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Temple University Graduate Students Vote To Unionize

Temple University Graduate Students Vote To UnionizePHILADELPHIA Graduate students at Temple University voted overwhelmingly to unionize in the first election of its kind in Pennsylvania. The students, who work as teaching and research assistants, voted 290-16 last month to be represented by the Temple University Graduate Students Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of […]

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black Frats

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black FratsBy Paul RuffinsThis spring, the pattern of illegal hazing that has threatened the survival of Black fraternities and sororities has once again repeated itself with deadly and devastating consequences. In early April, Nashville authorities officially announced what many had suspected for months: The January death of […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What new pressures will community colleges experience when remediation is removed from four-year institutions?Dr. James Anderson, vice provost for undergraduate affairs and professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.Today, a significant number of students who attend college need remedial courses. About one-third of the nation’s first-time, full-time freshmen in […]

Reinventing Howard’s Law School

Reinventing Howard’s Law SchoolDean Alice Gresham Bullock is determined to keep the nation’s oldest historically Black law school relevant to 21st century realities. By Gwendolyn GlennWASHINGTONWhen Alice Gresham Bullock was named dean of the Howard University School of Law in 1997, beating out candidates such as Harvard University’s Charles Ogletree, not everyone was pleased. Some […]

Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper

Flap Over Reparations Ad Reaches Duke Student Newspaper DURHAM, N.C. Duke University students have joined the bitter protests being played out at campuses across the country over a full-page advertisement criticizing calls for slavery reparations. The ad, placed in The Chronicle for $1,071 by conservative writer David Horowitz, opposes providing monetary reimbursement to the descendants […]

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary Dinner

UNCF Raises More Than $1 Million at 57th Anniversary DinnerNEW YORKThe United Negro College Fund raised more than $1 million at its 57th anniversary dinner held last month in New York. The funds will benefit students who attend the organization’s 39 member colleges and institutions. The dinner also provided the organization a chance to honor […]

Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package

Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package Students of color could reap some financial gains from an education tax package approved by the SenateFinance Committee.One key provision of the bill would eliminate all taxes on National Health Service Corps Scholarships, in which graduates of health programs receive scholarships in exchange for a commitment […]

Law Poses Threat to College Access

Law Poses Threat to College Access, Critics Say Lawmakers seek to repeal ban on federal financial aid to students with drug convictionsBy Charles DervaricsA 3-year-old federal law that bars students from federal financial aid even for minor drug convictions poses a threat to college access for low-income students, perhaps leaving them with few educational alternatives, […]

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student Debtors

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student DebtorsIn his briefing to the Senate Banking Committee last month, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said that while the economy is slowing, economic futures remain bright because productivity continues to be robust. This steady productivity is the result of changes in the way we do business, largely because […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:How can we measure the true impact of technology on learning and student success?Dr. Samuel M. Hampton Program manager, Executive Leadership Foundation, Technology Transfer ProjectWashingtonWhile the issues in improving technology in higher education are complex, I am most interested in the successful improvement of faculty and instructors’ technology skills. This is critical […]

Demonstrating Student Success

Qualified Low-Income Students Locked Out of Higher Education, Says Report

Qualified Low-Income Students Locked Out of Higher Education, Says ReportWASHINGTONA key advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Congress says that many low-income students are currently denied access to college and millions more may be locked out of a college education if need-based federal student financial aid programs are not immediately […]

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity

U of Arizona Approves Formation of Its First American Indian Fraternity TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona formally approved the first American Indian fraternity in the school’s history. The five-member fraternity, Beta Sigma Epsilon, is dedicated to improving low enrollment and retention rates for American Indian males, says chapter president Nathan Pryor. In addition to […]

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