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It’s All About the Benjamins

It’s All About the BenjaminsColleges and universities, to their credit, are raising more money than ever. I must receive a few press releases a week from schools announcing either their record-breaking fund-raising results or that they are about to launch a capital campaign. For the average person, it is difficult to conceive that schools are […]

Suspended Fraternity to Return

Suspended Fraternity to Return To Western Illinois University CampusMACOMB, Ill.A fraternity suspended from Western Illinois University for running a racially offensive advertisement will be allowed back on campus this fall. An administrative review committee has concluded that Delta Tau Delta is taking steps to improve itself. The all-White fraternity was suspended in September after a […]

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars Program

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars ProgramNEWARK, N.J.Over the next three years, nine students from historically Black colleges will get full scholarships to New Jersey law schools through a donation from a Lucent corporate executive and his wife. The United Negro College Fund’s New Jersey Law Scholars Program is the first of its kind in […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:With colleges and universities increasingly changing many of their retention, scholarship and other programs from targeting only African American students, what can I do as an administrator to keep my university committed to increasing their Black student enrollment and graduation rates?Dr. Donnie Perkins,Dean and DirectorOffice of Affirmative Action and DiversityNortheastern UniversityBostonIf not […]

Federal Judge Has Serious Reservations About Desegregation Plan

Federal Judge Has Serious Reservations About Desegregation Plan JACKSON, Miss.The federal judge overseeing Mississippi’s college desegregation case says he has “serious reservations” about parts of the $500 million settlement proposal. In papers filed last month in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Judge Neal Biggers Jr. said parts of the proposal are significantly more expensive than a […]

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative Action

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative ActionBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOIn a unanimous vote, the University of California regents have repealed their ban on affirmative action, hoping to send a welcoming message to Black and Latino students — and bid farewell to six years of protests and political infighting.Sealed in backroom agreements under […]

FTC Charges Scholarship Marketers With Misrepresentation

FTC Charges Scholarship Marketers With MisrepresentationThe Federal Trade Commission, as part of its ongoing “Project ScholarScam,” has settled charges with College Resource Management Inc., (CRM) of misrepresenting their ability to obtain college financial aid for students.According to the FTC’s complaint, the defendants marketed their financial aid services through a direct-mail campaign targeted to high school […]

The Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching Slavery

The Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching Slavery By Paul Ruffins Because of its richness and controversy, the study of slavery has captured the interest and imagination of many different theorists. In turn, these researchers have discovered new documents and reinterpreted older sources of data. Because these scholars’ sources and conclusions are […]

The Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching Slavery

The Peculiar InstitutionNew Trends and Controversies in Researching and Teaching Slavery By Paul Ruffins Because of its richness and controversy, the study of slavery has captured the interest and imagination of many different theorists. In turn, these researchers have discovered new documents and reinterpreted older sources of data. Because these scholars’ sources and conclusions are […]

Washington State University Moves to Make School Safer for Minorities

Washington State University Moves to Make School Safer for MinoritiesPULLMAN, Wash.Washington State University will take steps to make its campus safer for minority students, President V. Lane Rawlins says. The steps include creating a better system to report violence, recruiting more minority faculty and hiring an administrator to educate students about the perils of drinking. […]

Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State Report

Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State ReportNEW YORK The City University of New York’s decision to drop remedial programs from its four-year programs has had little effect on its minority enrollment, according to a state report. The elimination of remedial courses in math, reading and writing at seven of […]

College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT

College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT Is Good Predictor of Grades, GraduationMINNEAPOLISAt a time when the SAT college admission tests are under fire, new research says the scores are good forecasters of grades throughout college and whether students stay around to graduate. Critics of the SAT as an admissions tool, however, raised questions early this month […]

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