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African-American

In Appreciation

In AppreciationAnthropology Professor John Ogbu Dies at Age 64 Dr. John Uzo Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died of a heart attack after undergoing back surgery on Aug. 20. He was 64. Ogbu is known for his work […]

September 10, 2003

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX

Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX WASHINGTONA coalition of college coaching associations, aiming to change the way a major sports anti-discrimination law is enforced, will press its legal fight on two fronts. The College Sports Council announced plans last month to sue the U.S. Department of Education over its July decision to […]

September 10, 2003

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall Agenda

Education Spending Tops Congress’ Fall AgendaTeacher education, welfare reform are among other hot-button issues to be addressed By Charles Dervarics After months of disappointing efforts in seeking student-aid increases, education advocates are pinning their hopes on a U.S. Senate plan that will come up for debate in September.A coalition of senators, mostly Democrats, is seeking […]

September 10, 2003

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

August 27, 2003

Professional Development

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation’s First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The University of California Santa Barbara will offer the nation’s first doctoral program in Chicano studies.The graduate program, which will also include a master of arts track, will be offered by UCSB’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, long a pioneering department […]

August 27, 2003

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, Others

Teacher-Training Bill Offers Help for HBCUs, OthersBy Charles Dervarics Minority-serving institutions may house Centers of Excellence devoted to teacher training under legislation the House of Representatives has approved this summer. The Ready to Teach Act would create high-quality teacher-training programs at historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving colleges and tribal colleges. The act reserves about $10 million […]

August 27, 2003

From Opening Doors to Opening Minds

From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]

August 13, 2003

UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed Events

UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed EventsSAN FRANCISCO University of California regents handed fellow board member and activist Ward Connerly a defeat last month, voting down his proposal to stop funding ethnic graduations and gay freshman orientation. Connerly, who led the fight to drop race-conscious admissions some years ago, had tried to withdraw […]

August 13, 2003

African-American

Economy Influences Minority Students’ College Choice, Survey Finds

Economy Influences Minority Students’ College Choice, Survey FindsLEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. The current state of the U.S. economy has more influence on African American and Latino high school students’ college choice than that of White students, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA) and […]

August 13, 2003

Bush Retreats on Title IX Revisions

Bush Retreats on Title IX RevisionsOpponents vow to continue efforts to weaken law By Ben HammerWASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Education in early July announced it would not alter its enforcement of the 1972 law known as Title IX that has led to a dramatic increase in women’s participation in athletics, heading off challenges to […]

August 13, 2003

House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide Help

House Moves Ahead on Digital Divide HelpPlan would provide as much as $2.5 million per college By Charles Dervarics A bill to help Black colleges with the digital divide is finally making progress in the House of Representatives after sponsors sidestepped some potential obstacles. The House Science Committee approved the bill in July, paving the way […]

August 13, 2003

Aiming for the Top

Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]

July 30, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

A Faltering Picture of Diversity

A Faltering Picture of DiversityMinority journalists don’t have to consult industry surveys to know that their representation in the newsroom falls far below parityBy Ben Hammer Catalina Camia remembers how stunned she was when at a banquet for an Asian American community group in the late 1980s, a lawyer she had been speaking with for […]

July 30, 2003

African-American

After Years of Delay, Remains May Be Reburied at African Burial Ground

After Years of Delay, Remains May Be Reburied at African Burial GroundNEW YORK A dozen years after the discovery of a Colonial-era burial ground in lower Manhattan, the remains of some of the slaves and free Blacks once buried there may finally be re-interred this fall. Ceremonies to mark the event are tentatively scheduled for Sept. […]

July 30, 2003

Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU Increase

Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU IncreaseBy Charles Dervarics A Senate education spending bill for 2004 follows the Bush administration’s goal for a small increase for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions next year. The bill approved in committee would provide a $10 million increase for the main federal HBCU program, for total funding of $224 million. […]

July 30, 2003

Native Americans

Federal Grant Puts Tribes on Track to Fast Internet Service

Federal Grant Puts Tribes on Track to Fast Internet Service By Ronald Roach WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last month a $20 million technology grant for American Indian tribes in rural areas to bring high-speed Internet connections to several communities. The grant is funded through the department’s Rural Utilities Division. The Coeur […]

July 2, 2003

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business Commitment to faculty, students and fund raising brings Florida State dean early legacy of successBy Pearl Stewart Tallahassee, Fla. One morning about three years ago, Dr. Melvin Stith brushed past a student who seemed to need assistance in his outer office. When the dean of the Florida State University College of […]

July 2, 2003

Bush’s Commitment to Black Colleges Called Into Question:

Bush’s Commitment to Black Colleges Called Into Question: New policy statement contradicts promises of increased federal funding, some sayBy Charles Dervarics An obscure Bush administration document is becoming a flashpoint for debate over affirmative action and the White House commitment to Black colleges — a debate that is attracting the attention of at least one […]

July 2, 2003