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Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid Process

Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessBy M.H. MillerNora Diaz almost didn’t make it to college because her student-aid application form was too long and complicated. Diaz told a congressional panel that she couldn’t have filled out the form without help from counselors. And without student aid, college wouldn’t have been an option for Diaz, whose father […]

Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?

Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?A couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite former students — now an administrator at Fisk University — called to inquire how quickly I could get Fisk on my speaking schedule. He informed me that my fraternity brothers on the campus had become the latest victimizers […]

Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black Colleges

Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black CollegesBy Ronald Roach I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesBy Juan Williams and Dwayne AshleyAmistad (Harper Collins), 2004pp. 480, $35.00, HardcoverISBN: 0-06-009453-2 In I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, authors Juan […]

Keeping Students Afloat

Keeping Students AfloatNoel-Levitz awards recognize retention programs that generate resultsBy Crystal L. KeelsSink or swim. That has been the prevailing climate of higher education in the past — students will either find their way through, or find their way out of institutions of higher learning. But since roughly the late 1980s and through the 1990s, […]

From Mississippi to Miami

From Mississippi to MiamiFlorida International University recruits legendary civil rights activist Bob Moses and his nationally recognized math literacy projectBy Ronald RoachFew historic episodes in American history have imparted a more potent plea for social justice and inclusion than the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. In the past two decades, legendary activist […]

Couple Honored for Housing Black Iowa State Students in the Mid-1900s

Couple Honored for Housing Black Iowa State Students in the Mid-1900sAMES, IowaIf Archie and Nancy Martin were alive to see the expansive new residence hall named in their honor, there’s little doubt they would be awestruck.Last month, the board of regents, State of Iowa, approved the renaming of one of the university’s dormitories to “Archie […]

On the Road with Barack Obama

On the Road with Barack Obama BI: Do you advocate any significant changes in federal higher education policy, specifically in regard to student financial aid and pre-college programs for disadvantaged students and underrepresented minorities? BO: I think it’s really important that we revamp our college loan programs to free up more money for students. The […]

Presidential Proposals

Presidential ProposalsCandidates Envision Ways to Promote Postsecondary EducationBy Crystal L. KeelsQuestions of military service and non-service, missing weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, the threat of further terrorist attacks and the unprecedented suggestion that U.S. elections may be postponed are topics that have characterized the 2004 presidential election campaign thus far. […]

OBAMA RISING

OBAMA RISING All but assured to become the fifth Black American to hold a seat in the U.S. Senate, Obama represents to many the emergence of a new generation of national political leadershipBy Ronald Roach SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Less than two months after a stellar keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama […]

Winston-Salem State Students Question Blair’s Appearance

Winston-Salem State Students Question Blair’s AppearanceWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Some Winston-Salem State University students are questioning the school’s decision to bring disgraced journalist Jayson Blair to campus to speak. Ebonee Russell, a senior and a reporter for The News Argus, the historically Black university’s newspaper, said she was bothered that WSSU is one of the few schools […]

Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says

Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoPinching pennies early for college and investing in state-sponsored savings plans may actually result in a net loss for students, considering the financial aid reductions that may result, particularly for low-income students who plan to attend community colleges, a new report concludes.Money […]

Black Greek-Lettered Organizations

Black Greek-Lettered OrganizationsAnd Civic ResponsibilityOn the eve of the first centennial celebrations for Black Greek-lettered organizations (BGLOs), and at this crucial time in American electoral politics, it is important to discuss the potential impact of BGLOs in advancing African American civil and political rights. During the antebellum years and Jim Crow era, barriers to Black […]

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