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Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding Gains

Lawmakers, Colleges Make Some Funding GainsWhile still working on the federal education budget, Congress is making headway on a few budget bills of importance to educators and minority-serving colleges specifically.President Clinton signed a U.S. Department of Agriculture budget bill for 2001 with funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Under the agreement, the agency would […]

December 6, 2000

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos

Election Delays Throw Budget Talks into Chaos By Charles DervaricsThe presidency is not the only uncertainty in government today. The federal education budget for 2001 is still unresolved, and all signs point to a stalemate that will last into December.Republican congressional leaders in October backed away from a budget deal that would have increased federal […]

December 6, 2000

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech Field

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech FieldMore so than ever before, employers are seeking foreign workers to fill skilled jobs that go unfilled in the United States. But the trend is prompting debate about how better to focus federal attention on education and job training — including the role of […]

November 22, 2000

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic Students

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic StudentsH ispanic-serving colleges and universities will benefit from a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Education that was announced late last month.“By working together, we can make the most of research and grant opportunities, internships, fellowships and other opportunities benefiting Hispanic colleges and Hispanic American […]

October 25, 2000

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for dealing with inter-ethnic rivalries on campus, and how can I promote more working together among various ethnic groups?A conflict does exist between different groups of color at many predominantly White colleges and universities in America. As in society at large, this conflict grows out of the competition […]

October 11, 2000

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant CompetitionBlack colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program’s inaugural competition last year.Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first grant awards under GEAR UP, a new federal program that promotes college […]

October 11, 2000

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO Programs

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO ProgramsWith the Clinton administration in its final months, college outreach specialists meeting in Washington in September focused on the issue of continuity — seeking to build on gains made during the past eight years regardless of which party claims the White House in November.Those attending […]

October 11, 2000

Five Specific Steps to Improving Hispanic Achievement

Five Specific Steps to Improving Hispanic AchievementOne of the things I have learned traveling across America is just how diverse Hispanic America is, something that a lot of Americans really don’t know yet. I think there is a common core of values around family and community and work and faith, but Hispanic America is growing […]

September 27, 2000

Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Hispanic-Serving Institutions The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities is a national association representing Hispanic-serving institutions. HACU works to promote nonprofit, accredited colleges and universities where Hispanics constitute a minimum of 25 percent of the enrollment at either the graduate or undergraduate level, in accordance with the 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which […]

September 27, 2000

Analysis of White House Initiatives on Black and Hispanic Education:

Analysis of White House Initiatives on Black and Hispanic Education:White house initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic AmericansThe initiative, formed in 1994, does not focus exclusively on Hispanic-serving institutions, rather it spans education continuum. The presidential commission connected with the office, the Presidential Advisory Committee on Educational Excellence, has 24 presidentially appointed members, and the […]

September 27, 2000

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Make Impressive Strides

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Make Impressive StridesBut Leaders Say Funding Not Keeping Pace with DemographicsBy Charles DervaricsFor Hispanic education leaders, the year 2000 may go down as a landmark year for action in the nation’s capital.With a special White House conference drawing national attention to their cause and a large budget increase all but certain this fall, Hispanic-serving colleges and […]

September 27, 2000

Chicano Studies

Chicano StudiesAs America’s Latino diaspora evolves, so does the fieldBy Roberto RodriguezFounded some 30 years ago and at one time believed to be on the verge of extinction, the field of Chicano studies is constantly expanding. As Puerto Rican and Cuban communities grew in the United States in the 1960s and ’70s, so did the […]

September 27, 2000

African-American

As Latino Populations Grow…

As Latino Populations Grow…So does their power. Will they compete or cooperate with African Americans for academic clout?By Pamela R. WeigerThere is power in numbers, sometimes real, sometimes perceived. Last month’s U.S. Census Bureau release of statistics showing just how fast Hispanic and Asian populations are growing in this country may fuel the perception that, […]

September 27, 2000

Choosing Cultural Competence Over Diaspora Division

Choosing Cultural Competence Over Diaspora DivisionLiving in diverse sections of New York and Los Angeles during the 1960s and ’70s, I learned early that people of the same race don’t always consider themselves “brothers.” Some Blacks are Haitian, some Jamaican, and others are from Brooklyn. “I’m Black and I’m proud” might resonate with all, but […]

September 27, 2000

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education Rounds

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education RoundsBy Jamilah Evelyn Higher education finally took center stage in the presidential election last month when Republican nominee George W. Bush made a campaign stop at historically Black Dillard University and Democratic nominee Al Gore visited the University of Maryland.Setting his sights on pulling Louisiana back into the Republican fold […]

September 13, 2000

Campuses Move Toward Wireless Computing

Campuses Move Toward Wireless ComputingWASHINGTONStudents arriving at Howard University this fall will find one of the latest information technology amenities available to them in their dormitory rooms — the ability to access the campus computer network through a wireless connection.Students, faculty and staff will, with the aid of special modems, have wireless access to Howard’s […]

August 30, 2000

Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant Program

Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant ProgramBy Charles DervaricsHistorically Black colleges and other institutions with a history of serving minority students stand to benefit from a new U.S. Department of Labor program to improve the skills of tomorrow’s work force.The department is looking for HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges […]

August 30, 2000

Washington Briefs

Washington BriefsHBCU Wins Commerce FundsWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration’s new initiative to improve communities in the Mississippi Delta region continues to provide benefits for colleges in that area.Mississippi Valley State University has received a $90,000 university center grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Goals for the program are to help improve the Delta economy, […]

August 2, 2000