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As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment

As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment Desegregation settlement mandates selective admissions for some of Louisiana’s public collegesBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus are bracing for a 27 percent drop in freshman enrollment this fall when the historically Black school raises admissions standards.Southern University Chancellor Edward R. […]

March 28, 2001

Latinx

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell Grants

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell GrantsHistorically Black colleges and universities, along with Hispanic-serving institutions, are in line for moderate funding gains under President Bush’s education budget for 2002.A bare-bones budget plan for the Department of Education calls for a 6.4 percent increase for these minority-serving institutions next year. While specific funding allotments were […]

March 28, 2001

Community Colleges

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment High

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment HighSEATTLE Community college and technical school enrollment in Washington state reached an all-time high last fall with more than a quarter of a million students, a new report indicates. The report, which was presented last month to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, also says more students […]

February 14, 2001

Community Colleges

Gore to Teach at Fisk University, Columbia, UCLA, Middle Tennessee State University

Gore to Teach at Fisk University, Columbia, UCLA, Middle Tennessee State UniversityWashingtonFrom politician to professor, former Vice President Al Gore has a series of professorial duties on the horizon. Among them, the Tennessee native’s first plan is to lead a series of lectures at Fisk, a historically Black university in Nashville. From his position at […]

February 14, 2001

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain Teachers

Community Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain TeachersPHOENIX Community colleges are answering a statewide teacher shortage with an effort to recruit, prepare and retain teachers. In response to the shortage, the Maricopa Community College District has formed the Teacher Education Partnership Commission — composed of 32 education, government and business leaders. “The ultimate goal is […]

January 31, 2001

Community Colleges

Student Aid Issues at Forefront for New Congress

Student Aid Issues at Forefront for New CongressOne of the first bills introduced in the 107th Congress, H.R. 124, calls for full funding of Pell Grants to provide the maximum benefit to all needy students. The plan from Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., was immediately referred to the House Education and the Workforce Committee, which sets […]

January 31, 2001

Community Colleges

Community Colleges to Get “.Edu” Extensions Under New Domain Administration in 2001

Community Colleges to Get “.Edu” Extensions Under New Domain Administration in 2001 The federal agency that oversees the administration of Internet domain names says it expects to hand over control of the “.edu” domain extension to a new subcontractor as early as spring 2001. The change of subcontractors would make it possible for community colleges […]

January 3, 2001

Community Colleges

Transfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California List

Transfer Rankings Embarrass Two-Year Colleges On California ListLOS ANGELES California’s community college system targeted 14 of 107 two-year colleges for having the worst record for transferring students to state universities. More than half of them are in the Los Angeles area. The California Community Colleges list angered many of the schools whose administrators see it […]

December 20, 2000

Faculty & Staff

What Are Think Tanks Thinking About?

What Are Think Tanks Thinking About?And are they thinking enough about minorities and higher education?By Eleanor Lee Yates“C olleges would be great places to work if there were no students,” or so goes the age-old joke among college research professors. Long considered coveted respites as well as invaluable institutions for lawmakers and other information hungry […]

December 20, 2000

Community Colleges

Events

EventsDECEMBERDec. 7-8The College Board, Office of AdultLearning Services“Development Effective Partnerships Between Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges”PhoenixContact: Scott JeffePhone: (212) 713-8307Fax: (212) 713-8316E-mail: oals@collegeboard.orgWeb: www.collegeboard.orgDec. 7-10Association for Career and Technical Education“2000: A Career Odyssey”San Diego Convention CenterSan DiegoPhone: (800) 826-9972Fax: (703) 683-7424E-mail: acte@acteonline.orgWeb: www.acteonline.orgJANUARYJan. 4-7, 2001Linguistic Society of America75th Annual ConferenceGrand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Phone: (202) 835-1714Fax: (202) […]

November 22, 2000

Community Colleges

Double Duty: A Small Group of African Americans are Serving Simultaneously as Scholars and Elected Officials

Double Duty: A Small Group of African Americans are Serving Simultaneously as Scholars and Elected Officials By Ron TaylorWhen Dr. Mamie Locke conducted an independent study seminar at Hampton University last year, her 10 political science students got more than an Ivory Tower approach to the art, craft and science of winning and holding elected […]

November 22, 2000

Community Colleges

California Plan Would Boost Minority Counts, Route Students Through Community Colleges

California Plan Would Boost Minority Counts, Route Students Through Community CollegesOAKLAND, Calif. University of California officials are proposing a new road to admissions that could bring in more Black and Hispanic students, provided they’re willing to take a detour through community college. The proposal, which requires approval by faculty and regents, would expand offers of […]

October 25, 2000

Community Colleges

Panel Recommends Tenfold Increase For Math, Science Training Programs

Panel Recommends Tenfold Increase For Math, Science Training ProgramsAgeneration after the space race spurred concerns over math and science education, teachers in those fields are barely ahead of their students and 10 times more money should be spent to train them, according to a panel headed by John Glenn.The panel — led by the former […]

October 25, 2000

Community Colleges

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBay

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBayFORT COLLINS, Colo.P olice at Colorado State University have traced the theft of $7,000 in equipment from the engineering department to a student who allegedly put the items up for bid on the Internet.The student allegedly took six electronic testing devices from a lab during the spring […]

October 11, 2000

Community Colleges

California Community College Drops Multicultural Component In New Courses

California Community College Drops Multicultural Component In New CoursesMONTEREY, Calif.Monterey Peninsula College, a two-year institution, has dropped a policy requiring professors who propose new courses to include a multicultural component.A professor who proposed a new course to focus on film and literature refused to answer a question on the application about how course topics are […]

October 11, 2000

Latinx

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

Community Colleges

Morris College Instructor Sues After Contract is Not Renewed

Morris College Instructor Sues After Contract is Not RenewedSUMTER, S.C. A White professor has sued a predominantly Black school for failing to renew his contract. Assistant Professor Michael Ardis says Morris College terminated his employment after he complained in a restaurant about the service of a waiter, who in turn questioned whether the complaint was […]

September 13, 2000

Community Colleges

NAACP Wants WEST VIRGINIA State to be granted University status

NAACP Wants WEST VIRGINIA State to be granted University statusCHARLESTON, W.Va. The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants historically Black West Virginia State College to become a university, which a leading legislator says is part of a logical next step to improving higher education. “There is lots of […]

September 13, 2000