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African-American

Georgia Professor Wins International Award for History Volume

Georgia Professor Wins International Award for History VolumeATHENS, Ga. The Conference on the History of Women Religious, an international body of scholars numbering about 600 members, honored a book by a University of Georgia history professor at its sixth triennial conference in Atchison, Kan., last month. Dr. Diane Batts Morrow, associate professor of history and […]

July 28, 2004

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending Bill

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending BillHBCUs, community colleges receive small victoriesBy Charles DervaricsBlack colleges are one of the few winners in a new 2005 House education spending bill that largely holds the line on federal funding for higher education, including core financial aid programs essential for needy students.The main federal program for […]

July 28, 2004

Events

EVENTSAUGUSTAug. 6-10National Association of Black Journalists: 28th Annual Convention and Career Fair“Building the Best”DallasWeb: www.nabj.orgAug. 13-16Association of Black Sociologists“Frontloading Social Reality: Critical Demography and Black Superiority in Wealth, Stats and Power”Hyatt Regency, AtlantaContact: Frank Harold Wilson, program chairman, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeE-mail: chocchip@uwm.eduFax: (414) 229-4266Aug. 29-Sept. 1The Civil Rights Project“The Color Lines Conference:Segregation […]

July 16, 2004

African-American

Blacks, Whites Share Concerns About Environment

Blacks, Whites Share Concerns About EnvironmentANN ARBOR, Mich.Contrary to commonly held assumptions, African Americans are as concerned as Whites — and in some cases more so — about environmental issues, according to a new study appearing in the June 2003 issue of Environment magazine.Dr. Paul Mohai, associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School of […]

July 16, 2004

African-American

Young Blacks Disproportionately Exposed to Alcohol Ads, Study Says

Young Blacks Disproportionately Exposed to Alcohol Ads, Study SaysWASHINGTONYoung Blacks see far more than their share of the $333 million worth of advertising placed in major magazines by the nation’s alcohol industry, a new university study says. A report by Georgetown University’s Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, released last month, said Blacks from 12 […]

July 16, 2004

Family Sues Over Drowning During Alleged Sorority Hazing

Family Sues Over Drowning During Alleged Sorority HazingLOS ANGELESThe family of one of two women who drowned during an alleged college hazing sued a sorority for wrongful death, saying its members should have known it was dangerous to send pledges into heavy surf at night. Kenitha Saafir, 24, had told her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority […]

July 16, 2004

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

July 16, 2004

African-American

Academic Accountability For ‘Our Children’

Academic Accountability For ‘Our Children’Thank you Black Issues. Your recent review of John Ogbu’s Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study in Academic Disengagement spurred me to purchase and critically read this text. As an educator, I am, of course, aware of the persistent academic achievement gap between African American and European American […]

July 16, 2004

African-American

Strayer Holds Virtual Commencement Exercises

Strayer Holds Virtual Commencement Exercises ARLINGTON, Va.Strayer University, a leading for-profit provider of postsecondary education for working adults, is hosting a virtual commencement ceremony to honor Strayer University Online’s 2004 graduates. The multifaceted virtual commencement includes all of the traditional graduation components, according to officials. To view the ceremony, visitors should click on the designated virtual […]

July 14, 2004

SAJA Works to Raise Profile of South Asia, Journalism Profession

SAJA Works to Raise Profile of South Asia, Journalism ProfessionAfter several years of informal networking sessions and cocktail hours, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) are coming together for the first time at next month’s UNITY conference to co-host a panel on media coverage of civil liberties after […]

July 14, 2004

Asian American Pacific Islander

U.S. Newsrooms Still a Long Way From Racial Parity

U.S. Newsrooms Still a Long Way From Racial ParityIn some instances small increases can signal big gains — a one or two-point increase on the ACT, a mere quarter-point increase in interest rates. Yet, in the instance of newsroom diversity, a half a percentage point boost offers little to celebrate. “It’s pitiful that we continue […]

July 14, 2004

African-American

High School Students Uncover Common Goals, Troubling Differences Among Peers

High School Students Uncover Common Goals, Troubling Differences Among PeersNEW YORKA piercing new look by New York metro region high school students at race and education affirms their strong support for racially integrated schools, but cautions that 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education access to quality education and resources have not been fully […]

July 14, 2004

TIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research Scholarship

TIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research ScholarshipNEW YORK TIAA-CREF, a national financial services company and retirement system for higher education and research employees, announced in June the creation of the Ruth Hamilton Research Scholarship, honoring the work of the late Michigan State University (MSU) Professor and TIAA Trustee Ruth Simms Hamilton.The Hamilton Research Scholarship is funded […]

July 14, 2004

Service is in Her Blood

Service is in Her BloodThe daughter of noted blood bank pioneer Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis is no stranger to the spotlight. Yet, it is from her own political and educational pursuits that she has become a well-known figure in the Washington, D.C., area. After working as a research scientist at the National […]

June 30, 2004

African-American

Study Indicates Aggressive Treatment Helps African Americans With Diabetes, High Blood Pressure

Study Indicates Aggressive Treatment Helps African Americans With Diabetes, High Blood PressureDETROIT Data presented at ISHIB 2004, the annual congress of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, indicate that African American patients with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure benefit from aggressive use of combination high blood pressure therapy. The study, “Lotrel and Enalpril […]

June 30, 2004

California Tribe Presents $30,000 in Scholarships To American Indian Students

California Tribe Presents $30,000 in Scholarships To American Indian StudentsMORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION, Banning, Calif.Creating a new program designed to provide financial support for California American Indian students statewide, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians launched a scholarship program unique to the state. Three American Indian students were the first recipients of this innovative effort when […]

June 30, 2004

African-American

African Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C Treatment

African Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C TreatmentDURHAM, N.C.African Americans have a significantly lower response rate to treatment for chronic hepatitis C than non-Hispanic Whites, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.Some African Americans — 19 percent — did respond to the drug combination of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. But […]

June 30, 2004

African-American

Letters

My View From TopekaThe cover story “A View From Topeka,” in the May 20th issue of Black Issues In Higher Education rekindled memories of a childhood growing up in Topeka, Kan., during the historical events that led to Brown v. Board of Education. There are dual memories of attending a segregated elementary school with Nancy […]

June 30, 2004