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New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority Schools
New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority SchoolsWASHINGTON — In their rush to wrap up action in an election year, congressional leaders are proposing major funding increases for minority-serving colleges and universities next year.Historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all are due for major increases under new legislation being developed in the […]
June 7, 2000
Disabilties
Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law Schools
Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law SchoolsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two months ago, more than 11,000 angry protesters marched here on Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Jeb Bush’s plan to end affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting.Now the Florida governor is poised to sign legislation that would create two new law […]
May 24, 2000
African-American
BI News Briefs
Morgan State Blocks Competing Doctoral ProgramsBALTIMORE  —  New doctoral programs at Baltimore-area public universities have been put on hold at the urging of Morgan State University officials, prompting critics to claim the school is using its historically Black status to block competition from other schools. The first doctoral programs at Towson University and the University […]
May 24, 2000
Students
Washington Briefs
Clinton Initiative Would Improve Access to ServicesWASHINGTON — A new initiative from the Clinton administration and several members of Congress may benefit Black colleges, two-year institutions and students of color in high-poverty areas of the South.The president’s New Markets initiative seeks to promote economic development and community improvements in several high-poverty areas nationwide. Following the […]
May 24, 2000
Latinx
Survey Reveals Black, Hispanic Parents Place High Value on College
Survey Reveals Black, Hispanic Parents Place High Value on CollegeWASHINGTON — Compared to White parents, a greater number of African American and Hispanic parents recognize the value of sending a child to college, new national research says.Data from Public Agenda and the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement says nearly two-thirds of Hispanic parents surveyed say […]
May 24, 2000
Latinx
The Black And Brown Value of a Higher Education
The Black And Brown Value of a Higher EducationAccording to a recent survey, more Black and Hispanic parents cite a college education as being a requirement for success than do White parents (see story next page).Though the assessment made headlines across the country, somehow, its findings just aren’t surprising to me. Parents of every hue […]
May 24, 2000
African-American
UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black Studies
UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black StudiesThe Ford Foundation just gave the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African and African American Studies a $250,000 grant to revamp its program. With help from Ford, five outside consultants and more than 30 university faculty from 12 departments are participating in the redesign of the […]
May 24, 2000
Students
African American Studies
African American StudiesFive minutes on the World Wide Web makes the point more plainly than a full weekend with a stack of college catalogs: There are as many types of African American Studies programs as there are institutions of higher learning offering them.Some programs — like those at California State University-Long Beach and Cornell University […]
May 24, 2000
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Faculty & Staff
Department, Program, Institute or Other?
Department, Program, Institute or Other?When officials at the Alabama Commission on Higher Education announced in February that they would not approve a Black Studies major at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it was a slap in the face to university officials and students who say they have been fighting since desegregation to bring the […]
May 24, 2000
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Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM
SPECTRUM The old-style Black Studies discipline has refracted into a rainbow of African American research.In some ways, the state of the African American Studies discipline has never been healthier. According to the National Council for Black Studies, four schools currently offer doctoral studies in the discipline. That list doesn’t include Harvard University, which announced plans […]
May 24, 2000
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African-American
The Changing Face of Philanthropy
The Changing Face of PhilanthropyWhere the color line yields to the bottom lineATLANTA  —  Just before the winter holiday break, a group of 70 Black professionals gathered here at the Georgia Institute of Technology for a reception. They nibbled hors d’oeuvres and traded business cards as a jazz group played in the background. Even after […]
May 24, 2000
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Students
Publish or Perish: The Saga of an Assimilation Essay
Publish or Perish: The Saga of an Assimilation EssayMy failure to motivate a student to publish a significant essay some 17 years ago continues to haunt me. In October of 1983, I passed back the first set of freshman papers with my usual comments. In those days, I would face my students squarely and shout, […]
May 24, 2000
Native Americans
California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up , But That’s Only Part of the Story
California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up ,  But That’s Only Part of the StoryBERKELEY, Calif. — The number of Black and Hispanic freshmen admitted to the University of California system has rebounded to the level it was when race and gender preferences were still in place.However, much of the recovery is because more Blacks and Hispanics […]
April 26, 2000
Students
News Briefs
One Florida Plan Meets More OppositionTALLAHASSEE, Fla.  —  Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have voted to issue a statement criticizing Gov. Jeb Bush’s program banning consideration of race and gender in university admissions and contracting decisions. The federal panel voted 6-2 to approve the statement earlier this month, says commission spokesman David […]
April 26, 2000
African-American
Washington Briefs
Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]
April 26, 2000
Team-Based Learning for Health Professions Education
African-American
Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds
Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds When Tiger Woods came onto the Professional Golf Association tour in 1996, there were no full-time African American players on the tour. Jim Thorpe, the last Black player with a regular tour card, was a part-time member of the regular tour, awaiting his 50th […]
April 26, 2000
Sports
2000 Sports/Scholar Awardees
2000 Sports/Scholar AwardeesOn top of their gameAn appreciation for education has long been a hallmark of the African American community. Likewise, we tend to share an appreciation for athleticism. So it should not be surprising that when athletic prowess teams with academic acumen, you find a combination for success that has opened many doors for […]
April 26, 2000
Latinx
Research Shows Lag in Hispanics’ Bachelor’s Attainment
Research Shows Lag in Hispanics’ Bachelor’s Attainment WASHINGTON   —  While Hispanic Americans have made great strides in the last three decades as far as attaining high school diplomas, their attainment rate for bachelor’s degrees has inched up slowly, according to Census data released earlier this month.People of Mexican descent, who comprise more than 65 percent […]
March 29, 2000
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