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Can the Dream Be Saved?
Can the Dream Be Saved?CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors  announced earlier this month that  race will continue to be considered in the school’s admissions process. The board also said it  supports President John T. Casteen III’s decision several months ago to end the use of a point system that benefited […]
October 27, 1999
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BI News Brief
Minority Enrollment Continues to Drop at California Medical SchoolsOAKLAND, Calif. — University of California officials have appointed a task force to investigate why minority enrollment is dropping at the system’s five medical schools. In 1993, 103 Black and Mexican American students enrolled at University of California medical schools. This fall, the total was 59. That […]
October 27, 1999
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Washington Briefs
As Default Rates Fall, HBCUs Face No SanctionsWASHINGTON — The nation’s student loan default rate has fallen to its lowest level since the federal government began collecting data in 1987.The 8.8 percent default rate for 1997 was down nearly a 1 percent from the previous year, and it represents the seventh consecutive decline from a […]
October 27, 1999
Students
Who Really Cares About Retention?
Who Really Cares About Retention?Society’s influence on elementary and secondary students has left many of our young people less than prepared for college. The poor academic preparation of incoming freshman also has made retaining these students at the postsecondary level more difficult. If higher education is going to embrace these students, it is important for […]
October 13, 1999
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Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:As a dean, how do I get my faculty and the academic vice provost/provost to buy into our diversity agenda?Dr. James AndersonVice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate StudiesNorth Carolina State UniversityTo promote any campus initiative, successful deans understand what the faculty value, how academic business gets done and how to facilitate the […]
October 13, 1999
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Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand Name
Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand NameCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Officials at Harvard University, one of the world’s most recognized learning institutions, are considering moves to capitalize on its name and reputation in cyberspace — a move that will be closely watched by other universities.Harvard is famous for tapping the academic elite, both at a professorial […]
October 13, 1999
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High-Tech Admissions
High-Tech AdmissionsPredictive Modeling Software is Reshaping the Way Schools Find and Communicate With Prospective StudentsWhen Tuskegee University officials set a goal of growing enrollment from the current 3,000 students to 5,000 by the year 2006, they knew it would require an extraordinary approach. Especially given the fierce national competition for college-bound African American high school […]
October 13, 1999
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Gates Scholarship Provides Aid for More Students
Gates Scholarship Provides Aid for More Students SAN FRANCISCO — David McBride was in algebra class when he showed a friend the newspaper story about the billion-dollar college scholarship program for minorities being financed by software tycoon Bill Gates.“It really put hope in his face,” says the 16-year-old senior at Lowell High School here. “He’s […]
October 13, 1999
Students
The Diligent Dozen
The Diligent Dozen  A ‘To-Do’ List for Parents of Minorities Aspiring to CollegeJDon’t leave the choices in your child’s high school curriculum to school guidance counselors. Too often, counselors will steer students of color to less rigorous courses that fail to adequately prepare them for college work. JDon’t leave it to counselors to decide which […]
October 13, 1999
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Bringing It Back to the Basics
Bringing It Back to the BasicsIn a High-Tech World Where Many Colleges Are Scrambling to Acquire the Most Advanced Curriculums, Others Are Being Progressive by Teaching the Fundamentals By Eleanor Lee YatesBALTIMORE — Michael Miller always struggled with school. “I was considered to be slow,” recalls the 26-year-old. After repeating the 10th grade twice — […]
October 13, 1999
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Idaho Official: State’s Image Hampers Recruitment
Idaho Official: State’s Image Hampers RecruitmentMOSCOW, Idaho — A top University of Idaho official says that the state’s national image as a haven for racists, though unwarranted, has made it much more difficult for the university to recruit Black students.“The farther away from the university, the image of Idaho can be important for the multicultural […]
October 13, 1999
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Black Students Losing Hope
Black Students Losing HopeRecord Numbers of African American Students Forced From State-Funded Tuition Program Before They Can Reap Full BenefitsATLANTA — Georgia’s 6-year-old Hope scholarship program has brought thousands of African American students into the state’s higher education fold who otherwise would not have been able to afford a college education.But a disturbing analysis released […]
October 13, 1999
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BI What’s New
The City University of New York’s City College has launched two new scholarship programs, including one funded by the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin L. Powell.Named in honor of Powell’s parents, the Maud and Luther Powell America’s Promise Scholarship will pay full tuition for up to four years at the […]
October 13, 1999
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BI News Briefs
Commission Dismisses Discrimination Complaint Against Alabama-BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The state Ethics Commission has dismissed complaints against the president of the University of Alabama-Birmingham and another school official, saying the allegations of discrimination do not fall under its jurisdiction.A local activist had filed a complaint against Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, the school’s president, and George Perdue, […]
October 13, 1999
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An Education in Affirmative Action
An Education in Affirmative ActionNearly three years have passed since the first of two controversial class-action lawsuits were brought against the University of Michigan. At issue are the admission’s policies of the university’s law school and its college of literature, science and arts.Based on a grid, the university determines applicants’ acceptance by weighing an array […]
September 29, 1999
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Higher Education’s Money Man
Higher Education’s Money Man An Interview With United Negro College Fund President Bill GrayWhen William H. Gray, at the age of 50, announced in 1991 that he was leaving his Majority Whip post in the U.S. House of Representatives to head the United Negro College Fund, many believed his brightest days were behind him. Two […]
September 29, 1999
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A Philanthropic Parade of Stars
A Philanthropic Parade of StarsCelebrities have been a large part of UNCF fund-raising efforts from its beginnings. Leontyne Price debuted at the Metropolitan Opera at a UNCF event in 1955. In 1974, Nancy Wilson and Clifton Davis hosted “Something Special,” the first UNCF telethon, which raised $300,000. Singer Lou Rawls expanded the concept in 1979 […]
September 29, 1999
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UNCF Gray’s Way
UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms  His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]
September 29, 1999
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