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Students
In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative Action
In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative ActionBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOIn a unanimous vote, the University of California regents have repealed their ban on affirmative action, hoping to send a welcoming message to Black and Latino students — and bid farewell to six years of protests and political infighting.Sealed in backroom agreements under […]
June 6, 2001
African-American
Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, Present
Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, PresentRecent discussions of reparations to African Americans for slavery prompted me to reflect on the ways I have been taught about slavery in graduate school. My educational experiences with the study of slavery have varied according to the professor’s chosen topics for discussion and their selection of readings. […]
May 23, 2001
Students
Washington State University Moves to Make School Safer for Minorities
Washington State University Moves to Make School Safer for MinoritiesPULLMAN, Wash.Washington State University will take steps to make its campus safer for minority students, President V. Lane Rawlins says. The steps include creating a better system to report violence, recruiting more minority faculty and hiring an administrator to educate students about the perils of drinking. […]
May 23, 2001
Students
Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State Report
Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State ReportNEW YORK The City University of New York’s decision to drop remedial programs from its four-year programs has had little effect on its minority enrollment, according to a state report. The elimination of remedial courses in math, reading and writing at seven of […]
May 23, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Auburn University to Present Honorary Degree to First Black Student
Auburn University to Present Honorary Degree to First Black StudentAUBURN, Ala.Harold A. Franklin, who in 1964 became the first African American student to enroll at Auburn University, returned to the campus earlier this month to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the university during the spring commencement exercises.The honorary degree completed a 37-year […]
May 23, 2001
African-American
African American Golf Exhibit Opens on North Carolina A&T’s Campus
African American Golf Exhibit Opens on North Carolina A&T’s CampusGREENSBORO, N.C.African American golfers can find a wealth of historical information on display at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. The multimedia traveling exhibit Epochs of Courage: African Americans in Golf features historical photography and memorabilia dating from the 1800s into the new millennium. The […]
May 23, 2001
African-American
Penn State Students End Eight-Day Protest
Penn State Students End Eight-Day ProtestSTATE COLLEGE, Pa.Penn State University students celebrated the end of a bitter eight-day standoff early this month after negotiating an agreement with school officials to increase opportunities for Black students. Hundreds of students camped out in the student union building, angered by the university’s response to complaints about racism and […]
May 23, 2001
Latinx
New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions
New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions Address the Digital DivideNew legislation co-sponsored by a Congressional Black Caucus member and a Southern senator may help minority-serving institutions address the digital divide.Legislation from Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., a CBC member, and Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., would help historically Black colleges and universities address access and Internet connection […]
May 23, 2001
African-American
New Interest Around Old Issues
New Interest Around Old IssuesSlavery has always been an intriguing, but uncomfortable subject to discuss in this country. Growing up, most of us probably learned the same few things about enslaved Africans and the institution of slavery: Slaves escaped bondage via the Underground Railroad with the help of Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln freed the […]
May 23, 2001
African-American
Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:What can be done to get more young Black males to pursue careers in education?Dr. Eric Abercrumbie,Director, Ethnic Programs and Services,African American Cultural and Research Center University of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio One of the major issues that confronts the Black community is the lack of Black males who pursue careers in education, especially […]
May 9, 2001
African-American
Trading Self-Destruction for Self-Determination
Trading Self-Destruction for Self-DeterminationI arrived on campus with nothing. No vision, no goals, no agenda and no idea. However, I knew I wanted a college degree. I wanted to improve myself. As a Black man, I was determined to prove that I could accomplish what so many of my brothers could not. Going to a […]
May 9, 2001
African-American
Don’t Forget the Women
Don’t Forget the WomenWith so much media attention focused on the plight of young African American males, I fear that the experiences and challenges African American females face often go unnoticed. This seems to be especially true for those attending predominantly White institutions. As a follow-up to my article, “Where the Boys Are,” appearing in […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Where are the Black Men on Campus?
Where are the Black Men on Campus? As institutions of higher education struggle to enroll Black men at comparable numbers to Black females, the imbalance is having an impact beyond the classroom and campus.By most measures of a private college under new leadership, the push by Dillard University in New Orleans to boost its enrollment […]
May 9, 2001
Students
Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College Campuses
Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College CampusesAction prompted by recent incidents at Penn State, University of PennsylvaniaBy Eleanor Lee YatesHARRISBURG, Pa.A resolution authorizing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Committee on Education to investigate racial incidents on college campuses recently passed unanimously. Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr., the sponsor of the resolution, hopes the […]
May 9, 2001
African-American
Maryland College of Art Receives Largest Gift in School History
Maryland College of Art Receives Largest Gift in School HistoryBALTIMORE The largest gift in the history of the Maryland Institute College of Art all began with a daughter’s decision not to take over the family business. Eddie Brown hoped that his daughter would put her Harvard MBA to use by someday taking the helm of […]
April 25, 2001
Latinx
Denver College’s African American Studies Program Gets Reprieve
Denver College’s African American Studies Program Gets ReprieveDENVERState officials have decided to keep an African American studies degree at Metropolitan State College for at least two more years, despite low student interest. Only 13 Metro State students have been awarded the degree in 15 years, well below the Colorado Commission on Higher Education’s requirement that […]
April 25, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Black-Owned Golf Club Added to National Register of Historic Places
Black-Owned Golf Club Added to National Register of Historic PlacesPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.An Ohio golf club, believed to be the only golf course in the United States designed, built, owned and managed by an African American, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.Clearview Golf Club of East Canton was founded by William […]
April 25, 2001
Students
Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black Frats
Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black FratsBy Paul RuffinsThis spring, the pattern of illegal hazing that has threatened the survival of Black fraternities and sororities has once again repeated itself with deadly and devastating consequences. In early April, Nashville authorities officially announced what many had suspected for months: The January death of […]
April 25, 2001
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