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N.C. Black Colleges Get $1 Million for Smoking Cessation, Research

N.C. Black Colleges Get $1 Million for Smoking Cessation, ResearchGREENSBORO, N.C. Three historically Black colleges will use a $1 million grant for smoking cessation programs on their campuses and to research cigarette marketing in low-income areas. Bennett College, N.C., A&T State University and N.C. Central University received the money from the American Legacy Foundation, which […]

HBCU Board Commends Bush for Commitment, Leadership

HBCU Board Commends Bush for Commitment, LeadershipThe board of advisers of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) presented President Bush with a resolution commending him for his visionary leadership, and his commitment and contributions to strengthening the nation’s 105 HBCUs. The board also noted that the president’s commitment enhances HBCUs’ ability to continue […]

Community Colleges

Study Projects More High-School Graduates, Greater Diversity

Study Projects More High-School Graduates, Greater DiversityWASHINGTONA new study released last month by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) projects more than 3.2 million high-school students will graduate in 2008-2009. In addition, by the class of 2014, minority enrollments will surge by 43 percent in 11 states and in the District of Columbia.In […]

Leadership & Policy

Dillard President Michael Lomax to Head UNCF

Dillard President Michael Lomax to Head UNCFWASHINGTONThe United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has announced that Dr. Michael L. Lomax will succeed William H. Gray III as president and CEO of the organization. Lomax, who currently serves as president of Dillard University in New Orleans, will officially join UNCF on June 1, 2004.“Dr. Lomax brings a […]

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic Leaders, Maricopa Board Continue to Clash

Hispanic Leaders, Maricopa Board Continue to ClashLatino community looks to legislators to rein in community-college board membersBy Pamela Burdman PHOENIXA board member’s habit of maintaining an office on campus has gone from an arcane governance question to political controversy here, where Hispanic leaders are fed up with what they see as a pattern of micromanagement […]

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Seek Homeland Security Education

Community Colleges Seek Homeland Security EducationWASHINGTONThe American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the appointment of a 21-member task force to craft a long-range strategy for developing homeland security education and training programs for the nation’s 1,173 two-year colleges. The AACC Ad Hoc Task Force on Homeland Security is comprised of 18 community-college presidents […]

Community Colleges

Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black HistoryA look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month.• Alamo Community College District, San Antonio College, TexasLecture: Special guests: Brown sisters from Brown v. Board of Education (1954).Panel: “Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Today?”; “Is There Equality in Education?”• Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.African Drum Ensemble: Delightful […]

Seafood Chain’s ‘Tom Joyner Platter’ to Raise Funds for HBCUs

Seafood Chain’s ‘Tom Joyner Platter’ to Raise Funds for HBCUsLOUISVILLE, Ky.Long John Silver’s Inc. has partnered with the Tom Joyner Foundation to raise much-needed funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Throughout 2004, Long John Silver’s will donate a portion of the proceeds from each “Tom Joyner Platter” to the foundation, which works aggressively to […]

Gaining an Edge

Gaining an EdgeProgramming contest exposes HBCU students to high-level competitionAs a senior computer science major at Spelman College, Kafayat Lawal knows that the demand for information technology professionals has seen its ups and downs over the past few years. Since participating with the Spelman computer programming team in competitions for the last three years, Lawal […]

A Question of Merit

A Question of Merit By Dee Anne FinkenATLANTATen years ago, the state best known for its peaches launched a revolution that still reverberates in the halls of colleges and universities across the country. Faced with a plethora of poorly performing high-school students and a growing number of graduates fleeing the state for postsecondary study, Georgia unveiled […]

Community Colleges

Language, Literature Jobs Decline for Third Consecutive Year

Language, Literature Jobs Decline for Third Consecutive YearNEW YORKThe decline in the hiring of tenure-track language and literature professors continues, according to the latest report by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Based on statistics compiled from the MLA’s Job Information List (JIL) for the 2002-2003 academic year (the latest year for which complete statistics are […]

Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill

Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill Faces Uncertain FutureLast summer, congressional legislation earmarking more than a billion dollars to minority-serving institutions to help them upgrade their computing and information infrastructures seemed to have sure prospects following its passage by the U.S. Senate and the House Science Committee. But since the fall, the legislation has languished in […]

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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