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EventsFEBRUARYFebruary 2-6Association of Teacher Educators82nd Annual MeetingDenverContact: Association of Teacher EducatorsPhone: (703) 620-3110E-mail: ate1@aol.comWeb: www.siu.edu/departments/coe/ateFebruary 6-1048th Annual NASAP Conference“Rhythms of Change: Are Student Affairs ProfessionalsChanging to Meet the Needs of a Global Society?”Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, Ala.Contact: Minnie R. Austin, ChairwomanPhone: (334) 727-8837Fax: (334) 782-4228February 9-12American Council on Education84th Annual MeetingSan Francisco Marriott HotelSan FranciscoContact: Wendy BreslerPhone: […]

SLOW BUT STEADY

SLOW BUT STEADYadvocates seek ways to stimulate top-level participATION among minorities IN COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL GOLFFormer Stanford University standout Tiger Woods has single-handedly crushed all racial stereotypes about Blacks’ ability to play golf at the highest collegiate and professional levels. But while Woods’ success has spawned more interest in the game among Blacks, there’s no […]

Florida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias Probe

Florida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias ProbeCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Civil rights and education advocacy groups from Florida and around the nation are calling on state leaders to address “racial bias” in the formula used to award Bright Futures scholarships.A letter delivered last month to top state officials charges that “rigid test score cut-offs” on the […]

Congress Approves $4,000 Maximum Pell Grant

Congress Approves $4,000 Maximum Pell GrantThe House and Senate in late December found a way to increase the maximum Pell Grant for next year despite a slowing economy that is putting major pressure on the government’s main student-aid program.Following weeks of negotiations, Congress finally approved a record $4,000 maximum Pell Grant for the neediest college […]

Events

EventsJANUARYJanuary 18-19Eighth National African American Student Leadership Conference“Connecting Progressive African American Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing Legacy”Rust CollegeHolly Springs, Miss.Phone: (662) 252-8000, Ext. 4311Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgJanuary 23-26Association of American Colleges and Universities88th Annual Meeting“Changing Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economically Divided, Globally Interdependent”Grand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Contact: AACUPhone: (202) 387-3760Fax: (202) […]

Becoming Socialized in Student Affairs Administration

A Calculating Career

A Calculating CareerGrowing up as the child of two university professors, Dr. Jonathan Farley never thought of doing anything other than teaching. However, he is finding that the biggest challenge as a young scholar is balancing both professional and social responsibilities. “One year I noted I was on seven different committees — the Martin Luther […]

Student Detained After Terrorist Attacks Is Released on Bond

Student Detained After Terrorist Attacks Is Released on BondNEW YORKA college student accused of promoting terrorism by lying to a grand jury was freed from federal custody last month after posting $500,000 bond.Osama Awadallah, 21, planned to fly home Dec. 14 to San Diego, where family and friends raised $50,000 cash — and turned over […]

Auburn University Steps up Minority Programs

Auburn University Steps up Minority ProgramsAUBURN, Ala.Auburn University will expand its minority studies and continue racial tolerance and diversity training next year for its faculty, staff and students in the face of the Nov. 5 fraternity blackface party that reaped scorn (see Black Issues, Dec. 6). Auburn interim president William F. Walker announced a stepped-up […]

Events

Events JANUARYJanuary 18-19Eighth National African American Student Leadership Conference“Connecting Progressive African American Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing Legacy”Rust College, Holly Springs, Miss.Phone: (662) 252-8000, Ext. 4311Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgJanuary 23-26Association of American Colleges and Universities 88th Annual Meeting“Changing Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economi-cally Divided, Globally Interdependent”Grand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Contact: AACUPhone: […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:I have heard of programs to increase the number of minority faculty by allowing them to teach if they are in the final stages of their doctorate. Can you tell me if there are any programs like thisfor prospective college administrators?Programs to increase the number of minority college administrators — analogous to […]

Florida State Showcases Student Films on Internet

Florida State Showcases Student Films on InternetTallahassee, Fla.Florida State University has a special Web site to enable the general public to view the work of its student filmmakers. Through RealPlayer or QuickTime, FSU’s School of Motion Picture, Tele-vision and Recording Arts’ Web site is showcasing 30 films. University officials say the digital movies range from […]

Howard Symposium Highlights

Howard Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president […]

The Assessment of Doctoral Education

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