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BI News Brief

Minority Enrollment Continues to Drop at California Medical SchoolsOAKLAND, Calif. — University of California officials have appointed a task force to investigate why minority enrollment is dropping at the system’s five medical schools. In 1993, 103 Black and Mexican American students enrolled at University of California medical schools. This fall, the total was 59. That […]

October 27, 1999

Senate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’s

Senate’s Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House’sWASHINGTON — Amid predictions of a federal budget meltdown, historically Black colleges and universities and sponsors of college access programs got a little bit of good news from the U.S. Senate this month.In its most definitive statement yet on the year 2000 education budget, Senate leaders came […]

October 27, 1999

House Unveils New Budget

House Unveils New BudgetCreative Accounting Could Provide Some Higher Education Programs With Increases Despite Budget Cap WASHINGTON — Some long-awaited predictions came true, late last month, as the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a controversial budget plan that relies heavily on innovative accounting to avoid deep cuts in education spending.Among other provisions, the bill would […]

October 13, 1999

Higher Education’s Money Man

Higher Education’s Money Man An Interview With United Negro College Fund President Bill GrayWhen William H. Gray, at the age of 50, announced in 1991 that he was leaving his Majority Whip post in the U.S. House of Representatives to head the United Negro College Fund, many believed his brightest days were behind him. Two […]

September 29, 1999

BI What’s New

California State University-Fullerton, in partnership with the state of California, has begun operating the California Corporate Board Registry to expand minority and women representation statewide on boards of directors. CSU-Fullerton was named to oversee the registry by the Office of Secretary of State Bill Jones.Stemming from legislation passed in 1993 and 1998, the registry will […]

September 1, 1999

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to Diversity

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to DiversityPresident Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House’s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community.“I ask you to recommit yourselves … to fighting discrimination, to revitalizing our poorest communities, and to giving people an […]

August 18, 1999

Surveying the Combat Zone

Surveying the Combat ZoneIn 1984, the birth year of Black Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The victory signaled the high mark of conservative political ascendance in the United States. Throughout Reagan’s eight-year tenure, conservative policymakers took aim and fired at policies designed to […]

August 18, 1999

Faculty & Staff

United We Stand

United We StandNAFEO, HACU, and AIHEC have formed a new alliance to improve support for students of colorWASHINGTON — The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has been formed between three of the largest organizations serving the needs of minority students.In […]

August 4, 1999

African-American

The Study of Whiteness

The Study of WhitenessAt a conference held late in March, students, faculty, and administrators from the tri-campus community of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore colleges gathered together with a group of journalists to discuss the status of multiculturalism on college campuses. At one point, a panelist suggested that part of the problem on many traditionally […]

May 12, 1999

UNCF Urges More Federal Funding For Black Colleges in 2000

UNCF Urges More Federal Funding For Black Colleges in 2000The College Fund/UNCF is asking Congress for budget increases that would propel the government’s historically Black college funding program past the $200 million mark next year.College Fund/UNCF President William Gray, a former member of Congress, personally presented the proposal to the House Appropriations Committee on April […]

May 12, 1999

Remedying Perpetual Unconsciousness

Remedying Perpetual Unconsciousness“Gosh, I never really think about the fact that I’m White, let alone what being White means to me.”It always amazes me whenever I hear White folks make comments like this because, as an African American, I can’t imagine not being aware of my race. Perhaps I’m jaded, but the incredulity with which […]

May 12, 1999