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Michigan Student Coalition Takes Over Student Union
Michigan Student Coalition Takes Over Student UnionANN ARBOR, Mich. — Officials here at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor reputedly pride themselves with having a campus that has a zero-tolerance for anything that interferes with human and civil rights.Yet, an eight-student takeover last month of the student union’s “tower” has severely shaken that image.The […]
March 1, 2000
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Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the Country
Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the CountryWash. Student Leader Accused of Making Racial Remark About AdministratorSPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Falls Community College student government president has been accused of making a racist remark about an administrator. A student panel is being formed to hear the case.The dispute centers on April […]
March 1, 2000
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Media Lab
Media LabHelping Bridge the World Wide DivideCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Had Randal Pinkett stayed on track to complete a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it’s doubtful he would have gotten the time and support to base his graduate studies around “digital divide” issues. It’s also unlikely he would have paired with […]
March 1, 2000
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Testing the Truth About the SAT
Testing the Truth About the SATThis revised and updated version of David Owen’s 1985 exposé is: a) a balanced and objective analysis of the merits and limitations of the SAT as a college entrance examination; b) a one-sided diatribe that can be easily dismissed; c) a significant extension of the original volume; d) none of […]
March 1, 2000
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BI News Briefs
Super Quarterbacks Produced by HBCUsATLANTA — Although Steve McNair came up just short in his attempt to lead the Tennessee Titans to the National Football League Championship last month, the second African American to quarterback a team in the Super Bowl will go down in the records books nonetheless.McNair guided a heart-stopping comeback by […]
February 16, 2000
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Creating a Piece of Howard University’s History
Creating a Piece of Howard University’s HistoryFinding a staff that is interested in working on a yearbook poses big problems, according Kenneth Dean, student media coordinator of Alabama State’s newspaper, The Hornet Tribune, and yearbook, The Hornet Dean.“There is not this passion to work on them.  [Students will] do it, but it’s not a passion,” […]
February 16, 2000
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All News Doesn’t Make it to Print
All News Doesn’t Make it to PrintWith Black college newspapers struggling to maintain a campus presence, many  Black journalism students are finding it harder to hone and showcase their skills The Campus Chronicle is a feisty little student newspaper at Alcorn State University in rural Mississippi. Last year, the paper won several awards in the […]
February 16, 2000
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Tech Briefs
Campus Policy Hinders Student’s Efforts to Promote Online BookstoreJOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A student at the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus says school officials reversed a decision to allow her to distribute brochures about a discount online bookstore, saying it would hurt sales at the campus shop. Lee Ann Diffendal, a freshman communications major, says her […]
February 2, 2000
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African American Student Programs vs. Diversity
African American Student Programs vs. Diversity As more student groups scramble to get a share of the diversity pie, is the African American slice shrinking?A $46,000 annual budget may seem reasonable in these economic times for a campus organization of 1,200 students. But when that student group happens to be African American and other minority groups […]
February 2, 2000
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsClayton Cobb has been named director of multicultural affairs at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. He previously served as assistant director for registered student organizations and multicultural programs at Illinois State University. Cobb earned a bachelor’s in English from Viterbo College in Wisconsin and a master’s in the cultural foundation’s of education from the […]
February 2, 2000
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A Tough Decision for Yale’s Jewish Students
A Tough Decision for Yale’s Jewish StudentsIn 1920, newly-minted Yale graduate Morris Sweetkind, enticed by the life of the mind, resolved to stay in New Haven while his classmates left to seek their fortunes elsewhere. Rather than cash in on his prestigious degree, Sweetkind applied to pursue graduate work in Yale’s English department. While other […]
February 2, 2000
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BI What’s New
Pace University’s School of Computer Science and Information Systems now offers a doctorate of professional studies degree in computing studies for technology professionals. The degree includes part-time distance learning study with courses in applied science, information systems, telecommunications and emerging technologies.The 48-credit program can be completed through part-time study with limited residency in three years, […]
January 19, 2000
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College By the Numbers
College By the Numbers When I was provost of the University of Michigan, the medical school had a student prize for medical diagnosis: the “S.S.W. Award.” The initials stood for “swift, sure and wrong.”I am reminded of it when I hear reports celebrating Texas’ “10 percent solution” — its experiment in maintaining diversity in its […]
January 19, 2000
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As Different as Day and Night
As Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]
January 5, 2000
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Events
EventsJanuaryJan.  4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th National African American Student Leadership Conference“New Dimensions of African American […]
January 5, 2000
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Events
DecemberDec. 27-30, 1999Modern Languages Association115th Annual ConventionChicagoPhone:  (212) 475-9972E-mail: mkraus@mla.orgWeb: www.mla.org JanuaryJan.  4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International Conference“Advancing Women in Higher Education”New OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th […]
December 22, 1999
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Noteworthy Briefs
Minority Business School Faculty Increases 50 Percent in Five YearsCHICAGO — Minority representation among the nation’s business school faculties has increased by almost 50 percent in five years, according to The Ph.D. Project.The project to attract and encourage more minorities to become business professors started in 1994. At that time, there were 294 African Americans, […]
December 22, 1999
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Bayou Classic Gets Bigger, Richer
Bayou Classic Gets Bigger, RicherGo-it-alone strategy puts more than a little sugar in Grambling’s and Southern’s bowlsBy Scott DyerNEW ORLEANS — The annual Bayou Classic football game between Louisiana’s two major historically Black universities has built a reputation over the past 26 years as the biggest Black happening in America.Each year on the weekend after […]
December 22, 1999
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