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Faculty & Staff

Ebonics IQI. What have we learned ? – use of Ebonics language to teach African American children – Cover Story

The Ebonics controversy in Oakland, California, took many people by surprise. Most had never heard of Ebonics before December 18, 1996, and once they did, few understood what the school district meant when it expressed its intent to use this new “language” to teach the district’s African American children.

July 4, 2007

Hazel O’Leary generated energy for HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities

Despite the harsh Republican congressional attacks that marked a sometimes stormy tenure, departing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Hazel O’Leary will be remembered for her efforts to transform the agency.

July 4, 2007

The new crusaders: environmental education producing cadre of freedom fighters – from toxic waste

While studying chemistry at Xavier University in New Orleans, Robert Swayzer III excelled in the classroom during his freshman and sophomore years. Although the twenty-three-year-old Winnsboro, Louisiana, native decided against pursuing medical school early on in his college career, Swayzer’s performance as a chemistry major won him an environmental research scholarship as a junior through Xavier’s Center for Environmental Programs.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hazing illegal but persistent – hazing of women cadets at the Virginia Military Institute

CHARLESTON, S.C. The kind of hazing that allegedly happened to two female cadets at The Citadel in recent months is nothing new.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Citadel of trauma: the untold story of The Citadel’s first Black graduate – Cover Story

“Those four years made him a completely different person — no doubt about it. Charles was intense after he graduated. You could really tell when he talked, especially when he was making a point. His demeanor had changed. I’m sure something happened and it was so traumatic…he refused to talk about it.” — Bill Foster, brother

July 4, 2007

Open attacks on programs benefitting people of color – Impact 1996

California Passes Proposition 209

July 4, 2007

Xavier graduate may create new possibilities for HBCUs – Historically Black colleges and universities

Alexis M. Herman nominated by President Clinton to become the first African American (woman to head the Department of Labor, will be one of three Black members of Clinton’s second-term cabinet.

July 4, 2007

African-American

Free education for students of African descent

For decades, there have been discussions on how to properly compensate people of African descent for the hundreds of years of free labor provided during slavery in America. Models have already been established. Indigenous Americans (incorrectly called Indians because Columbus thought he landed in India) were forced onto reservations but are now courageously fighting in the courts to regain their land. The American Japanese are being financially compensated for being imprisoned during World War II in American internment camps. European Jews are being financially compensated by the German government for the atrocities they experienced in Nazi prison camps during the Second World War. Yet people of African descent have not been compensated for the massive tragedy they experienced here in America.

July 4, 2007

HBCU leaders urge expansion of Title III and TRIO programs – Historically Black colleges and universities – Washington Update

Expansion of Title III aid to minority institutions and TRIO programs for disadvantaged youth emerged as top priorities at a December 17 public hearing on Higher Education Act (MEA) reauthorization in Washington, D.C.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Embracing a new vision in the information age

I am a trend-watcher. As CEO of a higher education institution, I must ensure that my college remains a viable, thriving force. Here are some trends that I have culled from recent reading:

July 4, 2007

Jeffords plans to eliminate education sucommittee – Washington Update

Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt.), a moderate Republican expected to chair a powerful Senate committee, is taking no chances in his quest to oversee reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

A thoroughly satisfying look at community colleges… – again

The American Community College by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, 1996 512 pages Hardback: $38.95

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Flourishing in scientific careers – Black scientists on encouraging black students to take up science courses

While completing his master’s degree in zoology at the University of Maryland College Park in 1984, Dr. David Jett’s advisor and several faculty members told him that he was not Ph.D. material.

July 4, 2007

Battle joins Bulls as assistant coach

AMHERST N.Y. Former star guard Turner Battle is back with the Bulls, hired on Thursday as a University at Buffalo men’s basketball assistant coach.

July 4, 2007

Abbott, Brayton among College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

LUBBOCK Texas Former Michigan star and major league pitcher Jim Abbott was one of 11 former players and coaches inducted Wednesday into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

July 4, 2007

Curriculum changes could cut students’ time with Ark. history

LITTLE ROCK A newly revised social studies curriculum for Arkansas’ school children will cut the amount of time devoted to state history for elementary and high school students, historians warned.

July 4, 2007

Exec Linked to Va. Tech Shooter Quits

BLACKSBURG Va. The executive director of a mental health agency that had a role in treatment for the Virginia Tech student who killed 32 people and himself has quit after a year in the position.

July 4, 2007

Businessman’s $1 million Ferrari to fund UA scholarships

MOBILE Ala. Darrell Westfaul’s 1950 red Ferrari, purchased 41 years ago in his student days for $1,500, has been sold for $1 million that will generate scholarships for University of Alabama students.

July 4, 2007