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Temple University Graduate Students Vote To Unionize

Temple University Graduate Students Vote To UnionizePHILADELPHIA Graduate students at Temple University voted overwhelmingly to unionize in the first election of its kind in Pennsylvania. The students, who work as teaching and research assistants, voted 290-16 last month to be represented by the Temple University Graduate Students Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of […]

April 25, 2001

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black Frats

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black FratsBy Paul RuffinsThis spring, the pattern of illegal hazing that has threatened the survival of Black fraternities and sororities has once again repeated itself with deadly and devastating consequences. In early April, Nashville authorities officially announced what many had suspected for months: The January death of […]

April 25, 2001

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What new pressures will community colleges experience when remediation is removed from four-year institutions?Dr. James Anderson, vice provost for undergraduate affairs and professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.Today, a significant number of students who attend college need remedial courses. About one-third of the nation’s first-time, full-time freshmen in […]

April 11, 2001

Reinventing Howard’s Law School

Reinventing Howard’s Law SchoolDean Alice Gresham Bullock is determined to keep the nation’s oldest historically Black law school relevant to 21st century realities. By Gwendolyn GlennWASHINGTONWhen Alice Gresham Bullock was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 1997, beating out candidates such as Harvard University’s Charles Ogletree, not everyone was pleased. Some […]

April 11, 2001

Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper

Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper DURHAM, N.C. Duke University students have joined the bitter protests being played out at campuses across the country over a full-page advertisement criticizing calls for slavery reparations. The ad, placed in The Chronicle for $1,071 by conservative writer David Horowitz, opposes providing monetary reimbursement to the descendants […]

April 11, 2001

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary Dinner

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary DinnerNEW YORKThe United Negro College Fund raised more than $1 million at its 57th anniversary dinner held last month in New York. The funds will benefit students who attend the organization’s 39 member colleges and institutions. The dinner also provided the organization a chance to honor […]

April 11, 2001

Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package

Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package Students of color could reap some financial gains from an education tax package approved by the SenateFinance Committee.One key provision of the bill would eliminate all taxes on National Health Service Corps Scholarships, in which graduates of health programs receive scholarships in exchange for a commitment […]

April 11, 2001

Law Poses Threat to College Access

Law Poses Threat to College Access, Critics Say Lawmakers seek to repeal ban on federal financial aid to students with drug convictionsBy Charles DervaricsA 3-year-old federal law that bars students from federal financial aid even for minor drug convictions poses a threat to college access for low-income students, perhaps leaving them with few educational alternatives, […]

April 11, 2001

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student Debtors

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student DebtorsIn his briefing to the Senate Banking Committee last month, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said that while the economy is slowing, economic futures remain bright because productivity continues to be robust. This steady productivity is the result of changes in the way we do business, largely because […]

March 28, 2001

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:How can we measure the true impact of technology on learning and student success?Dr. Samuel M. Hampton Program manager, Executive Leadership Foundation, Technology Transfer ProjectWashingtonWhile the issues in improving technology in higher education are complex, I am most interested in the successful improvement of faculty and instructors’ technology skills. This is critical […]

March 28, 2001

Demonstrating Student Success

Qualified Low-Income Students Locked Out of Higher Education, Says Report

Qualified Low-Income Students Locked Out of Higher Education, Says ReportWASHINGTONA key advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Congress says that many low-income students are currently denied access to college and millions more may be locked out of a college education if need-based federal student financial aid programs are not immediately […]

March 28, 2001

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona formally approved the first American Indian fraternity in the school’s history. The five-member fraternity, Beta Sigma Epsilon, is dedicated to improving low enrollment and retention rates for American Indian males, says chapter president Nathan Pryor. In addition to […]

March 28, 2001

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic Achievement

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementORLANDO, Fla.Just as March Madness draws to a close, student athletes will again be the center of national attention, this time for their academic and civic achievement. On April 6, campuses around the country will observe National Student-Athlete Day for the 14th consecutive year. Some in college […]

March 28, 2001

University of Kansas Black Student Group Upset with Newspaper Coverage

University of Kansas Black Student Group Upset with Newspaper CoverageLAWRENCE, Kan. The Black Student Union at the University of Kansas is demanding a few changes from the campus newspaper. The organization is upset with coverage of a recent conference of Black student leaders from Big 12 schools. About 100 students, mostly Black, from Kansas, Kansas […]

March 28, 2001

University of Nebraska Student Government Seeks Apology From Regent Over Remarks

University of Nebraska Student Government Seeks Apology From Regent Over RemarksLINCOLN, Neb. Students and faculty have said remarks by University of Nebraska Regent Drew Miller on recruiting minority students made them feel insignificant and unwelcome. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska voted to ask Miller to apologize. Last month, Miller said recruiting […]

March 28, 2001

New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT

New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Many stories about life as one of the few Black students at MIT are recounted in longtime professor Clarence Williams’ new book, Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999 (MIT Press, $37.95). The 1,042-page book is a look at racial issues […]

March 28, 2001

UMass-Boston to Sign Deal Linking With Two-Year College

UMass-Boston to Sign Deal Linking With Two-Year CollegeBOSTON Atwo-year college for low-income, non traditional students recently signed a deal that will allow its graduates to transfer directly into the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The Urban College of Boston is a community-based college in a partnership with Action for Boston Community Development Inc., an anti-poverty […]

March 28, 2001

University of Wisconsin Students Protest Reparations Advertisement

University of Wisconsin Students Protest Reparations AdvertisementMADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin students marched to the offices of one of the campus newspapers earlier this month to protest an advertisement that criticizes calls for slavery reparations. The ad, which said reparations for Blacks is a bad idea, appeared in The Badger Herald. Conservative author David Horowitz […]

March 28, 2001