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Section: Demographics
African-American
The Afro-Mestizo Connection
The Afro-Mestizo ConnectionScholars team up to study Southern Mexico’s African rootsAcapulco has been billed as “the resort that never sleeps.” It’s the playground of the wealthy, home to the glittering “Golden Zone” shopping district, nightclubs and restaurants too numerous to count — and, just outside the city limits, a group of 98 percent Black towns […]
May 8, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Translating the African Past: The Islamic Heritage of Sub-Saharan Africa
Translating the African Past: The Islamic Heritage of Sub-Saharan AfricaOn a recent trip to the West African nation of Mali, Dr. John O. Hunwick encountered in Timbuktu signs of its legacy being resurrected in the form of new libraries. To this scholar of African history and frequent visitor to the dusty, desert city near the […]
May 8, 2002
African-American
Leaving for Princeton, West Says Too Much Made Of His Dispute With Harvard President
Leaving for Princeton, West Says Too Much Made Of His Dispute With Harvard PresidentMAHWAH, N.J.Harvard scholar Dr. Cornel West says the university’s president was largely responsible for his move to Princeton but that too much has been made of their dispute. After giving a lecture late last month at Ramapo College’s conference “State of the […]
May 8, 2002
Latinx
Hispanic Leaders Seek Funding Increase for HSIs
Hispanic Leaders Seek Funding Increase for HSIsHispanic higher education leaders are seeking a 50 percent increase next year in the federal government’s Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) program.Latino leaders outlined the plan at the recent legislative meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in Washington. HACU is asking Congress for $125 million in fiscal […]
May 8, 2002
African-American
Letters
Dear Editor: Thank you for your March 28th insightful and inspirational article on the unheralded contributions of Black mothers and historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities to this nation. As of Jan. 1, 2002, I became the President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), which is the […]
May 8, 2002
African-American
The Academy’s New Cast — Bravo! Encore Please!
The Academy’s New Cast — Bravo! Encore Please!America’s preoccupation with the “right look” has prompted myriad entertainers to sculpt their bodies as they seek a measure of success. Body sculpting, both a mental and physical exercise, tends to yield optimal physical results to those individuals who demonstrate the requisite mental attitude and discipline to transform […]
April 24, 2002
African-American
Dear BI Career Consultants
Dear BI Career Consultants: As participation in higher education becomes more global and multicultural, how can African American students/faculty maintain their identity, or do they need to?Creating and maintaining a positive cultural identity is essential to the success of African American students and professionals in higher education. Too often African Americans allow our identity to […]
April 24, 2002
Women
Recession, Affirmative Action, Trickery: Reflections on a Bush Appointment
Recession, Affirmative Action, Trickery: Reflections on a Bush AppointmentFederal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan says the recession is abating, but you wouldn’t know it by the unemployment rate statistics. With the unemployment rate at 5.7 percent overall, and 10.1 percent for African Americans, many Americans are alarmed about their job prospects. With companies like WorldCom […]
April 24, 2002
Asian American Pacific Islander
Connecting The Classroom and the Community
Connecting The Classroom and the CommunityService-learning programs allow students to apply real-world experience with classroom studyBy Phaedra Brotherton The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningful and give back to their communities. But for the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education […]
April 24, 2002
Students
Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana Classroom
Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana ClassroomBLOOMINGTON, Ind.A mural from the 1930s that includes images of the Ku Klux Klan will remain hanging in an Indiana University classroom, despite objections from the university’s Black Student Union (see Black Issues, March. 28). Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm announced the mural’s fate late last month, […]
April 24, 2002
Students
Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony Criticized
Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony CriticizedEast Lansing, Mich.Critics are taking aim at a new, optional Michigan State University event that will honor Black graduating seniors next month, saying it is unfair and promoting separatism. In one of several letters sent to the MSU student newspaper, Michael Cykowski, a senior computer science major, wrote: “What would […]
April 24, 2002
African-American
Letters
Dear Editor:I read with great interest the March 29 article on the sister presidents of Bennett and Spelman in Black Issues In Higher Education. I was indeed surprised to see that the writer did not refer to the first woman president of Bennett College, Dr. Willa B. Player. Dr. Player served Bennett during the mid-50s […]
April 24, 2002
African-American
Letters
Dear Editor:We at Eastern Washington University, just 30 miles from the north Idaho border, are having a different experience than that described in Kendra Hamilton’s article “Race in the College Classroom” in your March 14 issue.Our courses in African American studies are filled to overflowing with 100-plus students in most classes. We have added additional […]
April 24, 2002
African-American
Events
EventsAprilApril 25-27Education Writers Association (EWA)55th National SeminarWyndham City CenterWashington, D.C.Contact: EWAPhone: (202) 452-9380Fax: (202) 452-9837E-mail: ewa@ewa.orgWeb: www.ewa.orgMAYMay 98th Annual Scholarship Dinner to Benefit Single FathersMedgar Evers College and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity“Changing Images”Brooklyn Museum of Art, New YorkContact: Peter HolomanPhone: (718) 270-6051E-mail: peter@mec.cuny.eduMay 29-June 2NCORE 200215th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity“The Challenge and […]
April 10, 2002
Disabilties
Boston University Plans Residency
Boston University Plans Residency Program for Foreign LeadersBOSTONBoston University plans to launch a residency program for former heads of state from Africa, a project supporters say offers an exit strategy for leaders in need of a way to leave their jobs gracefully.“There is life after the presidency,” says the Rev. Charles Stith, the former U.S. […]
April 10, 2002
African-American
Black Alumni Request Outside Review
Black Alumni Request Outside Review Of Diversity at ArkansasLITTLE ROCK, Ark.The University of Arkansas’ Black Alumni Society has proposed that Chancellor John White hire an off-campus firm to determine whether Blacks are represented fairly at the university. The group says the review it proposes would assess how effective the university is in recruiting minorities as […]
April 10, 2002
Latinx
House Approves 2003 Budget Plan
House Approves 2003 Budget PlanDemocrats deem budget insufficient to meet educational needsThe full House of Representatives approved a 2003 budget plan with a small increase for minority-serving colleges after brushing back efforts to add more money for Pell Grants to the plan.The 221-209 vote was largely along party lines, as Republicans endorsed the budget blueprint […]
April 10, 2002
African-American
Letter2
Dear Black Issues:I am writing this letter in response to the feature story on young African American scholars in the Jan. 3 issue. I thoroughly enjoyed this publication. In fact, this particular edition was my introduction to Black Issues, which I had never read. I would like to briefly share the impact reading this issue […]
April 10, 2002
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