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High-Tech Admissions

High-Tech AdmissionsPredictive Modeling Software is Reshaping the Way Schools Find and Communicate With Prospective StudentsWhen Tuskegee University officials set a goal of growing enrollment from the current 3,000 students to 5,000 by the year 2006, they knew it would require an extraordinary approach. Especially given the fierce national competition for college-bound African American high school […]

Gates Scholarship Provides Aid for More Students

Gates Scholarship Provides Aid for More Students SAN FRANCISCO — David McBride was in algebra class when he showed a friend the newspaper story about the billion-dollar college scholarship program for minorities being financed by software tycoon Bill Gates.“It really put hope in his face,” says the 16-year-old senior at Lowell High School here. “He’s […]

The Diligent Dozen

The Diligent Dozen A ‘To-Do’ List for Parents of Minorities Aspiring to CollegeJDon’t leave the choices in your child’s high school curriculum to school guidance counselors. Too often, counselors will steer students of color to less rigorous courses that fail to adequately prepare them for college work. JDon’t leave it to counselors to decide which […]

Bringing It Back to the Basics

Bringing It Back to the BasicsIn a High-Tech World Where Many Colleges Are Scrambling to Acquire the Most Advanced Curriculums, Others Are Being Progressive by Teaching the Fundamentals By Eleanor Lee YatesBALTIMORE — Michael Miller always struggled with school. “I was considered to be slow,” recalls the 26-year-old. After repeating the 10th grade twice — […]

Idaho Official: State’s Image Hampers Recruitment

Idaho Official: State’s Image Hampers RecruitmentMOSCOW, Idaho — A top University of Idaho official says that the state’s national image as a haven for racists, though unwarranted, has made it much more difficult for the university to recruit Black students.“The farther away from the university, the image of Idaho can be important for the multicultural […]

Black Students Losing Hope

Black Students Losing HopeRecord Numbers of African American Students Forced From State-Funded Tuition Program Before They Can Reap Full BenefitsATLANTA — Georgia’s 6-year-old Hope scholarship program has brought thousands of African American students into the state’s higher education fold who otherwise would not have been able to afford a college education.But a disturbing analysis released […]

BI What’s New

The City University of New York’s City College has launched two new scholarship programs, including one funded by the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin L. Powell.Named in honor of Powell’s parents, the Maud and Luther Powell America’s Promise Scholarship will pay full tuition for up to four years at the […]

BI News Briefs

Commission Dismisses Discrimination Complaint Against Alabama-BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The state Ethics Commission has dismissed complaints against the president of the University of Alabama-Birmingham and another school official, saying the allegations of discrimination do not fall under its jurisdiction.A local activist had filed a complaint against Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, the school’s president, and George Perdue, […]

An Education in Affirmative Action

An Education in Affirmative ActionNearly three years have passed since the first of two controversial class-action lawsuits were brought against the University of Michigan. At issue are the admission’s policies of the university’s law school and its college of literature, science and arts.Based on a grid, the university determines applicants’ acceptance by weighing an array […]

Higher Education’s Money Man

Higher Education’s Money Man An Interview With United Negro College Fund President Bill GrayWhen William H. Gray, at the age of 50, announced in 1991 that he was leaving his Majority Whip post in the U.S. House of Representatives to head the United Negro College Fund, many believed his brightest days were behind him. Two […]

A Philanthropic Parade of Stars

A Philanthropic Parade of StarsCelebrities have been a large part of UNCF fund-raising efforts from its beginnings. Leontyne Price debuted at the Metropolitan Opera at a UNCF event in 1955. In 1974, Nancy Wilson and Clifton Davis hosted “Something Special,” the first UNCF telethon, which raised $300,000. Singer Lou Rawls expanded the concept in 1979 […]

UNCF Gray’s Way

UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]

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