Black Issues in Higher Education articles from December 1999

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from December 1999

U.S. Lawmakers Attack Florida Admissions Plan.
December 9, 1999... WASHINGTON--After the chilling effects of anti-affirmative action efforts in California and Texas, some members of Congress are trying to move now to head off a similar campaign in Florida. At issue is the plan of Florida Republican Gov....

School-to-Work Programs Get Another Year of Funding.
December 9, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Like a cat with nine lives, the federal school-to-work program has survived yet again in Congress. Discussions between the White House and Congress have produced a package of $110 million for the 1994 school-to-work law, which...

Fritschler to Join Education Department.
December 9, 1999... WASHINGTON -- The Senate earlier this month unanimously approved the nomination of A. Lee Fritschler as the U.S. Department of Education's top higher education official. Fritschler will become assistant secretary for post-secondary...

Judge Grants Class Action Status to University of Georgia Lawsuit.
December 9, 1999... ATHENS, Ga. -- Armed with class-action status in a discrimination lawsuit, against the University of Georgia, Atlanta attorney A. Lee Parks Jr. renewed pressure on school officials to stop using race in the admissions process. Last month,...

New Evidence Suggests Haskins Told Players to Withhold Information.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... MINNEAPOLIS -- Recent interviews with several University of Minnesota men's basketball players have changed what investigators know about alleged misconduct, the Star Tribune reported last month, citing an unnamed source. Just days before...

University Gets Airplane Engine.
December 9, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Future airplane mechanics at the University of the District of Columbia have something new to practice on -- a genuine engine from a DC-9. US Airways donated the engine to the school last month, exactly 23 years from the day...

Ole Miss Ban on `Stick Flags' Upheld.
December 9, 1999... OXFORD, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi has the legal right to ban spectators from waving Confederate flags attached to wooden sticks at campus athletic events, a federal judge has ruled. Last month's decision by U.S. District Judge...

Smith President Urges Colleges to Fight Back on Affirmative Action.
December 9, 1999... NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Smith College's president, Dr. Ruth Simmons, last month called for college leaders to unite in making clear that they are not about to abandon young people of any race who want and need an education. "Lots of people...

BI What's New Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Dixon University Center is the home of the newly established Center for Policy Studies and Research, designed to study public policy issues while providing both students and faculty with increased...

Controversial University of Texas Professor Graglia at It Again.
December 9, 1999... SAN ANTONIO -- A University of Texas law professor engaged in a debate over affirmative action again has stated his opinion that minorities are less qualified college students. Professor Lino Graglia made headlines two years ago by saying...

Purdue Grad. Program Successfully Recruits from HBCU's.
December 9, 1999... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University is working to recruit students from historically Black colleges -- an effort the university says helped triple the number of Blacks enrolled in its graduate school. An annual program, started in...

Conference Helps Alaskan Natives Reclaim Ancestral Remains.
December 9, 1999... FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A nonprofit group representing Alaska Native elders is using a federal grant to show Native villagers how to recover the remains of ancestors from museums and federal agencies. The University of Alaska Museum alone...

Post-Tenure Review Proposed at Missouri.
December 9, 1999... COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An annual performance review for tenured faculty could be on its way at the University of Missouri -- a national trend many instructors view as a threat to their academic freedom. Dr. Manuel T. Pacheco, the university's...

Organizing Against Hatred.
December 9, 1999... COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- In what some student leaders called a latent, still welcomed demonstration, the campus leadership of the University of Maryland-College Park organized a zero-tolerance for hate crimes rally last month in response to the...

Black Student Union Response to University of Maryland Hate Crimes.
December 9, 1999... Currently, there has been an increase of racial tension on the way at the University of Maryland's campus. There have been a total of 12 reported incidents. These tensions have fully manifested themselves in the form of e-mails and hate mail....

Stanford Conference Looks at the `Most Frustrating Racial Barrier'.
December 9, 1999... STANFORD, Calif. -- They came to discuss imagery. They came to discuss religion. They came to discuss African American and ethnic studies programs. They came to discuss discrimination. And, they came to discuss why, as Stanford University...

Fighting Back in Florida.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... University of Florida student government, interim president say Bush's plan would hurt campus diversity GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Although approval of Gov. Jeb Bush's anti-affirmative action One Florida plan by the Board of Regents was a...

Plan to Increase Diversity at Ohio State University Unveiled.
December 9, 1999... COLUMBUS, Ohio -- At a "Conversation on Diversity" forum here at Ohio State University last month, Provost Ed Ray explained the reason a new diversity plan is needed for the public institution. The plan calls for people in key university...

The Race to Save LIVES.
December 9, 1999... As infection rates continue to climb, Black researchers and health educators are in desperate race to stem the AIDS Ores toll on Black communities As an HIV/AIDS educator and community services administrator at Charles R. Drew University...

When AIDS, Race & Politics Collide.
December 9, 1999... A Yale political scientist critiques black leadership While mobilization of African American academics against the HIV/AIDS epidemic has drawn applause, the performance of Black leaders during the crisis has generated some debate and...

In Thurgood's Honor.
December 9, 1999... The charismatic new director of the Thurgood Marshall Fund aims to boost the organization's image and its member institutions' fortunes The new director of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund wants to do for the nation's public Black...

Educating Students About The Limits of Internet Research.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... You have probably noticed that each year your students are becoming more and more Internet-savvy. Quite naturally, I suppose, they are turning to the Net to gather research material for their essays and term papers. Yes, your institution...

Indiana University Gets Approval for High-Tech School.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University's newest school is designed to create graduates who can apply information technology to human problems. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education last month gave the School of Informatics the go-ahead...

University of Illinois Launches New E-Business Programs.
December 9, 1999... CHICAGO -- The University of Illinois Chicago's College of Business Administration has launched two new e-business/e-commerce education programs. Offered through the college's office of professional development programs, they are intended to...

NAACP Begins Campaign to De-emphasize Admissions Test Scores.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... LOS ANGELES -- The national NAACP, criticizing college placement tests as unreliable and unfair to minorities, is appealing to American colleges and universities to stop using the tests as the primary factor in selecting students for admission....

Schexnider Resigns as Winston-Salem State Chancellor.
December 9, 1999... WINSTON-SALEM -- Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider announced last month that he is resigning as chancellor of Winston-Salem State University to become an administrator at Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center. Schexnider will switch jobs in...

Not All Welcome Mason as Jackson State's New President.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... JACKSON, Miss. -- A student protest, upset faculty members and a bomb threat wasn't exactly the kind of greeting Dr. Ronald Mason Jr. was expecting his first day on Jackson State University's campus. While speaking about his desire to take...

True Equity Requires SACRIFICE.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... PRINCETON, N.J. -- When you're used to getting what you want 90 percent of the time, equality feels like you're winning 10 percent instead of half the time. Studies show that elementary school teachers often call on boys more than girls....

Teaching as a Learning Profession.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... The education of teachers has emerged as a critical component in efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning. In "Teaching as the Learning Profession," 23 of the nation's leading educators and researchers provide an in-depth...

Career Consultants.(Letter to the Editor)
December 9, 1999... DEAR BI CAREER CONSULTANTS: The only minority faculty member in my department has announced plans to move on. How can I press for the need to replace the position with another minority? EARL G. INGRAM Vice President and Equity Officer...

Black Issues Quiz.
December 9, 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.
December 9, 1999... * Morehouse College in Atlanta received a five-year, $21 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a center for behavioral neuroscience. * National Aeronautics and Space Administration will provide Mississippi State...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... PRESIDENT Dr. George Campbell Jr., who for 10 years has led the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, has been selected as the next president of New York City's Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He is...

Removing the Barriers to Care.(Brief Article)
December 9, 1999... To eliminate disparities, we must remove the barriers to care and services. We can begin by asking ourselves some tough questions. Why is it that even when people are equally insured and even when they receive equal access to care, the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... Avenues for Loan Default Repayments Need to Be Reopened Dear Editor: Your magazine has reported the efforts by the Department of Education to crack down on student loan defaulters and schools with high student loan rates (see Black...

Students of Color Win in Final Education Budget.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Postsecondary institutions serving students of color earned some hard-fought budget victories as Congress concluded its business for the year. Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all won funding...

Washington briefs ...(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... People of Color and Women Gain In Enrollment WASHINGTON -- Students of color represent a larger share of the college population than they did at the beginning of this decade, a new Education Department report says. Minorities in 1997...

Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... JACKSON, Miss. -- In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after...

Administrators Project a Loss of Diversity Because of `One Florida' Plan.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... TAMPA, Fla. -- Members of a task force created to help enact Gov. Jeb Bush's effort to end affirmative action in university admissions debated earlier this month what it would take to make the plan work. Meanwhile, University of Florida...

Fire, Racist Graffiti Damage HBCUs' Business Incubator.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... RALEIGH, N.C. -- A soon-to-be-opened small-business incubator, that will be managed by two historically Black colleges, was damaged when someone burned the interior and scrawled racist symbols on windows and walls. The damage totaled about...

Appeals Court Rejects Grad Student's Discrimination Suit in Michigan.(Brief Article)
December 23, 1999... ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The state Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate a racial discrimination suit by a former graduate student who claimed the University of Michigan rejected his dissertation and denied him a doctorate because he is Black....

BI What's New Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives.
December 23, 1999... The intent is "to do everything we can to connect the School of Education to the teachers of Jackson and the state [of Mississippi] as a whole, "says Dr. Ivan Banks, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Jackson State University. That is...

New University of Mass. Test Benefits Sickle Cell Anemia Patients.
December 23, 1999... JACKSON, Miss. -- A study conducted by University of Mississippi Medical Center radiologists can better identify the risk of stroke in children who suffer from sickle cell disease. The new ultrasound test gives doctors a color picture of a...

New North Carolina Consortium to Try to Close Racial Achievement Gap.
December 23, 1999... DURHAM, N.C. -- A dozen North Carolina colleges and universities have formed a consortium that will develop outreach programs to help public schools close the achievement gap between Black and White public school students. State tests...

Grand Jury Adds to Charges Against Suspect In FAMU Bombings.
December 23, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Hate crime charges have been added to the accusations against a White man suspected in two bombings at Florida A&M University. Lawrence Lombardi, 41, is already being held on federal counts of setting off pipe bombs at...

All They Can Be and a College Degree.
December 23, 1999... Army hopes to boost recruitment with proposal that would expand its role in the education of its soldiers. WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army has been aware of and used distance learning on the higher education level for some time. But now, the...

NYC Colleges Step Closer to Remediation Cessation.
December 23, 1999... NEW YORK -- The City University of New York has decided to bar remedial students from its four-year programs, the latest such decision by the nation's higher education officials. On a 9-6 vote last month, the New York Board of Regents said...

Berkeley Struggles As the FACULTY LOOKS Elsewhere.
December 23, 1999... BERKELEY, Calif.--Issues of race and racism are swirling about the University of California at Berkeley, stirred up by the imminent departures of two professors of color and ongoing concern over the future of the ethnic studies department. ...

Bayou Classic Gets Bigger, Richer.
December 23, 1999... Go-it-alone strategy puts more than a little sugar in Grambling's and Southern's bowls NEW ORLEANS -- The annual Bayou Classic football game between Louisiana's two major historically Black universities has built a reputation over the past...

100 YEARS of CHANGE.
December 23, 1999... FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE There is no doubt that access to higher education has played a critical role in the evolving status of people of color in the 20th century. In this edition, Black Issues reviews the century throught the prism of some...

Breaking the Science Barrier.
December 23, 1999... As we cross the threshold of a new millennium, the extraordinary global economic expansion, driven primarily by American technological innovation, is a dazzling affirmation of our nation's preeminence. Advances still unfolding in America's...

Study Shows Most Adult Education Programs Offer Distance Learning.
December 23, 1999... NEW YORK -- Nearly 69 percent of adult and continuing education programs offer distance learning courses, a new study shows. The Survey of Adult and Continuing Education Programs in Higher Education also found that the most common...

White House Answering Questions from Internet Users.
December 23, 1999... WASHINGTON -- The White House has a new service for Internet users who have questions about administration activities. Through "Ask the White House" on America Online, computer users can ask the White House press office about current events...

Online College Bookseller Preps for Spring.
December 23, 1999... LEXINGTON, KY -- Virtual campus bookstore ecampus.com is adding 2.9 course listings to its roster this month in preparation for the spring term. The company already offers more than 3 million items in its cyber bookstore, including...

Duke Web Site Offers Access to Historic Advertisements.
December 23, 1999... DURHAM -- Some 7,000 advertisements offering snapshots of American culture from 1911 to 1955 are available online through a Web site launched by Duke University librarians. The Ad*Access site is the largest online collection of advertising...

College Will Be Sheltered from Possible Y2K Storm.
December 23, 1999... MILWAUKEE -- A technical college has prepared for the worst the new millennium has to offer by putting together a Y2K disaster shelter. Lakeshore Technical College's Cleveland campus is ready to provide 500 people with food, water and...

Minority Business School Faculty Increases 50 Percent in Five Years.
December 23, 1999... CHICAGO -- Minority representation among the nation's business school faculties has increased by almost 50 percent in five years, according to The Ph.D. Project. The project to attract and encourage more minorities to become business...

Morgan Freeman, B.B. King to Chair Mississippi Valley Campaign.
December 23, 1999... ITTA BENA, Miss. -- Mississippi Valley State University has tapped actor Morgan Freeman to serve as chairman for the historically Black institution's five-year, $25 million fundraising campaign. Blues legend B.B. King will be the campaign's...

Replicating Ourselves In the 20th and 21st Centuries.
December 23, 1999... What has 20th century meant for African American women in higher education? Over a steaming cup of tea, I smile as I fall into the trap of naming names and citing trends to answer this question. The names are hauntingly familiar. Dr. Sadie...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.
December 23, 1999... KNOXVILLE COLLEGE CHOOSES HATTON Dr. Barbara Hatton has been chosen to lead Knoxville College in Tennessee. She is the former deputy director of the education and culture program at the Ford Foundation. Hatton holds a bachelor's in...

Preparing to Cross the River.
December 23, 1999... When I was growing up in Falmouth, Ky., I can remember my grandmother singing a song that put me to sleep and awakened me. The title of this song is "Shall We Gather At the River." The final chorus still lingers in my mind: "Shall we...