Black Issues in Higher Education articles from February 2001

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from February 2001

Sustaining a Year-Round Commitment.(Editorial)
February 1, 2001... People often joke that February -- the shortest month of the year -- is Black history month. I, however, am among those who recall the Februarys of my childhood and adolescence as a month that African Americans looked forward to, regardless of...

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs.(Education Secretary, Dr Roderick Paige)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Dr. Roderick Paige, Bush's choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs "are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between...

Student Aid Issues at Forefront for New Congress.(Pell Grants)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... One of tire first bills introduced in the 107th Congress, H.R. 124, calls for full funding of Pell Grants to provide the maximum benefit to all needy students. The plan from Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., was immediately referred to the House...

Boehner Selected to Chair Education Committee.(John Boehner appointed to Committee on Education and the Workforce)(Ralph Regula)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The transition of power is nearly complete in the House of Representatives, and there are new leaders on two panels critical to higher education. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, was elected chairman of the House Education and the Work-force...

Court Rules Jackson State Cannot Justify Law School.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... JACKSON, MISS. A federal judge overseeing Mississippi's long-running college desegregation suit says historically Black Jackson State University cannot justify the need for a new law school. The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Neal...

UGA Celebrates 40 Years of Integration.(University of Georgia)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... University of Georgia President Michael Adams, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Marilyn Holmes (widow of Hamilton Holmes) and Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes unveil a historical plaque detailing the desegregation of UGA in 1961 when Holmes and Hunter were...

UT Asks for New Hearing in Race-Conscious Admissions Case.(University of Texas; Cheryl Hopwood)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... AUSTIN The University of Texas is asking a federal court to speed up the appeal of a lowercourt ruling that bars raced-conscious admissions at public universities. University lawyers said last month that they are asking the full...

$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and Schools.(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... SEATTLE The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is creating the biggest private scholarship program in Washington state with a $100 million gift to help low-income students go to college. The Washington State Achievers Program will give...

Florida University System's Chancellor Adam Herbert Resigns.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Dr. Adam W. Herbert, chancellor of Florida's public university system, resigned last month after a three-year term during which he helped advance Gov. Jeb Bush's plan to end the use of race in university admissions. The...

Finalists for Medill Dean Represent Diverse Backgrounds.(shortlist for dean of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EVANSTON, ILL. Ellis Cose and Laura Washington, two African American journalists, are reportedly among the four finalists for dean of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, according to the university's campus newspaper The Daily...

New ACE Survey Has Good News, Bad News for College and University Presidents.(American Council on Education)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... WASHINGTON The American Council on Education's recent national public opinion poll on higher education policy produced good news and some bad hews for college presidents. On the positive side, Americans continue to place high value on...

Student Receives $2,500 for Emotional Distress Caused By Racial Slur.(Ronald Dottin)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... AMHERST, MASS. The University of Massachusetts has been ordered to pay a former student $2,500 for emotional distress caused by a racial slur from a cafeteria worker. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination also ordered in...

FAMU Ties Harvard in Recruitment of National Achievement Scholars.(Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Florida A&M University has tied with Harvard University as the No. 1 recruiter of National Achievement Scholars, the nation's top African American high school students, for 2000. "This ranking marks another milestone...

North Carolina Researchers to Investigate Racial Differences in Health.(at University of North Carolina)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Differences in treatment and outcomes between Blacks and Whites in North Carolina will be the focus of a new program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program, based at the school's Cecil G....

AACU Chooses 16 Campuses as Leadership Institutions.(American Association of Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... WASHINGTON The American Association of Colleges and Universities has recognized 16 colleges and universities for their visionary campus-wide innovations in undergraduate education. The selected schools were characterized by extensive...

Spelman, Morehouse Ranked Among Top Colleges for Black Students.(by Black Enterprise magazine)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... NEW YORK Morehouse and Spelman colleges were ranked the No. 1 and 2 colleges respectively for Black students by Black Enterprise magazine. The magazine's rankings were based on a survey of academic programs and social atmosphere. A...

Art From HBCUs On Exhibit at Fisk, Tennessee State Universities.(Historically Black Colloges and Universities)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... NASHVILLE The art exhibit, "To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities," is on display at Fisk University Galleries and the Tennessee State Museum. The exhibit, which contains more than 200...

Professor Michael Eric Dyson Nominated for NAACP Image Award for King Book.(I May Not Get There With You: the True Martin Luther King Jr.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... CHICAGO Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University, has been nominated for an NACCP Image Award for his latest book I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. Dyson, whose...

Algeania Freeman Named President of Livingstone College.(Salisbury, North Carolina)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... SALISBURY, N.C. Dr. Algeania Warren Freeman has been named the new president of Livingstone College effective Feb. 1. Unanimously selected as the 11th president of the 122-year-old institution, Freeman most recently served as a tenured...

Community Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain Teachers.(Teacher Educattion Partnership Commission, Maricopa)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... PHOENIX Community colleges are answering a statewide teacher shortage with an effort to recruit, prepare and retain teachers. In response to the shortage, the Maricopa Community College District has formed the Teacher Education...

Massachusetts Anounces Grants for Foster Children Attending College.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BOSTON Foster children attending college will be eligible for up to $6,000 a year in state grants to help pay for books, meals and housing under a program unveiled recently. The $1.2 million grant program targets students who have left...

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom Diversity.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... FAIRFAX, VA. George Mason University has committed to a new kind of teacher training with a program that prepares teachers to work with the diversity of ages, races, ethnicity, languages and abilities that is prevalent in today's typical...

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference.(City University of New York)
February 1, 2001... NEW YORK Although members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group's conservative mission,...

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope.
February 1, 2001... NASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse...

Southern University Work-Study Scam Under Investigation.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BATON ROUGE, LA. A local district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that eight employees at historically Black Southern University defrauded the school's work-study program for $167,317 by falsifying student...

Researching Your African American Roots.
February 1, 2001... People of African American descent often face challenges when they try to trace their ancestors. However, African Americans can use the same basic steps that other cultural groups use to get started before they conduct more specialized...

A Snapshot of Black History Month Celebrations.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 02/01: Abel Bartley, Ph.D., author, urban history expert and assistant professor of history from the University of Akron will present a free ...

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City.(Chicago State University)
February 1, 2001... Chicago State University President Elnora Daniel makes no apologies for raising the academic bar. It's 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office,...

Building African American E-Culture.(Juan E. Gilbert)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Since his days as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, computer scientist Dr. Juan E. Gilbert has sought to make his research in instructional technology relevant to the needs of African American students. His dissertation...

New AFT Report Proposes Standards for Online Programs.(American Federation of Teachers, Distance Education Guidelines for Good Practice)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... WASHINGTON The American Federation of Teachers has recommended a set of quality standards for college-based distance education programs, the organization announced last month. The recommendations, entitled "Distance Education Guidelines...

Making A Name for Yourself On the Web.(Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Domain names may seem inconsequentially geeky, but their impact is profound, cutting to the very identity of Web-based enterprises. A lot is changing in the world of Web names, including the introduction of free domain-name services. A...

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... As a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people -- especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living...

Studies Reject Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Link.(American Medical Association report)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BETHESDA, MD. Two new studies released last month on the connection between cellular phones and brain tumors conclude that cell-phone users are no more likely than anyone else to develop benign tumors or malignant brain cancers. One study,...

ON THE MOVE.
February 1, 2001... DR. BELINDA C. ANDERSON has been named the new associate vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Previously she was director of academic advising services at Radford University in Radford, Va. Anderson...

GRANTS & awards.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa., received $5 million from the Arcadia Foundation. It is the largest single gift in the 134-year history of the college. Indiana University in Bloomington has received a $105 million grant from Lilly...

HBCUs Will Still Have A Role to Play In the 21st Century.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... With the new millennium now underway, and with predominately White higher education institutions aggressively recruiting Black students, the question may be asked, "Will HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities] remain an important...

Other Types of Campus Crimes.(African American education analysis)(Brief Article)(Column)
February 15, 2001... It is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime...

Bush's Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals On College-School Partnerships.(Column)
February 15, 2001... But initiatives focus almost exclusively on elementary and secondary education President Bush's new education reform plan is drawing cautious support across the political spectrum except for one provision with political dynamite --...

One-Third of UNC Students Graduates In Four Years.(University of North Carolina)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 15, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. One out of every three students who enrolled in the University of North Carolina system in 1996 graduated in four years, a slight increase from the freshman class of 1994, according to a report released by the UNC Board of...

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. Candidates.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... NEW HAVEN, CONN. Yale University is raising the stipends almost 20 percent for doctoral candidates next year amid an attempt by graduate students to unionize. The stipend given to humanities and social science students was increased...

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science Early.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... WASHINGTON Young African American females show a strong inclination toward science in their high school years because of strong female role models in their lives -- usually their working mothers, according to a study completed at The...

Military Academy Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar.(Westley W. Moore, Valley Forge Military Academy and College)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... WAYNE, PA. Westley W. Moore, a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, is one of 32 American men and women this year to be named a Rhodes Scholar. Moore is Valley Forge's first Rhodes Scholar. He also is the first Early...

Fewer Caps and Gowns for Hispanic Girls.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 15, 2001... WASHINGTON Hispanic girls have a higher high school dropout rate than girls in other racial or ethnic groups and are the least likely to earn a college degree, according to the American Association of University Women. Schools must do...

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Missisippi Are On the Line With Flag Vote.(NCCA)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... JACKSON, MISS. Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association say they may move regional events from Mississippi if voters do not choose a new flag April 17. The NCAA is considering requests not to schedule postseason...

Citadel Alumni Association to Award Scholarship in Name of First Black Graduate.(Citadel African American Alumni Association, Charles Foster)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... CHARLESTON, S.C. The Citadel African American Alumni Association has established a scholarship for minority students in honor of the school's first Black graduate, Charles Foster. Black alumni hope to award the first scholarship this...

Thompson to Assist in Implementation of Tennessee Desegregation Settlement.(Wendy Thompson)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... NASHVILLE Wendy Thompson, formerly university counsel and assistant to the president at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has joined the Tennessee Board of Regents' central office staff as special assistant to the...

Five Finalists for New Diversity Post at University of Georgia.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... ATHENS, GA. The University of Georgia has named five finalists for a new administration post in charge of diversity. The school's first associate provost for institutional diversity must develop a plan to promote diversity at the...

Gore to Teach at Fisk University, Columbia, UCLA, Middle Tennessee State University.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... WASHINGTON From politician to professor, former Vice President Al Gore has a series of professorial duties on the horizon. Among them, the Tennessee native's first plan is to lead a series of lectures at Fisk, a historically Black...

MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher Education.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. A roundtable on how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The decision to host a...

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment High.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... SEATTLE Community college and technical school enrollment in Washington state reached an all-time high last fall with more than a quarter of a million students, a new report indicates. The report, which was presented last month to the...

Education Department Cracks Down on Misleading Financial Aid Web Sites.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... FLINT, MICH. Financial aid officers nationwide are in an uproar over an Internet Web site that they say has confused and misled many families, and charges money for a service that students can easily get for free. All students who...

STUDENT DEATHS SHAKE UP COLLEGE CAMPUSES.(Statistical Data Included)
February 15, 2001... Despite recent murders, campus violence is down nationwide ORANGEBURG, S.C. A celebration to honor the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Jan. 15, turned tragic at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., when a...

Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To Work.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Like many college students who study computer information systems, Derrick Thompson knows computer and Internet work experience means a great deal to future employers. As a high school student, the Robeson County, N.C.,...

First-Year Female College Students Found To Have Less Confidence About Computer Skills Than Male Counterparts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 15, 2001... LOS ANGELES An annual, national survey of college freshmen reveals that the women feel less confident about their computer-use skills than the men. The fall 2000 survey undertaken by the Higher Education Research Institute at the...

Michigan Research Group Seeks To Boost Female Use of Software and Computers.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... ANN ARBOR, Mich. A newly forming research group at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is seeking to bridge the skills and confidence gap between American men and women with regard to computer use. The Gender and Learning Technologies...

Memory Lights the Corners of Your PC.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... With personal computers, taking a stroll down memory lane isn't for the nostalgic. The world of random access memory, or RAM, is future oriented, with significant changes in the works. Change brings both opportunity and threat, and court...

CAREER CONSULTANTS.(the digital divide)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... Dear BI Career Consultants: Does it make sense to talk about the "Digital Divide" in terms of inclusion instead of division? Cardell Orrin Chief Information Officer LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tenn. The change in terminology from...

Persevering Even When Heroes Fall.(Jesse Jackson )(Brief Article)(Column)
February 15, 2001... Disappointed is perhaps the best way to describe how I felt when I awoke to the news that Rev. Jesse Jackson had cheated on his wife and has fathered a 20-month-old daughter with a former employee and college professor. I wasn't shocked, not...

Election Offers Compelling Reasons To Study Black History.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... Anyone who lacks a compelling reason to study African American history need only review last year's debacle, also known as the presidential election, to be reminded that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Thousands of...

ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2001... DR. WILLIAM R. BELISLE has been appointed grants, funded research and contracts officer at Southern University at New Orleans. Previously he was senior environmental engineer at SEMCOR Inc. in Huntsville, Ala. Belisle earned a bachelor's from...

GRANTS & awards.(Brief Article)(Directory)
February 15, 2001... Berry College in Rome, Ga., received $9.4 million from the Ford Motor Co. Fund to renovate its Ford Complex, a group of Gothic Stone buildings built for the school by Henry Ford more than 70 years ago. Elmhurst College in Illinois received...

Tennessee Desegregation Accord: "Forty Acres and a Mule".(Brief Article)(Column)
February 15, 2001... Tennessee has supposedly "settled" its higher education desegregation case (Geier) amid much optimism that "it's finally over" -- the case has lingered in court since 1968. The accord was drafted to meet a Dec. 15, 2000, deadline. And much like...