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Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate StudentsSan Antonio, TexasDr. Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., last month challenged America’s universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.Speaking at the annual meeting of the National […]

Freedom Forum, Vanderbilt University to Construct New Journalism Diversity Institute

Freedom Forum, Vanderbilt University to Construct New Journalism Diversity InstituteNashville, Tenn.The Freedom Forum last month announced plans for construction of The Freedom Forum Institute for Newsroom Diversity at Vanderbilt University. The new $6 million facility will house the innovative training center for journalists of color. The institute’s mission will be to help increase the number […]

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsWardell G. Baker has been promoted to associate vice president for student affairs at Virginia State University in Petersburg. Previously, he was director of residence life at the university. Baker earned both a bachelor’s in agronomy and a master’s in education from Virginia State University.Genevieve Brembry, executive director of the Texas Association of Developing […]

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]

Thurgood Marshall Fund Raises $5.7 Million, Beats Goal

Thurgood Marshall Fund Raises $5.7 Million, Beats GoalBy Cheryl D. FieldsNEW YORKWhen the goal is to prepare a new generation of leaders, money is often what distinguishes those with good intentions from those who are taking care of business. The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund let the world know last month that it is in the […]

Experts Leary of Texas’ Latest Education Disparity Elimination Efforts

Experts Leary of Texas’ Latest Education Disparity Elimination EffortsBy Lydia LumAUSTIN, TexasEducators here are asking state lawmakers to help finance new endowments of faculty positions and student scholarships. The request is part of an effort to settle the dispute between the federal Office of Civil Rights and the state of Texas regarding inequalities among the […]

Group Wants UC to Stop Racial Profiling

Group Wants UC to Stop Racial ProfilingBOULDER, Colo. A newly formed student group wants the University of Colorado to stop collecting information on the racial makeup of the school. The group, the Equal Opportunity Alliance, says the university is practicing racial profiling by gathering such data at the university. It wants officials to delete the […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Christopher T. Curry has been appointed director of residence life at Delaware State University. He was formerly assistant dean of students and director of residence life at Delaware Valley College. Curry earned his bachelor’s from Lincoln University, his master’s from Cheyney University and his doctorate from LaSalle University.Dr. Paul Keys has been named […]

Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technology

Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technologymany still face major digital divide issues, NAFEO Report saysWASHINGTON The majority of Black colleges and universities are more wired than originally assumed, according to a recent study released by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Despite the fact that the majority of HBCUs have networks […]

Massachusetts Officials to Vote on $123 Million Proposal to Require Student Laptops

Massachusetts Officials to Vote on $123 Million Proposal to Require Student LaptopsBOSTON M assachusetts state colleges soon may join a handful of public campuses requiring that students buy and use their own laptops. The initial three-year plan, which would require state funding, includes $54 million that would go toward discounts and toward full and partial […]

Tuskegee,Colorado to Participate in Exchange Programs

Tuskegee,Colorado to Participate in Exchange ProgramsTUSKEGEE, Ala.Students and faculty at Tuskegee University here and the University of Colorado at Boulder will begin participating in a joint exchange program.Initially, the program will feature the exchange of six to 10 undergraduate students in both directions. Those exchanges will last for one semester. Faculty exchanges are scheduled to […]

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