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Washington Briefs

HBCUs to Get $2.1 Million from Human Services AgencyWASHINGTON — Black colleges and universities will get a share of more than $20 million in new federal funding to help improve the economic outlook of low-income neighborhoods nationwide, officials here say.At least $2.1 million in the Urban and Rural Community Economic Development program will go to […]

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

Leadership & Policy

The Boycott That Isn’t — Yet

The Boycott That Isn’t — YetRumors last month that Benedict College’s president was rallying his HBCU colleagues in South Carolina to join the NAACP’s boycott of that state have thwarted the alleged plan, at least temporarilyColumbia, S.C. — Apparently, word that South Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities are joining the NAACP’s tourism boycott of […]

Native Americans

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting WASHINGTON — Agendas were set and board members were sworn in as 13 of the 15 members of the President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities gathered here in July for the group’s inaugural meeting.Carrie L. Billy, executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges […]

Community Colleges

Applying to College Online

Applying to College OnlineSome Schools and Students Find E-Applications Easy and EconomicalNORMAL, Ala., — Four years ago, administrators at Alabama A&M State University embraced the newest tool in college admissions — the Internet. Looking for ways to enhance its appeal to potential candidates and recruits, the university launched a Web site that has enabled students […]

NAACP Calls for Bluefield State Investigation

NAACP Calls for Bluefield State InvestigationHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia should investigate employment practices at Bluefield State College because of the school’s lack of minority faculty and staff, according to a resolution approved by state NAACP members last month. The resolution was one of several approved during the final day of the National Association for […]

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain During the late 1960s and the Vietnam War era, the Black fraternity and sorority movement suffered a loss of prestige because many young African Americans viewed them as too traditional and middle class to be “cool.” However, the success of affirmative action and academic outreach programs brought an unprecedented number of […]

Louisiana Lightning Rod

Louisiana Lightning RodBaton Rouge Community College Chancellor Marion Bonaparte was at the center of a racially charged storm that led to his ouster, and is expected to hurt enrollment at the new state institutionBATON ROUGE, La. — Marion Bonaparte, Baton Rouge Community College’s chancellor, who was placed on paid leave after reports surfaced regarding missing […]

Out of State, Out of Funding

Out of State, Out of Funding A growing number of states are adopting new legislation that is forcing some Black institutions to choose between public dollars and loyalty to legacy studentsGREENVILLE, S.C. — As public colleges and universities in the South compete for limited state dollars, the legislators and taxpayers who allocate and provide those dollars […]

BI What’s New

The state’s five tribal colleges are collaborating with North Dakota State University to boost interest among American Indian students in math, science, and engineering. The program is designed to motivate Indian children to pursue careers in those fields and then nurture them during their studies at tribal colleges and ultimately NDSU, says G. Padmanabhan, the […]

Surveying the Combat Zone

Surveying the Combat ZoneIn 1984, the birth year of Black Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The victory signaled the high mark of conservative political ascendance in the United States. Throughout Reagan’s eight-year tenure, conservative policymakers took aim and fired at policies designed to […]

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