Black Issues in Higher Education articles from December 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from December 2002

When procedural diversity is not enough.(minorities on campus)(Editorial)
December 5, 2002... Two fraternities at the University of Virginia were suspended as photos of members in blackface were posted on a Web site following a Halloween party, the Washington Post recently reported. If that sounds like an alarmingly familiar story,...

Double jeopardy. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
December 5, 2002... Marie McDemmond notes that once these candidates (minority) are in graduate school or at the early stages of their careers, mentoring is the key. "The academy is not good at nurturing their young--they eat their young," she says (see Black...

Encouraging the college bound. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
December 5, 2002... I applaud the work of The Committee of 200 (see Black Issues, Nov. 7, "Teen Girls Show Little Interest in Business Careers"). Having worked with parents and students in various communities where going to college is not the expectation, however,...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
December 5, 2002... A story in the Nov. 7th edition about a new Center for Africana Studies identified the wrong university as the center's home. The center opened at the University of Pennsylvania. Black Issues regrets the error.

GOP control will spur change, experts say. (Washington Update).(Republicans)
December 5, 2002... The decisive Republican victory in the November midterm elections will have major implications on issues ranging from higher education to civil rights, advocates say. Republicans will re-claim control of the U.S. Senate, making it the...

Funds target minority science program. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... The federal government is providing new funds to support minority science and engineering programs at both Black colleges and traditionally White institutions. Grants under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program will go...

Special panel will focus on Brown anniversary. (Washington Update).(Brown v. Board of Education)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... The U.S. Department of Education is convening a panel for the 50tb anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education court decision that struck down discrimination in education. Public lectures, awareness campaigns and contests are among the...

Higher education programs to survive with short-term funds. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... Federal higher education programs will continue to operate with only temporary funds through January as a result of recent congressional action. Congress has funded federal education programs through short-term spending bills, or...

Firing of MSU football coach raises questions, sparks discussion: only three Black head coaches remain in Division 1. (Noteworthy News).(Michigan State University fires Bobby Williams)
December 5, 2002... EAST LANSING, MICH. Then there were three. The surprising in-season firing of Michigan State University football coach Bobby Williams last month left many college sports observers across the nation asking several questions. Did race play a...

Western Michigan University president makes historic move to Missouri. (Noteworthy News).(Elson S. Floyd)
December 5, 2002... COLUMBIA, Mo. After several days of speculation and reports of a counteroffer, Dr. Elson S. Floyd became the University of Missouri's first Black president last month. Floyd, who has served as president of Western Michigan University since...

Education Department approves aid for Morris Brown. (Noteworthy News).(Morris Brown College)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... ATLANTA Financially strapped Morris Brown College can breathe a sigh of relief--for now. Federal education officials have approved $372,000 in financial aid that had been withheld from the 117-year-old historically Black college. It...

University of California president to retire after eight years. (noteworthy news).(Richard C. Atkinson)
December 5, 2002... BERKELEY, CALIF. The University of California is looking for a new leader following the resignation of Dr. Richard C. Atkinson. Atkinson, 73, announced last month he will be retiring next October after serving for eight years, three years...

Howard hospital reorganizes residency programs. (noteworthy news).(Howard University Hospital)
December 5, 2002... WASHINGTON Howard University Hospital will reorganize its graduate medical education programs in response to concerns expressed by an accrediting council. As part of a long-term strategic effort to advance the hospital's service to...

UC faculty give new admissions process passing grade. (noteworthy news).(University of California)
December 5, 2002... BERKELEY, CALIF. A faculty review awarded high marks to the University of California's new admissions process that tries to consider students' personal and academic challenges as well as their academic records. Critics, however, say the...

Court: USF must reconsider firing of women's basketball coach. (noteworthy news).(University of South Florida)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... TAMPA, FLA. A state appeals court has ordered University of South Florida officials to reconsider the firing of a women's basketball coach accused of racial discrimination. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled last month that one of...

AACTE, Adam's Mark Hotels reach settlement. (noteworthy news).(American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education)
December 5, 2002... NEW YORK The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and HBE Corp., which is the parent company of Adam's Mark Hotels, have reached a settlement agreement regarding the association's 2000 decision to cancel hotel...

Association of medical colleges honors former surgeon general. (noteworthy news).(Association of American Medical Colleges honors David Satcher)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... SAN FRANCISCO Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher is the third recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Herbert W. Nickers, M.D. award. Satcher was honored at the association's 113th Annual Meeting held last month in...

Study: businesses can do more to attract, retain black employees. (noteworthy news).
December 5, 2002... ANN ARBOR, MICH. More minorities than ever are joining the U.S. work force and American businesses can do more to accommodate them--especially African Americans, say researchers at the University of Michigan Business School and Florida A&M...

Study links availability of supermarkets to disparities in diet, illness. (noteworthy news).
December 5, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A new study looks at what influences the availability of supermarkets has on disparities in diet and illness within certain communities. According to the new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of...

Colleges in Western North Carolina struggle to recruit blacks. (noteworthy news).
December 5, 2002... ASHEVILLE, N.C. The lowest enrollment of Blacks in five years at the University of North Carolina at Asheville has forced changes in how the school recruits minorities. Chancellor James Mullen issued the demand after just 10 Blacks...

Morehouse president vows to talk to students on gay issues. (noteworthy news).(Walter Massey)
December 5, 2002... ATLANTA An attack on a student last month at Morehouse College led to talk around the campus about homophobia and a call from a national organization for the school to address the issue publicly. Sophomore Aaron Price was charged with...

Staying in the game: UCLA'S African American leadership institute works to better prepare Black executives for corporate culture.(Cover Story)
December 5, 2002... How race and corporate culture plays out in the lives of Black executives and consequently their opportunities for advancement within their companies is a concern that many Black executives hesitate to discuss. In 1998, researchers at...

Shifting political dynamics: an uncertain political and economic climate poses new challenges to the future of higher education. (Election 2002).
December 5, 2002... Experts reading the tea leaves from November's elections see some challenging days ahead for public support of higher education. The good news is that voters see education as a top priority and endorsed education-specific ballot initiatives to...

A shared responsibility: Bluefield State's new president makes college's success a community agenda. (Faculty Club).(Albert L. Walker)(Interview)
December 5, 2002... Dr. Albert L. Walker, the new president of Bluefield State College in Bluefield, W. Va., is a career educator. He has taught in public schools and institutions of higher education since 1967. Previously, he was vice chancellor for academic...

Solar competition gives Tuskegee students a chance to shine. (Tech Talk).(Tuskegee University)
December 5, 2002... A group of Tuskegee University students majoring in architecture and engineering fields proved to the nation their resourcefulness and academic prowess in creating and building a home of the future. Competing in the Solar Decathlon, a...

Campuses commit to IT improvements despite budget crunch. (tech briefs).
December 5, 2002... CLAREMONT, CALIF. The 13th annual Campus Computing survey, conducted by computing expert Dr. Kenneth C. Green, has concluded that college and university campuses across the United States are increasing their commitment to information...

Enhanced GMAC.com serves as business school resource. (tech briefs).(Graduate Management Admission Council)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... MCLEAN, VA. Want to know the average MBA's starting salary? (Answer: $75,000). What's the percentage of women enrolled in full-time MBA programs at the nation's top-tier business schools? (Answer: 30 percent). Having recently...

New Web site highlights liberal arts schools. (tech briefs).(Annapolis Group)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... WASHINGTON The Annapolis Group, an association of the leading independent liberal arts colleges in the United States, has launched a new Web site designed to highlight the contributions of liberal arts colleges to American life and...

Dressing up a Web site without overdressing it. (Personal Computing).
December 5, 2002... Whether you have created a sophisticated business Web site or a homegrown site for the family, you undoubtedly can do more with it. Just don't do too much with it. Striking a healthy balance between making a Web site quick to navigate and...

African Americans in the biomedical sciences: new solutions to old problems. (BI Forum).
December 5, 2002... When I first embarked on a career as an African American biomedical scientist, I felt a personal obligation and responsibility to conduct science with and market science to other African Americans in a productive and beneficial way via...

John Carroll University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... DR. JULIANA MOSLEY ANDERSON has been appointed the new director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at John Carroll University in Cleveland. Previously, Mosley Anderson was the executive assistant to the president at Kentucky State...

Tuskegee University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... DR. KENYETTA MCCURTY is the new bursar at Tuskegee University. McCurty comes to Tuskegee from Jackson State University in Mississippi, where she was student account analyst/assistant bursar. She earned a bachelor's, an MBA and a doctorate all...

Tennessee State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... DR. EVELYN NETTLES has been appointed associate-vice president for academic affairs at Tennessee State University's Avon Williams campus. Previously, Nettles was assistant vice president for extended studies at South Carolina State University....

Southern University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... FREDDIE PITCHER JR. has been named the new chancellor of the Law Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. Pitcher is a retired court of appeals judge and most recently practiced law in the Baton Rouge office of Phelps Dunbar LLP, an...

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
December 5, 2002... REGINALD WADE has been named assistant vice chancellor for business services in the division of business and finance at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Previously he was internal auditor. Wade earned a bachelor's...

Grants & awards.
December 5, 2002... Bronx Community College's Mathematics and Computer Science Program received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of well-prepared mathematics, computer science, engineering or engineering technology...

Events.(Calendar)
December 5, 2002... JANUARY Jan. 2-5 Association of American Law Schools 2003 Annual Meeting "Legal Education Engages the World" Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.aals.org Jan. 17-18 Ninth National African American...

History: the missing link in making young scientists and scholars. (Last Word).
December 5, 2002... A spate of studies over the past decade has documented the dearth of researchers from historically underrepresented groups in our nation's leading institutions of higher education. Both foundations and scholars have challenged leaders inside...

Promises for another memorable year. (Editor's Note).(2003)(Editorial)
December 19, 2002... We're in the homestretch of 2002, and those of us in the higher education community already know that 2003 is gearing up to be a memorable year. By now you've heard that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the University of Michigan's...

HBCU preservation bill dies in Congress. (Washington Update).(historically black colleges and universities; historic building preservation bill)
December 19, 2002... Despite a flurry of last-minute activity that raised the hopes of Black college leaders, Congress in late November fell short in a final attempt to approve an HBCU historic building preservation bill before lawmakers adjourned for 2002. In...

Budget, grant issues still in limbo. (Washington Update).(U.S. Congress fails to address student grants)
December 19, 2002... The U.S. Congress adjourned for the year without debating critical budget and student aid issues originally scheduled for approval in October. Pell Grants, college work-study, TRIO programs and aid to HBCUs will continue to receive only...

Homeland security bill may have funds for higher education. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... The new homeland security bill to clear Congress has provisions that may provide funds for colleges and universities. Included in the bill are funds to create training centers for medical and police staff--called first responders--who would...

Auburn's long road to diversity: one year after blackface incident, Alabama university works to integrate diversity into campus culture. (Noteworthy News).
December 19, 2002... It's been over a year since the brothers of Beta Theta Pi and Delta Sigma Phi at Auburn University decked out in blackface at their Halloween parties. When photos of the students surfaced on the Internet, Auburn found itself in the national...

UVA latest in string of blackface incidents. (Noteworthy News).(University of Virginia fraternities)
December 19, 2002... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. Two University of Virginia fraternities tarnished in a "blackface" incident at a Halloween party will not be expelled from campus, according to a Dec. 2 ruling by the school's Inter-Fraternity Council. While...

Supreme Court to hear Michigan affirmative action cases in March. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... WASHINGTON As higher education experts predicted over the past year, the Supreme Court decided early this month that it will hear the University of Michigan's affirmative action cases and decide whether considering race as a factor in...

Tobacco companies targeted Black groups, study says. (Noteworthy News).(University of California)
December 19, 2002... SAN FRANCISCO Two University of California researchers say their review of industry documents shows tobacco companies have tried to boost their presence in the Black community by targeting groups such as the NAACP, giving money and...

FAMU fires athletic director. (Noteworthy News).(Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's Ken Riley and Cynthia Dupont-Jones )(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Florida A&M University athletic director Ken Riley and associate athletic director Cynthia Dupont-Jones were relieved of their duties late last month, according to a story in the Tallahassee Democrat. Riley, 55, told...

Study reveals Blacks, Whites distrustful of medical research. (noteworthy news).(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
December 19, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. If medical scientists sometimes find it hard to recruit enough volunteers--especially Blacks--to participate in research studies, there may be a good reason, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows....

Desmond Tutu to teach course at University of North Florida. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... JACKSONVILLE, FLA. University of North Florida students and community members will have a chance to learn first-hand about South African apartheid from its most well-known opponent. Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu will...

Caretaker of `Underground Railroad' shares story with Xavier audience. (noteworthy news).(National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's Ed Rigaud)
December 19, 2002... NEW ORLEANS Xavier students, faculty and staff were treated last month to one alumni's account of how a part-time job in 1996 evolved into a full-time passion. Ed Rigaud, who graduated from the historically Black school in New Orleans...

Case names four U.S. professors of the year. (noteworthy news).(Council for Advancement and Support of Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching award)
December 19, 2002... WASHINGTON Four professors were honored last month for their dedication to teaching, commitment to students and creative approach to education. The four, named U.S. Professors of the Year, were selected from more than 400 nominations. The...

New data shows interest in International Education remains high. (noteworthy news).(Institute of International Education)
December 19, 2002... WASHINGTON Data released last month by the Institute of International Education (IIE) demonstrates significant growth in interest among U.S. students in studying abroad and among foreign students in seeking an American educational...

Survey challenges notions about African American, Hispanic achievement. (noteworthy news).(Minority Student Achievement Network)
December 19, 2002... EVANSTON, ILL. Academic aspirations and student attitudes about school differ only slightly among African American, Hispanic, Asian and White students, according to a survey conducted by the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN). ...

Opening doors to homeownership: Fannie Mae foundation relies on education, outreach to help minority, low-income families become homeowners. .(Stacey Davis Stewart)(Interview)(Cover Story)
December 19, 2002... Since the fall of 1999, Stacey Davis Stewart has presided as president and chief executive officer over the Fannie Mae Foundation based in Washington, D. C. As head of the nation's largest foundation devoted to affordable housing and community...

Raising the spotlight on affordable housing: despite research illustrating the presence of an acute affordable housing crisis, the issue remains below the national radar, experts say.
December 19, 2002... To Dr. Victoria M. Basolo, a professor of urban planning at the University of California-Irvine, the desire to play a part in making sure all Americans have adequate housing motivated her to pursue an academic career in urban and regional...

Closing the housing gap: Bush administration sets ambitious goal to increase minority homeownership; observers point to previous administration for model.
December 19, 2002... The announcement by President George W. Bush this past June of his administration's plan to expand minority homeownership by at least 5.5 million families by the end of the decade has set forth an ambitious goal. Considering that minority...

`Anchors in the community': no longer self-enclosed enclaves, universities join hands with residents, government and organizations to create safer, better neighborhoods.(Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina)
December 19, 2002... Ten years ago, Myrtle Gordon and her neighbors feared turning their lights on because it was likely to attract a drive-by shooting of their homes, in Columbia, S.C. Stepping out, they could see the illegal liquor houses and drag dens that...

Housing facts & stats: the shape of minority homeownership in the United States.
December 19, 2002... Incidence of Adverse Treatment Against African American And Hispanic Testers Inquiring About Advertised Units Discrimation against ...

2002: a year in review.(universities and colleges, appointments, resignations, affirmative action, prominent African Americans)
December 19, 2002... The United States most devastating experience with domestic terrorism left its mark on 2001. And although 2002 may not be forever etched in the minds of many Americans, the impact of Sept. 11, 2001, was still felt as President George W. Bush...

The Republican sweep and higher education. (Speaking Of Education).(educational policy in newly elected congress)
December 19, 2002... A full month after the November debacle, political pundits are still deconstructing the Democrat's embarrassing loss at the polls. While the Republican "sweep" could hardly be called a mandate (some Senate races were decided by fractions of a...

Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies.(Book Review)
December 19, 2002... Dr. Elizabeth McHenry Duke University Press, 2002, 352 pp., $54.95 cloth, ISBN 0-8223-2980-8; $18.95 paper, ISBN 0-8223-2996-6 When writers such as Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley and E. Lynn Harris burst into the ranks of best-selling...

African American Communication: Exploring Identity and Culture, 2nd Edition.(Book Review)
December 19, 2002... Drs. Michael L. Hecht, Ronald L. Jackson II, Sidney A. Ribeau Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003, 321 pp. Cloth, ISBN: 0-8058-3994-1, $74.95 Paper, ISBN: 0-8058-3995-X, $34.50 Applying the cultural contracts theory and the...

Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education.(Book Review)
December 19, 2002... By Robert A. Ibarra University of Wisconsin Press, 2002, 323 pp., $24.95 paper, $59.95 cloth ISBN: 0-299-16904-9 As affirmative action court cases make headlines across the nation, Robert Ibarra explores the premise that higher education...

Making information technology work for public housing. (Tech Talk).(professor develops Internet-based software to facilitate administration of public housing)
December 19, 2002... PITTSBURGH Dr. Michael P. Johnson Jr., a professor of management science and urban affairs at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, wants to bring management science tools and the...

Cornell, local school team up on digital divide.(Cornell University, Beverly J. Martin School, Ithaca, New York)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... ITHACA, N.Y. A community outreach group funded in part by Cornell University is spearheading a campaign to help bridge the digital divide in the local community. The Cornell Ithaca Partnership is working to put computers in 57 homes where...

Are you a pirate? (Personal Computing).(penalties for using priated software can be high)(Column)
December 19, 2002... If you're like me, you've gotten many e-mail messages lately cajoling you to buy anti-virus software. "YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK!" shouted one in all capital letters. "PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER," implored another. If you don't already have...

Indiana University. (On The Move).(Ghangis D. Carter)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... GHANGIS D. CARTER is the new director of recruitment and retention at Indiana University's School of Education, Bloomington campus. Previously, he held the same directorship in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago....

Azusa Pacific University. (On The Move).(Dr. Pamela Christian)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... DR. PAMELA CHRISTIAN has been appointed special assistant for university diversity at Azusa Pacific University in California. Previously, she was director of the McNair Scholars Program at California State University, San Bernardino. Christian...

California State University-Channel Islands. (On The Move).(Dr. William Gregory Sawyer)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... DR. WILLIAM GREGORY SAWYER has been named vice president for student affairs at California State University-Channel Islands. He earned a bachelor's from Mount Union College, a master's from Eastern New Mexico University and a doctorate from the...

College of Allied Health at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. (On The Move).(Dr. Gary Sayed)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... DR. GARY SAYED has been named the new dean of the College of Allied Health at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. Sayed earned a bachelor's from the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas, a master's from the...

Long Island University. (On The Move).(Kim A. Williams)(Brief Article)
December 19, 2002... KIM A. WILLIAMS has been named the director of institutional advancement at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. Previously, Williams was a director and staff attorney at The Miracle Makers Inc., a children and family services agency. She...

Grants & awards.
December 19, 2002... Alcorn State University (Miss.) received $750,000 from Primerica Financial Services to fund the Teaching Personal Financial Principles to Students project at Alcorn State. Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus has received $1.46 million...

Events.(Calendar)
December 19, 2002... JANUARY Jan. 2-5 Association of American Law Schools 2003 Annual Meeting "Legal Education Engages the World" Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.aals.org Jan. 17-18 Ninth National African American...

Ensuring financial stability of HBCUs in the 21st century. (Last Word).(historically Black colleges and universities)
December 19, 2002... To prepare for financial stability in the 21st century, administrators at historically Black colleges and universities must identify critical issues that will have financial implications in providing quality education to African American...