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Study: Whites Just Don’t Understand the Black Experience
MANSFIELD, Ohio To White Americans, giving up television is a hardship; being Black is not. That’s the upshot of a series of studies by researchers at The Ohio State University.
June 24, 2007
HBCUs
Perspectives: Capacity Building Initiatives Can Shift Perception of Private HBCUs From Dire to Exciting
Within the American cultural imagination, with a few notable exceptions, private historically Black colleges and universities have rarely occupied their deserved status among this nation’s colleges and universities. Founded in the 19th century and maturing in the 20th century, these institutions have played an integral role in the development of this nation and the collective achievement of African-Americans. They have done so while operating with limited resources, discriminatory public policies and the restrictive label of “developing institutions.”
June 24, 2007
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African-American
“We want to read about ourselves”: writers and scholars assess state of black literature – black writers and scholars analyze state of black literature
WASHINGTON, D.C. Is the current resurgence in Black literature and enduring one or is it just a “spike”? What’s driving it? Will it last? And how should colleges and universities respond in their literature classes?
June 23, 2007
Students
Retired Army General takes control of D.C. public schools – Lt. Gen. Julius Becton’s appointment as CEO
As president of Prairie View A&M University, retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius Becton earned respect as a starched-shirt leader who demanded accountability in academic and financial affairs and didn’t mind challenging the status quo to achieve his goals.
June 23, 2007
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Truth, curricula, and the educational way – need to include whole truth in school curricula
Are there degrees of truth? Yes. Most curricula tell the truth, but they may not tell the whole truth.
June 23, 2007
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Journey to Justice. – book reviews
As a reluctant spectator of the year-and-a-half-long O.J. Simpson murder trial, one of the most difficult tasks for me was to keep my personal distress over this particularly disturbing case separate from my regard for the many fine African-American attorneys involved on both sides of the bar.
June 23, 2007
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Latinx
Clinton opens “Frontiers of Opportunity” for tribal colleges – Bill Clinton, federal grants to Native American schools
After two decades of prayers, politicking and impassioned pleas, tribal colleges have gained greater access to federal grants under an executive order signed by President Clinton.
June 23, 2007
African-American
Taking care of business – schools – business courses in historically Black colleges and universities – includes related articles on accreditation and employment issues
As competition for the best and brightest Black students continues to increase, some historically Black college and university (HBCU) business programs are positioning themselves to out-muscle even the most acclaimed institutions.
June 23, 2007
Health
Pinn expands the scope of NIH – Vivian W. Pinn, National Institutes of Health – special report: health sciences
When Dr. Bernadine Healy, the renowned A cardiologist who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), undertook a search in 1991 to hire the first permanent director of NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), she did not have to look far to fill the position.
June 23, 2007
Sports
Sports medicine given new prescription: team work – includes related article on careers in sports medicine – special report: health sciences
Sports medicine used to be the sole responsibility of athletic trainers and team doctors, whose only emphasis was treating injured athletes.
June 23, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Examining higher education’s role in health care – educating personnel for allied health services – special report: health sciences
To meet health industry needs for thousands of physical therapists, occupational therapists and other trained health professionals, colleges and universities have revamped their course offerings. Even so, they turn down more students than they accept.
June 23, 2007
Students
Seeking the cure – nursing program at South Carolina State University – special report: health sciences
ORANGEBURG, S.C. Facing the threat of closure, the nursing program at South Carolina State University is searching for a cure to its problem of low passing rates among graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
June 23, 2007
Health
Black medical community boosts AIDS research – special report: health sciences
In 1991, when Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, and Dr. Barbara Justice, learned that an immunologist in Kenya was achieving near-miraculous results treating HIV/AIDs patients with a substance called “kemron,” the two African-American physicians had to see for themselves.
June 23, 2007
Latinx
Students vow to oppose Proposition 209 – special report: health sciences
The weekend after the elections, approximately 1,600 Chicano students met at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) for the regularly scheduled fall statewide MEChA conference.
June 23, 2007
Health
Miracles – political and medical – in South Africa
Some U.S. congressional leaders are calling projects funded by the United States Agency for International Develop it (USAID) at historically Black American institutions working in South Africa examples of “reverse discrimination.”
June 23, 2007
Health
In appreciation: Joan P. Cerstvik – special report: health sciences – includes excerpt from Wisdom and Hindsight: Render Brown’s Goals ‘Incomplete’ – Obituary
Many of you who have been in contact with us since we began publishing Black Issues In Higher Education in 1984 have had the god fortune of speaking and working with Joan Cerstvik, our longtime Operations Manager and our first retiree.
June 23, 2007
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Election reflections – special report: health sciences
What happens when a shaky bridge to the future seems determined to fuse with a nostalgic look to the past? That is a jarring question to ask in the wake of the 1996 election and the Democratic Presidential victory, but since President William Jefferson Clinton is determined to push aspects of a Republican platform, it is the appropriate question.
June 23, 2007
African-American
The color maroon – review of book on African history and culture – special report: health sciences
I approach this book with unmitigated joy. For the record, let me confess at the outset that I am Afrocentric in my view, as well as a colleague, friend and fan of the author of this magnificent collection of essays, The Maroon Within Us. Additionally, I have encouraged him, over the years, to commit his […]
June 23, 2007
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