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Federal Student Loan Default Rate Hit New Low in ’98

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Hit New Low in ’98T he nation’s student loan default rate fell to another new low in 1998, as only 6.9 percent of former students were behind on federal loan repayments. The 1998 figure reported by the U.S. Department of Education is a steep drop from the record 22.4 percent […]

Community Colleges

Panel Recommends Tenfold Increase For Math, Science Training Programs

Panel Recommends Tenfold Increase For Math, Science Training ProgramsAgeneration after the space race spurred concerns over math and science education, teachers in those fields are barely ahead of their students and 10 times more money should be spent to train them, according to a panel headed by John Glenn.The panel — led by the former […]

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the RoomThere is a saying that doctors bury their mistakes. It appears that in our education system, we also bury our mistakes — in the form of our dismal retention rates.One only has to look at the record that begins with the limited number of students who have access to Advanced Placement […]

Community Colleges

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBay

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBayFORT COLLINS, Colo.P olice at Colorado State University have traced the theft of $7,000 in equipment from the engineering department to a student who allegedly put the items up for bid on the Internet.The student allegedly took six electronic testing devices from a lab during the spring […]

Tennessee State To Host Digital Divide Conference

Tennessee State To Host Digital Divide ConferenceNashville, Tenn.Fall 2000 is proving to be busy for historically Black colleges and universities that are vying to bring the HBCU community together on digital divide issues. Tennessee State University joins the ranks of other HBCUs and an HBCU faculty organization that are holding technology conferences. (see Black Issues, […]

White House Initiative Honors Science Faculty With Millennium Awards

White House Initiative Honors Science Faculty With Millennium Awards WASHINGTON Six science professors found themselves under the microscope last month when the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges honored them with Millennium Awards during a special ceremony at the Initiative’s annual meeting.This year, four awards were granted for outstanding achievements in teaching, while two […]

Faculty & Staff

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned By Kendra HamiltonThere may be no sweeter words to a faculty member’s ears than “release time.” Try saying them out loud: “RELEASE TIME.” Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research explored, of […]

Competing for Credit: Republican Watts Seeks HBCU Inroads

Competing for Credit: Republican Watts Seeks HBCU InroadsWASHINGTONCall it Black college fever. Some folks just don’t know what to make of the sudden interest that Rep. Julius Caesar Watts, R-Okla., has in aiding minority-serving institutions. Assembling a gathering of Black college officials to meet with congressional Republicans and standing by Texas Gov. George W. Bush […]

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’WASHINGTONRep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has been a longtime friend to minorities and initiatives that strengthen their access and opportunities where higher education is concerned. His track record is long. A champion of historic building preservation on Black college campuses, Clyburn has worked to help Black […]

Community Colleges

California Community College Drops Multicultural Component In New Courses

California Community College Drops Multicultural Component In New CoursesMONTEREY, Calif.Monterey Peninsula College, a two-year institution, has dropped a policy requiring professors who propose new courses to include a multicultural component.A professor who proposed a new course to focus on film and literature refused to answer a question on the application about how course topics are […]

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant CompetitionBlack colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program’s inaugural competition last year.Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first grant awards under GEAR UP, a new federal program that promotes college […]

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed Grant

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed GrantHistorically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions are eligible for a new U.S. Department of Education grant competition in special education.The department is offering funds to projects that help prepare personnel to work with disabled children and youth, from infancy through the teen-age years. Projects may support field training […]

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Texas Christian University

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Fayetteville State University

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South Orange County Community College District

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