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Wrangling Continues Over Student Visa Reforms
Wrangling Continues Over Student Visa Reforms By Kristina LaneWASHINGTON Since Sept. 11, higher education officials and lawmakers have stepped up efforts to restructure the system that tracks foreign students ā a system both groups have acknowledged is disorganized and outdated. But higher education officials say a persisting communication gap between the groups could hamper the [ā¦]
Latinx
āWartimeā Budget Has Few Higher Education Increases
āWartimeā Budget Has Few Higher Education IncreasesHistorically Black colleges are among the projected winners.The Bush administrationās self-described āwartime budgetā for 2003 would hold the line on higher education spending, with most programs receiving level funding or small cutbacks next year.The maximum Pell Grant would remain at $4,000, while college work-study, supplemental education grants and TRIO [ā¦]
Community Colleges
Events
EventsFebruaryFebruary 22-2311th Annual National QEM/MSE ConferenceāBuilding SMET Research and Teaching Capacity at Minority InstitutionsāWashington Marriott HotelContact: Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Phone: (202) 659-1818Fax: (202) 659-5408Web: qemnetwork.qem.orgFebruary 23-26American Association of Colleges for Teacher EducationAnnual MeetingHilton New YorkNew YorkPhone: (202) 293-2450Fax: (202) 457-8095E-mail: jbeck@aacte.orgWeb: www.aacte.orgFebruary 25-27Department of Defense HBCU/MITechnical Assistance ConferenceSheraton Gunter HotelSan Antonio, TexasPhone: [ā¦]
Sports
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Earlene Armstrong, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland College Park, has been selected by President Bush as one of 10 national recipients of the 2001 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Armstrong earned bachelorās and masterās from North Carolina Central University and a doctorate from Cornell [ā¦]
HBCUs
N.C. Central Signs Pact With IBM
N.C. Central Signs Pact With IBMDURHAM, N.C.North Carolina Central University students will have laptop computers to carry to class as a result of a recent deal with IBM that will supply the Durham, N.C., historically Black campus with laptops, student job opportunities and software over the next four years. The agreement will allow NCCU to [ā¦]
Faculty & Staff
Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?
Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.By David HefnerAsk most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help [ā¦]
Latinx
Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU Increase
Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU IncreaseNew funding still falls short of amount proposed by Black college leadersPresident Bush soon will propose more funding for historically Black colleges and universities for 2003, but the increase will remain below the recommendations of HBCU advocates.The presidentās fiscal 2003 education budget will include an extra $10 million for HBCUs [ā¦]
MSIs
NSF Award to Extend Computing
NSF Award to Extend Computing Initiative Across CurriculumDURHAM, N.C.In association with the Shodor Education Foundation, based in Durham, N.C., the National Science Foundation (NSF) last month announced a $2.7 million grant to establish the National Computational Science Institute. The grant supports the goal of integrating computational science across the U.S. undergraduate curriculum in an effort [ā¦]
Students
SLOW BUT STEADY
SLOW BUT STEADYadvocates seek ways to stimulate top-level participATION among minorities IN COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL GOLFFormer Stanford University standout Tiger Woods has single-handedly crushed all racial stereotypes about Blacksā ability to play golf at the highest collegiate and professional levels. But while Woodsā success has spawned more interest in the game among Blacks, thereās no [ā¦]
Community Colleges
Higher Education for Prisoners
Higher Education for Prisoners Will Lower Rates for TaxpayersWhat would you think if you were told that there are 1.6 million potential students who could be served by community colleges? Wouldnāt you consider this a great opportunity? Throughout the United States, without much fanfare, some community colleges already are going about the rewarding business of [ā¦]
Sports
College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 Million
College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 MillionBy Eric FreedmanAUBURN, Wash.Green River Community College must pay its former athletic director $1.5 million for racial discrimination and defamation, the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled. However, the three-judge panel trimmed about $500,000 from the original $2 million trial verdict, finding insufficient evidence for Michael McGrawās wrongful [ā¦]
Latinx
HBCUs, Access Programs Gain New Funds
HBCUs, Access Programs Gain New FundsBy Charles DervaricsFederal programs designed to promote college access and improve minority-serving colleges are among the winners in the final 2002 budget deliberations involving Congress and the White House.The House of Representatives and the Senate approved legislation just before Christmas that will provide more funds for historically Black colleges and [ā¦]
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