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From Opening Doors to Opening Minds

From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]

A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact.

A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact. By Ronald Roach There’s no doubt that the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board school desegregation case next year will generate much-needed discussion about the ongoing struggle over providing quality education for American children, especially for […]

HBCU Leaders Meet to Plan Financial Futures

HBCU Leaders Meet to Plan Financial FuturesDALLAS Chief financial officers from 50 historically Black colleges and universities gathered in Dallas last month to assess the financial challenges facing their institutions and to work toward solutions. The purpose of the meeting, a three-day summer institute sponsored by Nissan and the Educational Testing Service (ETS), was to […]

In Memoriam: Remembering Donald Phelps (1929-2003): Community College Leader

In Memoriam: Remembering Donald Phelps (1929-2003): Community College LeaderAUSTIN, Texas Dr. Donald G. Phelps, W.K. Kellogg Regents Professor in Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, died in Austin, on July 5, after a brief illness. Phelps was the first African American to serve as chancellor of both the […]

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House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide Help

House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide HelpPlan would provide as much as $2.5 million per college By Charles Dervarics A bill to help Black colleges with the digital divide is finally making progress in the House of Representatives after sponsors sidestepped some potential obstacles. The House Science Committee approved the bill in July, paving the way […]

Community Colleges

Maryland Consortium to Adopt Award-Winning Distance-Learning Course

Maryland Consortium to Adopt Award-Winning Distance-Learning CourseBy Ronald Roach BALTIMORE Chikao Tsubaki, an assistant professor of English at Baltimore City Community College, has been awarded the prestigious Distance Course of the Year for 2003 in Maryland for his online English course that combines traditional and online, interactive English instruction. In addition, the award-winning course has […]

Aiming for the Top

Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]

Program to Help HBCUs Assess Good Financial Practices

Program to Help HBCUs Assess Good Financial PracticesWASHINGTON The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) announced a pilot partnership this month to provide peer reviews for historically Black colleges and universities under NASFAA’s Standards of Excellence Review Program. The Standards of Excellence (SOE) Review Program, […]

House Turns Back Pell Proposal

House Turns Back Pell ProposalBy Charles Dervarics The full House of Representatives took a major step toward approving a 2004 education budget in early July after defeating Democrat-led efforts to increase the top Pell Grant for needy students. Democratic leaders had sought to increase the Pell maximum from $4,050 to $4,200 next year. To pay […]

Grants & Awards

Columbia University’s Teachers College received a $10.8 million gift from Lilo and Gerard Leeds. The gift, to be made over six years, is the largest single gift in the college’s history. The gift will be used to bolster the academic achievement of low-income high school students in New York City and across the United States. […]

Community Colleges

Survey Reveals Record Numbers of Students Involved in Service

Survey Reveals Record Numbers of Students Involved in Service PROVIDENCE, R.I. A survey released last month by Campus Compact found that students at American colleges and universities are engaging in community service in record numbers. Campus support of service efforts is also on the rise. Results show a steady increase in both campus-based service initiatives and […]

Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored

Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored ATLANTA Four prominent African American alumni of historically Black colleges and universities were honored for their generous gifts to their alma maters last month during a ceremony at the Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta. Dr. Wendell Cox of Detroit, James E. Silcott of Los Angeles, Dr. Velma Speight-Buford of Greensboro, […]

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