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Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Hispanic-Serving Institutions The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities is a national association representing Hispanic-serving institutions. HACU works to promote nonprofit, accredited colleges and universities where Hispanics constitute a minimum of 25 percent of the enrollment at either the graduate or undergraduate level, in accordance with the 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which […]

September 27, 2000

Analysis of White House Initiatives on Black and Hispanic Education:

Analysis of White House Initiatives on Black and Hispanic Education:White house initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic AmericansThe initiative, formed in 1994, does not focus exclusively on Hispanic-serving institutions, rather it spans education continuum. The presidential commission connected with the office, the Presidential Advisory Committee on Educational Excellence, has 24 presidentially appointed members, and the […]

September 27, 2000

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Make Impressive Strides

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Make Impressive StridesBut Leaders Say Funding Not Keeping Pace with DemographicsBy Charles DervaricsFor Hispanic education leaders, the year 2000 may go down as a landmark year for action in the nation’s capital.With a special White House conference drawing national attention to their cause and a large budget increase all but certain this fall, Hispanic-serving colleges and […]

September 27, 2000

Chicano Studies

Chicano StudiesAs America’s Latino diaspora evolves, so does the fieldBy Roberto RodriguezFounded some 30 years ago and at one time believed to be on the verge of extinction, the field of Chicano studies is constantly expanding. As Puerto Rican and Cuban communities grew in the United States in the 1960s and ’70s, so did the […]

September 27, 2000

African-American

As Latino Populations Grow…

As Latino Populations Grow…So does their power. Will they compete or cooperate with African Americans for academic clout?By Pamela R. WeigerThere is power in numbers, sometimes real, sometimes perceived. Last month’s U.S. Census Bureau release of statistics showing just how fast Hispanic and Asian populations are growing in this country may fuel the perception that, […]

September 27, 2000

Native Americans

Lower Percentage of Hispanic, American Indian Students Enter UC Berkeley

Lower Percentage of Hispanic, American Indian Students Enter UC BerkeleyBERKELEY, Calif.The percentage of Hispanic and American Indian freshman students entering the University of California-Berkeley declined this year, the university recently announced. However, the percentage of Black freshmen increased.Out of a freshman class of approximately 4,000 students Hispanic freshmen make up 9.1 percent of this year’s […]

September 27, 2000

Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot Program

Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot ProgramBOULDER, Colo. The University of Colorado has launched a plan to create a more diverse campus by blending students of different backgrounds where they live and study. More than 40 students signed up for the pilot program, which began last month at Hallett […]

September 27, 2000

UNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource Center

UNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource Center CHARLOTTE, N.C.A new multicultural center is open on the University of North Carolina-Charlotte campus. The UNCC Multicultural Resource Center, inside the university’s Cone Center, is designed to provide social, cultural and educational activities and resources to the campus community and the general public. The 670-square-foot center includes a resource library, […]

September 27, 2000

UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination Investigation

UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination InvestigationATHENS, Ga.University of Georgia officials have temporarily suspended a sorority while they investigate claims that an African American student was denied membership because of her race. University officials say a member of Alpha Gamma Delta filed a complaint against the sorority, which led officials to conduct a preliminary investigation.“Discrimination is […]

September 27, 2000

Choosing Cultural Competence Over Diaspora Division

Choosing Cultural Competence Over Diaspora DivisionLiving in diverse sections of New York and Los Angeles during the 1960s and ’70s, I learned early that people of the same race don’t always consider themselves “brothers.” Some Blacks are Haitian, some Jamaican, and others are from Brooklyn. “I’m Black and I’m proud” might resonate with all, but […]

September 27, 2000

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education Rounds

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education RoundsBy Jamilah Evelyn Higher education finally took center stage in the presidential election last month when Republican nominee George W. Bush made a campaign stop at historically Black Dillard University and Democratic nominee Al Gore visited the University of Maryland.Setting his sights on pulling Louisiana back into the Republican fold […]

September 13, 2000

African-American

Racial Divisions

Racial DivisionsHelping Students Build Bridges Across By Eleanor Lee Yates ANN ARBOR, Mich.A University of Michigan-based research project is looking at the link between diversity and learning on campus, examining how associating with different ethnic peers affects students’ social skills, cognitive thinking and attitudes on democracy. The project also will highlight college programs and activities that […]

September 13, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Charting New Territory: Colleges, Universities Offering New Academic Programs

Charting New Territory: Colleges, Universities Offering New Academic ProgramsBy Hilary HurdM any college students across the country will have new opportunities open to them as several colleges and universities are offering new academic programs this fall in a hustle to remain competitive and respond to the rapidly changing marketplace. Smith College in Northampton, Mass., South […]

September 13, 2000

Campuses Move Toward Wireless Computing

Campuses Move Toward Wireless ComputingWASHINGTONStudents arriving at Howard University this fall will find one of the latest information technology amenities available to them in their dormitory rooms — the ability to access the campus computer network through a wireless connection.Students, faculty and staff will, with the aid of special modems, have wireless access to Howard’s […]

August 30, 2000

The Art of Diversity

The Art of Diversity Dr. Arthur E. Levine is in a pretty enviable position. As president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he sits at the helm of a Harlem, N.Y.-based institution steeped in its legacy of inclusion. Back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Southern states burdened with the shackles of segregation readily paid for […]

August 30, 2000

African-American

N.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination Suit

N.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination Suit SYRACUSE, N.Y.A federal appeals court has dismissed discrimination charges in a lawsuit brought by 32 Black students at the State University of New York at Oneonta, who alleged that state police singled them out as suspects in an attempted rape investigation because of their race. The 2nd U.S. Circuit […]

August 30, 2000

Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant Program

Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant ProgramBy Charles DervaricsHistorically Black colleges and other institutions with a history of serving minority students stand to benefit from a new U.S. Department of Labor program to improve the skills of tomorrow’s work force.The department is looking for HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges […]

August 30, 2000

James Farmer Rests in Peace, But Mary Washington College Still Wrestles with Multicultural Issues

James Farmer Rests in Peace, But Mary Washington College Still Wrestles with Multicultural IssuesA plan at Mary Washington College to relocate the school’s James Farmer Multicultural Center and divert resources to “cultural” programming has provoked angry protests from faculty and others.Faculty at the liberal arts college say the changes belie the administration’s stated commitment to […]

August 16, 2000