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Leading from Behind

Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools

July 12, 2007

African-American

Howard Weighs In on Affirmative Action Debate

WASHINGTON By organizing a high-powered symposium that includes William Gray of The College Fund, Christopher Edley Jr. of the Harvard School of Law, and Luther Williams of the National Science Foundation, Howard University has begun an examination of whether African Americans and other under-represented groups will continue to have access to graduate education.

July 12, 2007

Hurdle #1: Getting in the Door

Research institutions are the primary producers of the nation’s scientific brain trust. Yet, the record of these institutions for producing African Americans in these disciplines is spotty. In this feature, Black Issues examines the experiences of three of the leading science and engineering institutions, citing examples of strategies that are yielding favorable results and those that leave senior scholars scratching their heads over why they’re not working.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas A&M Affiliation With Law School Denied

HOUSTON Texas A&M University should drop its affiliation with the private South Texas College of Law and instead get permission to establish its own law school, higher education officials say.

July 12, 2007

Trouble Along The Science Pipeline

Perhaps the most commonly cited barrier to African American students being chosen by the most competitive colleges and universities for admission into science and engineering programs is their performance on standardized college entrance exams, namely the SAT and ACT.

July 12, 2007

Minority Hiring Not Making the Grade in Collegiate Sports

BOSTON The grades are in for minority hiring in college sports, and they’re lousy.

July 12, 2007

Black Scientists: Why Are There Still So Few?

When Gene Roddenberry’s starship Enterprise explored new frontiers science fiction in his show Star Trek, he cast a diverse team of actors to portray the rocket scientists of the future.

July 12, 2007

UC Women’s Basketball Coach Sued Over Alleged Slur

OAKLAND, Calif. University of California (UC) women’s basketball coach Marianne Stanley has been sued over her alleged use of a racial slur during an argument at a school gym.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Feds Close Title VI Investigation in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio The decision by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to close its active Title VI investigation into the state of Ohio’s treatment of Central State University (CSU) triggered mixed reactions ranging from praise to sharp criticism in and around the Wilberforce, Ohio campus.

July 12, 2007

California Students Propose Initiative to `Provide Equal Opportunity’

BERKELEY, Calif. In response the anti-affirmative action referendums and policy statements which have become the law of the land in the state of California, students here have crafted the Equal Educational Opportunity. Initiative (EEOI) in hopes of getting it on the ballot in November.

July 12, 2007

Kerner Commission Report Updated by New Study

A report updating the findings of the 1968 Kerner Commission report concludes that “the rich are getting richer, the poor and working class are getting poorer, and minorities are suffering disproportionately…. A class and racial breach is widening again as we begin the new millennium.”

July 12, 2007

Washington UPDATE

ED Backs Continued Default-Rate Exemption for HBCUs

July 12, 2007

Just the Stats: Top 100 Popular Disciplines By Race, Gender

As encouraging as the numbers of minorities earning advanced degrees may have been, gender differences across racial lines continue to persist at the master’s and doctoral levels.

July 12, 2007

Democratic Candidates Criticize Bush Record on Race

DETROIT Democratic presidential contender U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on Thursday derided President George W. Bush’s commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison term even as Black men routinely serve time behind bars.

July 12, 2007

Bringing Graduate Education to the Workplace

Paying for books and little else, company employees benefit from Webster University’s Corporate Cohort program.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Charting a Black research agenda – interview with H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University – Cover Story – Interview

President H. Patrick Swygert, 54, assumed the helm of the nation’s only historically Black Research I institution in 1995. Since his arrival at Howard University, he has been crafting a strategy to carry the institution into the twenty-first century on a more stable financial footing, from which it will be poised to lead the nation in shaping and implementing the academic and research agenda for African Americans in the next millennium.

July 11, 2007

Reforming American education

Washington Just what is education reform? National education standards? Equity of access? Teacher certification? Curriculum revision? Better governance? Moreover, do we really need to reconstruct our educational system?

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Looking out for their future – Black and Latino students seek to support University of Michigan as defendants in reverse discrimination lawsuit

Washington National and local civil rights groups are hoping to accomplish in Michigan what Texas officials failed to do during Hopwood v. Texas — that is, prevent the restriction of educational opportunities for Black and Latino students.

July 11, 2007