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Section: Demographics

Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college Story:

July 27, 2005

Senate Approves Technology Bill For Minority-Serving Institutions

First, the Senate approved the Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005 Story:

July 27, 2005

Omega Psi Phi Builds $2 Million Greek House

Omega Psi Phi is building the first residence hall for a Black fraternity on the University of South Carolina campus Story:

July 27, 2005

Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college, more than two times the overall rate for all doctorates Story:

July 27, 2005

Senate Approves Technology Bill For Minority-Serving Institutions

Institutions serving specific demographic populations got a few potential funding boosts from Congress recently. Story:

July 27, 2005

Senate Rejects President’s Call to Cut Early College Awareness Programs

Advocates for minority-serving institutions and increased financial aid prevailed in one battle but lost another… Story:

April 20, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Deconstructing Controversy With Innovation, Information

Challenging longstanding practices or questioning conventional wisdom are actions that leaders seldom are willing to take. Story:

April 20, 2005

In the Realm of Sports

In the Realm of SportsThe Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in SportBy David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. MillerUniversity of Illinois Press, 2005528 pp., $24.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-252-02820The Unlevel Playing Field, new in paperback, contains more than 100 documents on the experiences of both pioneering and modern-day athletes. The […]

April 6, 2005

African-American

Nurturer or Queen Bee?

There were about 30 of us seated in a semi-circle on a weekday afternoon, students, faculty, staff, administrators Story:

April 6, 2005

African-American

Smithsonian Selects First Director

Smithsonian Selects First Director Of National Museum of African American HistoryWASHINGTON The Smithsonian Institution has tapped Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch as the first director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, effective in July.As the museum’s founding director, Bunch will work to identify the museum’s mission; develop exhibitions and public programs concerning […]

April 6, 2005

African-American

Desperately Seeking Students

Desperately Seeking StudentsSeveral public flagships attempt to reverse disturbing declines in Black student college enrollment By Lydia LumAs high-school seniors begin to choose colleges in the coming months, officials at many public flagships nervously hope that their renewed outreach to Black students reverses steep and disappointing enrollment drops. Those declines, some of them by double-digit […]

March 23, 2005

African-American

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS EpidemicWith infection rates still escalating among African Americans, researchers, scholars and activists wonder if the battle is a losing oneBy B. Denise HawkinsMost days, Cynthia Davis is an exasperated trooper who can always be found teaching and preaching from the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The […]

March 23, 2005

Native Americans

Oregon State University Returns Artifacts To American Indian Tribes, Historical Society Balks

Oregon State University Returns Artifacts To American Indian Tribes, Historical Society BalksCORVALLIS, Ore. The Benton County Historical Society expressed disappointment over Oregon State University’s decision to return 900 artifacts from the Horner Museum to the Oregon tribes from which they came. The university closed the museum in 1995 and the historical society wants to reopen […]

March 23, 2005

African-American

UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African Americans

UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African AmericansAnd Job Locations Increases Racial Inequality LOS ANGELESA new study conducted by a UCLA researcher and published by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program indicates that the distance between African Americans and the location of employment opportunities has increased over the last several decades, exacerbating racial inequality in major […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, Closes

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, ClosesWOODLAND, Calif. American Indian leaders who tried to save California’s only tribal college say that problems at D-Q University are insurmountable. The two-year college in rural Yolo County lost its accreditation in January, after school officials failed to fix financial and management troubles. “We realize the school has reached its […]

March 23, 2005

Wiring Schools For Success

Wiring Schools For SuccessLawmakers revive bill to assist minority-serving institutions in upgrading technology infrastructureBy Charles DervaricsIt is no secret that many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing behind TWIs (Traditional White Institutions) in the technology race. In fact, a 2000 study conducted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) for […]

February 23, 2005

African-American

Record Number of Students Apply to University of California Schools

Record Number of Students Apply to University of California SchoolsAmerican Indians only minority group to see applications fall in 2004BERKELEY, Calif. The number of students who want to get into the University of California topped 100,000 for the first time this year, including nearly 9,000 students seeking one of the 1,000 spots at the new […]

February 23, 2005

Survey: Young Adults Believe in the Value of Higher Education

Survey: Young Adults Believe in the Value of Higher Education But college participation still not commonplace for most Black, Hispanic students, compared to Asian, White peersNEW YORKA new national survey of young adults ages 18 to 25 finds that the vast majority of today’s young adults — be they African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian […]

February 23, 2005