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Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education

Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher EducationWashington The American Council on Education has appointed Dr. Claire Van Ummersen as vice president and director of the Office of Women in Higher Education. Van Ummersen, president of Cleveland State University since 1993, has been involved with women’s development and advancement for […]

December 6, 2000

African-American

University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and Holmes

University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and HolmesAthens, Ga.The University of Georgia plans to name the 95-year-old Academic Building on North Campus in honor of Charlayne Hunter and the late Dr. Hamilton Holmes, who registered for classes in the building when they became the first African American students […]

December 6, 2000

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]

December 6, 2000

Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding Gains

Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding GainsWhile still working on the federal education budget, Congress is making headway on a few budget bills of importance to educators and minority-serving colleges specifically.President Clinton signed a U.S. Department of Agriculture budget bill for 2001 with funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Under the agreement, the agency would […]

December 6, 2000

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos By Charles DervaricsThe presidency is not the only uncertainty in government today. The federal education budget for 2001 is still unresolved, and all signs point to a stalemate that will last into December.Republican congressional leaders in October backed away from a budget deal that would have increased federal […]

December 6, 2000

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]

November 22, 2000

African-American

Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of Fame

Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of FameNASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, an institution more than a century old, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame last month. It has been said that civil rights pioneer and author Dr. W.E.B. DuBois called their music a message from slaves […]

November 22, 2000

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech Field

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech FieldMore so than ever before, employers are seeking foreign workers to fill skilled jobs that go unfilled in the United States. But the trend is prompting debate about how better to focus federal attention on education and job training — including the role of […]

November 22, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 15-19, 2000National Association for Multicultural Education, 10th Annual International Conference“Real Magic: The Realization of Multicultural Education in the Everyday”Kissimmee, Fla.Contact: NAME National OfficePhone: (202) 628-6263Fax: (202) 628-6264E-mail: nameorg@erols.comWeb: www.umd.edu/NAMENov. 16-18, 2000Multiethnic Perspectives Conference,A National Conference for Students, Educators, Administrators and Community LeadersVirginia Beach, Va.Contact: FAP Consultants and Associates, Inc.Phone: (540) 710-9532Fax: (540) 891-0187Web: www.411web.com/f/fapconsultantsinc/Nov. […]

November 8, 2000

African-American

Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby

Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby To Publish Electronic Book on Education NORFOLK, Va. A n educational reform professor at Old Dominion University has a prominent co-author on a new electronic book: Dr. Bill Cosby. The book, American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge, suggests using the federal surplus to spend $100 billion more a year on […]

November 8, 2000

Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity Efforts

Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity EffortsBy Hilary HurdANN ARBOR, Mich.Twenty of America’s largest and best-known corporations filed a legal brief here last month strongly supporting the University of Michigan in the lawsuit challenging its admissions policies. The brief argues that diversity in higher education plays a critical role in preparing students to be leaders […]

November 8, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 1-3Writer’s Conference 2000: Celebrating African American Women WritersCommunity College of Baltimore County — Essex CampusBaltimore, Md.Contact: Cheryl GoodmanPhone: (410) 780-6742Fax: (410) 574-2172E-mail: cgoodman@ccbc.cc.md.usNov. 2-4The Education Trust, Inc., 11th Annual Conference“Seeing is Believing: Evidence that We Can Close the Achievement Gap”WashingtonContact: Nevin Brown or Sonya WilsonPhone: (202) 293-1217 Ext. 315Fax: (202) 293-2605E-mail: nbrown@edtrust.org orswilson@edtrust.orgWeb: www.edtrust.orgNov. […]

October 25, 2000

African-American

At Home with Toni Morrison

At Home with Toni MorrisonToni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary LegendBy Hilary HurdLORAIN, Ohio A pproximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and her work.The second biennial […]

October 25, 2000

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]

October 25, 2000

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic Students

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic StudentsH ispanic-serving colleges and universities will benefit from a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Education that was announced late last month.“By working together, we can make the most of research and grant opportunities, internships, fellowships and other opportunities benefiting Hispanic colleges and Hispanic American […]

October 25, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsOCTOBEROct. 19-22Seventh National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Educational Communities”Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Miss.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: Srozman@aol.comWeb: www.tsu.edu/hbcunetOct. 20-217th Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference“Slavery and Reparation”New School UniversityNew YorkContact: J. Everet GreenPhone: (914) 574-4797E-mail: everet@aol.comNOVEMBERNov. 2-410th National Conference of the Association for Black Culture Centers“Connecting Generations with Black Popular Culture”Cleveland […]

October 11, 2000

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for dealing with inter-ethnic rivalries on campus, and how can I promote more working together among various ethnic groups?A conflict does exist between different groups of color at many predominantly White colleges and universities in America. As in society at large, this conflict grows out of the competition […]

October 11, 2000

African-American

Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than Ever

Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than EverWASHINGTON Last month, federal officials announced that the response rates for Census 2000 exceeded those of the 1990 U.S. Census by 2 percentage points, from 65 percent to 67 percent. The 2000 Census response rate also exceeded the U.S. Census Bureau’s projected rate, which was 61 percent.“Thanks […]

October 11, 2000