Black Issues in Higher Education articles from April 2003

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from April 2003

Flickers of light amid collegiate sport's academically dim world. (Editor's Note).(student-athletes)(Editorial)
April 10, 2003... Our Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars edition gives us an opportunity this time every year to reflect on the status of the student-athlete. A look at abysmal graduation rates of college athletes coupled with those standout scholars who are able...

War adds to concern about bleak budget; lawmakers worry war costs may affect education funding. (Washington Update).(Iraq war)
April 10, 2003... While most federal lawmakers are supporting the U.S. troops in Iraq, the issue of who pays for the second Gulf war--and the implications for education--is emerging as a source of mounting concern on Capitol Hill. Both chambers of the U.S....

Congressmen introduce resolutions to honor Black colleges. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... New resolutions are pending in Congress to honor the work of historically Black colleges and universities, including a national week to honor HBCUs this fall. In the House, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of Congressional Black...

Pell grant amount not keeping pace with rising demand. (Washington Update).(student aid for post secondary education)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows the rising demand for Pell grants and the quickly growing shortfall in the nation's main grant aid program for college. The number of Pell grant recipients increased nearly 25 percent...

Coalition challenges Virginia Tech ban on Affirmative Action. (Noteworthy News).(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
April 10, 2003... BLACKSBURG, VA. Black alumni of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) were joined by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and others last month in expressing disapproval of the university's board of visitors decision to...

Higher education's tough economic times affect recruitment, studies say. (Noteworthy News).
April 10, 2003... RESTON, VA. The past year's sagging economy has caused many schools to retool their recruiting tactics, according to findings in a new national survey released last month. A separate report, also released last month, predicts that the...

UC Riverside names system's first Latina chancellor. (Noteworthy News).(France A. Cordova)
April 10, 2003... RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Dr. France A. Cordova, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief scientist, is the first Hispanic woman to lead a University of California campus. Cordova, who was sworn in as chancellor of UC Riverside...

Missouri journalism school to admit freshmen for the first time. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... COLUMBIA, MO. For the first time in its 93-year history, the Missouri School of Journalism will admit some students directly from high school this spring. In the fall, the journalism school also will begin admitting pre-journalism students...

Alcorn names auditorium after alumnus and civil rights leader Medgar Evers. (Noteworthy News).(Alcorn State University)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... LORMAN, MISS. Alcorn State University dedicated an auditorium in a campus library to slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers last month. Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, spoke to a crowd of several hundred people at a ceremony to...

Lincoln sprinter earns No. 1 ranking among Division III athletes. (Noteworthy News).(Chazz Clemons)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA. Lincoln University sprinter Chazz "Rock" Clemons has earned the No. 1 ranking in the nation this year among NCAA Division III university athletes. Clemons, a junior majoring in criminal justice, ran the 60-meter...

Clark Atlanta, Spelman inaugurate new presidents. (Noteworthy News).(Walter D. Broadnax, Beverly Daniel Tatum)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... ATLANTA Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College held inauguration ceremonies for their new presidents last month. Dr. Walter D. Broadnax, who assumed leadership of Clark Atlanta University last August, was sworn into office on March...

Expert panels lay out legal framework for Michigan case. (Noteworthy News).(affirmative action case)
April 10, 2003... WASHINGTON A panel of legal scholars and social science experts that have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of maintaining the University of Michigan's affirmative action programs laid out the legal framework for allowing the...

A winning combination: academics & atlantics. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).
April 10, 2003... Black Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving academically and athletically a winning combination, Inspired by tennis legend Arthur Ashe Jr.'s commitment...

Keeping the Ashe legacy relevant. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).
April 10, 2003... Although tennis is regarded as an elite sport, the success that came to Arthur Ashe Jr. during and after his tennis career helped make him a figure whose impact reached beyond the narrow confines of the tennis world. Among his exploits, Ashe is...

Reconsidering the status of Title IX; critics say the mandate shortchanges some men's teams, while proponents argue women's sports still remain under funded. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).
April 10, 2003... Tina Sloan-Green exemplifies the kind of far-reaching effects college athletics can have on a person's life. The Temple University education professor and former women's lacrosse coach was first exposed to field hockey while attending a...

Courting success: University of Tennessee finance major balances hoops excellence with academic achievement. (Top female student-athlete: Kara Lawson).(Biography)
April 10, 2003... Appalling. It's the only word that even comes close to describing the 2002-2003 college basketball season--a season that began amid such high hopes and ended with such a lurid litany of scandals, involving welding certificates, fake grades,...

On the right track: University of California-Riverside track star shines on and off the field. (Top male student-athlete: Nathan Irvin).(Biography)
April 10, 2003... Track coaches at the University of California-Riverside first noticed Nathan Irvin when he was 15. He was that good. They noticed Irvin's name and photo appeared frequently in the local newspaper. For years they kept an eye on him at nearby...

Women's teams. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).(Illustration)
April 10, 2003... Women's BASKETBALL Name Class Fall `02 Cum Major GPA GPA FIRST TEAM Allen, Yoneko SR 4.00 3.98 Sports Management Bell, Felicia ...

Honorable mention. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).(Illustration)
April 10, 2003... HONORABLE MENTION Male and Female: VARIOUS SPORTS Name Class Fall `02 Cum Major GPA GPA Adams, Shelneka SR 3.60 3.20 Computer Info. Systems Austin,...

Men's teams. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).(college athletes)(Illustration)
April 10, 2003... Men's teams Men's BASEBALL Name Class Fall `02 Cum Major GPA GPA Baldwin, Bruce II JR 3.00 3.29 Undeclared Barrios, Daniel GR...

College sports: by the numbers. (Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2003).(Illustration)
April 10, 2003... A glance at college athletics indicates that while Blacks make up more than a fifth of all Division 1 student-athletes, Black representation among student-athletes in Division 1 revenue sports teams is slightly more than half of the total. The...

American sports and the color code. (Bookshelf).
April 10, 2003... America's love of sports is older than the Constitution and throughout that history African Americans have played a central role. Whether competing to entertain White folks, for personal financial gain or for the sheer fun of it, African...

The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport.(Book Review)
April 10, 2003... By David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller University of Illinois Press, 2003 496 pp. $39.95 cloth, ISBN 0-252-02820-1 Tracing the participation of African Americans in sport from slavery forward, this rich compendium of primary sources,...

New Jack Jocks: Rebels, Race and the American Athlete.(Book Review)
April 10, 2003... By Larry Platt Temple University Press, 2003 192 pp. $17.95 paper, ISBN 1-59213-191-3 Larry Platt's compelling look at the way colorful sports icons live their lives and influence American culture is now available in paperback. The...

Press Box Red: The Story of Lester Rodney, the Communist Who Helped Break the Color Line in American Sports.(Book Review)
April 10, 2003... By Irwin Silber, forward by Jules Tygiel Temple University Press, 2003 248 pp. $59.95 cloth, ISBN 1-56639-974-2, $19.95 paper, ISBN 1-56639-973-4 Long before Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a Brooklyn Dodger contract in 1945, the...

Winning at any cost. (Speaking Of Education).(University of Georgia basketball scandal)
April 10, 2003... Under ordinary circumstances, I wouldn't know a Tony Cole from a hole in the wall, or a Jim Harrick, either Junior or Senior, from a lamppost. Regular readers know me as a sports skeptic, not a sports fan. But I happened to be flying through...

Should you upgrade your software? (Personal Computing).
April 10, 2003... The buzz these days among many computer insiders is about the coming releases of upgrades to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Windows Server 2003, an operating system designed for computer networks, was scheduled to be released in...

Pennsylvania Congressman's Web site honored with Gold Mouse Award. (Tech Talk).(Chaka Fattah)
April 10, 2003... U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., is known in higher education circles as an innovative and effective advocate of access for disadvantaged and minority populations. Recent recognition of Fattah's congressional Web site is now giving the...

PBS expands distance-learning program. (Tech Talk).(Public Broadcasting Service)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... ALEXANDRIA, VA. For millions of adult learners across the country seeking a convenient way to sift through the confusing array of educational alternatives available to them, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is offering a helping hand....

Tennessee State honors Million-Dollar researchers. (tech briefs).
April 10, 2003... NASHVILLE, TENN. Tennessee State University's Office of Sponsored Research has inaugurated a Million Dollar Research Club, inducting members. The elite grouping celebrates scientists and other researchers at the historically Black...

Information technology at Johnson C. Smith University featured in TV report. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... CHARLOTTE, N.C. Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) and its information technology program became the focus of a three-minute feature story on the television series, "American Business Review" hosted by Morley Safer. The segment first aired...

Miami-Dade among top-rated community colleges for information technology resources. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... MIAMI Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) recently ranked among the top three community colleges nationwide for its innovative digital information technology services available to students, faculty, administrators and employees, according...

Loyola University. (On The Move).(Walter Harris, Jr. appointed)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... DR. WALTER HARRIS JR. is the new provost and vice president for academic affairs at Loyola University in New Orleans. Most recently Harris was senior executive fellow at the University of North Carolina System Office in Chapel Hill. Harris...

University Relations and Development. (On The Move).(Anthony L. Holloman appointed)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... ANTHONY L. HOLLOMAN has been named assistant vice president for the division of University Relations and Development. Previously, he was director of planned giving and donor relations and interim director of alumni relations at Johnson C. Smith...

Georgia College & State University. (On The Move).(Paul Jones appointed)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... DR. PAUL JONES has been named associate vice president for enrollment services at Georgia College & State University. Jones came from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo., where he was dean of enrollment management. He earned his...

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. (On The Move).(Camille L. Kluttz-Leach appointed)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... CAMILLE L. KLUTTZ-LEACH has been appointed assistant legal counsel for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Before joining North Carolina A&T, she was the staff attorney for the Montgomery County Department of Social...

State University of New York Downstate School of Medicine. (On The Move).(Robert C. Lowery, Jr. appointed)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... DR. ROBERT C. LOWERY JR. has been appointed clinical professor of surgery at the State University of New York Downstate School of Medicine and chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at its University Hospital of Brooklyn. Previously,...

Community College of Baltimore County. (On The Move).(Irving Pressley McPhail appointed to Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... DR. IRVING PRESSLEY MCPHAIL, chancellor of the Community College of Baltimore County, has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship as a representative of the public sector. McPhail earned a bachelor's from Comell...

Grants & awards.(educational grants)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2003... Baton Rouge Community College (La.) received an $800,000 grant from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program to underwrite the cost of tuition, books and supplies, and to provide transportation and childcare for low-income...

Events.(Calendar)
April 10, 2003... MAY May 14-22 Education for Global Citizenship Faculty Development Seminar Center for Global Education, Augsburg College Cuernavaca, Mexico Phone: (800) 299-8889 E-mail: globaled@augsburg.edu Web: www.augsburg.edu/global ...

Keeping Arthur's spirit and work alive. (Last Word).(Arthur Ashe)
April 10, 2003... As we celebrate, with this issue, the memory of Arthur Ashe and what was important to him, I have to ask the question: What would Arthur be thinking now if he were alive? Shortly before his death, Arthur and I visited a public housing...

`Educate, don't segregate'. (Editor's Note).
April 24, 2003... April 1st started out as a rainy, dreary day but that didn't dampen the spirits of all of the people--young and old--who descended on the U.S. Supreme Court, carrying signs and banners, in support of affirmative action. Student and alumni...

Clarification.(Correction Notice)
April 24, 2003... Anthony L. Holloman, featured in the April 10th "On the Move," has been named assistant vice president for the division of University Relations and Development at Tennessee State University. Black Issues regrets the omission.

Education department highlights `race-neutral' admissions initiatives; Americans should not look to achieve diversity through affirmative action, secretary says. (Washington Update).
April 24, 2003... Americans should not look to achieve diversity through affirmative action and other "shortcuts that divide us by race," says U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige as he mounts a new Bush administration campaign to showcase `race-neutral'...

Bill to help active military personnel with student loans, tuition. (Washington Update).(Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... The U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month approved a bill to help active-duty military who were attending college or paying off student loans prior to their call to active duty in the Persian Gulf. For those with loan payments,...

U.S. Senate supports increase in Pell Grant amount. (Washington Update).
April 24, 2003... The U.S. House and Senate are taking different approaches to the 2004 budget battle, with the Senate coming down on the side of increased financial aid funds. A Senate-approved budget for 2004 includes a $450 increase in the maximum Pell...

Virginia Tech reverses decision on affirmative action. (Affirmative Action Watch).
April 24, 2003... BLACKSBURG, VA. A month after the Black alumni of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as well as others, expressed disapproval of the university's board of visitors' decision to bar the consideration of race and gender in...

Morris Brown to begin process of re-accreditation. (Noteworthy News).(Morris Brown College)
April 24, 2003... ATLANTA Morris Brown College will begin the process of re-accreditation following the ruling of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) which denied its appeal for membership. "We are clearly disappointed by the...

Former governor urges Illinois lawmakers to enact clemency bill. (Noteworthy News).(George H. Ryan)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CHICAGO -- Former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan (at podium) was the keynote speaker at last month's Turning of the Centuries Conference at Chicago State University. Speaking about his controversial decision to...

College completion declining, taking longer, study shows. (noteworthy news).
April 24, 2003... LOS ANGELES Fewer students today are completing college in four years than was the case a decade ago, according to a new national study by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. "Degree Attainment Rates at American Colleges...

More money spent on prisons than on college, group says. (noteworthy news).(Arizona)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... MESA, ARIZ. An education advocacy group says Arizona spends too much money operating prisons and too little money helping minorities earn college diplomas. "Arizona now spends more money to incarcerate its Latino population than it...

New Internet system to track medical errors. (noteworthy news).(University of California)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... LOS ANGELES A new Internet-based system designed to track medical errors has been launched at five of the medical centers belonging to the University of California. By installing the system, the UC centers join a growing number of major...

National `road map' targets higher education's 10 most critical issues. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... WASHINGTON, D.C. A new nonpartisan guide aimed at making it easier for legislators and interested constituents to understand higher education's most pressing issues has come out just as Congress is preparing to vote on the Higher Education...

FAMU wins 5th national title in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. (noteworthy news).(Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University)
April 24, 2003... ORLANDO, FLA. The Florida A&M University Rattlers slithered past the competition here last month to clinch the 5th national championship at the 2003 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an academic competition for the best and...

Xavier among nation's leading producers of students with chemistry degrees. (noteworthy news).(Xavier University)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... NEW ORLEANS Long considered a national leader in the production of undergraduates who go on to receive degrees in medicine, Xavier University now holds the added distinction of being a leading producer of undergraduates earning degrees in...

University of Arkansas earmarks $64 million for doctoral fellowships. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. Academic departments at the University of Arkansas celebrated spring with the bloom of $64 million in new funding for graduate fellowships. The money is part of a $300 million gift the school received last year from...

UNC-Chapel Hill Conference explores roots and experience of Black Canadians. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Some folks are under the misperception that Canada's Black population consists largely of descendents of escaped African American slaves, that Canada never had slavery, and that the country is devoid of racism. Not so,...

Activists for the new millennium: complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.(Cover Story)
April 24, 2003... Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world's cities are full of anti-war protesters--as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus "greens" and much more--but some observers are asking, where are the Black...

Taking supreme action: Michigan proceedings offer some hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will affirm the use of race in academic admissions, say affirmative action proponents. But critics are more skeptical. (Affirmative Action Watch).(University of Michigan affirmative action case)
April 24, 2003... WASHINGTON Following the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan cases earlier this month, affirmative action proponents say the proceedings offered some hope that the court will affirm the use of race...

The divestment debate: modeling their efforts on the anti-apartheid movement, students and faculty across the country are petitioning their administrations to divest from companies with Israeli business ties.
April 24, 2003... Activism was a common sight during the 1980s when countless students and faculty called on universities to divest from companies with business holdings in South Africa. At the University of California-Berkeley, arguably the epicenter of free...

Investigating below the surface: in his new book, Berkeley anthropologist John Ogbu explores the performance gaps between Black and White middle-class students in a Cleveland suburb.(Interview)(Biography)
April 24, 2003... Dr. John Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley, has been studying academic achievement gaps for more than 30 years. An immigrant from Nigeria, he can be both an insider and an outsider within the Black...

Overcoming the Black-White achievement gap.(Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement)(Book Review)
April 24, 2003... Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement By John U. Ogbu Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., 2003 352 pp., $69.95 cloth, ISBN 0-8058-4515-1, $32.50 paper, ISBN 0-8058-4516-X The affirmative action...

Effectively addressing issues of race on campus. (BI Forum).
April 24, 2003... Racial and ethnic diversity on college and university campuses is on the public agenda again this spring as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on the University of Michigan's admissions policies. Rather than remedying past racism and...

Going online with MARCO: Maryland initiative expedites certification process for new teachers. (Tech Talk).(Maryland's Alternative Routes to Certification Options)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... When Troy and Sharon Anderson of Bowie, Md., decided to leave behind corporate jobs to become public school teachers, they found little comfort in the prospect of having to spend a year or two taking education courses to gain teacher...

N.C. A&T wins national award for distance learning. (tech briefs).(North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University )(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... GREENSBORO, N.C. Last month, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Center for Distance Learning (CDL) became the first national winner of the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) 1890 Webb-Godfrey-Hill Award...

Information Technology Workforce Convocation set for May. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... ARLINGTON, VA. The Information Technology Association of America is convening its sixth annual National IT Workforce Convocation here on May 5. The one-day event brings together business, government and education leaders to discuss and...

Sallie Mae offers financial aid analysis on Web site. (tech briefs).(Student Loan Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... RESTON, VA. This spring, college-bound high-school seniors will be getting financial aid award letters from the schools at which they have been accepted. While these letters may seem straightforward, students and parents should be taking a...

Sprucing up a Web site. (Personal Computing).
April 24, 2003... Spring is the traditional time to tidy up, discarding the no longer useful, dusting off what you decide to keep, and adding anything needed. But you can do spring cleaning any time of year, to a home, as well as a home page. Web experts...

Howard University School. (On The Move).(Evans Edgar Crawford Jr. appointed)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. EVANS EDGAR CRAWFORD JR., has been named dean of the Howard University School of Divinity. Previously, he taught poetics and proclamation in the Divinity School as professor emeritus of social ethics. Crawford received bachelor's degrees...

East Carolina University. (On The Move).(Linda Nixon Hudson appointed)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. LINDA NIXON HUDSON is the new assistant dean of the Graduate School at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Previously she was director of the Graduate Feeder Scholars Program at Florida A&M University. Hudson earned a bachelor's, a...

North Carolina A&T State University. (On The Move).(Lola Jackson appointed)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. LOLA JACKSON has been named coordinator of the Master of School Administration degree program at North Carolina A&T State University. She earned a bachelor's from Howard University, a master's from Wayne State and a doctorate from Michigan...

Delaware State University. (On The Move).(Allen L. Sessoms appointed)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. ALLEN L. SESSOMS has been named the president of Delaware State University in Wilmington effective July 1. He is a former president of Queens College in New York. Sessoms holds a bachelor's from Union College, a master's from the University...

Barber-Scotia College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. MICHAEL A. TURNER has been appointed division chair of the Division of Education, Humanities and Fine Arts at Barber-Scotia College (N.C.) He earned a bachelor's from Johnson C. Smith University, a master's from the University of North...

Arkansas State University. (On The Move).(appoints Lonnie R. Williams vice chancellor for student affairs)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... DR. LONNIE R. WILLIAMS has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at Arkansas State University. Previously, Williams was assistant vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Arkansas. Williams received a bachelor's, a...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
April 24, 2003... Lincoln University (Pa.) received a $1 million contribution from. the Oxford Foundation to renovate Ware Fine Arts, Theatre and Studio. Loyola Marymount University (Calif.) received a pledge of $3.5 million from alumnus R. Chad Dreier,...

Events.(educational conferences)(Calendar)
April 24, 2003... MAY May 19-21 National Conference of Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution "Eliminating Barriers for Minorities in the Field of ADR" Capital Univ. Law School, Columbus, Ohio Contact: Professor Floyd...

The health of the nation: why affirmative action is needed in medical school admissions. (Last Word).
April 24, 2003... As we begin to consider possible U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the University of Michigan cases, we seem to miss the point on how truly devastating a ruling that makes race-conscious decisions unlawful would be for our society. We...