Black Issues in Higher Education articles from February 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from February 2002

Preserving Black history.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 14, 2002... After "loaning" out my column for the last two editions, I'm excited to share our Black history month editions with you. In this edition of Black Issues, we have focused on Black cultural centers and their importance, relevance and future on...

Bush budget projects small HBCU increase: new funding still falls short of amount proposed by Black college leaders. (Washington Update).(funding for historically Black colleges and universities )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2002... President Bush soon will propose more funding for historically Black colleges and universities for 2003, but the increase will remain below the recommendations of HBCU advocates. The president's fiscal 2003 education budget will include an...

Student loan fix headed for White House. (Washington Update).(bill S. 1762 approved by Congress)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2002... An unlikely coalition of students, lenders and members of Congress has ached an agreement that may ensure long-term gains for those who have to borrow money for college. The House of Representatives in January approved legislation that...

The great `misunderstanding' at Harvard: president's criticism of Cornel West has left supporters of Afro-American studies unsettled. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country news analysis).
February 14, 2002... For those who believed the long struggle to put Afro-American studies at Harvard University on solid footing had ceased years ago, the recent controversy over Harvard president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers' private rebuke of Afro-American studies...

Appiah accepts Princeton appointment. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country news analysis).(Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... PRINCETON, N.J. Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, who has been a noted member of the Harvard University Afro-American studies department, will join the Princeton University faculty as a full professor effective Sept. 1, according to Princeton...

SUNO controversy moves from boardroom to courtroom. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country news analysis).(firing of Dr. Joseph Bouie at Southern University at New Orleans)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2002... BATON ROUGE, LA. Dr. Joseph Bouie is convinced he would still be the chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans if he had not fired the wife of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. And even though most members of the Southern...

Lack of board's support prompts Bennett president to resign: board selects retired university administrator to serve as interim president. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country news analysis).(Dr. Althia Collins, Bennett College)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. After less than a year on the job, Dr. Althia Collins is resigning her post as president of historically Black Bennett College, a small, all-women's school in Greensboro, N.C. Collins says she's leaving this June...

Undocumented immigrants to get tuition break. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(University of California)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... LOS ANGELES Undocumented immigrants will get a break on tuition at the University of California under a plan approved late last month allowing many of them to pay the amount charged to in-state residents. Under the plan, students who...

Eleventh lawsuit filed against university's basketball program. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(University of South Florida )(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... TAMPA, FLA. An 11th woman has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the University of South Florida and its former women's basketball coach, claiming racist treatment in the program. Last month Iris Fleming became the latest...

Surgeon General to head Morehouse center. (noteworthy news).(Dr. David Satcher)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... ATLANTA U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher announced last month that he will become director of a new center at historically Black Morehouse College that will press for better access to health care for minorities. Accepting the new...

Harpers Ferry park pays tribute to graduates of Black College. (noteworthy news).(Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Storer College, West Virginia)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... HARPERS FERRY, W.VA. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park has begun a five-year effort to pay tribute to graduates of Storer College, which was established after the Civil War to help former slaves get an education. The park's first...

Mississippi legislators give final OK to $503 million settlement. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2002... JACKSON, MISS. State legislators in Mississippi gave overwhelming approval last month to a resolution endorsing a $503 million settlement in a lengthy fight to desegregate universities, signaling a possible end to the case. The Senate...

Students upset after university holds classes on King holiday. (noteworhty news).(University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Martin Luther King Day)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... FORT SMITH, ARK. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith held classes last month on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, rankling some students because the campus did not recognize the holiday by closing. The school, formerly known as...

LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. state presidents to step down. (noteworthy news).(Dr. George R. Johnson Jr. of LeMoyne-Owen College, Leroy Davis of South Carolina State University)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2002... MEMPHIS, TENN. LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. George R. Johnson Jr. says, "it's time to do something else," and plans to step down this summer. Johnson, who didn't elaborate on what he'll do, has been at the helm of the private,...

Black cultural centers: standing on shaky ground? As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.(Statistical Data Included)(Cover Story)
February 14, 2002... Ask most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help ensure a diversity of ideas and help sustain the...

Embracing public history: the increasing number of Black history museums provides an alternative to the "publish or perish" environment of academia.
February 14, 2002... If you really want to understand the difference between having a career as a traditional university-based historian and working in a public history setting such as a museum, think abut this," says Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis. "At some time in...

Housing Benjamin Mays' legacy: South Carolina artist brings national attention to educator's dilapidated house.
February 14, 2002... The late Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays was one of the most influential educators in American history. He was the spiritual mentor for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and among the most prominent presidents of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was the...

Ohio State English professor welcomes prestigious award: award-winning book traces literacy, social activism in the lives of 19th century Black women. (Faculty Club).(Royster, Jacqueline Jones)(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 14, 2002... Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster of Ohio State University has won the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from the Modern Languages Association, given annually for an outstanding work of research on the teaching of English. Royster's award-winning book,...

High jinks at Harvard overshadow real issues. (Speaking Of Education).(affirmative action, African American studies)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... If you haven't heard about the flap between Harvard's President Lawrence Summers and the institution's University Professor Cornel West, you've been hiding under a rock somewhere. Taking a break from the war and Enron, the New York Times...

For an alternative to Windows, an unclear future. (Tech Talk).(operating system Lindows)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... The recent appearance of Lindows, a novel fusion of the ubiquitous Windows and the maverick Linux operating systems, could mean a changing of the guard for academic computing in this new century. Why? It's not often that a new operating...

N.C. Central signs pact with IBM. (tech briefs).(North Carolina Central University gets discounted laptops)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... DURHAM, N.C. North Carolina Central University students will have laptop computers to carry to class as a result of a recent deal with IBM that will supply the Durham, N.C., historically Black campus with laptops, student job opportunities...

Prairie View students to benefit from $60 million computer systems donation. (tech briefs).(computer-aided design and engineering software)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS have donated more than $60 million in computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software, hardware, and training expertise to Prairie View A&M...

Carnegie Mellon to receive $23.3 million for high dependability computing program. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... PITTSBURGH The National Aeronautic Space Administration's Ames Research Center has signed an agreement to award $23.3 million to Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science to develop a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional...

Easing the move from old computer to new. (Personal Computing).(systems migration)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... The only constant with computer technology is change. No matter how comfortable you are with your current PC, at some point you'll need to move on to a new one. Perhaps you want to use programs that won't run on your old PC. Perhaps you've...

University of Maryland College Park.(Earlene Armstrong wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... DR. EARLENE ARMSTRONG, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland College Park, has been selected by President Bush as one of 10 national recipients of the 2001 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and...

Saint Augustine's College.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... MICHAEL E. COSTA has been selected as the first head football coach when Saint Augustine's College in North Carolina reinstitutes its football program. Costa most recently served as a defensive coordinator at Elizabeth City State University....

University of California.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... DR. WINSTON C. DOBY has been appointed vice president for educational outreach for the University of California system. Doby has served in many positions at UCLA, including assistant track coach and, most recently, vice chancellor of student...

University of Illinois.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... KIMBERLY M. REESE has been appointed assistant director of student development services at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Previously, she was the coordinator of the student leadership development and volunteer services program. Reese...

Hofstra University.(appoints Peter Sylyer)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... PETER SYLYER has been named executive assistant to the president for government and corporate relations at Hofstra University in New York. Previously he was associate dean for administration at Hofstra's school of law. Sylver earned a...

Allen University.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... DR. CHARLES E. YOUNG has been named president of Allen University in Columbia, S.C. Young has been an AME minister of Ebenezer Church in Charleston, S.C. Young earned a bachelor's from Virginia Union University, a master's of divinity from...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2002... California State University at Northridge's Minority Biomedical Research Support program has received two grants totaling more than $6 million to develop biomedical research and enhance research education. The grants were awarded by the...

Events.
February 14, 2002... FEBRUARY February 22-23 11th Annual National QEM/MSE Conference "Building SMET Research and Teaching Capacity at Minority Institutions" Washington Marriott Hotel Contact: Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network...

The staying power of Black cultural centers. (Last Word).(Editorial)
February 14, 2002... The first Black cultural centers appeared on predominantly White college campuses toward the end of the 1960s. The activities of civil rights organizations and other progressives ushered in an awakening on campuses to the idea of being...

On history and technology. (Editor's Note).(Editorial)
February 28, 2002... At first, it seemed a bit daunting that the annual technology report would be combined with the second of our two Black History Month issues. After thinking about it for awhile, it became clear to me that we needed to look back to the...

The myth of safe sex. (Letters).
February 28, 2002... DEAR EDITOR: I just read your Editor's Note, "Let's Talk About Sex" (see Black Issues, Jan. 31) and wanted to let you know my thoughts on some of your assertions. Our nation's puritan roots are not tied to any national dysfunction...

`Wartime' budget has few higher education increases; historically Black colleges are among the projected winners. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... The Bush administration's self-described "wartime budget" for 2003 would hold the line on higher education spending, with most programs receiving level funding or small cutbacks next year. The maximum Pell Grant would remain at $4,000,...

Job training overhaul may affect colleges. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 28, 2002... The Bush administration is proposing a major overhaul of federal job training programs, a budget reduction effort that may affect colleges and universities and low-income students participating in education programs below the baccalaureate...

Remembering Langston Hughes: the `people's poet'; Kansas symposium draws stellar mix of scholars, activists and artists to honor Hughes' centennial. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... LAWRENCE, KAN. More than 500 scholars, artists, educators, entertainers and activists from across the nation and around the globe gathered at the University of Kansas in Lawrence earlier this month to remember the art, life and legacy of...

Wrangling continues over student visa reforms. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 28, 2002... WASHINGTON Since Sept. 11, higher education officials and lawmakers have stepped up efforts to restructure the system that tracks foreign students -- a system both groups have acknowledged is disorganized and outdated. But higher education...

SACS takes Houston Community College System off probation. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Houston Community College System)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has taken the Houston Community College System off probation after determining that administration and governance have stabilized. With SACS removing the 50,449-student HCCS from being "on...

UC faculty committee proposes dropping SAT I. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(University of California )(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... BERKELEY, CALIF. The push is on to drop the SAT I as a University of California admissions requirement and a key faculty committee has proposed developing new entry exams tailored to state curriculum. The recommendation is tentative...

Coalition cites decline in minority business degrees. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 28, 2002... WASHINGTON Despite a robust economy and greater emphasis on business diversity in the 1990s, African American, Hispanic and American Indian undergraduate students showed less interest in earning business degrees in that decade, a mew...

Americans place high value on college education, survey finds. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 28, 2002... WASHINGTON Americans believe the nation's colleges and universities provide a high-quality education and serve as an economic engine for their home states, according to findings of a national survey released today by the American Council...

Study finds clear evidence of grade inflation. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... WASHINGTON A report published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences demonstrates clear evidence of grade and evaluation inflation at U.S. universities. The report "Evaluation and the Academy: Are We Doing the Right Thing?" was...

Gates ponders move to Princeton; Chicago scholar joins Harvard's ranks. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... NEWARK, N.J. The head of Harvard's Afro-American studies program, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., says he will decide this summer whether he will follow his colleague Dr. Anthony Appiah to Princeton University. Last month, Princeton...

A presidential visit. (noteworthy news).(George W. Bush visits the Winston-Salem State University)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., and his wife, Davida, meet with President Bush during his visit last month to the university's Center for Community Safety, where Bush was briefed on community preparedness for...

Georgia College offers scholarship to amend discrimination. (noteworthy news).(George Washington Carver High School Descendants Scholarship)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... CARROLLTON, GA. In 1955 and 1956, every senior at an all-Black high school in Carrollton applied to West Georgia College. All were rejected because of the color of their skin. Forty-five years later, the college has apologized, and an...

N.C. A&T remembers `Greensboro Four' with new statue. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. Four Black college freshmen who inspired sit-in movements across the South when they ordered food from a segregated lunch counter have been immortalized with a statue. Leaders from North Carolina A&T State University...

Interim FAMU president says he wants job for good. (noteworthy news).(Dr. Henry Lewis III)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. The man filling in as interim president of Florida A&M University says he wants the job for good, despite having signed on to do it only until a permanent replacement could be found. Dr. Henry Lewis III began serving...

Dartmouth opens inter-religious dining facility. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... HANOVER, N.H. While violence in the Middle East continues to make headlines, a quiet symbol of Muslim and Jewish cooperation celebrated its grand opening at Dartmouth College last month. The Pavilion, a campus dining hall jointly...

In memoriam: Claude Brown (1937-2002). (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 28, 2002... Sonny is gone. That is, the conscious non-ideological voice that humanized the underside of modern day Harlem will no longer walk the streets that defined his early life like black defines night. The four million readers of Manchild in the...

Black innovation: learning from the past. (Special report: African Americans in technology)(Cover Story).
February 28, 2002... If it weren't for Black History Month, it's unlikely that a significant number of Americans would ever come across the names of individuals such as Granville T. Woods, Garrett Morgan, Jan Ernst Matzeliger and Elijah McCoy. These individuals,...

eArmyU improves educational access for soldiers; but HBCUs may be missing out due to distance learning incapacity. (Special report: African American in technology)(Cover Story).(distance learning)
February 28, 2002... The Army's venture into distance learning -- dubbed eArmyU -- is proving to be a big success with more than 12,000 soldiers enrolled since it began a year ago. Enlisted soldiers, particularly soldiers of color, have been lining up for the...

Cyber-stars: Black Issues profiles high achievers in information technology. (Special report: African American in technology)(Cover Story).
February 28, 2002... Black History Month celebrations long have touted the contributions of African Americans in technology. In this issue, Black Issues profiles 10 individuals who are in the process of making history of their own in the arena of information...

A Black History Month salute to: the quiet activist Ralph Bunche; documentary highlights Bunche's contributions to world peace, international relations.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... The name Ralph Bunche is not heard much today. And those who are familiar with Bunche are often a little sketchy about what exactly he did. But after World War II, Dr. Ralph Bunche, American scholar and statesman, was a household name. He...

A snapshot of Black History Month celebrations; take a look at how a few colleges and universities across the country celebrated Black History Month.
February 28, 2002... 1. BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE, DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. Black History Trivia Tournament; Gospel Concert; African American Composers Concert 2. BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. Panel discussion: "Rasta, Reggae and...

A calculating program; Hampton University professor's grade calculator keeps students, faculty on top of academic performance. (Faculty Club).
February 28, 2002... Quo Vadis. The phrase literally means "where are you going?" It's also the name of Hampton University professor Dr. George Burbanck's innovative grade calculation program, which is saving academic careers at Hampton and winning converts at...

The American University: private benefit or public good? (faculty club).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... PHOENIX Harvard University's Dr. Cornel West, the scheduled keynoter, wasn't able to make it, but the nearly 1,000 faculty and administrators who gathered for the American Association of Higher Education's 10th annual Forum on Faculty...

Tested practices buoy University of Phoenix online. (Tech Talk).(Interview)
February 28, 2002... Black Issues presents in Techtalk the first of occasional question-and-answer sessions with prominent information technology leaders in higher education. In this issue, Brian Mueller, vice president and chief operating officer of the profitable...

Bush budget proposes cutting digital access programs. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... WASHINGTON The federal budget proposal for 2003 unveiled in early February by the Bush administration would eliminate funding for the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) and for the community technology centers program, two initiatives...

MIT honors Dr. Randal Pinkett. (tech briefs).(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented Dr. Randal Pinkett this month with a Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award for his work in helping low-income Boston residents use digital technology to enhance...

Looking good with the help of your PC. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... Image isn't everything, but image counts. The substance of who you are and what you do matters most, but projecting the right image helps you get your foot in the door, establish credibility and boost confidence. PCs can help you bolster...

Dear BI career consultants: what are some strategies for overcoming the gender gap in information technology? (Career Consultants).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... If we are to close the gender gap in information technology we must begin to address two critical questions: Are information technologies "gendered by design?" And can the same approach to preparing students for information technology careers...

Would Dr. King approve? (BI Forum).(ethnic clubs)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... Ethnic clubs in high schools and colleges -- clubs such as the Filipino Club, the Black Students' Union, the Latino Club, the Korean Club and so forth -- have worried me for the 31 years I've been teaching. Yes, there are those who...

American University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... CHARLA COLEMAN is the new program coordinator in the office of multicultural affairs at American University in Washington. She comes from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she was a graduate assistant. Coleman earned a...

North Carolina A&T State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... HARRIET F. DAVIS has been appointed director of alumni affairs at North Carolina A&T State University. Davis has worked at A&T since 1979 in a variety of positions. She earned a bachelor's in speech communications with a concentration in public...

Texas Woman's University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... DR. REMIGUS HERBERT IHEKWABA has been named director of International Education at Texas Woman's University. Previously, he was assistant to the president/administrative intern at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas. Ihekwaba earned a...

Harvard Graduate School of Education. (On The Move).(Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... DR. SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT, author and professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been named board chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Lawrence-Lightfoot earned a bachelor's from Swarthmore...

New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. (On The Move).(Victor Clark Mullins, dean)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... VICTOR CLARK MULLINS has been named assistant dean for academic affairs at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He has held several positions at the university since 1993. Mullins earned a bachelor's from George Mason...

Lander University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... ROY N. RASHEED has been appointed assistant dean of students and director of multicultural affairs at Lander University in South Carolina. Previously, Rasheed was the coordinator of Greek housing at the University of Southern Mississippi. He...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... The American Society of Safety Engineers will receive a $25,000 donation from the United Parcel Service (UPS) for the formation of the society's UPS Diversity Scholarship Program, which focuses on minority students in the field of professional...

Events.
February 28, 2002... MARCH March 8-10 National Conference of Arab & Muslim American Journalists Chicago Contact: Ray Hanania Phone: (708) 403-1203 Web: www.ArabAmericanView.net March 16-19 American Association for Higher Education's National...

Filling the pipeline with technology workers. (Last Word).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... In this unprecedented time in our nation's history, education leaders have a special duty to rethink priorities and plans for the future. The strength and stability of our economy -- and of the global economy -- are newly of grave concern....