Black Issues in Higher Education articles from August 1999

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from August 1999

Sallie Mae to the Rescue.
August 5, 1999... Lender Offers HBCUs Help With Loan Default Rates Historically Black colleges and universities' decade-long protection from federal loan default sanctions ended July 1. But more financial and management assistance for HBCUs should be made...

Ugandan, U.S. Medical Schools Develop Low Cost AIDS Treatment.
August 5, 1999... The National Institutes of Health announced last month that a joint Uganda-U.S. study has found a highly effective, safe, and inexpensive drug regimen for preventing the transmission of HIV from an infected mother to her newborn. The...

Senate Reserves Funds for D.C. Initiative.
August 5, 1999... The U.S. Senate has voted to reserve funds for a new District of Columbia tuition initiative -- even though members have yet to agree on a precise plan of action. Senators agreed to reserve $17 million next year to launch the initiative,...

Reverse-Discrimination Claim Thrown Out by Federal Judge.
August 5, 1999... ATLANTA -- A federal judge lambasted the University of Georgia for using race as a factor in its current admissions policy, but threw out a White applicant's claim that the school rejected him because of race. Judge B. Avant Eden field...

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Gets $50 Million Gift.
August 5, 1999... INDIANAPOLIS -- The Lilly Endowment has offered a $50 million grant to the San Francisco-based Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which provides college scholarships to Hispanic students. The gift is believed to be the largest ever pledged to any...

Edley Leaves President's Race Relations Project.(Christopher F. Edley, Jr.)
August 5, 1999... BOSTON -- Frustrated by delays in President Clinton's book on race relations, Harvard University Law School Professor Christopher F. Edley Jr., who has been one of the president's top advisers on race-related issues and was ghostwriting the...

ETS Concerns Put Crimp in Alabama's Teacher-Testing Plan.(Educational Testing Service)
August 5, 1999... MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Educational Testing Service (ETS), concerned about how one of its tests might be used, is holding up a plan that was supposed to allow the state to assess prospective teachers without racial bias. Alabama has not...

City Excused from Lawsuit Brought by Hampton Coaches.(Hampton University)
August 5, 1999... LUBBOCK, Texas -- A judge removed the city of Lubbock from a $30 million civil rights lawsuit filed by the women's basketball coach of Hampton University, her husband, and an assistant coach. But he allowed the claims to stand against...

What's New.
August 5, 1999... * Historically Black Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has established the Keystone Honors Academy, which wilt provide full scholarships to academically talented state residents who meet certain financial criteria. Special focus will be given...

Four Norfolk State Coaches Leave Following Audit.
August 5, 1999... NORFOLK, Va. -- Four members of the Norfolk State University Athletics Department, including the head basketball and head track coaches, will not return to the historically Black institution next year because a current audit found...

Professor Sues, Citing Discrimination in Salary Dispute.
August 5, 1999... BOULDER, Colo. -- University of Colorado Spanish Professor Luis Gonzalez-del-Valle, whose $102,672 annual salary is the highest in his department, has fried a discrimination lawsuit against the school and Peter Spear, dean of the College of...

Federal Financial Aid Eludes Many of California's Poor Students.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 1999... LOS ANGELES -- Many poor community college students in California fail to apply for federal financial aid, possibly because they misunderstand the application process, receive bad advice, or don't know they are eligible, according to a report...

Boston Board Abandons School Busing.
August 5, 1999... BOSTON -- With a school system where the vast majority of pupils now are minorities, this city's school board voted 5-2 last month to end the desegregation practice known as busing after 25 years. Under Superintendent Thomas Payzant's plan,...

Report at Odds with President's Teacher Certification Policy.
August 5, 1999... WASHINGTON -- A new study has found that high school students whose teachers have emergency teaching certificates perform about as well in mathematics and science as students whose teachers hold regular teaching credentials, according to a...

Black Conservative Bolts Virginia's Education Council.
August 5, 1999... RICHMOND, Va. -- William B. Allen, a Black conservative who headed a federal civil rights commission during the Bush administration, abruptly resigned last month as executive director of the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV), citing...

Did You Know?(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 1999... * Finishing a high school math course beyond the level of Algebra 2 more than doubles the odds that a student who enters college will complete a bachelor's degree by age 30. * Students entering college with a low degree of academic...

BI THE NUMBERS.
August 5, 1999... Community College Enrollment Rates Proportions of students attending community colleges under three different notions of "attendance," by race/ethnicity, High School & Beyond/Sophomores, 1982-93 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Hate Wave?(hate crimes)(includes related article on actions taken by Morehouse Medical College against hate crimes)
August 5, 1999... While Indiana University community mourns the victims of isolated violence, school officials seek ways to restore peace BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- More than 2,700 people -- including U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno -- attended a memorial service...

United We Stand.(alliance of minority student organizations)
August 5, 1999... NAFEO, HACU, and AIHEC have formed a new alliance to improve support for students of color WASHINGTON -- The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has...

Black Women Diving into the Soccer Spotlight.
August 5, 1999... The superlative play of Brianna Scurry during the Woman's World Cup could inspire more Black females to consider opportunities in the growing national sport of Women's soccer -- and motivate more colleges and universities to recruit Black...

Reinterpreting America's History.(African American history)
August 5, 1999... As Americans fill the country's museums and historical sites this summer, they're encounter a new interpretation of African Americans' contributions to the nation's history, thanks to the work of a small, but growing group of Black scholars and...

BI Bookshelf.(early African American reading material)
August 5, 1999... For those seeking more information about early African Americans we recommend the following: African-American Folk Tales: Black Traditions in the New World By Roger Abrahams Pantheon, 1999 Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and...

"Wrighting" history's wrongs.(African American Dianne Swann-Wright, special programs director at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation)
August 5, 1999... The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation's new special programs director, Dianne Swann-Wright, is creating programs that give integrity to the legacy of Blacks at Monticello. When Dianne Swann Wright was hired as director of special...

Rediscovering the road to freedom.(underground railroad)
August 5, 1999... A professor is helping Iowa officials piece together that state's Underground Railroad history. On Nov. 4, 1857, three Black men walking along a road near the small town of Lynnville, in southern Iowa, were met by two White men who assured...

UNCF Examines Digital Divide On Campus.(United Negro College Fund)
August 5, 1999... Nearly a month before the federal government's July release of Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide -- a report that details the disparities of computer ownership and Internet usage among Americans along racial, ethnic, and...

Study Support Michigan Law School's Diversity Policies.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 1999... ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Law School at the University of Michigan, which is under fire from a federal lawsuit challenging its race-sensitive admission policies, released a study last month showing that there are few significant racial...

Mississippi Universities Team Up to Improve Workforce Training.
August 5, 1999... JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi State and Alcorn State universities have asked the state's College Board to approve a joint academic program to improve workforce training. The board was scheduled to meet in July. The two colleges want to...

Regents Reject Law Schools at Minority Institutions.
August 5, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Rejecting impassioned pleas from students and Black and Hispanic lawmakers, the Florida Board of Regents voted last month to reject a request that they recommend new law schools for his, torically Black Florida A&M...

UNC-Chapel Hill Pioneer Roberta Jackson Dies.(Obituary)
August 5, 1999... James Farmer 1920-1999 Founder of the Congress of Racial Equality and the former distinguished professor of history and American studies at Mary Washington College. UNC-Chapel Hill Pioneer Roberta Jackson Dies CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --...

HISTORY AND SYMBOLISM.
August 5, 1999... If you drive south on U.S. Route 95 from Washington, D.C., you'll start to see the Confederate flag being used for all kinds of reasons. Some retailers use it to sell automobiles; others use it to sell hot dogs. or Reb, the dirty dog of a...

NOTES OF A RACIAL CASTE BABY: COLOR BLINDNESS AND THE END OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.(Review)
August 5, 1999... NOTES OF A RACIAL CASTE BABY: COLOR BLINDNESS AND THE END OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION By Bryan K. Fair, New York University Press, 1999 New York City 276 Pages Paperback: $17.95 Professor Bryan K. Fair is to be commended for the novel approach...

Black Issues Quiz.(Brief Article)
August 5, 1999... The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions...

GRANTS & AWARDS.(Brief Article)
August 5, 1999... * Norfolk State University received a $4.5 million Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Photonic Materials Research. In announcing the award, Dr. Marie...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
August 5, 1999... ACADEMIC RENEE DUNMAN, ESQ., has been appointed director of Old Dominion University's Office of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action. He has worked in the office as acting director, EO coordinator, and EO manager. Dunman earned a...

Why I'm Leaving UT-Brownsville.
August 5, 1999... This is, I assure everyone, a true story. Unfolding right now in 1999 and not 100 years ago. I offer it in order to illustrate race relations at the end of the millennium, lest anyone think everything is just fine. The place is...

President Asks Legal Profession to `RECOMMIT' TO DIVERSITY.
August 19, 1999... President Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community. "I ask you to recommit yourselves... to fighting discrimination, to...

Garza Takes Leave from ACE to Lead New Organization.
August 19, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Hector Garza, vice president of the American Council on Education's (ACE) Division of Access and Equity programs, will take a two-year leave of absence to start a new organization to encourage partnerships between colleges and...

Minister's Nomination to Head SUNY Campus Stirs Controversy.
August 19, 1999... NEW YORK -- The Rev. Calvin O. Butts, pastor of one of New York City's largest and most influential churches has been formally nominated to be president of the Old Westbury campus of the State University of New York (SUNY). If his nomination is...

NAACP Adopts Resolution Rejecting Racist Mascots.
August 19, 1999... CHICAGO -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution last month in New York that rejects the use of Native Americans and "all historically oppressed people and their cultural traditions" as...

Tribal Colleges Fighting Stagnant Federal Funding.
August 19, 1999... BISMARCK, N.D. -- Ron McNeil, the president of Sitting Bull Community College in Fort Yates who has seen pipes burst and shoot water all over the school's library, is worried about proposed federal budget cuts that threaten tribal colleges now...

Needy Students Can Keep Excess Grant Money in Arkansas.
August 19, 1999... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Although a new state law says colleges and universities cannot award public financial aid to students over what it costs them to attend school, state education officials say they will allow needy students who get a federal...

What's New.
August 19, 1999... Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives The state's five tribal colleges are collaborating with North Dakota State University to boost interest among American Indian students in math, science, and engineering. The program is designed to...

Illness Forces N.C. Central's Chambers to Take Leave.
August 19, 1999... DURHAM, N.C.--Julius Chambers, chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), will take a leave of absence to treat an undisclosed medical condition, university officials said late last month. Chambers, 62, told his staff that he...

Auburn Workers Stage Protest March Over Minority Wages.
August 19, 1999... AUBURN, Ala.. -- Singing "We Shall Overcome" and carrying signs reading, "What's AU afraid of? -- The truth," about 50 current and former Auburn University employees marched down College Street last month to protest what they say is...

Letters to the Editor.
August 19, 1999... The Need for NAFEO Dear Editor: I was intrigued with the article on NAFEO in your June 24, 1999 edition. In my book African American Organizations, I've traced the origin of African American organizations and their impact on...

Board Renews Bristow Contract At Alcorn State University.
August 19, 1999... JACKSON, Miss.--The contracts of Clinton Bristow Jr., Alcorn State University's president, and two other higher education officials were renewed by the state College Board last month. The University of Mississippi's chancellor, Robert...

Former University Accountant Sues Citing Racial Discrimination.
August 19, 1999... MINNEAPOLIS -- A former financial aid accountant is suing the University of Minnesota and three staff members for more than $200,000, alleging that supervisors discriminated against her based on her race, denied her equal pay, and falsely...

Technical College Improves Minority Enrollment Numbers Systemwide.
August 19, 1999... MADISON, Wis. -- Aggressive recruiting increased the number of minority students who participated in Wisconsin's technical colleges by 39 percent during the 1990s, a report says. The number of minorities participating in programs and...

UDC's Jones Joins New Coaching Team at Norfolk State University.
August 19, 1999... NORFOLK, Va. -- Quickly moving to fill the void left after four Norfolk State University coaches were sacked for misusing funds (see Black Issues, Aug. 5, 1999), the institution has announced that it has found replacements for three of them,...

`Derogatory' Language at Core of Former Instructor's Lawsuit.
August 19, 1999... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kenneth E. Hardy, a former instructor at Jefferson Community College, has sued the school claiming that he was not rehired after a student complained of being offended by words he used during a lecture. The instructor...

Out of State, OUT OF FUNDING.
August 19, 1999... A growing number of states are adopting new legislation that is forcing some Black institutions to choose between public dollars and loyalty to legacy students GREENVILLE, S.C. -- As public colleges and universities in the South compete...

TEACHING TOLERANCE.(includes related article on funding of tolerance projects)
August 19, 1999... New report finds tolerance projects can indeed create a more harmonious campus atmosphere WASHINGTON -- Many colleges universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without...

Louisiana Lightning Rod.(Baton Rouge Community College)
August 19, 1999... Baton Rouge Community College Chancellor Marion Bonaparte was at the center of a racially charged storm that led to his ouster, and is expected to hurt enrolment at the new state institution BATON ROUGE, La. -- Marion Bonaparte, Baton Rouge...

Allen WRENCHED.(William B. Allen)(related biographical article on Allen and Phyllis Palmiero)
August 19, 1999... Conservative head of Virginia's higher education council abruptly resigns for very personal `professional reasons' RICHMOND, Va. -- William B. Allen's sudden departure from Virginia's State Council of Higher Education last month mirrored...

Capturing the Spirit of 15 YEARS.
August 19, 1999... When Black Issues In Higher Education started in 1984, Nelson Mandela was enduring a life sentence in a South African prison. Today, he is not only the former president of South Africa, but he holds an honorary doctorate from Harvard...

Surveying the Combat Zone.(includes related article on politicians who have influenced the shape of US higher education since 1984)
August 19, 1999... The legislative, public policy, and legal battlefield over increasing opportunity In 1984, the birth year of Black, Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter...

Transcending the Classroom.(15 outstanding college teachers)
August 19, 1999... Men of scholarship and prophetic insight must show us the right way and lead us into the light which is shining brighter and brighter." -- Carter G. Woodson Over the past 15 years, the Black Issues staff has interviewed thousands of...

On the Front Lines.
August 19, 1999... Black Issues has selected the following faculty, administrators, and advocates as exemplary of true dedication to access and equity in higher education. They, and hundreds of others like them, are working tirelessly on their campuses, in...

Seasoned Leaders.
August 19, 1999... The following higher education presidents/chancellors of color have been at their respective two- or four-year institutions for 15 or more years: African American Presidents Marjorie Harris, Lewis College of Business, since 1965...

Young Faculty Members Making Their Mark.
August 19, 1999... As the millenium approaches, a new generation of scholars is getting ready to take its place in the academy. Standing on he shoulders of the giants who have come before them, these young researchers are pushing the envelope of scholarship in a...

The Friends We Miss.
August 19, 1999... In our 15 years of publishing, we've lost some friends along the way... Arthur Ashe Marguerite Ross Barnett Eric Boyer Ricky Byrdsong Joan Preston Cerstvik John Henrik Clarke Ray Davis Harold Delancy Harley E. Flack Leon...

Black Issues Photo Album.
August 19, 1999... 1. Project Excellence Scholarship Winners, 1997 2. Benjamin Ngwenya & Dawn Bell, Hahnamann University 3. Berkeley Law School Protest 4. John Lewis, Ronald Dellums, and students protest in Washington, D.C. 5. Virginia Union's...

Collegiate Athletics HIGHLIGHTS.
August 19, 1999... Collegiate athletics have presented a grueling playing field for student athletes of color over the past 15 years. And sometimes, just when it seems that players of color have gotten used to the terrain, new issues of equity explode on the...

Reading Is Fundamental.
August 19, 1999... The past 15 years have been marked by a burgeoning of non-fiction books by and about people of color, and on issues concerning their status in the nation's complex system of education. Below is a sampling of those books that have had the...

THEY SAID IT In Black Issues.
August 19, 1999... Since Black Issues was founded, in 1984, the editor's have featured a variety of personalities whose leadership and/or scholarship have had a profound impact on higher education. The following is a summary of some of the most memorable quotes...

THE HIGHER EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION.
August 19, 1999... Nowhere in higher education has there been as much change as in the use of information technology. Not only have information technology advances provided institutions useful tools like personal computers and campus computer networks, but...

TOP OF THE TOP 100.
August 19, 1999... In 1992, Black Issues produced the first annual Top 100 ranking of colleges and universities. The ranking is based on each institution's degree production performance among people of color in various degree categories. Over the years, the...

Organizations That Made (and are Making) a Difference.
August 19, 1999... ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS 1) The American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Minority Affairs 2) American Association for Affirmative Action 3) National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) 4) Science,...

`Greek' Pride and Pain.
August 19, 1999... A paradoxical era of influence and problems for Black sororities and fraternities During the late 1960s and the Vietnam War era, the Black fraternity and sorority movement suffered a loss of prestige because many young African Americans...

Shameful Occurrences.
August 19, 1999... While rummaging though our files in search of highlights to include in this anniversary edition, we also came across many, many shameful occurrences. Any reputable 15-year assessment of Black issues in higher education would be incomplete...

6th Circuit Court Says Black And Latino Students Can Join Michigan Affirmative Action Cases.
August 19, 1999... A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, earlier this month, to allow Black and Latino students to become defendants in two lawsuits challenging the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policies. The...

Students Sue State Over Lack of AP Courses.
August 19, 1999... LOS ANGELES -- Four teenagers sued the state and the Inglewood Unified School District last month, claiming minority students were denied access to college preparatory classes and placed at a disadvantage for the rest of their lives. ...

CHILLING ADMISSION: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVE.(Review)
August 19, 1999... CHILLING ADMISSION: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES Edited by Gary Orfield and Edward Miller Harvard Education Publishing Group Cambridge, Mass., 1998 132 pages Soft Cover: $15.95 In this time of...

Black Issues Quiz.
August 19, 1999... The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions...

GRANTS & AWARDS.
August 19, 1999... * Colorado State University has received a $1.8 million federal grant to assist public schools across the West with desegregation efforts and to promote equity in education for all students. The funds will go to a new Equity Assistance Center...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.
August 19, 1999... BRANCH TO HEAD COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY-ESSEX DR. WAYNE BRANCH has been named president of the Community College of Baltimore County-Essex. Previously, he was vice president for student affairs at the Community College of...