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Study Questions Merit of Georgia’s Popular Scholarship Program

Study Questions Merit of Georgia’s Popular Scholarship ProgramHope program boosts in-state Black student enrollment, but does little to increase access to postsecondary education overallBy Scott W. WrightGeorgia’s Hope Scholarship program, which provides up to $3,000 a year in college aid to high school students graduating with a B average, has significantly boosted Black student enrollment […]

March 28, 2001

One Person’s Success on Gap Closing

One Person’s Success on Gap Closing In the past two years, local newspaper articles have reported that, on average, African American high school students in Fairfax County, Va., score lower on the SAT exam than students of other racial groups. In one article, county school officials said they did not understand why this remains a […]

February 28, 2001

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsKamili Anderson has been appointed director of the Howard University Press. Formerly she was the associate editor at the Journal of Negro Education and a staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education. Anderson earned a bachelor’s in human nutrition and biochemistry from Howard University and is a graduate of the Howard University Press […]

February 28, 2001

Remembering the Orangeburg Massacre

Remembering the Orangeburg MassacreSouth Carolina State University student protest often ignored by historiansBy Linda Meggett BrownORANGEBURG, S.C. Although it has been 33 years since the Orangeburg Massacre, the memory of the tragic events that took place the night of Feb. 8, 1968, remains vivid and painful for the victims who survived and is a mark […]

February 28, 2001

University of North Texas Suspends Fraternity for Racial Slurs

University of North Texas Suspends Fraternity for Racial Slurs DALLAS The University of North Texas has suspended a fraternity chapter for five years after members allegedly used racial slurs and waved a Confederate battle flag at a group of mostly Black football recruits. Kappa Alpha’s suspension, issued last month, is the longest ban the school […]

February 28, 2001

Virginia Tech Offers Scholarships

Virginia Tech Offers Scholarships In Attempt to Diversify Student BodyBlacksburg, Va.Virginia’s largest university, Virginia Tech, will offer 27 undergraduate scholarships and three graduate fellowships to attract more minority students beginning this fall. “This is a concrete step with dollars attached, something that will be sustained and will grow,” says Dr. Benjamin Dixon, vice president for […]

February 28, 2001

Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To Work

Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To WorkWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Like many college students who study computer information systems, Derrick Thompson knows computer and Internet work experience means a great deal to future employers. As a high school student, the Robeson County, N.C., native developed his programming and Web design skills well enough to secure computer-related work in […]

February 14, 2001

Training for Tragedy

Training for TragedyWhether by homicide or suicide, the impact of a student’s death on fellow classmates can be devastation, shock and dismay. For many young college students, it is often their first experience with death.When a student dies on campus, who makes the call to the family? What types of support services are available to […]

February 14, 2001

Student Deaths Shake Up College Campuses

Student Deaths Shake Up College CampusesBy Linda Meggett BrownOrangeburg, S.C.Acelebration to honor the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Jan. 15, turned tragic at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., when a freshman student was gunned down on campus.Philip Lee Jr., 20, of Newark, N.J., was shot in the back of […]

February 14, 2001

Education Department Cracks Down on Misleading Financial Aid Web Sites

Education Department Cracks Down on Misleading Financial Aid Web Sites Flint, Mich.Financial aid officers nationwide are in an uproar over an Internet Web site that they say has confused and misled many families, and charges money for a service that students can easily get for free. All students who apply for federal financial aid must […]

February 14, 2001

Citadel Alumni Association to Award Scholarship in Name of First Black Graduate

Citadel Alumni Association to Award Scholarship in Name of First Black GraduateCHARLESTON, S.C. The Citadel African American Alumni Association has established a scholarship for minority students in honor of the school’s first Black graduate, Charles Foster. Black alumni hope to award the first scholarship this fall. It will be awarded annually once enough money is […]

February 14, 2001

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. Candidates

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. CandidatesNEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale University is raising the stipends almost 20 percent for doctoral candidates next year amid an attempt by graduate students to unionize. The stipend given to humanities and social science students was increased from $11,500 to $13,700. Some larger stipends will be […]

February 14, 2001

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Belinda C. Anderson has been named the new associate vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Previously she was director of academic advising services at Radford University in Radford, Va. Anderson earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Radford University and a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in […]

January 31, 2001

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