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Mellon Makes its Mark

Mellon Makes its MarkOver the past 13 years, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has invested $50 million in doctoral programs. Their investment is now paying off as the program becomes one of the premier pipelines for producing minority doctorates. By Ronald Roach DURHAM, N.C.Sheldon Lyke had long harbored ambivalence about getting a doctorate to become […]

July 18, 2001

Why Xavier Remains No.1

Why Xavier Remains No.1Louisiana’s Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. How do they do it?By Pearl StewartNEW ORLEANSDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than popular — he was needed. Amos quickly became the histology guru […]

July 18, 2001

South Carolina Colleges’ Tuition Increase Complicates Lottery Scholarships

South Carolina Colleges’ Tuition Increase Complicates Lottery ScholarshipsCOLUMBIA, S.C.College tuition increases caused by a budget crunch could make it more difficult to decide how to spend lottery profits. With tuition at Clemson University scheduled to go up 42 percent, a broad disparity will be created between LIFE scholarships at Clemson compared with other public four-year […]

July 18, 2001

International Education Congress to Focus on Plans for Bilingual University

International Education Congress to Focus on Plans for Bilingual University MIAMIEducators and others from throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean are being invited to attend the International Education Congress 2002, which will focus on plans for the creation of Florida’s first fully bilingual university.Those attending the conference, scheduled for April in Miami, […]

July 18, 2001

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action Case

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action CaseUT president says university will continue to search for ways to serve all of the state’s populationAUSTIN, TexasUniversity of Texas officials say they are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear their challenge to the Hopwood decision, but vowed to continue “vigorous efforts to enroll students […]

July 18, 2001

Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year Students

Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year StudentsBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.For the most part, Louisiana’s community and technical college students have missed the state scholarship boat. Virtually all of the 36,000 students who cashed in this year on the state-funded Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, are attending four-year universities.To qualify, a student must […]

July 18, 2001

Bringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back Yard

Bringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back YardThe history of African American students enrolling at Northwestern has fluctuated for the past 20 years, but no one anticipated the record low of only 82 students enrolling in the fall 1996. What happened? A task force of diverse administrators, faculty members and alumni was […]

July 4, 2001

U.S. Government to Give Scholarships for Cyber-Security Corps

U.S. Government to Give Scholarships for Cyber-Security CorpsWASHINGTONThe National Science Foundation has selected six universities to participate in a program to create a “cyber corps” of 200 computer-security students who would agree to join the government ranks upon graduation. The incentive is $8.6 million in scholarships, and participants are required to commit to at least […]

July 4, 2001

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What types of programs can be implemented to educate and motivate Black alumni to increase giving at their HBCU alma mater and HBCUs in general?Trisa Long Paschal Vice President for Institutional AdvancementSpelman CollegeAtlantaSpelman College and other HBCUs have wrestled with this issue of increasing alumni giving for several years. There is a […]

July 4, 2001

Capital Campaigns

Capital CampaignsAs competition grows for philanthropic dollars, and federal and state funding decreases, colleges and universities are launching record-breaking capital campaigns. But do HBCUs face different fund-raising challenges than their White counterparts?By Eleanor Lee YatesHampton University recently set a record among historically Black colleges and universities by raising $200 million in a capital campaign that […]

July 4, 2001

South Carolina College Students Get Free Ride

South Carolina College Students Get Free Ride With Lottery’s Scholarship MoneyCOLUMBIA, S.C. The state’s biggest college scholarship program just got a lot sweeter. About 21,000 students going to the state’s four-year colleges won’t have to pay for tuition under the lottery bill that Gov. Jim Hodges signed into law last month. That law does not […]

July 4, 2001

Tax-Cut Bill May Make College More Affordable

Tax-Cut Bill May Make College More AffordableCollege may become more affordable, at least for middle-income families, under the massive tax-cut bill President Bush has signed into law.Under the plan, families could receive a tuition tax deduction, even if they earn too much to qualify for a federal HOPE Scholarship. The new deduction would be $3,000 […]

July 4, 2001

It’s All About the Benjamins

It’s All About the BenjaminsColleges and universities, to their credit, are raising more money than ever. I must receive a few press releases a week from schools announcing either their record-breaking fund-raising results or that they are about to launch a capital campaign. For the average person, it is difficult to conceive that schools are […]

July 4, 2001

Suspended Fraternity to Return

Suspended Fraternity to Return To Western Illinois University CampusMACOMB, Ill.A fraternity suspended from Western Illinois University for running a racially offensive advertisement will be allowed back on campus this fall. An administrative review committee has concluded that Delta Tau Delta is taking steps to improve itself. The all-White fraternity was suspended in September after a […]

June 20, 2001

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars Program

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars ProgramNEWARK, N.J.Over the next three years, nine students from historically Black colleges will get full scholarships to New Jersey law schools through a donation from a Lucent corporate executive and his wife. The United Negro College Fund’s New Jersey Law Scholars Program is the first of its kind in […]

June 20, 2001

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:With colleges and universities increasingly changing many of their retention, scholarship and other programs from targeting only African American students, what can I do as an administrator to keep my university committed to increasing their Black student enrollment and graduation rates?Dr. Donnie Perkins,Dean and DirectorOffice of Affirmative Action and DiversityNortheastern UniversityBostonIf not […]

June 6, 2001

Federal Judge Has Serious Reservations About Desegregation Plan

Federal Judge Has Serious Reservations About Desegregation Plan JACKSON, Miss.The federal judge overseeing Mississippi’s college desegregation case says he has “serious reservations” about parts of the $500 million settlement proposal. In papers filed last month in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Judge Neal Biggers Jr. said parts of the proposal are significantly more expensive than a […]

June 6, 2001

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative Action

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative ActionBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOIn a unanimous vote, the University of California regents have repealed their ban on affirmative action, hoping to send a welcoming message to Black and Latino students — and bid farewell to six years of protests and political infighting.Sealed in backroom agreements under […]

June 6, 2001