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Sports
Sneaker madness: historically black schools no shoe-in for lucrative deals
Before the Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) men’s basketball team got booted from the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 1996 tournament, the historically Black school got sneakered.
June 16, 2007
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Sports
Sports, competition and society – athletic and academic competition seen as outcome of a competitive society
Sixty-four teams from historically Black colleges and universities competed on the basis of their knowledge at the Honda Campus All-Star Classic in Orlando FL. The final four competition was as intense as the basketball classic, and Black America’s best and brightest strutted their intellectual stuff as confidently as star basketball players strut their gamesmanship.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Correcting the inequities of the past – Makaziwe Phulma Mandela, anthropologist, educator and daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela – Interview – Cover Story
Before embarking on a tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Dr. Makaziwe Phumla Mandela, daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela, stopped by the offices of Black Issues in Higher Education to discuss a wide range of issues facing higher education in the new South Africa.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Mfume: ‘it’s all right now to come back home.’ – Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president, views on role of youth in civil rights struggles
Winston-salem, NC The nation’s Colleges will be the incubators for new soldiers in America’s civil rights struggle, Kweisi Mfume told a group of students.
June 16, 2007
Students
An era endangered: graduate fellowships for minorities in jeopardy
Budget cuts are drying up the flow of Department of Education funding for graduate student fellowships.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
New community college liaison to ED – appointment of Jacqueline E. Woods to a Department of Eduction post
Jacqueline E. Woods, the vice chancellor for external affairs at City Colleges of Chicago and a former American Association of Community Colleges staff member, will become the second community college liason to the Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley announced last week.
June 16, 2007
African-American
Over there: exchange programs and colleges seek to send minority students abroad – US education programs
In some communities, foreign travel is viewed as a rite of passage to round out the college experience. But far too few African Americans are taking advantage of the opportunity to Broaden their horizons in the world classroom for reasons that include lack of access to information about opportunities, limited funds, language restrictions and concentration in fields that are not targeted for foreign exchange programs.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Endowments: investing in education’s future – historically African American colleges
With enrollments down, operating costs up, federal research funds disappearing and admission and hiring policies endangered, the best way to coax a smile out of higher education administrators is to mention a single word: endowment.
June 16, 2007
Students
Little-known, little-recognized: historically black community colleges defy categorization, get job done
Providing a variety of college experiences and job training to thousands of Black, Hispanic and other students is a task honed to perfection by a handful of little-known and little-recognized historically Black community colleges.
June 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
California’s Mertes to resign – David Mertes, chancellor of California Community College system
David Mertes, who led the nation’s largest collection of colleges through massive social changes and numerous political mine fields, will resign June 30 as chancellor of the California Community College system.
June 16, 2007
African-American
Building the village: one scientist at a time – university professor’s program for minority high school students
When Dr. Billy Joe Evans was in high school, his parents couldn’t pay for the exam that would permit him to attend college early. So one of his teachers paid. “That’s the kind of commitment we need from the village,” he says, alluding to the African proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child.”
June 16, 2007
HBCUs
The line forms to the right – presidential election prospects for black higher education
As the curtain rises on the 1996 presidential campaign, a four-year old scenario appears to be repeating itself:
June 15, 2007
Students
Going after the high-flying scholars: Florida A & M University ranks among the best in enticing high school best and brightest – Recruitment & Retention
FAMU Ranks Among theBest in Enticing High School Best and Brightest.
June 15, 2007
Students
Priming the pump – University of Virginia School of Medicine program has historically Black institutions as recruitment partners – Recruitment & Retention
UVa Program Involves HBCUs in Recruiting Minority Medical Students.
June 15, 2007
Students
On-line and loving it – historically Black colleges and universities going on-line to lure students and research funding – Recruitment & Retention
New Students, Research Dollars Lured via Internet Web Pages by a Growing Number of HBCUs.
June 15, 2007
Students
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Higher education programs got a partial reprieve recently when Congress and the Clinton administration declared a truce in their budget battle and provided important funding, along with student aid guidelines that will last through mid-March.
June 15, 2007
African-American
Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention
When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.
June 15, 2007
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Community Colleges
Angry & determined: we need an open dialogue on race – excerpt from James D. Tschechtelin’s speech, president of Baltimore City Community College – Transcript
The following is excerpted from a recent address given by Dr. James D. Tschechtelin, president of Baltimore City Community College.
June 15, 2007
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