Black Issues in Higher Education articles from January 1999

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from January 1999

WASHINGTON UPDATE.
January 21, 1999... Clyburn Joins Appropriations Committee The new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus has achieved one goal so far for the 106th Congress, but at least one other important objective still remains. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the new...

Georgetown Basketball Coach John Thompson Resigns.
January 21, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Georgetown University Coach John Thompson ended a 27-year career on Jan. 8, saying he could no longer juggle the demands of his personal life and those of running a nationally renowned basketball program. "Basketball is...

Suit Against Michigan Becomes Class Action.(Clinical Supplement: Pulmonary)
January 21, 1999... ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A lawsuit contending the University, of Michigan has engaged in unfair admissions practices has been certified as a class action, a federal judge ruled. The controversial lawsuit stems from complaints last year by two...

Judge Dismissed Libel Suit Brought By Wellesley's Professor of Africana Studies.
January 21, 1999... BOSTON -- A judge threw out a libel suit late filed against a student journalist by a Wellesley College African studies professor who stirred controversy by claiming Jewish influence on the media led to negative publicity for him. In a...

Report Recommends More Money for University of Maryland System.
January 21, 1999... COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A report was delivered to the governor this month that recommends the state give the University of Maryland-College Park an extra $22 million over the next two years. The governor's task force also will urge the...

What's New.
January 21, 1999... Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives Old Dominion University has opened the first Filipino American Student Cultural Center on the East Coast. The center will provide a place where Filipino American students can come together to...

Professor Becomes Victim of `Riding Bus While Black' -- Twice.
January 21, 1999... EUGENE, Ore. -- A Black University of Oregon music professor is outraged that officers looking for a robbery suspect stopped him and questioned him -- for the second time in two years. John Gainer, 44, says he was "floored" that the same...

King Holiday Observed for First Time at Oklahoma State, Nebraska.
January 21, 1999... STILLWATER, Okla. -- For the first time, Oklahoma State University did not conduct classes Jan. 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Oklahoma State becomes one of the last schools in the Big 12 Conference to cancel...

Court Reinstates Indictment Against Police Officers Charged with Beating Student Athlete.
January 21, 1999... ALBANY, N.Y. -- A state appeals court has reinstated an indictment against two Albany police officers accused of beating a Black local college basketball player. The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court late last month reinstated...

Southern Maine Looks to Increase Minority Numbers.
January 21, 1999... PORTLAND, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine (USM) is seeking to become more diverse by increasing the number of minority students and employees over the next five years. While the Portland area's minority population is growing, the...

Islamic Group Wants Professor Disciplined.
January 21, 1999... WASHINGTON -- An Islamic group is pressing for disciplinary action against a Southern Connecticut State University professor accused of distributing an anti-Islamic pamphlet. The university planned a public forum to be held in early 1999 on...

Minority Retention Rates Up at Indiana University.
January 21, 1999... BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University is doing a better job of keeping Black and Hispanic students. The number of Black students returning to Indiana University (IU) after their freshman year has increased for the second straight year,...

More Band Members Suspended by FAMU.
January 21, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The number of members of Florida A&M University's Marching 100 to be disciplined this academic year for hazing has risen to 15, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. That adds three to the number cited for discipline in...

Blackface Renaissance.
January 21, 1999... Scholars discuss the resurging interest in icons of racial stereotypes at the 114th meeting of the Modern Language Association SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Several sessions devoted to the language, literature, writing, and teaching trends by...

Coalition or Competition.(Latino and African American communities)
January 21, 1999... Videoconference examines the relationship between the Black and Latino communities WASHINGTON -- As the national political atmosphere shuns programs like affirmative action and bilingual instruction, African Americans and Hispanic...

Rising Up Against Tracking.(segregation)
January 21, 1999... Activists join forces to end this post-civil rights era style of school segregation ATLANTA -- Old habits are hard to break. But an Alabama-based group is determined to rid its community, and eventually the nation, of elementary and...

AAU Membership at What Cost?(American Association of Universities)
January 21, 1999... When a university's quest for inclusion in organizations like the American Association of Universities comes at the expense of the recruitment and retention of minority faculty, some question the institution's diversity commitment. These...

Instructor Pioneers Video-Content Search Engine.
January 21, 1999... Anthony Fairfax is no stranger to innovation. Back in the early 1990s, Fairfax and Norfolk State University political scientist Dr. Rudolph Wilson helped dozens of localities and community groups develop political redistricting plans using...

Most Colleges Lack Technology Planning.
January 21, 1999... MIAMI -- Nearly two decades after microcomputers debuted on college campuses, most schools still lack comprehensive, cohesive plans to reap technology's many benefits. That conclusion, from a new survey released here in late October, could...

California Governor Offers 4 Percent Plan for UC System.
January 21, 1999... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In his inaugural address earlier this month, Gov. Gray Davis pledged to give the top 4 percent of students at each California high school automatic admission to the University of California (UC) system -- a proposal,...

Moseley-Braun Gets Education Department Appointment.
January 21, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Carol Moseley-Braun, the former senator from Illinois who was defeated in last year's election, was appointed earlier this month as a consultant to the U.S. Dept. of Education. According to Education Secretary Richard W....

Coppin State Provides Elementary School with Services.
January 21, 1999... WASHINGTON -- According to a report in The Washington Post, historically Black Coppin State College has been running an elementary school in Baltimore since last fall. The college is the first higher education institution in Maryland to run an...

Court Says UDC Erred in Firing 125 Faculty Members.
January 21, 1999... WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court ruled late last month that officials of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and the D.C. Financial Control Board violated a collective bargaining agreement when they fired 125 faculty members...

An Incentive to Succeed?
January 21, 1999... A recent article in The Washington Post took a look at the salary structure within the head coaching ranks of the nation's colleges and universities. It was an illuminating article, but what jumped out at us here at Black Issues was a chart...

Impeachment as a Teachable Moment.
January 21, 1999... My New Year's resolution was to stop obsessing on politics, to write about things other than the imbroglio that William Jefferson Clinton is caught in, and to broaden my horizons. But the level of civic apathy and disgust about the impeachment...

Lest We Forget From Whence We Have Come.
January 21, 1999... For African Americans, remembering our collective and personal histories is crucial. Folk tales and true tales of our struggles and perseverance provide courage, perspective, and insight for generations of children to continue carrying the...

BIQ Black Issues Quiz.
January 21, 1999... The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions...

Grace of the song.(Review)
January 21, 1999... Poetry, at its best, is rich in history interwoven with lore and steeped in musicality. When one experiences such literature, there is no question about what genre he or she is listening to, whether in a group setting or reading alone. Poetry...

Career CONSULTANTS.
January 21, 1999... DEAR BI CAREER CONSULTANTS: My boss was fired recently for fiscal mismanagement and I am concerned now, because I was his chief assistant. What can I do to prevent my being viewed as guilty by association? DR. JEAN D. FITTS Associate...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.
January 21, 1999... ACADEMIC THEOPHILUS DANZY will be the head football coach for the football program that is being reinstated at Stillman College (Ala.) in 1999, after nearly 50 years. Danzy has head-coaching experience at several colleges, most recently at...

Affirmative Action in a Revisionist Society.
January 21, 1999... America has always sent the double-binding messages to its Black citizens: Get a good education and work hard, and then you will become the master of your own destiny. Yet at the same time, the doors to a quality education have been largely...