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Scholars of Note: English

EnglishIlluminating The DiasporaBrent Hayes EdwardsTitle: Associate Professor of English, Department of English, Rutgers University, New BrunswickEducation: Ph.D., M.A., Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; B.A., Literature, Yale University Age: 35Following his college graduation, Brent Hayes Edwards left the United States for Paris — armed with a condensed library of African American and Francophone […]

January 14, 2004

African-American

Events

JANUARYJan. 21-Feb. 1The 11th Annual Southeastern African American Student Leadership Conference (SEAASLC)“Creating Leaders Today to Conquer Tomorrow”Meredith CollegeRaleigh, N.C.E-mail: seaaslc@meredith.eduWeb: www.meredith.edu/seaaslcJan. 28-Feb.1United Negro College Fund 58th National Alumni Council/46th National Pre-Alumni Council Conference“Preserving Our Legacy of Academic Excellence”Peabody Hotel Memphis, Tenn.Contact: Ms. Alfreda Edwards: (800) 331-2244FEBRUARYFeb. 1-5The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers’ Institute for […]

December 31, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

Texas A&M to Leave Race Out of Admissions Decisions

Texas A&M to Leave Race Out of Admissions Decisions University says it will step up minority recruiting, offer scholarships While many colleges nationwide are scrambling to use affirmative action in admissions, Texas A&M University has announced it won’t give race any special consideration. Instead, A&M officials are confident that efforts such as stepped-up minority recruiting […]

December 31, 2003

Latinx

Education Funding Up in the Air

Education Funding Up in the AirBipartisan efforts still under way to increase spending package Republicans have pushed a tardy $373 billion spending package through the U.S. House of Representatives that would increase overall funding for the U.S. Department of Education by $2.9 billion, despite conservative objections that the measure had too many hometown projects and […]

December 31, 2003

Students

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student Enrollment

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student EnrollmentEarlier this year, the University System of Georgia’s board of regents accepted 15 task-force recommendations designed to increase the number of African American males enrolling in Georgia’s colleges and universities (see Black Issues, Oct. 23). Yet, not one of the recommendations adequately incorporated the use of grass-roots efforts […]

December 17, 2003

Leadership & Policy

A Year in Review: Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten Dr. John Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died in August. Ogbu is known for his work that attempted to understand how race and ethnic differences played out in educational and economic achievement. His most […]

December 17, 2003

Sports

A Year in Review: Milestones

MilestonesHistorically Black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania kicked off its 150th anniversary celebration in April. The sesquicentennial celebration will last through May 2004 and will encompass a variety of special events. The University of Pennsylvania became the first and only Ivy League institution to establish a criminology department. The University of California-Santa Barbara announced that it […]

December 17, 2003

African-American

In Memoriam: Silas Purnell

In MemoriamSilas Purnell (1923-2003)An African proverb says, “I am because we are and because we are, therefore, I am.” Silas Purnell didn’t believe that he was an important person. He believed, like the African proverb, that he was only important because of the work he was doing for his community and the people he loved. […]

December 17, 2003

Faculty & Staff

In Memoriam: Ruth Simms Hamilton

In MemoriamRuth Simms Hamilton (1937-2003)The Michigan State University community, along with others in higher education, mourned the loss of long-time MSU professor of sociology Ruth Simms Hamilton. She was 66 years old.“Dr. Hamilton was a valued member of our community for more than 30 years,” said Dr. Marietta Baba, dean of the MSU College of […]

December 17, 2003

African-American

House Passes Bill to Create Black History, Culture Museum

House Passes Bill to Create Black History, Culture MuseumThe House voted overwhelmingly last month to establish a national museum of Black history and culture, pushing the plan a step closer to reality after 15 years of efforts by veteran civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Lewis has introduced legislation every year in Congress since […]

December 17, 2003

African-American

School Vouchers: A Wedge Issue for African Americans?

School Vouchers: A Wedge Issue for African Americans?Thanks to President George W. Bush’s early morning arm-twisting and a blatant Republican disregard for Congressional rules (with a 15-minute vote taking more than three hours while Republican leadership pressured dissenting members of Congress to change their vote) we have a new Medicare system that may either cut […]

December 17, 2003

African-American

Counting on Black

Counting on BlackHistorically Black colleges offer symbolic venue for candidates wanting to connect with Black votersBy Ronald RoachThe push for a connection between Black American voters and the campaigns of Democratic Party presidential candidates reached a symbolic high in September when the contenders squared off in a nationally televised debate on the campus of Morgan […]

December 3, 2003

Latinx

Music College Offers Lessons Via Online Program

By Ronald RoachBOSTONThe Berklee College of Music, the world’s largest independent music college, has announced the launch of a free, downloadable computer program that provides music lessons. The program, Berklee Shares, encourages musicians to share and distribute these music lessons online. The Berklee Shares lessons are made up of a catalog of MP3s, QuickTime movies […]

December 3, 2003

African-American

Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South America

Afro-Latin Week Celebrates African Heritage of South AmericaATLANTAAccording to U.S. Census reports, there are 38.8 million Hispanics now living in the United States as compared to 38.3 million Blacks or African Americans. However, the federal government’s claim that Hispanics have passed Blacks as the largest “minority” ethnic group confuses language and ethnicity. The claim implies […]

November 19, 2003

African-American

Book on British Movement to End Slavery Wins Frederick Douglass Prize

Book on British Movement to End Slavery Wins Frederick Douglass PrizeNEW YORKA major study on the British movement to end slavery is the 2003 first prize winner of the annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded by Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. Second prize will go to an […]

November 19, 2003

Students

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship Program

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship ProgramWASHINGTONThe Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program since 1999 has offered more than 7,000 minority students “last dollar” scholarship awards for undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. programs. The program recently released a study that profiled current and past participants’ success as a result of the scholarships.The attitudes and expectations […]

November 19, 2003

African-American

Public School Reform Would Close Racial Gap in Education, Authors Say

Public School Reform Would Close Racial Gap in Education, Authors SayWASHINGTONThe racial gap in learning is largely due to culture and can be narrowed by restructuring the educational system so that it rewards the best and most in-demand teachers for working in the inner cities, argue two scholars in a new book.Drs. Stephan and Abigail […]

November 19, 2003

African-American

A Bonanza of Black Journals

A Bonanza of Black JournalsHere is a brief listing of Black journals. Most feature a mixture of literature and political and social commentary — though some, like Transitions, concentrate on essays. If you don’t see an old favorite of yours — like, for example, Mosaic — it may be because the publication is temporarily on […]

November 5, 2003