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Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College Lobbyists

Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College LobbyistsWith the presidential race now settled, congressional Republicans and President Clinton reached agreement on a federal education budget for fiscal 2001 that includes more money for Pell Grants and many other education programs.But education advocates did not get all they wanted. In fact, the overall package is […]

State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher Education

State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher EducationWashingtonThe state you live in can make an unexpectedly large difference in determining whether you’ll be able to attend college — especially if you’re a minority student in a lower income bracket, according to the the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education’s Measuring Up 2000 […]

Disciplines as Frameworks for Student Learning

Community Colleges

Transfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California List

Transfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California ListLOS ANGELES California’s community college system targeted 14 of 107 two-year colleges for having the worst record for transferring students to state universities. More than half of them are in the Los Angeles area. The California Community Colleges list angered many of the schools whose administrators see it […]

Native Americans

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal Colleges

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal CollegesThe U.S. Dept. of Education is offering new grants to support improvements at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities and tribal institutions.The Education Department made applications available Nov. 30 for new grants under the Title V HSI grant program and the Title III Higher Education Act program for tribal […]

Leadership & Policy

Year 2000: A Retrospective

Year 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]

Faculty & Staff

What Are Think Tanks Thinking About?

What Are Think Tanks Thinking About?And are they thinking enough about minorities and higher education?By Eleanor Lee Yates“C olleges would be great places to work if there were no students,” or so goes the age-old joke among college research professors. Long considered coveted respites as well as invaluable institutions for lawmakers and other information hungry […]

Bridging the Digital Divide From the Sky

Bridging the Digital Divide From the SkyLINCOLN, Neb. The conventional approach by non-profit groups and corporations to digital divide initiatives is to provide computers, Internet access and technology training to people in disadvantaged communities. For academic institutions, however, attacking the Digital Divide means programs must combine a research agenda with the delivery of new technology […]

The Miseducation of Hip-Hop

The Miseducation of Hip-HopAre Today’s Faculty and Administrators Simply Out of Touch? Or Has Today’s Popular Music Truly Corrupted the Minds of a Whole Generation? By Jamilah EvelynNEWARK, Del.When Jason Hinmon transferred to the University of Delaware two years ago from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the 22-year-old senior says he almost dropped out his first semester.He […]

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate StudentsSan Antonio, TexasDr. Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., last month challenged America’s universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.Speaking at the annual meeting of the National […]

Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding Gains

Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding GainsWhile still working on the federal education budget, Congress is making headway on a few budget bills of importance to educators and minority-serving colleges specifically.President Clinton signed a U.S. Department of Agriculture budget bill for 2001 with funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Under the agreement, the agency would […]

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos By Charles DervaricsThe presidency is not the only uncertainty in government today. The federal education budget for 2001 is still unresolved, and all signs point to a stalemate that will last into December.Republican congressional leaders in October backed away from a budget deal that would have increased federal […]

Faculty & Staff

How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing Fair

How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing FairSometimes, you have to review the rules of the game to make sure that you are applying them fairly to everyone. Recent legal attacks on affirmative action have made colleges and universities nervous about their efforts to recruit faculty (as well as students) from underrepresented […]

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