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Fighting for Scholarships in Oklahoma

Fighting for Scholarships in OklahomaFearing that the federal district court in Oklahoma City might shut down a state-financed merit scholarship program targeted by a discrimination lawsuit, Oklahoma State Rep. Opio Toure (D-Oklahoma City) and other Black Democratic legislators got a bill passed last spring to make the program race and gender neutral. Toure’s and his […]

November 10, 1999

Expanding The Top Tier

Expanding The Top Tier College Board calls for ‘affirmative development’ to enlarge pool of high-achieving students of colorNEW YORK — Although considerable national efforts have been directed at bringing poor students and students of color up to minimal standards academically, little effort has been focused towards ensuring that African American, Latino, and Native American children […]

November 10, 1999

BI What’s New

The University of Missouri-Columbia has instituted a new Minority Biomedical Researchers Training Initiative designed to recruit and train underrepresented minority graduate students as researchers. The initiative is being funded by a four-year, $1.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The program will provide fellowships for 20 non-degree graduate students, 20 graduate research assistants and […]

November 10, 1999

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach

House Committee Targets Funds for Poor, Defeats Vouchers

House Committee Targets Funds for Poor, Defeats VouchersWASHINGTON — Pushing aside school voucher plans, a House committee voted overwhelmingly last month to continue targeting federal funds to the nation’s poorest children, with a new emphasis on public school choice and quality teachers.By a 42-6 vote, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce renewed Title […]

November 10, 1999

Justice or Just Us?

Justice or Just Us?Last month, the staff of the Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education recommended that the state phase out its minority graduate student scholarship program. Staff characterized these adjustments as part of an effort to reaffirm the board’s “social justice policy and objectives.” Earlier this year, fearing that a federal judge might […]

November 10, 1999

Grants & Awards

An anonymous donor gave Cornell University $100 million to build new residence halls and student commons. The gift matches the largest single gift in the Ivy League school’s history. The pledge is expected to cover about half the cost of new housing planned on Cornell’s West Campus.Florida State University received a $7 million gift from […]

October 27, 1999

Noteworthy Briefs

Judge Asked to Stop Georgia From Using Race in AdmissionsATLANTA — University of Georgia President Dr. Michael Adams did not have to wait long for a challenge to his recent decision to keep race as a factor in deciding admissions. Atlanta attorney Lee Parks, who has battled the university system before over race-based admission policies, […]

October 27, 1999

Social Capital: A Panacea for Educational Diversity?

Social Capital: A Panacea for Educational Diversity?How many times have we heard that schools that service underprepared students, especially in disadvantaged areas, don’t have the luxury of an equal starting line in the race for success? Instead, we’re told, they are burdened with compensating for social, economic, political and environmental ills. The panacea that is […]

October 27, 1999

The Perks and Perils of Recruiting Academic Superstars

The Perks and Perils of Recruiting Academic SuperstarsImagine having to jump on 10 planes to get to six cities in five days, fulfilling commitments that include — among other things — giving an interview to ABC’s 20/20, and consulting with HBO producers on an upcoming program about actor Charles Dutton. For DePaul University professor Michael […]

October 27, 1999

Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate

Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate Despite Challenges Posed by Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives, the Ph.D. Pipeline Continues to Deliver a Diverse and Much Needed Group of Young ProfessorsCLAREMONT, Calif. — With just one Black professor, five Latino professors and five Asian American professors on its roster of 75 full-time faculty members, the Claremont Graduate University here recognized […]

October 27, 1999

Financial Aid Prospecting — Online

Financial Aid Prospecting — OnlineThe Internet Is Loaded With Valuable Financial Aid Information, but Few Campus Web Sites Are Designed to Help Them Find ItLog on to any of the hundreds of college Web sites now available on the Internet, and you’ll find everything from virtual tours to online applications. But too few of these […]

October 27, 1999

Can the Dream Be Saved?

Can the Dream Be Saved?CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors announced earlier this month that race will continue to be considered in the school’s admissions process. The board also said it supports President John T. Casteen III’s decision several months ago to end the use of a point system that benefited […]

October 27, 1999

BI News Brief

Minority Enrollment Continues to Drop at California Medical SchoolsOAKLAND, Calif. — University of California officials have appointed a task force to investigate why minority enrollment is dropping at the system’s five medical schools. In 1993, 103 Black and Mexican American students enrolled at University of California medical schools. This fall, the total was 59. That […]

October 27, 1999

Washington Briefs

As Default Rates Fall, HBCUs Face No SanctionsWASHINGTON — The nation’s student loan default rate has fallen to its lowest level since the federal government began collecting data in 1987.The 8.8 percent default rate for 1997 was down nearly a 1 percent from the previous year, and it represents the seventh consecutive decline from a […]

October 27, 1999

Who Really Cares About Retention?

Who Really Cares About Retention?Society’s influence on elementary and secondary students has left many of our young people less than prepared for college. The poor academic preparation of incoming freshman also has made retaining these students at the postsecondary level more difficult. If higher education is going to embrace these students, it is important for […]

October 13, 1999

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:As a dean, how do I get my faculty and the academic vice provost/provost to buy into our diversity agenda?Dr. James AndersonVice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate StudiesNorth Carolina State UniversityTo promote any campus initiative, successful deans understand what the faculty value, how academic business gets done and how to facilitate the […]

October 13, 1999

Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand Name

Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand NameCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Officials at Harvard University, one of the world’s most recognized learning institutions, are considering moves to capitalize on its name and reputation in cyberspace — a move that will be closely watched by other universities.Harvard is famous for tapping the academic elite, both at a professorial […]

October 13, 1999

High-Tech Admissions

High-Tech AdmissionsPredictive Modeling Software is Reshaping the Way Schools Find and Communicate With Prospective StudentsWhen Tuskegee University officials set a goal of growing enrollment from the current 3,000 students to 5,000 by the year 2006, they knew it would require an extraordinary approach. Especially given the fierce national competition for college-bound African American high school […]

October 13, 1999