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Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student Debtors

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student DebtorsIn his briefing to the Senate Banking Committee last month, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said that while the economy is slowing, economic futures remain bright because productivity continues to be robust. This steady productivity is the result of changes in the way we do business, largely because […]

March 28, 2001

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona formally approved the first American Indian fraternity in the school’s history. The five-member fraternity, Beta Sigma Epsilon, is dedicated to improving low enrollment and retention rates for American Indian males, says chapter president Nathan Pryor. In addition to […]

March 28, 2001

Congressional Black Caucus Members to Boycott Education Hearings

Congressional Black Caucus Members to Boycott Education Hearings CBC protesting unfair treatment of Black, Hispanic-serving institutions Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members plan to boycott many congressional education hearings this year as part of a continuing protest against what they view as unfair Republican treatment of Black and Hispanic-serving colleges.The 21 Democratic members of the House […]

March 28, 2001

Asian American Pacific Islander

Events

EventsAPRILApril 11-122nd Annual Kent State Symposium on Democracy“Media, Profit and Politics: Competing Priorities in an Open Society”Kent State UniversityKent, OhioPhone: (330) 672-3161Fax: (330) 672-9995Web: www.kent.edu/democracy–symposium April 22-25American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions OfficersAACRAO Annual MeetingSeattleContact: Gloria RutbergPhone: (202) 293-8857Fax: (202) 872-8857E-mail: meetings@aacrao.nche.orgWeb: www.aacrao.orgApril 26World Poverty Conference“Poverty and Globalization”St. John’s UniversityJamaica, N.Y.Contact: Professor Azzedine LayachiPhone: […]

March 28, 2001

African-American

Mormon Church Puts Ex-Slaves’ Bank Records on CD-ROM

Mormon Church Puts Ex-Slaves’ Bank Records on CD-ROMWASHINGTONRecords from the short-lived Freedman’s Bank, an institution created for recently freed slaves following the Civil War, have been compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, into a searchable CD-ROM database. The CD-ROM is expected to be a major […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?Before leaving office, Democrats and the Office of Civil Rights settled all but one desegregation case.Will Black colleges flounder in the postelection dust? By LYDIA LUMPicture this: A public school that was king of Black college football for many years, and also sports a marching band historically renowned. It draws nearly […]

March 28, 2001

Report: Blacks More Likely to Be Placed in Special Education

Report: Blacks More Likely to Be Placed in Special EducationWASHINGTON Black public school students are three times more likely to be categorized as needing special education services than Whites, making them subject to less demanding schoolwork, more restrictive classrooms and isolation from their peers, studies suggest.The 14 studies were released in early March by The […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ NicknameGRAND FORKS, N.D. The University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname is dividing the campus in a dispute involving administrators, students, American Indians and a major contributor for an $85 million hockey arena. Opponents say the nickname demeans American Indians, and they contend it undermines the university’s efforts […]

March 28, 2001

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Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell Grants

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell GrantsHistorically Black colleges and universities, along with Hispanic-serving institutions, are in line for moderate funding gains under President Bush’s education budget for 2002.A bare-bones budget plan for the Department of Education calls for a 6.4 percent increase for these minority-serving institutions next year. While specific funding allotments were […]

March 28, 2001

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee Dispute

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee DisputeSubcommittees to share responsibility of minority institutionsRepublicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives have reached a bipartisan agreement that ends a testy debate on the oversight of Black and Hispanic-serving colleges.Congressional Black Caucus members and other Democrats had complained bitterly about a plan that had placed HBCUs, HSIs and […]

March 28, 2001

Report Finds Slight Gains in Minority Broadcast Ownership

Report Finds Slight Gains in Minority Broadcast OwnershipWashingtonThe U.S. Department of Commerce has released a report, titled Changes, Challenges, and Charting New Courses: Minority Commercial Broadcast Ownership in the United States, that provides the latest data on minority ownership, assesses the impact on minority ownership of the recent trends in industry consolidation and highlights the […]

February 28, 2001

African-American

Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in Boston

Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in BostonBostonLast fall, news of the sale of Africana.com to the AOL Time Warner company generated considerable attention for Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of Harvard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor in the university’s Afro-American Studies Department, who were founders and […]

February 28, 2001

African-American

State Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State University

State Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State UniversityCHARLESTON, W.Va. The Higher Education Interim Governing Board is investigating complaints of civil rights violations at Bluefield State College, the board chairwoman said recently. The board sent two consultants — a vice president of West Virginia University and a Marshall University lawyer — to the college […]

February 28, 2001

House Education Committee Assigns Responsibility for HBCU, HSI Programs to New Subcommittee

House Education Committee Assigns Responsibility for HBCU, HSI Programs to New Subcommittee Democratic committee members say shift means second-class status for minority institutionsAn unexpected but heated debate on congressional oversight of Black colleges is threatening to thwart efforts at bipartisan education policy early in 2001.And the partisan rancor is surfacing from what is usually a […]

February 28, 2001

African-American

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science Early

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science EarlyWashingtonYoung African American females show a strong inclination toward science in their high school years because of strong female role models in their lives — usually their working mothers, according to a study completed at The Catholic University of America. However, the researchers also concluded that both […]

February 14, 2001

African-American

Events

EventsFEBRUARY Feb. 11-13United Negro College Fund Special Programs CorporationDepartment of Defense HBCU/MITechnical Assistance Conference“Opportunities in the 21st Century”MiamiContact: Paula DickersonE-mail: Paula.Dickerson@uncfsp.orgPhone: (703) 205-7643Web: www.uncfsp.org/idapFeb. 12-137th Annual African American Student Leadership Conference“Connecting Progressive African Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing Legacy”Rust CollegeHolly Springs, Miss.Contact: Dr. A.J. StovallPhone: (662) 252-6107Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgFeb. 12-17National Association of […]

January 31, 2001

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

January 31, 2001

Report Shows More Americans with High School, College Diplomas

Report Shows More Americans with High School, College DiplomasWashington American adults are better educated, according to new Census Bureau estimates. Of Americans age 25 and older this year, a record-high 84.1 percent had at least a high school degree, up from 83.4 percent in 1999 and 24.5 percent in 1940, the earliest records available, according […]

January 17, 2001