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Scholarship, sisterhood, service – black women in African American fraternities

When twenty-two young Black women came together at Howard University to form Delta Sigma Theta sorority, their goal was to focus on scholarship, sisterhood, and service to the African American community. A review of the sorority’s early history indicates that these young women, and the ones who followed them, did exactly that.

July 10, 2007

Pledging a brother, not intaking a “paper brother.”

The following story allegedly took place on a public historically Black college campus in Maryland last year. Because the tradition of pledging has been officially replaced by the National Pan-Hellenic Council with a “Membership Intake Process,” all forms of hazing have prohibited. The author signed a document promising not to be involved in any pledging activities. To avoid sanctions, he asked that his name not be given. The author is currently working on a master’s degree. Although the name Gamma Delta is used, it is not the real of the fraternity chapter involved.

July 10, 2007

Frat-ricide: are African American fraternities beating themselves to death? – includes related articles on the National Pan-Hellenic Council, its statement on hazing and its membership development efforts – Cover Story

“They took him into a room and five members of the fraternity attacked him. They punched and kicked him. I asked if he ever got the urge to swing back and he said, `We can’t.’ He said he had been kicked in the head.”

July 10, 2007

Putting words in the president’s mouth: when Terry Edmonds writes, people listens – Morgan State University alumnus and presidential speechwriter

Since Joining the White House in early 1995, presidential speechwriter Terry Edmonds has toiled far away from the news media spotlight that closely follows President Bill Clinton and his top aides.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Athletics return, but the struggle continues at UDC; Harvard professors, local AAUP members unite to aid faltering institution – University of the District of Columbia; American Association of University Professors

Washington The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will reinstate its athletics program in the fall, thanks to a referendum vote by students to increase student athletic fees by $50.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Athletics return, but the struggle continues at UDC; Harvard professors, local AAUP members unite to aid faltering institution – University of the District of Columbia; American Association of University Professors

Washington The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will reinstate its athletics program in the fall, thanks to a referendum vote by students to increase student athletic fees by $50.

July 10, 2007

Despite criticism, Congress commits to educational tax cuts

The White House and Republican congressional leaders settled negotiations on an education tax break in late May even though some Democrats — including Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members — are skeptical of the overall budget agreement, of which it is a part.

July 10, 2007

UC professor wins gender discrimination lawsuit – University of California at Santa Barbara Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez

One day last fall, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez woke up and decided she was not going to take it anymore.

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Conceptual shift needed to diversify higher education

At a recent meeting in Los Angeles, the American Association of Community College board of directors unanimously approved a statement on inclusion.

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

“Techie” sets pace – Dr. Alan G. Merten, new president of Georgia Mason University

In American higher education, rarely have computer scientists advanced to the top ranks of university leadership. At George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Dr. Alan G. Merten, the school’s newly inaugurated president, is getting the opportunity to demonstrate the leadership, administrative and academic skills he has acquired during his twenty-seven-year career as a computer scientist and teacher.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Technology: a considerable investment expected to pay big dividends – use of the World Wide Web as an educational resource

Like most American institutions of higher learning, Voorhees College is boldly embracing the future. The small liberal arts, historically Black institution in Denmark, S.C., has adopted information technology to overcome the isolation that its rural, out-of-the-way location has imposed on the Episcopal Church-affiliated school.

July 10, 2007

Ethical principals must guide technology – Transcript

The following is an excerpt from President William Jefferson Clinton’s commencement address at Morgan State University May 18, 1997. President Clinton was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws.

July 10, 2007

Georgia study cites hope for student retention, better grades: model for national plan appears successful

ATLANTA In Georgia, borderline college students who depend on Hope scholarships to pay their tuition and fees are more likely to remain in school take snore courses and earn better grades, according to a new study by the Council for School Performance, an independent think tank.

July 10, 2007

Technology necessary but not sufficient for parity

It is five in the morning and night is fading into dawn. I am in my favorite place at my favorite time–hunched over my computer before morning light, stringing together sentences in the same way that a child strings beads on thread, trying to make sense and create resonance from words.

July 10, 2007

African-American

Holding on to African American history

For decades, white institutions and a handful of historically Black college and university (HBCU) archives have served as the main repositories for document and artifacts that tell the story of the history and contributions of people of African descent. But countless other pieces of Black America’s historical fabric are collecting dust in church basements or crumbling on bookshelves.

July 10, 2007

The Joy and Challenge of Raising African American Children. – book reviews

Emma M. Talbott paralyzes her parenting guide, The Joy and Challenge of Raising African American Children, with a negativity that is antithetical to the philosophy she advocates for nurturing African American children. She instructs the parent “to affirm” the Black child, but overlooks the need “to affirm” our Black parents, heritage and culture.

July 10, 2007

Resurrecting Fisk’s Race Relations Institute: with $4 million in grants, director Raymond Winbush says, “We’re going to do something old” – Fisk University

Since taking over Fisk University’s Race Relations Institute two years ago, Dr. Raymond Winbush has been aggressive about revitalizing the once-prominent institute and resuscitating its showpiece — an annual summer seminar which died sixteen years ago.

July 10, 2007

Chicano generation gap: method of activism by scholars at center of NACCS schism – includes related article on Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan

Sacramento Protesting California’s anti-affirmative action Proposition 209 and the general anti-Latino and anti-immigrant mood of the state and the country, the twenty-fourth annual National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) conference kicked off with a rally here late last month at the base of the state capitol.

July 10, 2007