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Faculty & Staff
Reaching out to young Black men: a dedicated and determined group of scholars offer the lure of the academy – includes related article on the Meyerhoff program as evaluated by a student – side bar listing academic programs for Black male students – Cover
The low numbers of African-American males seeking higher education is a problem that has been talked about, written about, and studied. Now, some colleges and universities seem willing to put their money where their mouths are.
June 22, 2007
Students
Community college becomes battleground for complaint about privately funded scholarship – Northern Virginia Community College
A white male student at Northern Virginia Community College is charging that a minority scholarship program at the school violates his constitutional rights, pointing to a federal court ruling that banned a university from awarding publicly-funded scholarships exclusively to African Americans.
June 22, 2007
African-American
Wanted: black students in public speaking classes
As each semester begins I anxiously await to see the ethnic composition of my public speaking classes. And each semester I find myself lecturing to a class that is more than 80 percent white and 20 percent people of color.
June 20, 2007
Students
Teaching the young keeps him young – 90 Year Old Dr. Richard Mckinney of Morgan State Still Going Strong
One of the oldest active professors in the nation, Dr. Richard I. McKinney, professor emeritus of philosophy at Morgan State University, has spent all of his life on college campuses and plans to keep on going. This semester will see him teaching at least one class.
June 20, 2007
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African-American
Educational gains by minority students threatened – affirmative action programs
Washington — The nation’s students of color made significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned in recent years, but the gap between them and their white counterparts on all educational levels is glaring, says a report released this month by the American Council on Education (ACE).
June 18, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
The sound of a gateway closing – how anti-affirmative action was organized for national debate – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers
In America, education remains the gateway to upward social mobility, to opportunity, to self-sufficiency, successful families and political participation. That’s the reality.
June 17, 2007
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African-American
Five-year trends in minority degree production – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers
For the past five years, I have prepared listings of the colleges and universities across the United States that confer the most degrees to students of color for Black Issues In Higher Education.
June 17, 2007
African-American
To do list – steps affirmative action proponents can take – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers
Affirmative action has helped ensure access to higher education for students and faculty who might not have had that chance otherwise. Now that affirmative action programs are battling for their very existence, the editors and writers of Black Issues In Higher Education present the following pointers and reminders that have been gleaned from interviews, research and discussions in preparation for this special report.
June 17, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
ACE & affirmative action: a chat with Robert Atwell and Reginald Wilson – former president and senior scholar with the American Council on Education – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers
As the umbrella organization for higher education, the American Council on Education is often at the center of the major issues facing colleges and universities, Dr. Robert Atwell, who has announced his retirement as president, and Dr. Reginald Wilson, senior scholar with ACE, have been two of the leading proponents in the country for affirmative action.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Black literature in the ’90s
In 1948, Zora Neale Hurston published an article in the Negro Digest titled “What White Publishers Won’t Print.” Today, the issue turns not on what white publishers won’t print, but rather, what they will print when it comes to African-American literature.
June 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Clergy and deans say black colleges need black churches
Washington When a small group of spirited clergy, Black-college presidents, deans and community leaders came together for an early morning session at the national conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) on a recent Saturday morning, they did more than pray and render hearty amens.
June 17, 2007
Students
Making retention work
Since 1988’s all-time high in the college enrollment African Americans enrollment of African, American, declining high school completion figures have contributed to a slower increase in minority college participation After more than a decade of intensely examining factors that influence retention, we seem to be in a period of slippage of minority participation and success at the post-secondary level.
June 16, 2007
African-American
The wisdom of our elders: continuing the legacy
WASHINGTON Caring for the young; breaking the barriers that divide African Americans along class, age and gender lines; and taking responsibility for the future were the themes of February’s Black Issues in Higher Education videoconference, which was: designed as a celebration of African American history.
June 16, 2007
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Students
Student Retention Success Models in Higher Education. – book reviews
A new book edited by Dr. Clinita Ford provides unusual insight into the lessons taught by more than two decades of experience with improving educational opportunities for African American, Latino, and Native American students.
June 16, 2007
African-American
Black congressmen protest NAFEO award to Thurmond – National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Sen. Strom Thurmond
Washington Reps. William Clay (Demo) and Louis Stokes (DOH) refused to share an award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) with former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) at a prescheduled Capitol Hill ceremony.
June 16, 2007
African-American
A piece of history – Clark Atlanta University Buys Historic Paschal’s Hotel-Restaurant
ATLANTA In one transaction, Clark Atlanta University has acquired a legendary Black business, a new dormitory and a world-class chicken recipe.
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
African-American
Separate and Unequal: Black Americans and the US Federal Goverment. – book reviews
Separate & Unequal: Black Americans and the U.S. Federal Government, Desmond King, Oxford University Press, 1995. $35.00 (hardcover)
June 16, 2007
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