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The Benefits of Perpetuity Gifts

The Benefits of Perpetuity GiftsA popular way for some athletes to achieve perpetuity in their philanthropy is through the establishment of foundations.Kevin Lockett, a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, organized the Lockett-Up Foundation to fund programs focusing on youth development, basic reading skills and community service in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., as […]

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards

Special Report Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards uring basketball season here at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena, a group of youngsters ages 8 through 13 can be found watching the action from a section of floor seats known as Reggie’s Corner.The corner is named for former Huskies team captain Reggie Lewis, who passed away suddenly in 1993 […]

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsCentral State University, in partnership with the Battelle Memorial Institute, has received a $50,000 grant from the Ohio Technology Action Fund to establish an Environmental Technology Incubator for the historically Black institution. The purpose of the incubator is to enhance the university’s role in the regions’ economic development by creating new jobs, products […]

Washington Briefs

Ed. Dept. Speaker Criticizes RepublicansWASHINGTON — A former teacher described Govs. George W. and Jeb Bush as racists during a U.S. Department of Education seminar on promoting diversity last month, and at least one lawmaker is demanding an explanation.Jane Elliot, an author who delivers lectures worldwide on race and bias issues, was invited to the […]

13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid

13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid WASHINGTON — Thirteen of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities will retain their access to critical student financial aid programs despite loan default rates that could trigger significant penalties.Congress eliminated a long-standing exemption from sanctions for HBCUs during the last reauthorization of the Higher Education […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some points that African American faculty and administrators should consider when mentoring students of color?Clayton CobbDirector of Multicultural AffairsCarleton CollegeNorthfield, Minn.The psychosocial factors inherent on college and university campuses tend to impede the ability of students of color to achieve their educational goals. The duration of their academic careers at […]

Howard Bugs Typify Challenge Of Updating Technology

Howard Bugs Typify Challenge Of Updating TechnologyWASHINGTON — Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. That’s what Howard University administrators here may be saying in light of criticism that has come their way in recent weeks.Anxious to update an old mainframe with new software in time for the Y2K turnover, administrators implemented a system […]

BI News Briefs

Judge OKs Settlement in White Student’s Discrimination SuitTULSA, Okla. — A federal judge earlier this month approved a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a White student who contended that Oklahoma higher-education officials unfairly denied him a scholarship.University of Tulsa student Matthew Pollard filed his lawsuit against the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education […]

Retention: Graduation’s Critical Component

Retention: Graduation’s Critical ComponentHigher education has a skeleton it would rather keep in the closet. While reports of swelling minority student enrollments continue to circulate, there may be another side to the picture. A college can enroll Black, Latino and American Indian students until the proverbial cows come home. But if these underrepresented populations don’t […]

Researchers Investigate Persistence Among Minority Two-Year Transferees

Researchers Investigate Persistence Among Minority Two-Year TransfereesRALEIGH, N.C. — You can lead a community college student to a university, but can you make him graduate? That’s a question Dr. Wynetta Y. Lee, a specialist in adult and community college education at North Carolina State University, hopes to answer this summer when she completes a study […]

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant Program

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramCongress makes the following findings:1. Students from low-income families are significantly more likely to leave a four-year institution of higher education without a baccalaureate degree than are students with higher incomes.2. Even among students with above-average grades, low-income students are still more likely to leave a […]

State Postsecondary Education Research

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Melvin C. Terrell, vice president for student affairs at Northeastern Illinois University has been appointed president of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals. The organization serves as a professional agency for the collection of research and promotion in professional development. Terrell holds a bachelor’s in history from Chicago State University, a master’s […]

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