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Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism

Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism DURHAM, N.C.Students, professors and administrators at Duke University held a rally against racism last month after a fraternity sponsored a party that Latino students say demeaned their heritage.Fraternity members from Sigma Chi designed fliers that looked like expired green cards, on the chapter’s Web site and built the […]

October 8, 2003

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology SAN ANTONIOA new task force of leading experts in advanced science education outreach to minority college students has been formed to address the need to increase the ranks of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.With a $100,000 grant from the National […]

October 8, 2003

HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIs

HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIsBy Ben Hammer The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is calling on Congress to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in a bill that addresses Title V funding for the upcoming fiscal year 2004. HACU is calling for increased spending in several areas of the […]

October 8, 2003

African-American

In Good Company

In Good Company Like many media outlets last year, Black Issues followed the story of the departures of popular Harvard professors Cornel West and Kwame Anthony Appiah to Princeton University.As time went on, the question seemed to be whether Harvard’s Afro-American studies chairman Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. would remain at Harvard or perhaps follow […]

October 8, 2003

Events

OCTOBEROct. 15-18Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students“Preparing a Diverse Scientific Work Force: Eliminating Health Disparities”Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego Web: www.abrcms.orgOct. 18-21Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)17th Annual Conference“Hispanic Higher Education Success: America’s Path to the Future” Hyatt Regency Orange CountyAnaheim, Calif.Web: www.hacu.netOct. 23-25American Council on EducationOffice of Minorities […]

September 24, 2003

African-American

‘ Whatever ItTakes’

‘ Whatever ItTakes’A Community BuilderEthnic roots of Blacks and Hispanics hail from different parts of the world, but when it comes to higher education, the disadvantages facing both groups often transcend skin color. Yet a growing number of educators believe that intense outreach in urban communities can help students of color who are culturally and […]

September 24, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

Diversity Intersects With National Security

Diversity Intersects With National SecurityThe UNCF’s Institute for International Public Policy plans to engage ‘unusual suspects’ in a discussion on the global importance of a diverse work force By Cassie ChewAfter nine years of sending African American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian undergraduate students around the globe to study the socio-economic and political structure […]

September 10, 2003

Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama

Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala.A Black student at the University of Alabama accepted a bid to a traditionally White sorority last month, a rare case in which the longstanding racial exclusivity of the campus Greek social system has been broken.Carla Ferguson, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, was the […]

September 10, 2003

African-American

In Appreciation

In AppreciationAnthropology Professor John Ogbu Dies at Age 64 Dr. John Uzo Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died of a heart attack after undergoing back surgery on Aug. 20. He was 64. Ogbu is known for his work […]

September 10, 2003

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX WASHINGTONA coalition of college coaching associations, aiming to change the way a major sports anti-discrimination law is enforced, will press its legal fight on two fronts. The College Sports Council announced plans last month to sue the U.S. Department of Education over its July decision to […]

September 10, 2003

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall Agenda

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall AgendaTeacher education, welfare reform are among other hot-button issues to be addressed By Charles Dervarics After months of disappointing efforts in seeking student-aid increases, education advocates are pinning their hopes on a U.S. Senate plan that will come up for debate in September.A coalition of senators, mostly Democrats, is seeking […]

September 10, 2003

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

August 27, 2003

Professional Development

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department […]

August 27, 2003

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, Others

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, OthersBy Charles Dervarics Minority-serving institutions may house Centers of Excellence devoted to teacher training under legislation the House of Representatives has approved this summer. The Ready to Teach Act would create high-quality teacher-training programs at historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving colleges and tribal colleges. The act reserves about $10 million […]

August 27, 2003

From Opening Doors to Opening Minds

From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]

August 13, 2003

UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed Events

UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed EventsSAN FRANCISCO University of California regents handed fellow board member and activist Ward Connerly a defeat last month, voting down his proposal to stop funding ethnic graduations and gay freshman orientation. Connerly, who led the fight to drop race-conscious admissions some years ago, had tried to withdraw […]

August 13, 2003

African-American

Economy Influences Minority Students’ College Choice, Survey Finds

Economy Influences Minority Students’ College Choice, Survey FindsLEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. The current state of the U.S. economy has more influence on African American and Latino high school students’ college choice than that of White students, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA) and […]

August 13, 2003

Bush Retreats on Title IX Revisions

Bush Retreats on Title IX RevisionsOpponents vow to continue efforts to weaken law By Ben HammerWASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Education in early July announced it would not alter its enforcement of the 1972 law known as Title IX that has led to a dramatic increase in women’s participation in athletics, heading off challenges to […]

August 13, 2003