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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black Studies
UVA Gets Grant to Revamp Black StudiesThe Ford Foundation just gave the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African and African American Studies a $250,000 grant to revamp its program. With help from Ford, five outside consultants and more than 30 university faculty from 12 departments are participating in the redesign of the […]
May 24, 2000
Students
African American Studies
African American StudiesFive minutes on the World Wide Web makes the point more plainly than a full weekend with a stack of college catalogs: There are as many types of African American Studies programs as there are institutions of higher learning offering them.Some programs — like those at California State University-Long Beach and Cornell University […]
May 24, 2000
Faculty & Staff
Department, Program, Institute or Other?
Department, Program, Institute or Other?When officials at the Alabama Commission on Higher Education announced in February that they would not approve a Black Studies major at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it was a slap in the face to university officials and students who say they have been fighting since desegregation to bring the […]
May 24, 2000
Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM
SPECTRUM The old-style Black Studies discipline has refracted into a rainbow of African American research.In some ways, the state of the African American Studies discipline has never been healthier. According to the National Council for Black Studies, four schools currently offer doctoral studies in the discipline. That list doesn’t include Harvard University, which announced plans […]
May 24, 2000
African-American
The Changing Face of Philanthropy
The Changing Face of PhilanthropyWhere the color line yields to the bottom lineATLANTA — Just before the winter holiday break, a group of 70 Black professionals gathered here at the Georgia Institute of Technology for a reception. They nibbled hors d’oeuvres and traded business cards as a jazz group played in the background. Even after […]
May 24, 2000
Students
Publish or Perish: The Saga of an Assimilation Essay
Publish or Perish: The Saga of an Assimilation EssayMy failure to motivate a student to publish a significant essay some 17 years ago continues to haunt me. In October of 1983, I passed back the first set of freshman papers with my usual comments. In those days, I would face my students squarely and shout, […]
May 24, 2000
Students
News Briefs
One Florida Plan Meets More OppositionTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have voted to issue a statement criticizing Gov. Jeb Bush’s program banning consideration of race and gender in university admissions and contracting decisions. The federal panel voted 6-2 to approve the statement earlier this month, says commission spokesman David […]
April 26, 2000
African-American
Washington Briefs
Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]
April 26, 2000
African-American
Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds
Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds When Tiger Woods came onto the Professional Golf Association tour in 1996, there were no full-time African American players on the tour. Jim Thorpe, the last Black player with a regular tour card, was a part-time member of the regular tour, awaiting his 50th […]
April 26, 2000
African-American
BI News Briefs
After Carby Ruckus, Yale Gives Black Studies Department StatusNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University officials announced last month that they will give departmental status to their African-American studies program.The decision comes on the heels a rescinded resignation by the program’s chairwoman, Dr. Hazel Carby, who submitted her pink slip early last month. She had said […]
March 15, 2000
Students
Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the Country
Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the CountryWash. Student Leader Accused of Making Racial Remark About AdministratorSPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Falls Community College student government president has been accused of making a racist remark about an administrator. A student panel is being formed to hear the case.The dispute centers on April […]
March 1, 2000
African-American
BI News Briefs
Judge Refuses to Stop UGA Preferences While Case Is PendingSAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge has denied a motion that would have prevented the University of Georgia from continuing to use race as one of the factors for admitting borderline students while a class action lawsuit wends its way through the court. The motion for […]
March 1, 2000
African-American
California Regent Wants to Repeal
California Regent Wants to Repeal BERKELEY, Calif. — In a move that is largely symbolic, a University of California Regent said last month that he is preparing a proposal to reverse the university’s groundbreaking ban on the use of racial and gender preferences in admissions decisions.And in a related development, Berkeley officials announced that applications […]
February 16, 2000
African-American
Events
EventsFEBRUARYFeb. 13-17, 2000National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)25th Annual ConventionWashington, D.C.Contact: Wilma RoscoePhone: (301) 650-2440Web: www.nafeo.orgFeb. 16-20, 2000Association for Educational Communications and Technology“Creating Pathways to Learning: Educational Communications for the 21st Century”Long Beach, Calif.Contact: Lois FreelandPhone: (202) 347-7834E-mail: loisf@aect.orgWeb: www.aect.orgFeb. 21-26, 2000National Association of African American StudiesHoustonContact: Dr. Lemuel Berry Jr.Phone: (606) […]
February 16, 2000
Students
African American Student Programs vs. Diversity
African American Student Programs vs. Diversity As more student groups scramble to get a share of the diversity pie, is the African American slice shrinking?A $46,000 annual budget may seem reasonable in these economic times for a campus organization of 1,200 students. But when that student group happens to be African American and other minority groups […]
February 2, 2000
African-American
Toiling Along King’s High Way
Toiling Along King’s High Way Earlier this week, campuses across the country joined the rest of the nation in observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is the first year since the federal holiday was launched in 1986 in which all 50 states have recognized it. The last state, New Hampshire, came into the fold […]
January 19, 2000
Students
As Different as Day and Night
As Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]
January 5, 2000
Faculty & Staff
BI News Briefs
Hampton Coach’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown OutLUBBOCK, Texas — A judge has dismissed a college basketball coach’s civil rights lawsuit, ruling she, her husband and an assistant failed to establish that racial bias was a factor in their 1998 arrests. Hampton University women’s coach Patricia Bibbs and the others sued the city, several police officers […]
January 5, 2000
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