Black Issues in Higher Education articles from August 2004

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from August 2004

Making statements, staking claims and demanding change.(Editor's Note)
August 12, 2004... In this edition we take somewhat of a break from our usual features to profile one of the most anticipated arts festivals in the country--Spoleto. Assistant editor Kendra Hamilton willingly took a trip to her hometown of Charleston, S.C.,...

Reforms needed to boost graduation rates, educators tell Congress.(Washington Update)
August 12, 2004... America's college graduation rates need a shot in the arm, according to educators who recently discussed the renewal of the Higher Education Act with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Without reforms, the educators agreed, the country's future is in...

Lawmakers fund college access program for D.C. students.(Washington Update)
August 12, 2004... A five-year-old program to help District of Columbia students attend college is winning an endorsement from the U.S. Congress and likely will get a major funding increase next year. The District of Columbia College Access Act allows D.C....

Hampton journalism school lands Tony Brown; Brown named dean following resignation of Christopher Campbell.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... HAMPTON, VA. Still reeling from the controversy over the fall 2003 confiscation of student newspapers by its then acting president and provost, Hampton University has named TV journalist and best-selling author Tony Brown as dean of the...

Southern universities partner to improve life in the Mississippi Delta: program attempts to foster spirit of regional cooperation.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... BATON ROUGE, LA. With the help of a $1.2 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, historically Black Grambling State University is working with two predominantly White universities to help the impoverished Mississippi Delta area...

Community College Automotive Program recognized by DaimlerChrysler.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... NEVILLE ISLAND, PA. The DaimlerChrysler Corp. has named Community College of Allegheny County a College Automotive Program (CAP) School of the Year in recognition of the college's commitment to excellence in automotive education and...

Crime jumps on Tennessee college campuses.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Violent crime on the state's college campuses increased significantly last year, according to a recent report from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. In 2003, crime like rape, assaults and kidnappings was up 21.3...

Benedict College environmental health program first in South Carolina to receive accreditation.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... COLUMBIA, S.C. Those students across the nation seeking to earn an undergraduate degree in the environmental health field from an accredited program can now attend Benedict College, the first institution of higher learning in South...

Georgia study shows job prospects remain bleak for 2003 journalism grads.(Noteworthy News)
August 12, 2004... ATHENS, GA. In a year of grim employment news, the prospects for graduates of journalism and mass communications programs remained slightly worse than the national average, according to the 2003 Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass...

Spelman College partners with South African University to help foster sustainable development.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... ATLANTA For the past 18 months, Spelman College has been working with Mangosuthu Technikon, a South African university in Durban, to increase staff and infrastructure development in three areas: grants and contracts; marketing and...

One in five Colorado college students is a minority.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... DENVER The number of minorities enrolled in Colorado's colleges and universities has not grown much despite efforts to increase diversity on campuses. Last year, about one in five undergraduate students in Colorado's public higher...

High school students win gold at Biology Competition.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... VIENNA, VA. In an unprecedented feat of accomplishment in the 15 years of the International Biology Olympiad Competition, the U.S. team, comprised of four high school students, brought home four gold medals. The International Biology...

Barnard College launches new Black biography and memoir series for 2004-2005.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... NEW YORK Barnard College will a present a year-long authors' series, "Writing Black Lives," during 2004-2005 to showcase significant Black writers and figures of African descent through biography and memoir. The series will feature noted...

Study reveals boarding school is springboard for success.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... WASHINGTON Students who attend boarding schools find greater success than their peers in college and in adult life, according to a new study conducted by the Arts & Science Group of Baltimore on behalf of The Association of Boarding...

Barber-Scotia decides not to appeal lost accreditation.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... CONCORD, N.C. Students at Barber-Scotia College are considering whether to transfer, now that the school has lost its accreditation. A loss of accreditation means, among other things, that a school loses its ability to receive federal...

University of Pittsburgh cancels Cuba portion of study abroad program.(noteworthy news)
August 12, 2004... PITTSBURGH The University of Pittsburgh canceled a trip to Cuba that has traditionally been a part of its study abroad program known as Semester at Sea. The cruise had stopped in Cuba since 1999, but officials decided to cancel it...

Mixing it up at Spoleto: annual festival shaping up to be one of the most diverse events on the arts calendar.(Cover Story)
August 12, 2004... CHARLESTON, S.C. One of the most anticipated events on the arts calendar--the Spoleto Festival USA, now in its 27th year in Charleston, S.C.,--also seems to be evolving into one of the most diverse, with African American, South American...

Home sweet home: Congressional Black Caucus initiative leads HBCU, community college students down the road to homeownership.(Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
August 12, 2004... When students graduate from college, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) wants to make sure they hold the keys to economic success. And one of those keys, the CBCF says, should unlock the door to their own home. Toward this end,...

The real deal on Black unemployment.(Speaking Of Education)
August 12, 2004... Every month, when unemployment rate data are released, the news for African Americans is bleak. No matter what the overall unemployment rate is (5.6 percent in June), the Black unemployment rate is higher. Indeed, it is usually at least twice...

HBCU faculty encouraged to integrate GIS in research, curriculum.(Tech Talk)
August 12, 2004... WASHINGTON Despite being scaled down in comparison to previous workshops, the 21st Annual HBCU Summer Faculty Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop in Washington, D.C., impressed upon faculty members and other participants the need...

Savannah State named Digital Content Leader by WebCT.(Tech Talk)
August 12, 2004... SAVANNAH, GA. For the second consecutive year, historically Black Savannah State University has earned the distinction of Digital Content Leader by WebCT, a higher education software vendor and provider of integrated e-learning systems....

Higher education middleware security group formed.(Tech Briefs)
August 12, 2004... WASHINGTON A coalition of higher education associations and state university systems have formed a partnership to discover how middleware software tools might help college and universities strengthen identity and access management. ...

Utah State collaborating with MIT on courseware.(Tech Briefs)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Utah State University)
August 12, 2004... LOGAN, UTAH Researchers affiliated with the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunity (OSLO) Group at Utah State University have launched the Open Learning Support (OLS) initiative, a program that complements the free Web-based educational...

Study argues e-learning market has shaky prospects.(Tech Briefs)
August 12, 2004... PHILADELPHIA In "Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to E-Learning and Why," two noted education researchers attempt to answer the question: "Why did the boom in e-learning go bust?" Researchers Dr. Robert Zemsky of the University of...

Managing the risks and rewards of instant messaging.(Personal Computing)
August 12, 2004... You probably think instant messaging (IM) as something teenagers do to chat up friends online, whether across the street or across the world. But IM has some buttoned-down business benefits, as well as some risks you may not be aware of. ...

West Virginia University.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... DR. MARIE FOSTER GNAGE has been appointed president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg. In her previous position, she was senior vice president for academic affairs at New Jersey's Raritan Valley Community College. She earned a...

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... DR. LEE JONES is the new dean of graduate studies, continuing education and summer session at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Formerly associate dean for academic affairs and instruction at Florida State University's College of...

Tennessee State University.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... DR. WILLIAM LAWSON has been named executive vice president for Tennessee State University. Prior to his new post, Lawson served as TSU's dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Lawson earned a bachelor's from Knoxville College, a master's...

Suffolk University.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... DR. ERIC E. LEE has been named assistant to the president/director of diversity services at Suffolk University in Boston. Most recently he was director of multicultural affairs and TRIO programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned...

Southern University.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... FRANKLIN E. PATTERSON has been named director of information systems at Southern University in Louisiana. Most recently, he was director of information technology at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Patterson earned a bachelor's from...

Cleveland State University.(On The Move)
August 12, 2004... SONALI B. WILSON has been named chief legal counsel at Cleveland State University. Previously she was assistant legal counsel. Wilson earned a bachelor's from Boston University, a master's from Harvard University and a law degree from...

Auburn University (Ala.), The Ohio State University, the University of Florida, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University together received a $754,983 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Scholars of the Future program.(Grants & awards)
August 12, 2004... Auburn University (Ala.), The Ohio State University, the University of Florida, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University together received a $754,983 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Scholar of the...

Norfolk State University's (Va.) Center for Global Education, in cooperation with the Office of International Programs at Tidewater Community College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence grant for the 2004-2005 academic year.(Grants & awards)
August 12, 2004... Norfolk State University's (Va.) Center for Global Education, in cooperation with the Office of International Programs at Tidewater Community College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence grant for the 2004-2005 academic year. The...

Savannah State University.(Grants & awards)
August 12, 2004... Savannah State University (Ga.) received two grants totaling $248,525 from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to improve student retention and enhance selected academic degree programs. The DOE awarded $49,705 in directed grants program...

Virginia State University.(Grants & awards)
August 12, 2004... Virginia State University's School of Business was awarded $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to launch the university's Department of Defense SME (Science, Mathematics and Engineering) Education Center. The grant represents the...

Events.(Calendar)
August 12, 2004... SEPTEMBER Sept. 8-11 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. 34th Annual Legislative Conference "Defining the Moment and the Movement" Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. Web: www.cbcfinc.org/ ...

Hip-hop viewed through the prisms of race and gender.(Last Word)
August 12, 2004... As the nation's premier historically Black college for women, the Spelman community prides itself on addressing issues of race and gender through critical thinking and meaningful dialogue--asking questions and seeking answers to the nuances of...

Calling all leaders.(Editorial)
August 26, 2004... We are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you'll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education. In "Cracking the Cement Wall to the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
August 26, 2004... In the July 29th "On the Move," it was incorrectly stated that Dr. Charles "Randy" Nichols received a master's from the Union Institute, Nichols received both bachelor's and master's degrees from Kentucky State University. Black Issues regrets...

Congress questions sky-high costs of college textbooks.(Washington Update)
August 26, 2004... Why are textbooks costing community college students almost 50 percent of what they pay for tuition each year? Some members of the U.S. Congress and higher education officials sought to find an answer to that question at a recent hearing on...

Joint Center health official challenges Black doctors to close disparities gap.(Washington Update)(Dr. Gail C. Christopher of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Health Policy Institute)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... The country's nagging health disparities problem was a key focus for Dr. Gail C. Christopher, director of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Health Policy Institute, when she addressed the 102nd annual convention of the...

In not so good company: another HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head on.(Noteworthy News)
August 26, 2004... CONCORD, N.C. It's not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly hired president of Barber-Scotia, it was one...

University of California system more diverse than originally thought: research shows more than half of undergrads are immigrants or children of immigrants.(noteworthy News)(Center for Studies in Higher Education)
August 26, 2004... SACRAMENTO, CALIF, The University of California has long been recognized as a diverse institution, but a new report reveals another dimension of that diversity: More than half of UC's undergraduates are immigrants or the children of...

CSU-Stanislaus president Marvalene Hughes to retire.(noteworthy news)
August 26, 2004... TURLOCK, CALIF. Dr. Marvalene Hughes, president of California State University-Stanislaus the past l0 years, will retire this month but stay on as interim president during 2004-2005 to continue the forward progress of the university. ...

President Bush's comments on legacy admissions spark new debate.(noteworthy news)
August 26, 2004... WASHINGTON President Bush's remarks rejecting the use of legacy in college admissions have churned the cauldron of minorities and higher education once again, this time triggering a fresh spasm of comments about the practice--and the...

Ray Charles to be honored at Morehouse with Performing Arts Center.(noteworthy news)
August 26, 2004... BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF, Morehouse College will host a star-studded tribute at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to raise money for the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, which is the centerpiece of a larger complex, the Morehouse College Center for...

University of Maryland establishes center to promote equal access to health care.(Noteworthy News)
August 26, 2004... BALTIMORE Heart disease among Blacks, chewing tobacco in Western Maryland, geographic isolation on Maryland's Eastern Shore and diabetes rates among Hispanics are some of the issues that will be tackled by a new University of Maryland...

Federal ruling says colleges and universities can't silence rape victims.(noteworthy news)
August 26, 2004... KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. As millions of college students prepare to go back to school in the next few weeks, campus crime victim advocates are hailing a landmark federal ruling that will help improve safety on college and university campuses...

Colorado course limited to minorities, others draw fire.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... BOULDER, COLO. College Republicans are complaining about a University of Colorado class limited to minority and first-generation college students, citing what they call "registration discrimination." The "School and Society" course in...

Auditors recommend USC return nearly $1 million for HIV/AIDS training lapse.(noteworthy news)(Federal auditors)
August 26, 2004... LOS ANGELES Federal auditors have recommended the University of Southern California repay or forfeit more than $1 million in government funds following lapses in its training program for HIV/AIDS counselors for minority communities. ...

Meeting the challenges of change: TIAA-CREF's Bertram L. Scott discusses how the legendary financial institution responds to new environments in its quest to continue to help higher education professionals.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)(Interview)(Cover Story)
August 26, 2004... In an era in which change is very much the norm, some would argue that a no-nonsense financial institution like TIAA-CREF changes at its peril. Not so, according to Bertram L. Scott, the executive vice president for product management at...

Cracking the 'cement wall' to the college presidency: Millennium Leadership Initiative prepares minority higher education professionals for the administrative ranks.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)
August 26, 2004... Dr. Livingston Alexander is finishing an "exhilarating" first year as president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He thanks the Millennium Leadership Institute. Dr. Gregory Williams, in his third year at the helm of City College of...

Brave new leadership: with community college presidents retiring left and right, what's an open-access institution to do? leadership programs just might be the answer.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)
August 26, 2004... As community colleges grapple with some of the most pressing issues they've ever faced--teacher shortages, swelling enrollments and budget cuts, to name a few--those at the helm of the institutions are critical in determining the schools'...

Freedom of speech frayed at Florida college: in what appears to be retaliation for speaking out, five Edward Waters College administrators are abruptly terminated.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)
August 26, 2004... Jonathan Glenn, a college freshman with a 3.7 GPA, wrote an article for his journalism class last April complaining about the lack of campus security. Within hours of submitting the article to his professor, Glenn was robbed and shot to death...

Race matters in new Harvard journal: but given the diversity of Black Studies programs, will the publication be inclusive enough, asks a scholar.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)(Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race)
August 26, 2004... In an academic publishing venture that seeks to honor the intellectual legacy of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, political scientist Dr. Michael Dawson and sociologist Dr. Lawrence Bobo, both of the Harvard University African and African American Studies...

Interacting as a global entity: Goldman Sachs Foundation Institute sets out to prepare next generation of world leaders.(2004 Academic Kickoff Special Report)(Global Leadership Institute)
August 26, 2004... They are wise beyond their years. They are multi-talented, entrepreneurial, represent an incredibly diverse group of countries and care deeply about the world in which they live. And their average age is 21. For the past few years the Goldman...

An introduction to the world of research: prestigious science institute ignites young people's passion for scientific inquiry.(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Research Science Institute)
August 26, 2004... Courses in advanced theory. Conducting research projects with top-notch professors. Guest lectures from Nobel Prize winners. Sounds like the life of a graduate student, but it was actually how 75 outstanding high school students from around the...

Berkeley's 'best-kept' secret: national summit seeks to involve youth in how communities are redeveloped.(Youth Leadership for Change)
August 26, 2004... BERKELEY, CALIF. "I always planned to drop out of high school and have three kids," exclaims a smiling young woman swaddling a baby. "I've always wanted to have asthma," rejoices a corn-rowed teenager, standing in front of a construction...

Measuring Racial Discrimination.(Perspectives on Race)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 26, 2004... Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, Eds. Rebecca M. Blank, Marilyn Dabady and Constance F. Citro The National Academies Press, 2004 336 pp., $44.95, hardcover ISBN 0-309-09126-8; $30.50 PDF book ISBN 0-309-53083-0 Many racial...

Facing Racism in Education.(Perspectives on Race)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 26, 2004... Eds. Sonya L. Anderson, Polly F. Attwood, and Lionel C. Howard Harvard Educational Review, 2004 315 pp. $29.95 paperback ISBN 0-916690-42-3 This third edition of Facing Racism in Education continues the work begun in the first and second...

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City.(Perspectives on Race)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 26, 2004... By Dr. Frank Harold Wilson State University of New York Press, 2004 259 pp., $65.50 hardcover ISBN: 19-7914-6015-0; $21.95 paperback ISBN: 0791460169 Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of Dr....

Berkeley opens high-tech lab to support social science research.(tech briefs)(University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business)(XLab)
August 26, 2004... BERKELEY, CALIF. The University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business has launched the XLab--which is shorthand for Experimental Social Sciences Laboratory. The XLab is a high-tech facility to help economists, political...

Empower others to solve computer problems.(Personal Computing)
August 26, 2004... Has this happened to you? Your third cousin twice removed calls you in a panic that his computer is on the fritz. He thinks he may have picked up a virus, or maybe one of his kids messed things up by sharing music with friends over the...

Xavier University of Louisiana.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... DENNIS COUSIN has been named the new director of athletics and recreation at Xavier University of Louisiana. Previously, he served as a basketball official with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and the Gulf Coast Athletic...

Savannah State University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... ROBERT "TONY" O'NEAL has been named the new director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Savannah State University in Georgia. Prior to coining to SSU, he was the associate athletic director at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla. O'Neal...

South Carolina State University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... DR. KEVIN A. ROLLE has been named vice president for student affairs at South Carolina State University. Previously, he was at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as the associate vice president for institutional advancement, chief...

Middle Tennessee State University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... DR. JACK THOMAS has been named vice provost for academic affairs at Middle Tennessee State University. Formerly a professor of English and executive vice president/interim president at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Thomas earned a...

Hamline University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... DR. DWIGHT C. WATSON has been appointed chair of the education department in the College of Liberal Ants at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of South Carolina and a doctorate...

DePaul University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... BRENDA WILSON-HALE has been named vice president for development at DePaul University. She joined the university in 1999 as director of corporate and foundation relations. Most recently she served as associate vice president for development at...

Calhoun Community College.(Grants & awards)(Calhoun Community College )(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the college's new Computer Science, Mathematics and Technology (CMT) Academic Rewards program. The program is designed to increase...

The Community College of Allegheny County.(Grants & awards)(Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Pittsburgh Race for the Cure[R])(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... The Community College of Allegheny County (Pa.) has received a $40,000 grant from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Pittsburgh Race for the Cure[R] to fund scholarships for CCAC allied health programs directly related to the detection...

The Leadership Alliance.(Grants & awards)(The Leadership Alliance)(National Symposium)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... The Leadership Alliance received a five-year $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support its National Symposium, an annual event where minority undergraduates from across the country present findings from...

LeMoyne-Owen College.(Grants & awards)(LOC SMART-UP)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... LeMoyne-Owen College (Tenn.) received a $2.3 million National Science Foundation grant to enhance infrastructure in the natural sciences and provide on-campus research training. The program, LOC SMART-UP (Strengthening Minority Access to...

Shaw University.(Grants & awards)(Hewlett Packard technology grant)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... Shaw University (N.C.) is one of 47 colleges nationwide to receive a $60,000 Hewlett Packard technology grant for equipment that will integrate modern technology and data acquisition into the curriculum.

South Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2004... South Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington have received $500,000 from the U.S. Congress to produce a documentary detailing the stories of African Americans who trained at Montford Point, N.C., between 1942...

Events.(Calendar)
August 26, 2004... SEPTEMBER Sept. 20-22 National College Access Network 8th Annual Conference Boston E-mail: www.ncan@collegeaccess.org Web: www.CollegeAccess.org Sept. 23-25 20th Annual Symposium on African American Studies...

Gathering at the river: what Black colleges should do now.(Last Word)(accreditation crisis)
August 26, 2004... Another verdict has come in from the now infamous Southern Association of Colleges and Schools--the accreditation of Barber-Scotia College has been rescinded. The language of the letter and the media reports are eerily reminiscent of both...