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Leadership & Policy
Professional APPOINTMENTS
KARSTEN J.Y. CASH is the new director of the Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He comes to UMC from Eastern Illinois University, where he was an academic advisor for the Gateway Program. Cash earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Wesleyan University (Conn.); and a master’s degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
BIG Black Issues Quiz
The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth 10 points.
July 14, 2007
Sports
Going for the Gold – annual football game
With football and fun, HBCUs take a classic approach to recruitment and fund raising efforts
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Career CONSULTANTS – race education
For years, I’ve been teaching course in which the issue of race was virtually irrelevant. Recently, I’ve developed an interest in working the matter of race and culture into my course, but I fear that by doing so, I’ll be marginalized by colleagues on the faculty. Should I even bother, and if I do, how should I handle it?
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
New Congressional Black Caucus Leader Pledges Support for Education
Education, affirmative action, and an enhanced role for African American lawmakers are all on the agenda of Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), elected last month as the new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for 1999.
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Professional APPOINTMENTS
FISK UNIVERSITY NAMES NEW LEADER
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
Grants & Awards
Clark Atlanta University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to support the establishment of a Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Institute.
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
Black News Execs Question Florida University Classification Plan
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Editors and publishers of Black newspapers from across the state questioned University of Florida System Chancellor Adam Herbert about a proposal that would group Florida A&M University with the state’s three smallest campuses under the heading “Comprehensive Universities.”
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
HBCUs in America’s high-tech future – Historically Black Colleges and Universities
By the year 2010, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF), this country will need to produce 11,000 Ph.D.s in engineering and science annually. Concurrently, the annual Ph.D. shortfall could be about 9,600 by the year 2000.
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
Filling technology’s massive talent gap
Technology partnership brings opportunities to students at Virginia HBCUs
July 14, 2007
Sports
Nike, HBCUs strike deal – Historically Black Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and sporting goods giant Nike announced last month, that they have signed a historic, three-year agreement that will not only provide footwear and apparel for conference teams, but also will include summer internships for students at Nike headquarters.
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
1998 Ad
ORLANDO, Fla. At the final national conference held here last month under the venerable name of Educom, David A. Staudt, along with hundreds of college and university information technology professionals, began charting a course for higher education’s new information technology organization, Educause.
July 14, 2007
HBCUs
Black Issues Quiz
The Black Issues Quiz, or BIQ offers you the opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth ten points.
July 14, 2007
Students
Washington Update
HBCU, HSI Funds Clear Congress
July 14, 2007
Latinx
A United Way
Capitalizing on the Opportunity for Black/Latino Cooperation
July 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
The Donation Station
Syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner’s growing popularity is raising needed money for Black Colleges
July 14, 2007
Students
Chugging Toward Recovery
CSX Transportation is helping Edward Waters College get on track to a brighter future
July 14, 2007
jenkins
Faculty & Staff
Black Geoscientists: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
African American earth scientists ponder strategies to attract more students of color to a field with growing opportunities
July 14, 2007
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