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House Approves Legislation for Vouchers in Nation’s Capital

House Approves Legislation for Vouchers in Nation’s Capital Senate to act on the measure in late JanuaryThe U.S. House of Representatives last month gave final approval to legislation for taxpayer-funded vouchers for students in the District of Columbia. The legislation, backed by President Bush, will allow students to attend private and parochial schools. The Senate […]

December 31, 2003

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student Enrollment

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student EnrollmentEarlier this year, the University System of Georgia’s board of regents accepted 15 task-force recommendations designed to increase the number of African American males enrolling in Georgia’s colleges and universities (see Black Issues, Oct. 23). Yet, not one of the recommendations adequately incorporated the use of grass-roots efforts […]

December 17, 2003

California State University Expected to Turn Away Up to 15,000 Students Next Year

California State University Expected to Turn Away Up to 15,000 Students Next YearLONG BEACH, Calif.California State University expects to turn away up to 15,000 new students next year as it faces record enrollment growth and a statewide budget deficit, the chancellor said last month.Chancellor Charles B. Reed told trustees the 23-campus system would follow a […]

December 17, 2003

Report, Educators Call for More Study Abroad Programs

Report, Educators Call for More Study Abroad Programs Lack of global knowledge threatens the nation’s security, future, experts sayWASHINGTONAmericans don’t know enough about the world in which they live, according to a new report by an international-education task force, which calls for a “national effort” to reverse the trend. The report says higher education is […]

December 17, 2003

ETS Identifies Factors Affecting Student Achievement

ETS Identifies Factors Affecting Student AchievementThe Educational Testing Service (ETS) released a report last month detailing more than a dozen factors related to student achievement. “The gaps in student achievement mirror inequalities in those aspects of school, early life and home circumstances that research has linked to achievement,” says Paul Barton, author of the study, […]

December 17, 2003

House Bill Could Return $340 Million To Pell Grant Program

House Bill Could Return $340 Million To Pell Grant ProgramHouse Republicans introduced a bill last month to reduce fraud in the Pell Grant program, a move they say could free up as much as $340 million for the higher education program.The lawmakers say they would use the additional funds to provide the grants to more […]

December 17, 2003

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

December 3, 2003

From Political Speak to Free Speech

Editor’s NoteFrom Political Speak to Free SpeechWith the presidential primaries around the corner, we’re taking a look at what the nine Democratic candidates as well as the Republican Party are doing to connect with Black voters. Similar to visits to Black churches on Sunday mornings, some of the Democratic candidates have taken to visiting a […]

December 3, 2003

Another Legacy to Overcome

Another Legacy to Overcome: Achieving a Diverse Administrative BodyDr. Deneese L. JonesToday, with race-conscious scholarships under scrutiny, affirmative action being tested, and efforts to achieve student and faculty diversity in higher education under siege, yet another theme of urgency emerges: Faculty of color are still not evenly distributed or represented across institutional types, disciplines and […]

November 19, 2003

Demystifying the Ph.D. Process

Demystifying the Ph.D. ProcessJourney to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans By Dr. Anna L. Green and Dr. LeKita V. Scott, eds. Stylus Publishing, October 2003, 240 pp.$45.00 cloth, ISBN 1-57922-078-9; $18.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-079-7 As increasing numbers of African Americans enroll in and complete doctoral programs, the need for accurate, […]

November 19, 2003

Hewlett Packard Gift Boosts Black Public Colleges

Hewlett Packard Gift Boosts Black Public CollegesNEW YORKIn an effort to boost information technology resources at historically Black public colleges, the Hewlett Packard (HP) company has awarded the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and its 45-member schools equipment and services valued at more than $2.1 million. The donation of HP ProLiant servers, notebook PCs, and other […]

November 19, 2003

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship Program

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship ProgramWASHINGTONThe Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program since 1999 has offered more than 7,000 minority students “last dollar” scholarship awards for undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. programs. The program recently released a study that profiled current and past participants’ success as a result of the scholarships.The attitudes and expectations […]

November 19, 2003

Federal Grant Boosts Berkeley’s Environmental Outreach Efforts

Federal Grant Boosts Berkeley’s Environmental Outreach EffortsAs Mark Spencer sees it, students at the University of California-Berkeley have had too little guidance and resources to help them join community organizations in the San Francisco Bay area that are involved in environmental education and restoration projects. Spencer, a Ph.D. candidate in Forest Ecology at Berkeley’s College […]

November 5, 2003

Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to Grow

Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to GrowWASHINGTONTwo newly released reports from the American Council on Education (ACE) illustrate rapid growth in the federal student loan programs and the critical importance of the Pell Grant program, the nation’s largest single source of need-based grant assistance. The “2003 Status Report on the Federal Education Loan […]

October 22, 2003

UNC Initiative to Make College More Accessible for Low-Income Students

UNC Initiative to Make College More Accessible for Low-Income Students CHAPEL HILL, N.C.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a groundbreaking initiative earlier this month to give the children of low-income families an opportunity to attend college — without borrowing a penny.The initiative, “The Carolina Covenant,” will enable low-income students to come to […]

October 22, 2003

Commitment at the Highest Levels

Commitment at the Highest Levels”Bringing more than skin color to the party” pretty much sums up our cover story on recruiting faculty of color. One new faculty hire from Rochester Institute of Technology says minority faculty have to do just that and must “bring ways to contribute to the strategic direction of the university and […]

October 22, 2003

Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Successfully Engaging Hearts, Minds in Graduate Education

Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Successfully Engaging Hearts, Minds in Graduate Education By Dr. Richard A. Cherwitz and Susan Alvarado Boyd Following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action in admissions to graduate and professional programs, many institutions are contemplating how, if at all, to use race and ethnicity in making admissions decisions. The court’s ruling notwithstanding, […]

October 8, 2003

Grants & Awards

Columbia University’s Teachers College received a $10.8 million gift from Lilo and Gerard Leeds. The gift, to be made over six years, is the largest single gift in the college’s history. The gift will be used to bolster the academic achievement of low-income high school students in New York City and across the United States. […]

October 8, 2003