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Section: Demographics
Asian American Pacific Islander
Discovering the Ties that Bind
Discovering the Ties that BindSome folks argue that people from the South Asian Federation â which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan â share no cultural or historical ties with the Asian nations to the East.âWe are connected by the shared experience of British colonialism and by common regions,â says Dr. Sucheta [âŚ]
February 2, 2000
Asian American Pacific Islander
The âOtherâ Asians
The âOtherâ  AsiansWith their numbers on the rise, Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian scholars are gradually emerging from academeâs shadows.When Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal did a computer search for literature about Indian immigrants in 1986, she got back thousands of hits.âI thought, âWow! I thought there was nothing.â But there were thousands of titles,â says Khandelwal, [âŚ]
February 2, 2000
Asian American Pacific Islander
It May Be Tough, but A Multiracial Identity Is Not a Crisis
It May Be Tough, but A Multiracial Identity Is Not a CrisisBy Terrence J. Lee-St.JohnTerms like âBlack issuesâ used to make me feel uncomfortable. I am of racially mixed parentage and have never really felt like I belonged to a particular community â African American nor Asian American nor Native American.The first time I was [âŚ]
February 2, 2000
Latinx
Washington Briefs
Proprietary Schools Seek Liaison Like Black, Hispanic CollegesWASHINGTON â Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and community colleges all have their liaisons within the U.S. Education Department. Now for-profit trade schools are seeking representation as well.The education department is nearing the appointment of a special liaison for proprietary schools, a proposal Congress included in the [âŚ]
February 2, 2000
Native Americans
Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher Training
Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher TrainingBILLINGS, Mont. â One thousand new American Indian teachers will be trained over the next five years, thanks to a $10 million congressional appropriation, the American Indian College Fund announced late last month. The money will create the American Indian Corps of Teachers, part of President Clintonâs initiative [âŚ]
January 19, 2000
African-American
Toiling Along Kingâs High Way
Toiling Along Kingâs High Way Earlier this week, campuses across the country joined the rest of the nation in observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is the first year since the federal holiday was launched in 1986 in which all 50 states have recognized it. The last state, New Hampshire, came into the fold [âŚ]
January 19, 2000
Sports
The James Brooks Illiteracy Scandal
The James Brooks Illiteracy ScandalAuburn Universityâs and the Cincinnati Bengalsâ secret little âproblemâ unveiled.CINcinnati, OHIO â The official statement given via Jack Brennan, public relations director for the Cincinnati Bengals, is: âJames Brooks was able to function and perform in his football role while with the Bengals. No one was aware there was a problem.â [âŚ]
January 5, 2000
Students
As Different as Day and Night
As Different as Day and NightMissouriâs historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â Thereâs a saying here at Lincoln University: âWhite by day, Black by night.â A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil [âŚ]
January 5, 2000
Faculty & Staff
BI News Briefs
Hampton Coachâs Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown OutLUBBOCK, Texas â A judge has dismissed a college basketball coachâs civil rights lawsuit, ruling she, her husband and an assistant failed to establish that racial bias was a factor in their 1998 arrests. Hampton University womenâs coach Patricia Bibbs and the others sued the city, several police officers [âŚ]
January 5, 2000
Students
Events
EventsJanuaryJan. 4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International ConferenceâAdvancing Women in Higher EducationâNew OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th National African American Student Leadership ConferenceâNew Dimensions of African American [âŚ]
January 5, 2000
Students
Events
DecemberDec. 27-30, 1999Modern Languages Association115th Annual ConventionChicagoPhone: (212) 475-9972E-mail: mkraus@mla.orgWeb: www.mla.org JanuaryJan. 4-7, 2000Council on Independent Colleges2000 Presidents InstituteTucson, Ariz.Phone: (202) 466-7230E-mail: rgarth@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.eduJan. 8-11, 2000National Association of Women in Education13th Annual International ConferenceâAdvancing Women in Higher EducationâNew OrleansPhone: (202) 659-9330Web: www.nawe.orgJan. 6-13, 2000National Collegiate Athletic Association94th Annual ConventionSan DiegoPhone: (317) 917-6222E-mail: sbobert@ncaa.orgWeb: www.ncaa.orgJan. 14-15, 20006th [âŚ]
December 22, 1999
African-American
BI News Briefs
Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. â In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, [âŚ]
December 22, 1999
Disabilties
Washington Briefs
People of Color and Women Gain In EnrollmentWASHINGTON â Students of color represent a larger share of the college population than they did at the beginning of this decade, a new Education Department report says.Minorities in 1997 accounted for 27 percent of all college students, up from 20 percent in 1990, says the study, Getting There: [âŚ]
December 22, 1999
Latinx
Students of Color Win in Final Education Budget
Students of Color Win in Final Education BudgetWASHINGTON â Postsecondary institutions serving students of color earned some hard-fought budget victories as Congress concluded its business for the year.Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all won funding increases in the final education budget bill for fiscal year 2000. HBCUs got a last-minute bonus when the [âŚ]
December 22, 1999
Students
Preparing to Cross the River
Preparing to Cross the River When I was growing up in Falmouth, Ky., I can remember my grandmother singing a song that put me to sleep and awakened me. The title of this song is âShall We Gather At the River.â The final chorus still lingers in my mind:  âShall we gather at the river, [âŚ]
December 22, 1999
African-American
The Problem With Henry Louis Gatesâ âAfrican Worldâ
The Problem With Henry Louis Gatesâ âAfrican WorldâThe beautiful African coastline in Ghana is studded with the haunted vestiges of slave fortresses built by European nations over a period of 400 years. It is not unlike the history of the European Slave Trade in other parts of West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola, where more [âŚ]
November 24, 1999
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appontments
Professional AppontmentsGilberto Cardenas has been named assistant provost and director of the newly established Institute for Latino Studies and Julian Samora Chair of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously an associate professor of sociology and executive director of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research at the University of Texas. Cardenas [âŚ]
November 24, 1999
Latinx
New Networking
New NetworkingLast month, the National Science Foundation announced that it would spend $5.9 million over four years to assist minority-serving higher education institutions in bringing the latest computer networking technology to their campuses and establishing the management and staffing skills necessary to create and sustain these technologies.Known as the NSF Advanced Networking Project with Minority-Serving [âŚ]
November 24, 1999
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