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Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College Campuses
Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College CampusesAction prompted by recent incidents at Penn State, University of PennsylvaniaBy Eleanor Lee YatesHARRISBURG, Pa.A resolution authorizing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Committee on Education to investigate racial incidents on college campuses recently passed unanimously. Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr., the sponsor of the resolution, hopes the […]
May 9, 2001
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Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational Gap
Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational GapWe live in a society of educational gaps. Educational gaps refer to knowledge and information deficits that students bring with them to college. Because students are products of their social backgrounds and circumstances, they are often unaware of these learning deficits. Gaps can be observed between the […]
April 25, 2001
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Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie D. CRAFT
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie  D. CRAFTTurning Stature Into Success Langston quarterback doesn’t let size prevent him from making big stridesBy Robin V. SmilesLANGSTON, Okla. Langston University’s sports information director James Hilliard says the school’s starting quarterback and Student Government Association president is “not a big guy.” But, he says, Archie D. Craft II’s on-the-field leadership […]
April 25, 2001
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Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their Own
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their OwnBlack Issues In Higher Education in 1992 established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. A scholar and athlete, Ashe sought to expand opportunities for young people. Each year we invite every postsecondary […]
April 25, 2001
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Kentucky Group Seeks More Minority Teachers
Kentucky Group Seeks More Minority TeachersLOUISVILLE, Ky. ALouisville group looking for more minority teachers is providing scholarship money for students who promise to teach in Jefferson County. The Gheens Foundation recently gave $80,000 in scholarship money to Western Kentucky University to distribute to students over four years. In return, the students must agree to work […]
April 25, 2001
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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
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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
Students
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Students
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
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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
Students
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
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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
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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
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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
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