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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
STEM
Regents Come Up with Compromise for FAMU Designation
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. State university system officials agreed last month to a special designation for Florida A&M University aimed at resolving a racially tinged controversy over dividing the state’s 10 public universities into three classifications.
July 14, 2007
Health
Professional Appointments
CROSS TO LEAD MORRIS BROW
July 14, 2007
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Now that DNA evidence conclusively proves the third U.S. president fathered the child of a slave, scholars weigh in on what it means for the discipline of American History
Now that DNA evidence conclusively proves the third U.S. president fathered the child of a slave, scholars weigh in on what it means for the discipline of American History
July 14, 2007
Health
Black Enrollment in Dental Schools Continues to Drop
WASHINGTON African American enrollment in dental schools declined for the third consecutive year, according to data recently released by the American Association of Dental Schools (AADS) and the American Dental Association.
July 14, 2007
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Students
On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise In An Era Of Rising Student Consumerism
ON HIGHER EDUCATION: THE ACADEMIC ENTERPRISE IN AN ERA OF RISING STUDENT CONSUMERISM
July 14, 2007
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The Price of Operatic Success
WASHINGTON University Howard voice students got a novel opportunity to take instruction from a world-class musical talent earlier this month, when opera legend Leontyne Price took center stage at Cramton Auditorium to conduct a master class.
July 14, 2007
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New Conspiracy Theory Concerning Disenfranchisement
Dear Editor: As an avid reader of the magazine, I read the article in the October 29, 1998 issue — titled, “The Tuskegee Experiment’s Long Shadow” — and find that I am also a victim of the conspiracy theories concerning African Americans: I had heard the rumor about the fifth digit in a person’s social security number indicating whether you are African American or not and I sort of believed it.
July 14, 2007
Students
Much Ado About Nothing?
Temple Coach Baffled by Concerns About Athletes’ Lower Graduation Rates
July 14, 2007
Community Colleges
Colleges Get Ready to GEAR-UP
Colleges and universities should prepare for a quick start of the new federal GEAR-UP for College program, says U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), one of the program’s chief architects.
July 14, 2007
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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 ten points.
July 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Fighting to Survive
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. This slowly decaying, city, once called “America’s Soweto,” is so impoverished that it lost its city hall six years ago in a court judgement to a creditor.
July 14, 2007
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Students
Large Black Voter Turnout Helped Usher In New House Leadership
Strong voter turnout among African Americans helped Democrats pick up five U.S. House of Representatives seats and avoid any net losses in the Senate in the November 3 election.
July 14, 2007
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Planning for Technology
New guide offers a model for information technology planning that is tailored to the needs of HBCUs
July 14, 2007
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Taking the Initiative
In the wake of Washington State’s passage of Initiative 200, pro-affirmative action scholars call for a new combat strategy
July 14, 2007
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Civil Rights Efforts Get Budget Increases
Civil fights advocates are praising the recent 1999 budget agreement for providing federal agencies, including the U.S. Education Department (ED), with more funds to fight discrimination.
July 14, 2007
Students
The Epitome of Inequality
Alabama’s all-but-level higher education playing field is a case study in what’s wrong with higher education’s commitment to equity and diversity
July 14, 2007
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