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Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History a look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month

February 9, 2005

Educators Help Students Affected by Tsunami

Educators Help Students Affected by TsunamiBy Kristin BagnatoIn response to the far-reaching effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Freeman Foundation are accepting applications for emergency grants to help students studying in the United States, the groups announced last month.The grants, in amounts of […]

February 9, 2005

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort To Address Pell Grant Shortfall By Charles DervaricsPresident Bush is proposing a $500 increase in the maximum Pell Grant during the next five years, part of a long-range plan to restore the struggling financial-aid program to a sounder financial base to serve needy students.Unveiling the plan in mid-January, […]

February 9, 2005

NCAA Passes Landmark Academic Reform Plan

NCAA Passes Landmark Academic Reform PlanGRAPEVINE, TexasCollege sports teams must stay on track to graduate at least 50 percent of their student-athletes to avoid the risk of losing scholarships for a year, under a plan approved by the NCAA Division I board of directors Jan. 10.Teams with a projected graduation rate below 50 percent could […]

January 26, 2005

CLASSICS: Leah Rochel Johnson

CLASSICSClassical FoundationsLeah Rochel JohnsonTitle: Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient MediterraneanStudies and History, Pennsylvania State University Education: Ph.D., M.A., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Classics, Harvard UniversityAge: 40The scarcity of minorities in the classics is apparent to any observer. What isn’t as obvious is how much African American intellectuals such […]

January 12, 2005

HISTORY: Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

HISTORYFrom Black Power to Hip-HopJeffrey O.G. OgbarTitle: Associate Professor of History andDirector, Institute for African American Studies, University of ConnecticutEducation: Ph.D., History, Indiana University; M.A., History, Indiana University; B.A., History, Morehouse CollegeAge: 35 While history for most conjures up images of places and experiences far removed, for Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, the field provides a […]

January 12, 2005

Lottery Scholarships in New Mexico

Lottery Scholarships in New Mexico Getting More Minorities to CollegeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico’s lottery scholarships have helped more New Mexicans of all backgrounds and income levels go to college, but the program has especially helped increase the number of minority students in higher education. The program, which began in the fall of 1997, pays tuition […]

December 29, 2004

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six Despite ‘Save Hefner’ campaigns, current president will leave post, but stay on as business professorBy Marlon A. WalkerNASHVILLE, Tenn. The search to replace outgoing Tennessee State University President James A. Hefner was narrowed to six candidates at the presidential search committee’s Dec. 13 meeting. The […]

December 29, 2004

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for Fraud

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for FraudFederal authorities say Dolores Cross, Parvesh Singh were involved in student loan scheme By Tracie PowellATLANTA Morris Brown College officials in Atlanta are being mum about the recent indictment of their former president and financial aid director. Dr. Dolores Cross, who now teaches at DePaul […]

December 29, 2004

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report Finds

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report FindsBy Charles PekowCongressional Democrats, already steamed about cuts in federal student aid, are now bristling at a recent discovery that the U.S. Department of Education has been distributing billions of dollars of student aid under a misguided formula. The General Accounting Office’s (GAO) findings showed that the U.S. Department […]

December 15, 2004

New SAT or No SAT?

New SAT or No SAT?”The SAT is changing in March 2005,” screams College Board’s Web site, complete with a photo of diverse students in what, presumably, is a preparatory context. “Students shouldn’t worry,” the site goes on to say. “The College Board will help them prepare with information, sample tests, and free and low-cost preparation […]

December 15, 2004

UGA Graduate School To Fund Research

UGA Graduate School To Fund Research On Completion Rates Of Doctoral Students ATHENS, Ga.The University of Georgia Graduate School has been awarded a $200,000, three-year grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to fund research on completion rates of doctoral students, particularly those among minorities and women.The funds will be used as part of […]

December 15, 2004

Report: Community Colleges Challenged to Serve Diverse, Multi-Tasking Students

Report: Community Colleges Challenged to Serve Diverse, Multi-Tasking StudentsAUSTIN, TexasA national report released last month offers new findings on students’ experiences in community colleges, where almost half of the undergraduate students in American public colleges and universities are now enrolled. Results from the 2004 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) help community colleges assess […]

December 15, 2004

Tavis Smiley to Leave NPR After Three Years

Tavis Smiley to Leave NPR After Three YearsWASHINGTONTalk-show host Tavis Smiley announced Nov. 29 that he will be leaving National Public Radio, which he said has tried hard but fallen short of reaching “a broad spectrum of Americans who would benefit from public radio.” Smiley, 40, said Dec. 16 will be his last day as […]

December 15, 2004

A First, More Than Half of University of New Mexico Freshmen Are Minorities

A First, More Than Half of University of New Mexico Freshmen Are MinoritiesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Minority students make up just over half of new freshmen at the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the first time in the school’s history. UNM enrolled a record 3,086 freshmen this fall. That includes 1,550 Hispanics, American Indians and other […]

December 15, 2004

California Regents Vote Against Adding ‘Multiracial’ Box to Application Forms

California Regents Vote Against Adding ‘Multiracial’ Box to Application FormsLOS ANGELES University of California regents last month rejected a proposal to add a “multiracial” box to application forms. Critics complained the plan would make it harder to collect data on minorities. The regents’ educational committee voted 12-1 against the additional category. Regent Ward Connerly, who […]

December 15, 2004

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill Minority-serving colleges gain small increasesBy Charles DervaricsCollege access programs and minority-serving colleges would gain small increases while Pell Grants may face more uncertainty under a long-awaited 2005 education budget bill that will become law soon.Part of a $388-billion omnibus spending bill for more than a dozen federal agencies, […]

December 15, 2004

Letting Time Tell the Story

Letting Time Tell the StoryAfrican American enslavement ended in 1865, which makes current college populations (ages 18-25) only 139 years removed from enslavement. Furthermore, most students are only two generations removed from the Jim Crow era, making it very likely that they have a close relative that spent their entire educational career under the auspices […]

December 1, 2004