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Students
Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting Diversity
Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting DiversityA federal district judge ruled late last month that three White female applicants denied admission to the University of Georgia in 1999 should be offered admission to the institution this fall, effectively ending the university’s policy of giving special consideration to minority applicants.In his […]
August 16, 2000
African-American
Archaeologists Find Artifacts on Nev. Site of Black Saloon
Archaeologists Find Artifacts on Nev. Site of Black SaloonVIRGINIA CITY, Nev. Archaeologists and students excavating the site of an African American saloon have unearthed artifacts and structural debris believed lost when the building burned in an 1876 fire. Sixteen students from the University of Nevada, Reno, and dozens of volunteers uncovered bottles, glasses and materials […]
August 16, 2000
African-American
Black America Status Report Finds Good and Bad News
Black America Status Report Finds Good and Bad NewsThe National Urban League’s annual overview on the state of Black America — a report that largely details the disparities among Blacks and Whites in this country — has some good and bad news.The bad news?One of the most troubling gaps doesn’t divide Black and White: It […]
August 16, 2000
Native Americans
Culturak References to Math
Culturak References to MathDr. Jim Barta, a professor in the Elementary Education Department at Utah State University whose emphasis is ethnomathematics, especially as it relates to American Indians, cites the concept of infinity as one of his favorite examples of ethnomathematics. While he was conducting research among the Seminole Indians of Florida, he asked a […]
August 16, 2000
Leadership & Policy
BI New Briefs
BI New BriefsCalifornia Professor Launches Hunger Strike Over Tenure DecisionPOMONA, Calif. — A professor at Pomona College who says he was denied tenure because of race discrimination went on a hunger strike last month, hoping the attention would pressure the school to reopen the case. Dr. Stanley O. Gaines Jr. worked as an assistant professor […]
August 2, 2000
Academic Freedom without Tenure
Latinx
Washington Briefs
Washington BriefsHBCU Wins Commerce FundsWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration’s new initiative to improve communities in the Mississippi Delta region continues to provide benefits for colleges in that area.Mississippi Valley State University has received a $90,000 university center grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Goals for the program are to help improve the Delta economy, […]
August 2, 2000
Latinx
Panel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in Technology
Panel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in TechnologyWASHINGTON — The federal government must “significantly expand” initiatives to recruit minorities and women for science and technology careers through larger Pell grants, increased support for Black colleges and other services, a bipartisan congressional panel says.“The problem has been studied enough. Now we need action,” says Rep. Eddie […]
August 2, 2000
African-American
Last Word
When traveling around the world, few countries can provide the sense of belonging that African Americans may encounter during a trip to the Motherland.My journey to Pram Pram, Ghana, was arranged through Global Volunteers, an international service organization that assists in community development worldwide. Specifically, seven other volunteers and I were divided between teaching assignments […]
July 19, 2000
Sports
Washington Briefs
Pell Grant Debate Sours House Budget TalksWASHINGTON — Debate on a fiscal 2001 education funding bill has taken an increasingly bitter turn as House leaders recently rejected Democratic attempts to add more money for Pell grants, among other programs for needy students.Republican leaders labeled out of order an amendment that would have increased the maximum […]
July 5, 2000
African-American
Letters
African American Studies Programs Bear ScrutinyDear Editor,It was good to see the examination of African American Studies programs in Black Issues in Higher Education’s May 25th edition.However, one issue that is seldom discussed is the failure of African American Studies programs to develop at Black colleges and universities. A perfect example is the state of […]
July 5, 2000
Students
More Doctorates in the House
More Doctorates in the HouseExperts explain what’s working  in postgraduate programs at HBCUs and TWIsWASHINGTON — The upward trend for African American postgraduate degree attainment remains constant. From 1992-93 through 1997-98, African American master’s degree attainment rose 8.6 percent overall and 9.7 percent at historically Black colleges and universities. Degree attainment for African Americans at […]
July 5, 2000
Native Americans
Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating Unemployment
Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating UnemploymentWASHINGTON — A new national survey reveals that tribal college graduates do very well in the workplace, offering new hope that higher education can be a big boost to one of the nation’s poorest and most undereducated minority groups.The study, Creating Role Models for Change: A Survey of […]
June 21, 2000
Leadership & Policy
NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports Administration
NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports AdministrationPercentage of Black athletics directors drops, other positions make little gainsINDIANAPOLIS — Diversity hiring in college athletics is a grand illusion. That’s what the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s latest race report suggests. In college sports, Blacks participate in significant numbers as athletes, but are far less prominent in […]
June 21, 2000
Students
Report Predicts Surge in Minority Enrollment by 2015
Report Predicts Surge in Minority Enrollment by 2015PRINCETON, N.J. —  Minority students are expected to swell the ranks of undergraduates over the next 15 years, pushing enrollments in higher education up by more than 2.6 million students. But while racial or ethnic minorities will represent a dramatic proportion of the new students — as many […]
June 21, 2000
Students
The Stories Behind the Numbers
The Stories Behind the Numbers: Black Issues  Salutes Outstanding  Members of the Class 20001Christine Lincoln, left, is congratulated by a fellow graduate after accepting the Sophie Kerr award during commencement exercises at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Lincoln received the $53,266 award for being the graduating senior with the best ability and promise for future […]
June 21, 2000
Students
Minority Convocations Lend Cultural Flavor to Celebration
Minority Convocations Lend Cultural Flavor to CelebrationPHOENIX — When Alejandro Contreras graduated last month from Arizona State University, he was thinking about his migrant-worker parents’ mud-caked shoes.“You see our shoes?” Contreras remembers his tired mother saying after returning from a long day in the lettuce fields. “They are all muddy when we come home. Look […]
June 21, 2000
hatred
LGBTQ+
Emerson College Course to Explore Web of Hate
Emerson College Course to Explore Web of HateBOSTON — An image of a slain gay man burns in hell on one. The “FBI” has declared war on White Christians on another. A third pretends to pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr., then suggests the civil rights leader was a sex fiend, a communist and […]
June 7, 2000
Faculty & Staff
BI News Briefs
Despite Outreach Efforts, UC Schools See Low Minority EnrollmentLOS ANGELES — Black and Hispanic enrollment at the Universities of California has not increased significantly despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the outreach programs that replaced affirmative action. Over the past five years, the percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians who enrolled at […]
June 7, 2000
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