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African-American

Professional Appointment

ACADEMICLisa R. Elliott has been named communications coordinator for Cleveland State University’s office of minority affairs and community relations. Previously, she managed a marketing communications firm, Aspire Marketing. Elliot holds a bachelor’s in speech from Northwestern University.Dr. Allen J. Green has been named dean of studies and student life at Sarah Lawrence College. He comes […]

September 29, 1999

African-American

Africa:Through Skip Gates’ Eyes

Africa:Through Skip Gates’ EyesIn his poem “Heritage,” Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen once asked, “What is Africa to me?” Harvard University’s Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. struggles with the very same question in a PBS documentary that will air next month over the course of three nights. Throughout the six-part Wonders of the African […]

September 29, 1999

Higher Education’s Money Man

Higher Education’s Money Man An Interview With United Negro College Fund President Bill GrayWhen William H. Gray, at the age of 50, announced in 1991 that he was leaving his Majority Whip post in the U.S. House of Representatives to head the United Negro College Fund, many believed his brightest days were behind him. Two […]

September 29, 1999

African-American

Two Miami University College Students Acquitted in RaceCase

Two Miami University College Students Acquitted in RaceCaseDefense points finger at Black administrator, both sides still smarting OXFORD, Ohio — The acquittal earlier this month of two former African American students accused of faking a racist hate crime at Miami University here has left faculty, staff and students split in their interpretations of the decision. […]

September 29, 1999

Making the Circle a Circle

Making the Circle a CircleOf the myriad challenges facing Native American college students, retention appears to be the most dauntingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaving the reservation for college wasn’t too hard for Rozanna Benaly, a Utah teen who already had lived away from home at the Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington.But it’s different this time. School […]

September 29, 1999

African-American

Demanding Quality Leadership

Demanding Quality LeadershipIt is commonly said that African Americans suffer from a lack of leadership. Yet, whenever someone begins to wield significant power, too often the campaign to unseat him or her is not far behind.Certainly, no one should be allowed to set an agenda or lead without censure. But rather than tearing folks down […]

September 29, 1999

Private Party

Private PartyPlagued by sexually-lewd behavior and violence, one of the largest Black fraternity gatherings in the country is no longer a public event and some say that while it’s unfortunate, it may be the wave of the futurePhiladelphia — At first, it seemed that the 1999 Philadelphia Greek Picnic had all of the support that […]

September 15, 1999

Rap Session on Race

Rap Session on RaceAs Clinton calls for a second round of campus dialogue on race, some wonder how successful the first was; others praise efforts as a useful starting pointWASHINGTON — President Clinton created the President’s Initiative on Race to “help build One America in the 21st Century — a nation of people who respect […]

September 15, 1999

African-American

Professional Appointments

AcademicFrancene Gilmer has been appointed director of the Vanderbilt University Career Center. Before the appointment, she was associate director of the center. Gilmer earned a bachelor’s degree in community health education from Western Kentucky University; and a master’s degree in education from Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Mynora J. Bryant has been named coordinator of counseling […]

September 1, 1999

Native Americans

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting WASHINGTON — Agendas were set and board members were sworn in as 13 of the 15 members of the President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities gathered here in July for the group’s inaugural meeting.Carrie L. Billy, executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges […]

September 1, 1999

BI What’s New

California State University-Fullerton, in partnership with the state of California, has begun operating the California Corporate Board Registry to expand minority and women representation statewide on boards of directors. CSU-Fullerton was named to oversee the registry by the Office of Secretary of State Bill Jones.Stemming from legislation passed in 1993 and 1998, the registry will […]

September 1, 1999

African-American

Capturing the spirit of 15 years

Capturing the spirit of 15 yearsWhen Black Issues In Higher Education started in 1984, Nelson Mandela was enduring a life sentence in a South African prison. Today, he is not only the former president of South Africa, but he holds an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. In the United States, back in 1984, “PC” was […]

August 18, 1999

Collegiate Athletics Hightlights

Collegiate Athletics HightlightsCollegiate athletics have presented a grueling playing field for student athletes of color over the past 15 years. And sometimes, just when it seems that players of color have gotten used to the terrain, new issues of equity explode on the field, making the footing even more precarious. The following 15 issues — […]

August 18, 1999

African-American

Shameful Occurrences

Shameful OccurrencesWhile rummaging though our files in search of highlights to include in this anniversary edition, we also came across many, many shameful occurrences. Any reputable 15-year assessment of Black issues in higher education would be incomplete without at least a mention of some of these ignominious episodes. This is by no means a comprehensive […]

August 18, 1999

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain

‘Greek’ Pride and Pain During the late 1960s and the Vietnam War era, the Black fraternity and sorority movement suffered a loss of prestige because many young African Americans viewed them as too traditional and middle class to be “cool.” However, the success of affirmative action and academic outreach programs brought an unprecedented number of […]

August 18, 1999

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching ToleranceWASHINGTON — Many colleges and universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without conscious attempts at educating students about how to get along with others, some students may feel threatened or hostile and do things that are destructive to other students and to […]

August 18, 1999

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to Diversity

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to DiversityPresident Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House’s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community.“I ask you to recommit yourselves … to fighting discrimination, to revitalizing our poorest communities, and to giving people an […]

August 18, 1999

Surveying the Combat Zone

Surveying the Combat ZoneIn 1984, the birth year of Black Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The victory signaled the high mark of conservative political ascendance in the United States. Throughout Reagan’s eight-year tenure, conservative policymakers took aim and fired at policies designed to […]

August 18, 1999