Black Issues in Higher Education articles from February 2004

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from February 2004

A responsibility to tell.(Editor's Note)
February 12, 2004... Historians have long identified the essential role of storytelling in the African and African American experience. The grim, responsible for preserving the legacies and memories of a people for future generations, held an esteemed position in...

Health disparities report at center of controversy; department altered scientists' conclusions to fit 'political goals,' lawmakers say.(Washington Update)
February 12, 2004... Several lawmakers released a report last month documenting substantial alterations to the National Healthcare Disparities Report made by officials at the Department of Health and Human Services. While the draft executive summary of the report...

Senate approves first federal school voucher plan.(Washington Update)
February 12, 2004... The Senate approved the country's first federal school voucher program last month, a District of Columbia experiment with implications for school choice nationwide. The $13 million plan would award private-school vouchers to at least 1,700...

U.S. economy, education need to be higher priority, senate leader says.(Washington Update)
February 12, 2004... While Democrats stand with President Bush in support of U.S. troops serving in Iraq, the United States must focus more on homeland issues, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said last month. The economy, education, health care and Social...

Senate approves more than $1.5 million for TSU.(Washington Update)
February 12, 2004... More than $1.5 million in federal funding has been approved for Tennessee State University as part of the Omnibus Appropriations bill that passed the U.S. Senate last month. The bill provides $1 million for the African American Museum and...

Grambling's chief ready for change: interim president announces plans to retire; she won't seek permanent job.(Noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... BATON ROUGE, LA. Grambling State University Interim President Dr. Neari Warner, who played a major role in saving the school's accreditation, isn't interested in serving as president on a permanent basis. "I need a change, and I want...

Education leaders gather to set research agenda: policy-makers cite need for more data on African American educational experiences.(Noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... FAIRFAX, VA.. A recent Florida A&M University engineering graduate with a 3.9 grade point average was rated zero on a scale of one-to-10 by a hiring manager in terms of his employability with the firm. The hiring manager did not think the...

New report looks closely at resegregation of schools.(Noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. In the past decade there has been a backward movement for desegregation in U.S. schools, especially for Latino and African American students, and particularly in the South, according to a new study on national...

Mixed response greets Gov. Bush at FAMU.(Noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... TALLAHASSEE, FLA.. About a dozen students walked out last month before Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gave a Martin Luther King Jr. day address at historically Black Florida A&M University. The 150-seat auditorium classroom was filled to...

U of Texas panel suggests ways to soothe racial tensions.(noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... HOUSTON A University of Texas panel seeking to end racial tensions on campus has recommended the university require sensitivity training for campus police and hire an administrator to promote campus diversity. The 15-member task force,...

KU professors take their film on slavery to Sundance.(noteworthy News)
February 12, 2004... LAWRENCE, KAN.. A satirical film on slavery created by two University of Kansas professors was selected as an official entry in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival held last month in Park City, Utah. "CSA: Confederate States of America" is...

Cancer more likely to recur in Blacks treated for head, neck cancer.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... GAINESVILLE, FLA. Black people treated for head and neck cancer have double the risk of cancer recurring elsewhere in the body and thus are far more likely to die within five years than White patients who received the same treatment for...

Report: N.J. Black students more likely to be classified as mentally retarded.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... TRENTON, N.J. A national education report released recently found that Black students in New Jersey are 3.6 times more likely to be classified as mentally retarded than White students. That rate is higher than any other state. But...

Seafood chain's 'Tom Joyner Platter' to raise funds for HBCUs.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... LOUISVILLE, KY. Long John Silver's Inc. has partnered with the Tom Joyner Foundation to raise much-needed funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Throughout 2004, Long John Silver's will donate a portion of the proceeds...

University president confident of meeting Bill Cosby challenge.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... WILBERFORCE, OHIO Central State University officials are confident they will meet a challenge from comedian Bill Cosby to raise $750,000 for scholarships in exchange for a benefit performance. Cosby challenged officials at the...

Library of congress announces online release of Hurston plays.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... WASHINGTON The Library of Congress announced the online release of the Zora Neale Hurston plays available on the American Memory Web site at: . The Zora Neale Huston Plays collection at the Library of Congress presents a selection of...

Women, minorities rare on science, engineering faculties.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... WASHINGTON Several decades after the passage of Title IX, the law that promises equal opportunity for women in all aspects of federally funded education programs, women are still severely underrepresented on science, technology,...

Bethune-Cookman renews search for president after talks fail.(noteworthy news)
February 12, 2004... DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. Contract negotiations with the woman selected to become Bethune-Cookman College's new president have been abandoned, school officials said recently. The college will renew its search to replace retiring President...

Benchmarks & barriers for people of color in higher education: June 17-19, 2004.(First BIHE National Conference)(Calendar)
February 12, 2004... JUNE 17-19, 2004 Marriott Crystal Gateway Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area) About the Conference Black Issues In Higher Education 20th Anniversary Conference & Celebration Benchmarks and Barriers for People...

Telling the untold story: plans for three new African American museums are under way, signaling a growing interest in Black history, culture. But is it too much of a good thing?(Cover Story)
February 12, 2004... Question: What do Washington, D.C., Fredericksburg, Va., and Charleston, S.C., have in common? Answer: Each city will, in the next three to five years, become home to a major African American museum site. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who led a...

To be Black, & gifted & red: Cold War period yields new, provocative ground for contemporary scholars.
February 12, 2004... Today's climate of supercharged patriotism and apparent intolerance for comment or critique calls to mind an earlier period of U.S. history. The Cold War that began in the mid- to late-1940s, along with McCarthyism and the anti-communist...

Celebrating Black history: a look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month.
February 12, 2004... * ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, TEXAS Lecture: Special guests: Brown sisters from Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Panel: "Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Today?"; "Is There Equality in Education?" ...

Reward hard work, not accumulated wealth.(Speaking Of Education)
February 12, 2004... If you watched the State of the Union address on January 20, you must have shook your head in disbelief when President Bush said that the economy was on the mend. In too many ways, he thumbed his nose at the 9 million unemployed Americans who...

Recent scholarship on Blacks and the Cold War.
February 12, 2004... Beyond the Color Line and the Iron Curtain: Reading Encounters Between Black and Red, 1922-1963. By Dr. Kate A. Baldwin Duke University Press, Nov. 2002 346 pp. $59.95 cloth, ISBN 0-8223-2976-X $19.95 paper, ISBN 0-8223-2990-5 ...

Howard University radio station converts to digital format.(Tech Talk)
February 12, 2004... WASHINGTON To hear free digital audio broadcasting in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, radio enthusiasts can now tune into WHUR-FM (96.3), the Howard University-owned and operated radio station. On January 21, the Howard...

Study says older adults less negative about personal computers.(Tech Talk)
February 12, 2004... MUNCIE, IND. In a 10-year span from 1989 to 1999, older adults grew less uneasy using personal computers but were still wary of social changes caused by technology, a Ball State University study reports. A survey of 94 people 60 years and...

Web site highlights civil rights history.(tech briefs)
February 12, 2004... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Coinciding with Black History Month, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), in partnership with the BellSouth Corporation, has launched a newly designed Web site, bringing civil rights history to the world. The site...

Community colleges seek homeland security education.(tech briefs)
February 12, 2004... WASHINGTON The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the appointment of a 21-member task force to craft a long-range strategy for developing homeland security education and training programs for the nation's 1,173...

NSF reports drop in science, engineering doctorates.(tech briefs)
February 12, 2004... ARLINGTON, VA. In a recent report, data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) shows across-the-board reductions in the number of doctoral science and engineering (S&E) degrees earned in 2002 from the previous year. The 24,500 degrees...

Leveraging the Internet's marketplace of ideas.(Personal Computing)
February 12, 2004... Has this ever happened to you? You're looking for information about a product, Google to its Web site, and e-mail off your question. Then you hear nothing back. This has happened many times to me, too. It's almost better for a company to...

Savannah State University.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... DR. BERNITA BERRY is the new chair of the department of social work at Savannah State University. Berry most recently served as an associate professor of social work and director of social work at Prairie View A&M University. She earned a...

Medgar Evers College.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... DR. EVELYN CASTRO has been appointed dean of the school of liberal arts and education at Medgar Evers College in New York. Previously, she was vice president of the Leadership Academy at the New York City department of education. Castro earned...

Center for Real Estate Development and Management.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... GLENN L FRENCH has been appointed executive director of the Center for Real Estate Development and Management, a part of the undergraduate business program at Saint Augustine's College in North Carolina. French is an authority in the property...

Wayne State University.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... HARVEY HOLLINS III has been appointed vice president for government affairs at Wayne State University in Michigan. Hollins comes to Wayne State from an eight-year post at the American Association of Retired Persons. He earned a bachelor's...

Auburn University.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... DR. KENT J. SMITH JR. has been named dean of students at Auburn University in Alabama. Smith comes to AU from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, where he was director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. He earned a bachelor's degree...

North Carolina A&T Technical State University.(On The Move)
February 12, 2004... DR. EREKA R. WILLIAMS has been named assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at North Carolina A&T Technical State University. Williams was a former public schoolteacher in North Carolina. She earned a bachelor's...

California State University, Northridge has received a $45,000 grant to develop a program to teach elderly immigrants English and prepare them for U.S. citizenship.(Grants & awards)
February 12, 2004... California State University, Northridge has received a $45,000 grant to develop a program to teach elderly immigrants English and prepare them for U.S. citizenship. The two-year grant from Temple University's Center for Intergenerational...

The Fellows Program of the American Council on Education (ACE) received a $905,600 grant from Lumina Foundation for Education.(Grants & awards)
February 12, 2004... The Fellows Program of the American Council on Education (ACE) received a $905,600 grant from Lumina Foundation for Education. The centerpiece of the effort is the establishment of the ACE/Lumina Fellows, which will serve to increase the pool...

Lehigh University's (Pa.) College of Business and Economics received a $10 million endowment from Wall Street dealmaker Joseph Perella and his wife, Amy.(Grants & awards)
February 12, 2004... Lehigh University's (Pa.) College of Business and Economics received a $10 million endowment from Wall Street dealmaker Joseph Perella and his wife, Amy. The college will use interest from the Perellas' donation to fund a minimum of four...

Philander Smith College (Ark.) received a $45,000 grant for its capital fund-raising campaign from the Charles A.(Grants & awards)
February 12, 2004... Philander Smith College (Ark.) received a $45,000 grant for its capital fund-raising campaign from the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Board of Trustees. The Frueauff grant will be used to complete a $1 million matching-fund grant awarded...

Events.(Calendar)
February 12, 2004... FEBRUARY Feb. 14-18 Association of Teacher Educator (ATE) "ATE: Promoting Quality and Professionalism" Hyatt Regency Hotel Dallas, Texas Contact: Dr. Frances Van Tassell Phone: (940) 565-4420 E-mail: vantass@coe.unt.edu MARCH ...

Reflections on Black History Month: there is still progress to be made.(Last Word)
February 12, 2004... Seventy-eight years ago, Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, was created to allow for the identification and celebration of the contributions of African Americans in our history and in our presence. While Black History...

Saturday school.(Editor's Note)
February 26, 2004... Writing in last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Grutter v. Bollinger affirmative action case Justice Sandra Day O'Connor surmised that in 25 years race-conscious affirmative action won't be needed because disparities in educational...

HBCUs among few winners in Bush's budget plan: financial aid programs see little, if any, gain.(Washington Update)
February 26, 2004... Black colleges would receive more money next year while most student financial aid programs face freezes of cuts under President Bush's new education budget. By percentages alone, minority-serving colleges and universities were one of the...

Bush's budget creates 'greater hurdles' for students, group says.(Washington Update)
February 26, 2004... By freezing funding for federal student aid President Bush's budget creates even "greater hurdles" for students, says Kate Rube, associate for the State PIRG's Higher Education Project. "Students at colleges around the country need more...

Hispanic leaders, Maricopa Board continue to clash: Latino community looks to legislators to rein in community-college board members.(Noteworthy News)
February 26, 2004... PHOENIX A board member's habit of maintaining an office on campus has gone from an arcane governance question to political controversy here, where Hispanic leaders are fed up with what they see as a pattern of micro management and...

Court denies latest appeal in Mississippi desegregation case.(noteworthy news)
February 26, 2004... JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi's marathon college desegregation case may have to clear one more legal hurdle before the state can move ahead with a settlement supporters say will help traditionally Black universities heal from decades of...

Benchmarks & Barriers for People of Color in Higher Education.(First BIHE National Conference)
February 26, 2004... Benchmarks & Barriers For People of Color In Higher Education JUNE 17-19, 2004 Marriott Crystal Gateway Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C., metropolitan area) A special conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of Black...

State Department, Howard University launch program to produce diplomats.(Noteworthy News)
February 26, 2004... WASHINGTON Under a unique agreement between Howard University and the Department of State, members of underrepresented groups and students with financial needs selected as Charles B. Rangel Fellows will qualify for the U.S. diplomatic...

Yale exhibit highlights African Americans in the civil war.(Noteworthy News)
February 26, 2004... NEW HAVEN, CONN. An exhibition at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library brings to life an episode of American--and Connecticut--history: that has not yet received its due attention: the unique struggle of more than...

Dillard President Michael Lomax to head UNCF.(noteworhty news)
February 26, 2004... WASHINGTON The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has announced that Dr. Michael L. Lomax will succeed William H. Gray III as president and CEO of the organization. Lomax, who currently serves as president of Dillard University in New...

Report: emergency measures needed to end crisis in college opportunity.(noteworthy news)
February 26, 2004... SAN JOSE, CALIF. Governors and legislators should adopt emergency measures to stem the crisis in college opportunity, according to recommendations in "Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity" released earlier this month by the...

Study projects more high-school graduates, greater diversity.(noteworthy news)
February 26, 2004... WASHINGTON A new study released last month by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) projects more than 3.2 million high-school students will graduate in 2008-2009. In addition, by the class of 2014, minority...

Florida State celebrates its integration in a monumental way.(noteworthy news)
February 26, 2004... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Florida State University unveiled a larger-than-life bronze sculpture last month to pay tribute to the first African American students who integrated the university more than 40 years ago. The sculpture, called...

New guide aims to help colleges keep diversity efforts within the law.(noteworthy news)
February 26, 2004... WASHINGTON The College Board recently released an important new resource to help colleges and universities who are grappling with the issues of recruiting and admitting a diverse student body in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions...

The great divide: racial achievement gap gains recognition as national concern, but solution continues to elude educators, scholars and policy-makers.
February 26, 2004... Americans know that Black and Latino children, by and large, are not reaching their full potential when it comes to learning and academic performance. But there are exceptions. The question that's being increasingly asked is how and why...

Facing up to realities: Harvard economist investigates the racial achievement gap.
February 26, 2004... As an economist, Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson often applies quantitative analysis to public policy dilemmas, which yields data models and quantitative measures of complex issues. In tackling the racial achievement gap, the Harvard-based social policy...

Courting the best & the brightest: honors colleges mushroom across the country in both two- and four-year institutions.
February 26, 2004... From parents to politicians to professors, everyone seems to have adopted "achievement" as a favorite buzzword, so perhaps it's no surprise that honors education--and specifically the honors college--has become one of the hottest institutional...

In the know.
February 26, 2004... So your child is considering an honors program or college. What are the things you need to know? * Get a reputable guide and look at the overall institution--not just the honors component. Ask yourself if the institution as a whole has the...

Baby steps toward educational success: noted columnist launches program to help poor parents guide their children's learning.
February 26, 2004... Last year, Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Raspberry attended a reunion at the small, private Episcopal school he graduated from in Okolona Miss, population 3,500. "The school was a run by Black faculty who equipped us...

So, your children are college bound ... but are they SAT ready? Parents play a key role in preparing students to standardized tests, experts agree.
February 26, 2004... Parents are an essential component in their children's SAT success, says Starlett Craig, director of outreach and enrichment programs at Clemson University in South Carolina. Clemson is home to a successful two-week SAT summer camp, where...

Test scores tell their own story.
February 26, 2004... National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test data reveals the current state of high-school student proficiency and standardized test results across the nation. This information also dramatically demonstrates what is at stake as...

Boeing to donate $1 million to science education center.(tech briefs)
February 26, 2004... WASHINGTON The Challenger Center for Space Science Education announced earlier this month that the Boeing Company will contribute $1 million to support professional development programs for the nation's math and science teachers. "The...

Web site highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry.(tech briefs)
February 26, 2004... DAYTON, OHIO Nearly 100 years after his death in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African Americans to gain national prominence as a poet, is reaching a new, large and appreciative audience because of the Internet. The Paul...

Pittsburgh site chosen for Urban Land Institute design competition.(tech briefs)
February 26, 2004... PITTSBURGH An underutilized parcel of commercial property in Pittsburgh's Strip District has been chosen as the site for the second annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The competition for...

Computer problems can infuriate even the most tech savvy.(Personal Computing)
February 26, 2004... Which high-tech products give you the most grief? Surprisingly, more people singled out TiVo and replay digital recording systems than personal computers, according to a recent survey by Best Buy . Nine percent of people said they found...

New York City College of Technology at the City University of New York (CUNY).(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DR. JEROME H. BLUE has been appointed interim vice president for research, governmental and corporate relations at New York City College of Technology at the City University of New York (CUNY). He earned a bachelor's degree from the University...

Aggie Honor System Office at Texas A&M University.(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DR. NICOLE BRADFORD has been named director of the newly established Aggie Honor System Office at Texas A&M University. Previously, Bradford was a staff member at Prairie View A&M University. Bradford earned her bachelor's and master's degree...

South Carolina State University.(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DR. O. DARRYL BUTLER is the new vice president of student affairs at South Carolina State University. Butler comes to the university from New Jersey City University where he was director of auxiliary services. He earned a bachelor's degree from...

University of Alaska-Anchorage.(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DR. CHERYL EASLEY is the new dean and professor in the college of health and social welfare at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Easley previously was a dean and professor at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. She earned a...

Community College of Southern Nevada.(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DR. KATHRYN JEFFERY is the new president of the Charleston campus of the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Previously, she was vice president for student services at Columbia College in Sonora, Calif. She received both her...

Delaware State University.(On The Move)
February 26, 2004... DONALD C. "TRIPP" KEISTER is the new associate athletic director for development and coordinator of new facilities at Delaware State University. Keister is the former head baseball coach at Delaware State. Most recently, he served as a scout...

California State University-Northridge.(Grants & awards)
February 26, 2004... California State University-Northridge received a state-of-the-art parts manufacturing system from Chatsworth-based Fadal Center Machining, Inc. valued at $106,000 for the manufacturing systems engineering and management department. The...

Columbia College Chicago.(Grant's awards)
February 26, 2004... Columbia College Chicago's Office of Community Arts Partnerships (OCAP) has received grants totaling $2.5 million to ensure that students and teaching artists will continue to have the opportunity to take their education outside the traditional...

Georgia State University .(Grants & awards)
February 26, 2004... Georgia State University received a four-year, $1.1 million federal grant to support doctoral students pursuing degrees in special education. The grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation of the U.S. Department of Education...

Mt. San Antonio College.(Grants & awards)
February 26, 2004... Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.) has been awarded a four-year $880,000 federal TRIO grant to provide an Upward Bound Program that will offer instruction and support services for at risk high-school studentS in the Pomona Unified and Hacienda...

Events.(Calendar)
February 26, 2004... FEBRUARY Feb. 28-March 2 American Council on Education 86th Annual Meeting Fontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach, Fla. E-mail: annualmeeting@ace.nche.edu Web: www.acenet.edu MARCH March 19-22 Association for Supervision and...

Placing diversity at the core of institutional excellence.(Last Word)
February 26, 2004... In its Oct. 23, 2003, publication, Black Issues In Higher Education identified the Rochester Institute of Technology (PIT) as one of a group of universities that have made progress in recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse faculty. As...