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Increasing power, not just numbers – senior-level African American administrators

Since the late 1960s, there has been a substantial increase in the number of senior-level African American administrators at traditionally White institutions. However, I contend that this increase conveys a partly false perception, and that perception leads one to believe that a goal of higher education — racial equalization — has been achieved.

July 11, 2007

Home shopping network: CD-ROMs facilitate college search process

With a seventeen-year-old high school junior for a son, the time has come once again to go college shopping. And as one of those guys who hates to shop, I naturally was looking for something that would allow me to visit a university or two hundred without leaving home. After all, travel expenses can be…well, expensive.

July 11, 2007

The virtual classroom – new technology for teaching African American literature – includes related article on Western Governor’s University – Cover Story

Bryan Carter is devoted to teaching African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance era, a period considered one of the most creative in American history.

July 11, 2007

Black Teachers on Teaching. – book reviews

Does American society want to educate all of its children? An optimist would respond that of course it does, but it just can’t seem to provide equity in its distribution of resources and educational outcomes. Others would argue that social, political and economic forces create hurdles which slow or completely retard the flow of positive educational goods and benefits into certain communities.

July 11, 2007

Robbing Peter to pay Paul – reauthorizing the higher education act

Reauthorizing the higher education act amid the new political reality means some programs may lose so that others might gain.

July 11, 2007

New political leadership – Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah – Cover Story

No one could ever accuse Congressman Chaka Fattah of being timid about taking risks.

July 11, 2007

Forthcoming ETS Report proclaims the importance of HBCUs – Educational Testing Service; Historically Black Colleges and Universities – includes related article on ETS Report

WASHINGTON Every time the public funding of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is discussed, the same question arises: Now that colleges and universities are no longer segregated, why should a separate system of colleges and universities, begun in the time of segregation, be maintained?

July 11, 2007

Study should help defense of funding for remedial higher education – federal financial aid for remedial coursework

A new congressionally mandated study may blunt the efforts of critics who want to end federal financial aid to students in remedial education.

July 11, 2007

The relevance of race

The following was excepted from the convocation address titled “What Kind of Freedom” given by Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane on Aug. 28.

July 11, 2007

Spurring interaction: Cornell is counting on outreach programs to spur cross-racial and cross-ethnic interaction – Cornell University

Cornell University officials are hoping that student residential-housing outreach programs being launched this school year will help the upstate New York institution avoid the problems it experienced last spring when a conservative student publication offended many university students with an Ebonics parody.

July 11, 2007

Slow motion penalty – lawsuit by National Women’s Law Center – related article on Title IX law – Despite Sluggish Progress, Four HBCUs Cited in Title IX Complaint

It is ironic that four historically Black colleges and universities are among the twenty-five institutions named in a Title IX complaint filed by the National Women’s Law Center. Ironic, because the prime mission of HBCUs is to provide educational opportunities to those who may not otherwise get the chance to attend college. The complaint was filed in June just weeks before the celebration of Title IX’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

July 11, 2007

Hope scholarships: a closer look

In August, President Clinton signed the massive new balanced budget agreement with $40 billion in education tax credits. Now the task its to help colleges, students and parents figure out their roles in the complex package.

July 11, 2007

House Approves Funding For Minority-Serving Colleges, Pell Grant Over Veto Threat

Defying a veto threat from President Bush, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill to cut subsidies to student loan providers and use the proceeds to reduce interest rates and provide more money for Pell Grants and minority-serving colleges.

July 11, 2007

Colleges Use Courts To Keep Agents, Boosters Away From Student-Athletes

The NCAA announced Wednesday that the Oklahoma Sooners eight wins from the 2005 season would be invalidated because two players employed by a booster received pay for jobs they didn’t actually work. The athletics department will face other athletic sanctions as well. States and colleges, trying to avoid situations like that, are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

July 11, 2007

Continuing a tradition of giving: new scholarship honors the legacy of a teacher who did more than instruct – Vernell A. Lillie Endowed Scholarship honoring Dr. Vernell A. Lilli

Only a few decades ago, according to Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Smith College, looking out for African American youth was a challenge more readily accepted by the African American community, at large – and particularly by African American teachers.

July 11, 2007

Debating the Relevance of Black Greek-Letter Organizations

Debating the Relevance of Black Greek-Letter Organizations The question about whether BGLOs are relevant or not could also be applied to other traditional Black organizations, i.e., the NAACP and the National Urban League, (see “Broken Bonds: Are Black Greek Organizations Making Themselves Irrelevant?” June 14). While these organizations are steeped in history, you would be […]

July 11, 2007

States and colleges are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

States and colleges are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

July 11, 2007

Community Colleges Often Lead the Way In Diversity Efforts

American community colleges now enroll well over half of the nation’s undergraduate students. Perhaps more important than the sheer number of students attending these open-access institutions is the reality that community colleges represent the higher education point of entry for the majority of minority students.

July 11, 2007