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The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

January 31, 2001

Southern University Work-Study Scam Under Investigation

Southern University Work-Study Scam Under InvestigationBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A local district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that eight employees at historically Black Southern University defrauded the school’s work-study program for $167,317 by falsifying student time sheets.Southern University System Vice President Ralph Slaughter says officials at the Baton Rouge campus discovered irregularities […]

January 31, 2001

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]

January 31, 2001

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During ConferenceBy Ronald RoachNew YorkAlthough members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group’s conservative mission, speakers and panelists at […]

January 31, 2001

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom Diversity

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom DiversityFairfax, Va.George Mason University has committed to a new kind of teacher training with a program that prepares teachers to work with the diversity of ages, races, ethnicity, languages and abilities that is prevalent in today’s typical classroom. The Unified Transformative Early Education Model stresses the […]

January 31, 2001

$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and Schools

$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and SchoolsSeattleThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is creating the biggest private scholarship program in Washington state with a $100 million gift to help low-income students go to college. The Washington State Achievers Program will give 500 four-year scholarships a year for colleges and universities in Washington, the […]

January 31, 2001

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

January 17, 2001

Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black Women

Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black WomenCollege park, Md. For the first time, the University of Maryland awarded doctorate degrees in mathematics to three Black women at its December commencement ceremonies. Tasha Inniss received a degree in applied mathematics, Sherry Scott was awarded one in pure mathematics and Kimberly Weems received one in statistics.“We’ve […]

January 17, 2001

White House Names Humanities Honorees

White House Names Humanities Honorees Washington President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the 2000 National Humanities Medalists, an award administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. An award ceremony was held last month in Washington and the winners were honored at a White House dinner.“The 2000 National Humanities Medalists are distinguished individuals […]

January 3, 2001

Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism Project

Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism ProjectCollege Park, Md.Six journalism schools have been selected to create and host an intensive two-week high school program designed to increase diversity within the nation’s newsrooms. Diversifying the nation’s newsrooms has been a long-time goal of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Studies show that the number […]

January 3, 2001

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A University of New Mexico fraternity accused of duct-taping a swastika on a Black student’s car has been placed on emergency suspension. University administrators say they placed the Sigma Chi chapter on suspension and that the rights, privileges, charter and affiliation with UNM are […]

January 3, 2001

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of Desegregation

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of DesegregationAthens, Ga.‘Two-four-six-eight! We don’t want to integrate!” were the chants from the crowd that greeted Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes — the first two African American students to integrate the University of Georgia 40 years ago Jan. 9. To mark the 40 years since UGA was desegregated, the […]

January 3, 2001

Explaining the Achievement Gap

Explaining the Achievement GapResearchers offer theories on Black underachievment — especially Black malesNew York The warm reception accorded Dr. Claude Steele at a New York University School of Education policy breakfast earlier this month signaled the extent to which his social psychology research is finding acceptance among education experts and officials on the Black-White student […]

December 20, 2000

Michigan State University Takes Initiative

Michigan State University Takes Initiative In Addressing Racial Profiling On CampusEast Lansing, Mich.Bruce Benson, chief of police at Michigan State University, had heard about it on CNN. He read about it in scholarly police journals. And while attending national police conferences he heard the issue constantly analyzed and dissected. Racial profiling, he noticed over the […]

December 20, 2000

State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher Education

State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher EducationWashingtonThe state you live in can make an unexpectedly large difference in determining whether you’ll be able to attend college — especially if you’re a minority student in a lower income bracket, according to the the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education’s Measuring Up 2000 […]

December 20, 2000

Disciplines as Frameworks for Student Learning

NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree Production

NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree ProductionALBUQUERQUE, N.M.A New Mexico alliance is getting a $2.5 million federal grant to increase the number of minority students pursuing advanced degrees in the next five years. The National Science Foundation grant went to the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, which wants to […]

December 20, 2000

Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students

Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College, a private institution in the southeastern part of the state, has attracted a record number of minority students. Despite the college’s location in a small, predominantly White community, nearly 21 percent of the school’s 482 full-time students are minorities this […]

December 20, 2000

The Miseducation of Hip-Hop

The Miseducation of Hip-HopAre Today’s Faculty and Administrators Simply Out of Touch? Or Has Today’s Popular Music Truly Corrupted the Minds of a Whole Generation? By Jamilah EvelynNEWARK, Del.When Jason Hinmon transferred to the University of Delaware two years ago from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the 22-year-old senior says he almost dropped out his first semester.He […]

December 6, 2000