (HBCU BDRT), the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) […]

Community Colleges

Educators Say School-State Relations In Flux

Educators Say School-State Relations In FluxBy Garry BoulardAmerican higher education is burdened with challenges — everything from reduced state appropriations to increased competition to dramatic surges in student enrollment.But strength is often borne of adversity. Today many two- and four-year schools have taken new approaches to funding, and in the process have developed new and […]

Community Colleges

State Dual Enrollment Policies

State Dual Enrollment Policies Not Sufficient to Reach Students Who Might Benefit MostWASHINGTONWhile most policy-makers and educators hope to expand the availability of credit-based transition programs at community colleges for a broader range of high school students, few states have legislation that supports outreach to low- and middle-achieving students. “State Dual Enrollment Policies: Addressing Access […]

NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College Transfers

NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College TransfersDURHAM, N.C. North Carolina Central University is freeing up scholarship money and tweaking its course requirements as it tries to triple the number of community college transfer students within five years.“It’s a fertile pool of qualified students for the baccalaureate,” Chancellor James H. Ammons said. More than 72,000 North […]

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report Says

Community Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report SaysBy Dee Ann FinkenWASHINGTONHow critical are community colleges in educating America’s engineers? According to many educators, the schools play a vital role, and their influence will continue to grow. In 1999-2000, 40 percent of engineers reported having turned to a community college for help at some […]

Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid Process

Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessBy M.H. MillerNora Diaz almost didn’t make it to college because her student-aid application form was too long and complicated. Diaz told a congressional panel that she couldn’t have filled out the form without help from counselors. And without student aid, college wouldn’t have been an option for Diaz, whose father […]

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUs

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]

Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black Colleges

Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black CollegesBy Ronald Roach I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesBy Juan Williams and Dwayne AshleyAmistad (Harper Collins), 2004pp. 480, $35.00, HardcoverISBN: 0-06-009453-2 In I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, authors Juan […]

Leadership & Policy

Are You Presidential Material?

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Leadership & Policy

University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer

University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer, Collaboration with HBCUs CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. A committee that was formed after racially tinged incidents at the University of Virginia recommended recently the creation of an officer for “diversity and equity” who would report to the president. The panel also recommended the development of an academic program on issues […]

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