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HBCUs
Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly
Mississippi’s Crusading GadflyWhile others maintain the fight is over, attorney Alvin Chambliss continues to breathe life into Mississippi’s famed college desegregation case. By B. Denise Hawkins HOUSTONAttorney Alvin O. Chambliss Jr. says that as long as the Ayers v. Fordice case is alive, there’s hope for Mississippi’s three historically Black universities and for the liberation […]
HBCUs
New Education Department Office To Support Innovation
New Education Department Office To Support InnovationBy Charles Dervarics The U.S. Department of Education is creating an Office of Innovation to become the “entrepreneurial” arm of the agency, promoting new ideas and strategies. Nina Rees, former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, will be deputy secretary in charge of the Office of Innovation and Improvement. […]
Leadership & Policy
Our Raison D’être
Our Raison D’être This particular edition hits on the complex and often painful issue of race. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois said almost 100 years ago upon the publication of The Souls of Black Folk, “for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” And it looks like the same will be true […]
Leadership & Policy
More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows
More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows WASHINGTONThe rate of increase in the number of women and minorities serving as college presidents slowed during the past three years according to The American College President: 2002 Edition, the results of a new survey of college presidents released last month by the American Council […]
HBCUs
Report Details College Choice Process For Black Students
Report Details College Choice Process For Black Students ALEXANDRIA, Va.A new report highlights the unique information needs of Black students applying to college and offers suggestions on how schools and school districts can meet those needs. Released by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the study seeks to improve information delivery about postsecondary […]
Native Americans
Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense Funds
Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense FundsBy Charles Dervarics Thirteen tribal colleges will gain new funds from the Pentagon under a program designed for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions. The 13 colleges will receive $3.3 million under the Department of Defense’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program, which is […]
HBCUs
Ensuring Financial Stability of HBCUs In the 21st Century
Ensuring Financial Stability of HBCUs In the 21st CenturyBy Dr. Walter A. Brown and Darryl E. Allen To prepare for financial stability in the 21st century, administrators at historically Black colleges and universities must identify critical issues that will have financial implications in providing quality education to African American students. Some of those issues involve […]
Community Colleges
CASE Names Four U.S. Professors of the Year
CASE Names Four U.S. Professors of the Year WASHINGTONFour professors were honored last month for their dedication to teaching, commitment to students and creative approach to education. The four, named U.S. Professors of the Year, were selected from more than 400 nominations. The awards, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) […]
Community Colleges
Homeland Security Bill May Have Funds for Higher Education
Homeland Security Bill May Have Funds for Higher EducationBy Charles Dervarics The new homeland security bill to clear Congress has provisions that may provide funds for colleges and universities. Included in the bill are funds to create training centers for medical and police staff — called first responders — who would serve on the front […]
HBCUs
HBCU Preservation Bill Dies in Congress
HBCU Preservation Bill Dies in CongressBy Charles Dervarics Despite a flurry of last-minute activity that raised the hopes of Black college leaders, Congress in late November fell short in a final attempt to approve an HBCU historic building preservation bill before lawmakers adjourned for 2002. In a complex series of negotiations in the waning days […]
HBCUs
Budget, Grant Issues Still in Limbo
Budget, Grant Issues Still in LimboBy Charles Dervarics The U.S. Congress adjourned for the year without debating critical budget and student aid issues originally scheduled for approval in October. Pell Grants, college work-study, TRIO programs and aid to HBCUs will continue to receive only temporary funding for fiscal 2003, which began in October, due to […]
Community Colleges
Grants & Awards
Bronx Community College’s Mathematics and Computer Science Program received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of well-prepared mathematics, computer science, engineering or engineering technology majors who will continue in a four-year college or will join the high-technology work force.  Central Community College (Neb.) has received a $1.9 million grant […]
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