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Making Room for the Study of Gifted African American Males
Making Room for the Study of Gifted African American MalesIn a recent article, “Extraordinary Gifts Often Come in Plain Brown Wrappers,” I detailed a research investigation highlighting the experiences of two academically gifted African American males in two different collegiate settings, a historically Black college or university (HBCU) and a traditionally White institution (TWI).  My […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Gradfree.com Provides Convenient Way to Help Students Pay Down Loan Debt
Gradfree.com Provides Convenient Way to Help Students Pay Down Loan DebtAs students graduate this month with dreams of getting their first full-time job, they will also have to grapple with the reality of huge debt incurred while pursuing a degree. The average student attending a public university graduates with approximately $13,000 in debt, and private […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Philanthropic Forklift Driver Uplifts Through Giving
Philanthropic Forklift Driver Uplifts Through GivingBy Erik LordsDETROITAt age 80, Mat Dawson Jr. of Detroit is still active, is in good health and works the same full-time job he started 60 years ago. His spirits are high nearly every day, but he already knows exactly what he wants engraved on his tombstone: “Gone but not […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Young Black Men Speak on College & Life
Young Black Men Speak on College & LifeBlack Issues In Higher Education talks to four young Black men who are currently attending college at campuses across the United States. Their educational, family and cultural backgrounds are diverse but their desire to advance themselves with a college education places them on a common mission. By Ronald […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Where are the Black Men on Campus?
Where are the Black Men on Campus? As institutions of higher education struggle to enroll Black men at comparable numbers to Black females, the imbalance is having an impact beyond the classroom and campus.By most measures of a private college under new leadership, the push by Dillard University in New Orleans to boost its enrollment […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Black Issues Honor HBCUs
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Black Issues Honor HBCUsWASHINGTONThe Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Inc. and Black Issues In Higher Education last month in Washington recognized several historically Black colleges and universities for their outstanding achievement and service in promoting access and opportunity for students of color. Bennett College, Coppin State College and Delaware State University received […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Texas Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Hopwood Case
Texas Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Hopwood CaseAUSTIN, Texas Texas Attorney General John Cornyn asked the U.S. Supreme Court last month to review the landmark Hopwood ruling that led to a ban on race-based policies for admissions, financial aid and scholarships at the state’s public universities. “This is probably the last chance to get […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College Campuses
Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College CampusesAction prompted by recent incidents at Penn State, University of PennsylvaniaBy Eleanor Lee YatesHARRISBURG, Pa.A resolution authorizing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Committee on Education to investigate racial incidents on college campuses recently passed unanimously. Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr., the sponsor of the resolution, hopes the […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational Gap
Advisers, Athletes Team Up to Close the Educational GapWe live in a society of educational gaps. Educational gaps refer to knowledge and information deficits that students bring with them to college. Because students are products of their social backgrounds and circumstances, they are often unaware of these learning deficits. Gaps can be observed between the […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie D. CRAFT
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:Archie D. CRAFTTurning Stature Into Success Langston quarterback doesn’t let size prevent him from making big stridesBy Robin V. SmilesLANGSTON, Okla. Langston University’s sports information director James Hilliard says the school’s starting quarterback and Student Government Association president is “not a big guy.” But, he says, Archie D. Craft II’s on-the-field leadership […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their Own
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their OwnBlack Issues In Higher Education in 1992 established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. A scholar and athlete, Ashe sought to expand opportunities for young people. Each year we invite every postsecondary […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Kentucky Group Seeks More Minority Teachers
Kentucky Group Seeks More Minority TeachersLOUISVILLE, Ky. ALouisville group looking for more minority teachers is providing scholarship money for students who promise to teach in Jefferson County. The Gheens Foundation recently gave $80,000 in scholarship money to Western Kentucky University to distribute to students over four years. In return, the students must agree to work […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Temple University Graduate Students Vote To Unionize
Temple University Graduate Students Vote To UnionizePHILADELPHIA Graduate students at Temple University voted overwhelmingly to unionize in the first election of its kind in Pennsylvania. The students, who work as teaching and research assistants, voted 290-16 last month to be represented by the Temple University Graduate Students Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black Frats
Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black FratsBy Paul RuffinsThis spring, the pattern of illegal hazing that has threatened the survival of Black fraternities and sororities has once again repeated itself with deadly and devastating consequences. In early April, Nashville authorities officially announced what many had suspected for months: The January death of […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:What new pressures will community colleges experience when remediation is removed from four-year institutions?Dr. James Anderson, vice provost for undergraduate affairs and professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.Today, a significant number of students who attend college need remedial courses. About one-third of the nation’s first-time, full-time freshmen in […]
April 11, 2001
Students
Reinventing Howard’s Law School
Reinventing Howard’s Law SchoolDean Alice Gresham Bullock is determined to keep the nation’s oldest historically Black law school relevant to 21st century realities. By Gwendolyn GlennWASHINGTONWhen Alice Gresham Bullock was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 1997, beating out candidates such as Harvard University’s Charles Ogletree, not everyone was pleased. Some […]
April 11, 2001
Students
Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper
Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper DURHAM, N.C. Duke University students have joined the bitter protests being played out at campuses across the country over a full-page advertisement criticizing calls for slavery reparations. The ad, placed in The Chronicle for $1,071 by conservative writer David Horowitz, opposes providing monetary reimbursement to the descendants […]
April 11, 2001
Students
UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary Dinner
UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary DinnerNEW YORKThe United Negro College Fund raised more than $1 million at its 57th anniversary dinner held last month in New York. The funds will benefit students who attend the organization’s 39 member colleges and institutions. The dinner also provided the organization a chance to honor […]
April 11, 2001
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