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Surging in the Southeast

Surging in the Southeast North Carolina HBCUs expected to play significant role in facilitating college access for the increasing Latino population in the region By Ronald Roach Given the surging growth in the U.S. Latino population in recent years, nowhere have those increases been occurring faster than in the southeast. North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, […]

September 22, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Minority Test Takers Make Significant Gains on SAT

Minority Test Takers Make Significant Gains on SATBut achievement gap between White, minority students persists By Cassie ChewWASHINGTONAmong the record 1.4 million college-bound students in the class of 2004 who took the SAT, another record number of these SAT takers, 37 percent, were minority students, the College Board said in its annual report of SAT […]

September 22, 2004

Leadership & Policy

CSU-Stanislaus President Marvalene Hughes to Retire

CSU-Stanislaus President Marvalene Hughes to RetireTURLOCK, Calif.Dr. Marvalene Hughes, president of California State University-Stanislaus the past 10 years, will retire this month but stay on as interim president during 2004-2005 to continue the forward progress of the university. “Marvalene is an outstanding leader in American higher education, not only in this state,” said California State […]

August 25, 2004

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending Bill

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending BillHBCUs, community colleges receive small victoriesBy Charles DervaricsBlack colleges are one of the few winners in a new 2005 House education spending bill that largely holds the line on federal funding for higher education, including core financial aid programs essential for needy students.The main federal program for […]

July 28, 2004

Events

EVENTSAUGUSTAug. 6-10National Association of Black Journalists: 28th Annual Convention and Career Fair“Building the Best”DallasWeb: www.nabj.orgAug. 13-16Association of Black Sociologists“Frontloading Social Reality: Critical Demography and Black Superiority in Wealth, Stats and Power”Hyatt Regency, AtlantaContact: Frank Harold Wilson, program chairman, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeE-mail: chocchip@uwm.eduFax: (414) 229-4266Aug. 29-Sept. 1The Civil Rights Project“The Color Lines Conference:Segregation […]

July 16, 2004

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

July 16, 2004

Service is in Her Blood

Service is in Her BloodThe daughter of noted blood bank pioneer Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis is no stranger to the spotlight. Yet, it is from her own political and educational pursuits that she has become a well-known figure in the Washington, D.C., area. After working as a research scientist at the National […]

June 30, 2004

‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’

‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’Twenty legal and legislative milestones in higher educationThis timeline reflects some of the most significant legal and legislative milestones that have influenced higher education almost as long as Black Issues In Higher Education has been in print. The ongoing legal battles have primarily involved the further desegregation of schools and the use of […]

June 16, 2004

The State of Latino Education: A War Against Ignorance

The State of Latino Education: A War Against IgnoranceThe population of Latinos in the United States has skyrocketed to approximately 40 million, and they’ve begun to move into virtually every state in the union, particularly into the Midwest, Northwest and Southeast. Yet, with the exception of many schools in the Southwest, many schools from K-12 […]

June 16, 2004

‘Change Takes Time’

‘Change Takes Time’While the names have changed — and some of the laws — many age-old debates in higher education have remained the same over the past 20 yearsBy Charles DervaricsIn the 1980s, a Republican president led a defense build-up in response to foreign crises, and his education secretary chided the establishment on school reform. […]

June 16, 2004

Riding the Crest of a Wave

Riding the Crest of a WaveOne of Black Issues’ first writers reflects on the growth of a well-timed publicationBy Eileen M. O’BrienIt’s always fun to ride the crest of a wave. As one of the first writers at Black Issues In Higher Education, I quickly realized the publication had impeccable timing, covering diversity and minority-serving […]

June 16, 2004

A Void Yet to Fill

A Void Yet to FillWhen Black Issues In Higher Education was being created a little more than 20 years ago, none of us associated with it could have anticipated what this magazine would eventually become. Over the years, however, it has changed and grown into something that makes all of us very proud and thankful.Black […]

June 16, 2004

Republicans’ HEA Bill Prompts Rebukes From Democrats, Educators

Republicans’ HEA Bill Prompts Rebukes From Democrats, Educators Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed legislation which they say would expand access to higher education for more low- and middle-income students by strengthening Pell Grants, reducing loan costs and fees, and breaking down barriers for non-traditional students — but some critics say it’s […]

June 2, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Achieving Unity Through Diversity

Achieving Unity Through DiversityFulbright conference addresses issues of discord, harmony in an increasingly multicultural United StatesBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONFulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Otelemate Harry has spent time on several college campuses in the United States, but this year he is getting to know the East Coast. The linguistics scholar is in the middle of an 11-month […]

April 21, 2004

NAFEO Outlines New Policies to Congress

NAFEO Outlines New Policies to CongressAdvocacy group seeks $30 million program for predominantly Black collegesBy Charles DervaricsA leading advocacy group is asking Congress to create a $30 million program for “predominantly” Black colleges, or urban institutions that lack the history of HBCUs but face many of the same challenges.“Many of these schools are located in […]

April 21, 2004

‘Dean’ of Hispanic Writers Donates Papers to University of New Mexico

‘Dean’ of Hispanic Writers Donates Papers to University of New MexicoALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Albuquerque author Rudolfo Anaya, known as the “dean” of Hispanic writers, has decided to donate his papers to the University of New Mexico. “I’m a UNM grad. I taught there. I just think that’s where they belong,” said Anaya, professor emeritus in the […]

April 7, 2004

IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving Schools

IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving SchoolsIn a study that builds upon the 2000 U.S. Department of Commerce-funded National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) report on IT resources at historically Black colleges and universities, researchers with the Washington-based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHE) have authored the first, comprehensive national survey of […]

March 24, 2004

HBCUs Among Few Winners in Bush’s Budget Plan

HBCUs Among Few Winners in Bush’s Budget PlanFinancial aid programs see little, if any, gain Black colleges would receive more money next year while most student financial aid programs face freezes or cuts under President Bush’s new education budget.By percentages alone, minority-serving colleges and universities were one of the plan’s few winners in higher education. […]

February 25, 2004