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Retention depends on new models of student development

Retention depends on new models of student developmentIn the last decade, there has been a steady increase in the overall enrollment of Black students in higher education. And while enrollment at historically Black colleges in the United States experienced a dramatic increase during this time, the majority of African-heritage students currently attending college are found […]

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Harvard University has just become one of five institutions of higher education that offer a Ph.D. program in African-American studies, following a vote by faculty members late last month.The doctoral program will have approximately five students a year beginning in September 2001. More than 50 undergraduates are majoring in the subject and the department has […]

Tech Briefs

Gore Speaks on Digital Divide At Morgan State UniversityBALTIMORE — In a campaign stop at Morgan State University, Vice President Al Gore preached that every household nationwide should have access to the Internet and every child should be computer literate by the eighth grade.“It’s time to set clear national goals to close the digital divide,” […]

American Bar Association Establishes Minority Scholarships

American Bar Association Establishes Minority ScholarshipsCHICAGO — American Bar Association officials announced last month that they will offer scholarships to encourage minority students to apply to law school and to assist them during their three years of study.“We can best serve society if members of the legal profession come from all segments of the population, […]

Michigan Student Coalition Takes Over Student Union

Michigan Student Coalition Takes Over Student UnionANN ARBOR, Mich. — Officials here at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor reputedly pride themselves with having a campus that has a zero-tolerance for anything that interferes with human and civil rights.Yet, an eight-student takeover last month of the student union’s “tower” has severely shaken that image.The […]

Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the Country

Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the CountryWash. Student Leader Accused of Making Racial Remark About AdministratorSPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Falls Community College student government president has been accused of making a racist remark about an administrator. A student panel is being formed to hear the case.The dispute centers on April […]

Media Lab

Media LabHelping Bridge the World Wide DivideCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Had Randal Pinkett stayed on track to complete a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it’s doubtful he would have gotten the time and support to base his graduate studies around “digital divide” issues. It’s also unlikely he would have paired with […]

Testing the Truth About the SAT

Testing the Truth About the SATThis revised and updated version of David Owen’s 1985 exposé is: a) a balanced and objective analysis of the merits and limitations of the SAT as a college entrance examination; b) a one-sided diatribe that can be easily dismissed; c) a significant extension of the original volume; d) none of […]

BI News Briefs

Super Quarterbacks Produced by HBCUsATLANTA — Although Steve McNair came up just short in his attempt to lead the Tennessee Titans to the National Football League Championship last month, the second African American to quarterback a team in the Super Bowl will go down in the records books nonetheless.McNair guided a heart-stopping comeback by […]

Creating a Piece of Howard University’s History

Creating a Piece of Howard University’s HistoryFinding a staff that is interested in working on a yearbook poses big problems, according Kenneth Dean, student media coordinator of Alabama State’s newspaper, The Hornet Tribune, and yearbook, The Hornet Dean.“There is not this passion to work on them. [Students will] do it, but it’s not a passion,” […]

All News Doesn’t Make it to Print

All News Doesn’t Make it to PrintWith Black college newspapers struggling to maintain a campus presence, many Black journalism students are finding it harder to hone and showcase their skills The Campus Chronicle is a feisty little student newspaper at Alcorn State University in rural Mississippi. Last year, the paper won several awards in the […]

Tech Briefs

Campus Policy Hinders Student’s Efforts to Promote Online BookstoreJOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A student at the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus says school officials reversed a decision to allow her to distribute brochures about a discount online bookstore, saying it would hurt sales at the campus shop. Lee Ann Diffendal, a freshman communications major, says her […]

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