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Diversity in Print
Diversity in PrintWhat Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher EducationBy Frank W. Hale Jr. (ed.); Foreword by William E. KirwanStylus Publishing, July 2003, 320 pp., $59.95 cloth, ISBN I-57922-066-5;$23.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-067-3Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., known for his pioneering efforts in establishing Ohio State University as one of the top producers of African American […]
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Faculty & Staff
Diverse City
Diverse CityCommunity colleges are the most diverse institutions in academia, and getting more so by the dayBy Garry BoulardOf all the many numbers that illustrate community colleges’ rich diversity, the most telling are these: In 2000, the latest year for which comparable U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census statistics are available, 12 percent of […]
Leadership & Policy
Truth and Consequences
Truth and ConsequencesIn the Michigan aftermath, the real fight begins as local institutions work to apply the Supreme Court ruling to meet their campuses’ individual needs and/or restrictionsBy Kendra HamiltonMonths prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, anti-affirmative action forces had begun contesting scholarship programs, “transitional” programs, and […]
Leadership & Policy
UMKC Names Two Leaders for ‘Diversity in Action’ Initiative
UMKC Names Two Leaders for ‘Diversity in Action’ InitiativeKANSAS CITY, Mo.Officials at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have named two individuals to lead the next step of the university’s diversity initiative.Over the next 12 months, Dr. Joe Seabrooks and Darlene Scott-Scurry will lead the implementation of the university’s Diversity in Action Plan.Seabrooks, currently UMKC’s director […]
Leadership & Policy
NCCU Lands $19 Million for Biomanufacturing Institute
NCCU Lands $19 Million for Biomanufacturing InstituteDURHAM, N.C.North Carolina Central University and the state’s biomanufacturing industry received a $19.1 million boost last month from a nonprofit corporation created as a result of the state’s tobacco litigation. The Golden LEAF Foundation, created in 1999 by court order, agreed to award the university the money to construct […]
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Leadership & Policy
Bid to Move Famed Art Collection Might Be Called Off
Bid to Move Famed Art Collection Might Be Called OffPHILADELPHIAThe Barnes Foundation says it might have to abandon plans to move its priceless artwork to downtown Philadelphia because of opposition from Lincoln University.Thirty private donors have already pledged $100 million toward a $150 million goal to help the cash-poor foundation build a new gallery in […]
Leadership & Policy
Keeping a Legacy Alive
Keeping a Legacy AliveRonald Roach’s article, “A Rich, but Disappearing Legacy” (see Black Issues, Aug. 14),brought much needed attention to the historical significance of Black boarding schools. Gilbert Academy, which was located here in New Orleans, appeared on a partial listing of closed historically Black boarding schools.The academy was named after William L. Gilbert, a […]
Students
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala.A Black student at the University of Alabama accepted a bid to a traditionally White sorority last month, a rare case in which the longstanding racial exclusivity of the campus Greek social system has been broken.Carla Ferguson, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, was the […]
Leadership & Policy
The Price of Education
The Price of EducationBy Julianne Malveaux I can’t explain my eclectic reading habits, or my innate curiosity about all kinds of things. The combination of the two explains, perhaps, why I snatched Andrew Ward’s book about the Fisk Jubilee Singers off a sale table at a small bookstore, and devoured it on a cross-country flight […]
Leadership & Policy
New Web Site to Focus on the Business of Higher Education
New Web Site to Focus on the Business of Higher EducationBy Ronald Roach NEW YORKLearningTimes LLC, a provider of online conference communities for education, and the Campus Computing Project, the largest ongoing study of information technology in American higher education, have announced the launch of MarketTimes, a Web-based information service focused on the postsecondary education […]
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Leadership & Policy
Serving Urban Populations … A Continent Away
Serving Urban Populations … A Continent Away Bronx Community College works to expand educational, employment opportunities for Black South AfricansBy Ben HammerBronx Community College President Carolyn Williams has prepared most of her professional career for what she calls a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” — developing a junior college system in post-apartheid South Africa that mirrors what exists […]
Leadership & Policy
An Overlooked Oasis?
An Overlooked Oasis? Education advocates say two-year institutions should not be considered an afterthought, but rather belong at the centerpiece of the nation’s higher education agendaBy Kendra HamiltonWhile the decision reached by the U.S. Supreme Court in June regarding the University of Michigan’s admissions policies is being rightly hailed by defenders of affirmative action and […]
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