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Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

Move Over, SI

Move Over, SIMinority sports magazine to debut at year’s end A new magazine focusing exclusively on issues facing Black, Hispanic and other athletes of color is set to hit the newsstands at the end of the year. “The Color of Sports can fill a significant void and have a tremendous influence on shaping the agenda […]

Baskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEO

Baskerville Named Fifth President of NAFEOSILVER SPRING, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) late last month named Lezli Baskerville, a Washington, D.C., activist-attorney, to become the fifth president of the umbrella association of the nation’s 118 public and private, two- and four-year historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities. Baskerville had […]

Republican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws Fire

Republican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws FireShould for-profit, proprietary institutions be considered in the same way as traditional nonprofit schools? The House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing June 16 to consider how federal funding is doled out to proprietary schools under the proposed College Access and Opportunity Act, a […]

Report Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’

Report Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoDubbing the 1990s the “Decade of the Community College,” a new report from the American Council on Education (ACE) says public two-year colleges saw a bigger enrollment boom during that decade than other higher education institutions did.Enrollment at public two-year colleges jumped 14 percent between […]

Faculty & Staff

New Answers to Old Questions

New Answers to Old QuestionsUnderground Codes: Race, Crime and Related FiresBy Katheryn Russell-Brown, New York University Press, 2004, 175 pp., $18.00 paperback, ISBN 0814775411; $55.00, cloth, ISBN 0814775403In Underground Codes, Katheryn Russell-Brown tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women and crime to the […]

Service is in Her Blood

Service is in Her BloodThe daughter of noted blood bank pioneer Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis is no stranger to the spotlight. Yet, it is from her own political and educational pursuits that she has become a well-known figure in the Washington, D.C., area. After working as a research scientist at the National […]

Kaplan, EDU Inc. Team Up to Increase Educational Opportunities at HBCUs

Kaplan, EDU Inc. Team Up to Increase Educational Opportunities at HBCUsNEW YORKWorldwide educational services leader Kaplan Inc. announced it has become the exclusive K-12 partner for EDU Inc., a unique service for historically Black colleges and universities that enables students to apply to 29 member institutions through a single common application. Under the terms of […]

Community Colleges

Michigan Officials Discuss Plan to Encourage Students to Study Science, Engineering

Michigan Officials Discuss Plan to Encourage Students to Study Science, EngineeringMACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. State officials are refining a plan to offer interest-free loans to students who pursue degrees in science and engineering, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said recently. State treasurer Jay Rising is working on details of the initiative, which will include a requirement that […]

Selected Community Colleges to Participate in Initiative To Increase Student Success

Selected Community Colleges to Participate in Initiative To Increase Student SuccessINDIANAPOLIS Twenty-seven community colleges in five states will participate in “Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count,” a new initiative designed to enhance the academic success of low-income and minority students. Each college will receive a $50,000 investment grant to develop plans for addressing this challenge […]

Demonstrating Student Success

Leadership & Policy

Congressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU Presidents

Congressional Republicans Host Fifth Annual Forum for HBCU PresidentsSeventy-seven presidents of historically Black colleges and universities attended the Fifth Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Congressional Forum in Washington, D.C., on June 8 and 9. The forum, established by former U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, R-Okla., in 1999, was begun as an initiative for Congressional […]

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