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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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
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
Students
Calif. Colleges Not Liable for Off-Campus Injuries, Court Rules
Calif. Colleges Not Liable for Off-Campus Injuries, Court Rules QUINCY, Calif.California community colleges and their faculty are not responsible for injuries to students who are engaged in off-campus assignments, a state appellate court has unanimously held.The decision bars a suit by a Feather River Community College student who suffered crippling injuries when she was thrown […]
October 8, 2003
Students
Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism
Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism DURHAM, N.C.Students, professors and administrators at Duke University held a rally against racism last month after a fraternity sponsored a party that Latino students say demeaned their heritage.Fraternity members from Sigma Chi designed fliers that looked like expired green cards, on the chapter’s Web site and built the […]
October 8, 2003
Students
When Academia Meets Activism
When Academia Meets ActivismHarvard’s Color Lines conference draws nearly 1,000 participants to share new insights, data on the nation’s agenda on raceBy Ronald RoachCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Labor Day weekend is not the time of year one would expect hundreds of professors, graduate students and other education professionals to be encamped under a white tent at the Harvard […]
September 24, 2003
Students
Diversity: Here Today, More Tomorrow
Diversity: Here Today, More TomorrowROCKVILLE, Md.Haniee Chung, a 22-year-old spring honors graduate of Montgomery College, has an outlook on diversity that might sound strange to her elders.“We’re used to it,” she says. “Really, a lot of people my age don’t think about the question of diversity much at all.”Since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings […]
September 24, 2003
Students
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala.A Black student at the University of Alabama accepted a bid to a traditionally White sorority last month, a rare case in which the longstanding racial exclusivity of the campus Greek social system has been broken.Carla Ferguson, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, was the […]
September 10, 2003
Students
‘Acting White’ Does Not Affect Minority Student Achievement, Study Finds
‘Acting White’ Does Not Affect Minority Student Achievement, Study Finds COLUMBIA, Mo.Whether listening to heavy metal music or wearing khakis, many minority students in schools throughout the United States are accused of “acting White.” If these accusations lead students to avoid “acting White” by shunning academic achievement, educators see a major problem. A researcher at […]
September 10, 2003
Students
Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education
Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education
August 27, 2003
Professional Development
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