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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

N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary Magazine

N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary MagazineDURHAM, N.C.The chancellor of North Carolina Central University restored the budget of the school’s literary magazine — and gave it a little boost.Chancellor James H. Ammons said he didn’t realize that the 39-year-old Ex Umbra magazine had lost its $7,000 budget until he read about it in a […]

December 1, 2004

International Student Enrollments Decline

International Student Enrollments DeclineBy 2.4 Percent in 2003/2004WASHINGTONThe number of international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions decreased by 2.4 percent in 2003/2004 to a total of 572,509, according to “Open Doors 2004,” the annual report on international academic mobility published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department […]

December 1, 2004

Deciding His Own Fate

Deciding His Own FateHanding in his resignation, FAMU president Fred Gainous chooses to forgo trustee vote By Marlon A. WalkerTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Florida A&M University President Fred Gainous dealt the final blow to his career at the 117-year-old university, choosing to forego a vote by the school’s governing board and hand in his resignation.The resignation came six […]

December 1, 2004

Hazing and Pledging — Not Synonymous Terms

Hazing and Pledging — Not Synonymous TermsThis is a response to the question asked by Dr. (Ricky) Jones in the Oct. 21, 2004, edition of Black Issues (see “BI Forum”) “Is it time to disband Black fraternities and sororities?”This question reminds me of the often-heard refrain, “Is it time to disband HBCUs?” At this historical […]

December 1, 2004

A Pathway to the Presidency

A Pathway to the PresidencyStudent affairs professionals are increasingly moving into the top job on college campuses By Kendra HamiltonIf you took a random sampling of student affairs professionals, they’d all agree: without the work they do with students, campus functions would simply grind to a halt. “Student affairs professionals spend 80 percent of their time […]

November 17, 2004

Recent Scholarship on Race

Institutional Racism in Higher EducationEds. Dr. Ian Law, Dr. Deborah Phillips and Dr. Laura TurneyTrentham Books, 2004166 pp., $35.00 paperback ISBN 1858563135This book reports on cutting-edge research on racism in higher education — a matter that has received far less attention than racism in primary and secondary schools. The result of a project funded by the Higher […]

November 17, 2004

Pursuing the Professoriate

Pursuing the ProfessoriateInstitute offers minority scholars tips, survival strategies for navigating graduate processBy Robin V. SmilesATLANTAAfter 40 years of affirmative action, still only 5 percent of faculty are African American; 3 percent are Latino or Hispanic; 2½ percent are Asian American and less than 1 percent are American Indian, according to Dr. Orlando Taylor, vice […]

November 17, 2004