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A Real Team Player

A Real Team Player Wofford College’s Ben Foster makes doing for others a daily priority and a future goal.By Lydia LumPicture the average running back, sprinting down the field, rushing yards and scoring touchdowns. Then picture Wofford College’s Ben Foster, who is better known for his blocking than for rushing and scoring — a fact […]

April 10, 2002

African-American

Did Black Folks Gain From the Women’s Movement?

Did Black Folks Gain From the Women’s Movement?I have always been intrigued by the career of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The Stanford Law School graduate’s legal career was clearly affected by sex discrimination, yet O’Connor has tended to take mixed positions in cases of race discrimination. Her opinion in the Croson case was, […]

March 27, 2002

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural Removed

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural RemovedBLOOMINGTON, Ind.Some students at Indiana University are pressing school officials to remove a mural that has been hanging in a classroom since 1941, saying the image of Ku Klux Klan members and a burning cross creates a hostile learning environment. The 12-foot-square painting by the late artist Thomas Hart […]

March 27, 2002

Asian American Pacific Islander

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the Web

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the WebOAKLAND, Calif.The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) is using video on the Web to tell a forgotten chapter of journalism history.The Maynard Institute late last month launched “The Black Journalists Movement,” a unique online oral history project that gives voice to Black journalists recalling […]

March 27, 2002

Asian American Pacific Islander

Events

EventsMARCHMarch 21-22Third Annual Conference of the Center For the Study of Race and Race RelationsJ. Wayne Reitz Student Union and University AuditoriumGainesville, Fla.Contact: Barbara DeVoe, Phone: (352) 392-8070E-mail: devoe@law.ufl.eduWeb: www.law.ufl.eduMarch 21-25The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)27th National Conference on Blacks in Higher EducationHilton Washington HotelContact: NAFEOPhone: (301) 650-2440Fax: (301) 495-3306Web: www.nafeo.orgMarch […]

March 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

‘Race in the College Classroom’

‘Race in the College Classroom’Minority faculty often face student resistance when teaching about raceDealing with conflict in the multiethnic classroom — well, it can pose dilemmas that stump even the so-called experts.An exchange during “Comparative and Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Multiethnic Literatures,” a panel at the recent Modern Languages Association conference, neatly illustrates the point. […]

March 13, 2002

University of Tennessee Offers Grants to Attract Black Students

University of Tennessee Offers Grants to Attract Black StudentsKNOXVILLE, Tenn.Under pressure to increase minority enrollment, the University of Tennessee will begin a new scholarship program this fall to attract Black students. “This program is meant to make more resources available to African American students,” says Richard Bayer, dean of admissions. “We think we can do […]

March 13, 2002

African-American

Brigham Young University Elects First Black Student Body President

Brigham Young University Elects First Black Student Body PresidentPROVO, UtahBrigham Young University students have elected the school’s first Black student body president. Rob Foster, 25, of Raleigh, N.C., and his running mate, Eisha Tengelsen, captured 43 percent of the campus vote — 2,580 of 5,959 votes cast for three sets of candidates last month. Less […]

March 13, 2002

African-American

New Report Illuminates California’s Growing Higher Education Inequities

New Report Illuminates California’s Growing Higher Education Inequities Los Angeles“Stony the Road We Trod” is the first comprehensive look at higher education outcomes for African American students across California’s elementary, high school and college levels. The report highlights several disturbing facts, such as California Black males are 3 percent of the state’s overall population, 25 […]

March 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to Teaching

Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingNASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, mathBy Hilary Hurd Alexandria, Va.“I’m math illiterate,” along with “I’m science phobic” are familiar statements to NASA’s Dr. Sandra Proctor — in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, […]

March 13, 2002

African-American

A Snapshot of Black History Month Celebrations

A Snapshot of Black History Month CelebrationsTake a look at how a few colleges and universities across the country celebrated Black History Month.1. Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla.Black History Trivia Tournament; Gospel Concert; African American Composers Concert2. Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Panel discussion: “Rasta, Reggae and Christianity: Lessons of Tolerance Between Cultures”; Performance: “An […]

February 27, 2002

Educational Access for Soldiers

eArmyU ImprovesEducational Access for SoldiersBut HBCUs may be missing out due to distance learning incapacityBy Phaedra Brotherton The Army’s venture into distance learning — dubbed eArmyU — is proving to be a big success with more than 12,000 soldiers enrolled since it began a year ago. Enlisted soldiers, particularly soldiers of color, have been lining […]

February 27, 2002

African-American

Black Innovation: Learning From The Past

Black Innovation: Learning From The PastBy Ronald RoachIf it weren’t for Black History Month, it’s unlikely that a significant number of Americans would ever come across the names of individuals such as Granville T. Woods, Garrett Morgan, Jan Ernst Matzeliger and Elijah McCoy. These individuals, who lived largely during the 19th century, are the best […]

February 27, 2002

African-American

In Memoriam: Claude Brown

In Memoriam: Claude Brown (1937-2002)Sonny is gone. That is, the conscious non-ideological voice that humanized the underside of modern day Harlem will no longer walk the streets that defined his early life like black defines night. The four million readers of Manchild in the Promised Land (1965) know that Sonny was actually the writer, teacher […]

February 27, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Gates Ponders Move to Princeton; Chicago Scholar Joins Harvard’s Ranks

Gates Ponders Move to Princeton; Chicago Scholar Joins Harvard’s RanksNEWARK, N.J.The head of Harvard’s Afro-American studies program, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., says he will decide this summer whether he will follow his colleague Dr. Anthony Appiah to Princeton University. Last month, Princeton appointed Appiah as a full professor in the university’s philosophy department (see […]

February 27, 2002

SACS Takes Houston Community College System Off Probation

SACS Takes Houston Community College System Off Probation The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has taken the Houston Community College System off probation after determining that administration and governance have stabilized.With SACS removing the 50,449-student HCCS from being “on notice,” the college system no longer has any threat of losing accreditation.“On a day-to-day basis, […]

February 27, 2002

‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education Increases

‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education IncreasesHistorically Black colleges are among the projected winners.The Bush administration’s self-described “wartime budget” for 2003 would hold the line on higher education spending, with most programs receiving level funding or small cutbacks next year.The maximum Pell Grant would remain at $4,000, while college work-study, supplemental education grants and TRIO […]

February 27, 2002

High Jinks at Harvard

High Jinks at Harvard Overshadow Real IssuesIf you haven’t heard about the flap between Harvard’s President Lawrence Summers and the institution’s University Professor Cornel West, you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere. Taking a break from the war and Enron, the New York Times made the showdown into headline news, with every rambling hater in […]

February 13, 2002