Black Issues in Higher Education articles from January 2000

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from January 2000

New Plan, Named for UNCF Chief, Seeks Retention Funds.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... WASHINGTON -- As a former congressman and current director of The College Fund, William H. Gray III has a lot of visibility. Now he may get legislation named after him as well, if Congressional Black Caucus members get their wish. For the...

OCR Questions Legality Of Test Overreliance.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration has tinkered further with its guidelines on standardized testing, but the overall message is still clear: Excessive use of tests could prompt legal challenges against colleges. The Education...

Bill Seeks $20,000 Tuition Tax Deduction.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... WASHINGTON -- Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., has a new way to help families pay for college: Utter them a full tax deduction for tuition and loan interest. Ford has proposed the Make College Affordable Act, which would allow individuals to...

Hampton Coach's Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown Out.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... LUBBOCK, Texas -- A judge has dismissed a college basketball coach's civil rights lawsuit, ruling she, her husband and an assistant failed to establish that racial bias was a factor in their 1998 arrests. Hampton University women's coach...

State Auditors Come to Grambling's Aid; Accreditation Visit Looming.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... GRAMBLING, La. -- Beset by computer problems, changes in personnel and years of financial problems, Grambling State University has at last finished the year-end financial report it is supposed to provide the state annually. The report was...

Joplin Man Convicted in Death of Black Student Who Touched His Girlfriend.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... JOPLIN, Mo.-- A man accused of fatally stabbing a Black college student for touching his girlfriend was convicted last month of first-degree murder. Gary Black, 44, was charged with the Oct. 2, 1998, stabbing of Jason Johnson, 28, a...

Former San Jose State Professor Settles Over Allegedly Racist Tenure Denial.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A former San Jose State University professor who accused the school's African American studies department of denying her tenure because she is not Black has won more than $206,000 in an out-of-court settlement. In...

University of South Carolina Trustees Call for Confederate Flag's Removal.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The University of South Carolina's board of trustees has approved a resolution calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. The resolution -- that passed without a dissenting vote, according...

What's New Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Dr. Randolph Bromery, the former chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, has set up a fund on that campus for minority students in the geosciences. "The fund represents a larger philosophy of increasing the numbers of African...

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Takes Exception to University of Virginia Report.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... RICHMOND, Va. -- When a report issued last January by an anti-affirmative action group criticized the University of Virginia's admissions policies, the school defended itself by saying the report's numbers didn't add up. So the Center for...

Central State Board Chair to Step Down.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Frederick Ransier III, chairman of Central State University Board of Trustees, says he will step down as chairman next June because of time demands of a new political position. He will soon be appointed to Columbus City...

Campus Unrest Results In Suspensions, Arrest at Stillman.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... TUSCALOOSA, Ak. -- Stillman College students threw food in the cafeteria, set trash cans on fire and overturned a security vehicle during a disturbance that resulted in at least 10 suspensions and one arrest. The fracas began when...

Marshall Fraternity Suspended for Racial Slurs.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Marshall University fraternity has been placed on probationary suspension because of complaints of racism. A female student reported that Kappa Alpha members made racial slurs at a party in November. Marshall's...

Reports Show Women, Minorities Paid Less at Some Kansas Colleges.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... WICHITA, Kan. -- Reports from three of the state's universities show they are paying female professors less than their male counterparts, and one is paying minorities less than their White colleagues. At Fort Hays State University, women...

Massachusetts Teaching Programs Could Face Sanctions.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... BOSTON -- A special education commission has approved a plan that would allow the state to sanction college teaching programs if less than 80 percent of their graduates fail the state's teacher test. Commission chairman Peter Nessen says...

Hispanic Students, Teacher Push for Cultural Center at Missouri.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Hispanic faculty and staff at the University of Missouri-Columbia are pushing for a cultural center to recruit more Hispanic students and keep them on campus once they arrive. Nancy Olivares, president of the Hispanic...

Deja Vu in the Bayou.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Demotion of Black administrators and promotion of White administrators results in allegations of racism. BATON ROUGE, La. -- Allegations of racism are once again surfacing at Baton Rouge Community College, but this time they are directed at...

Thinking K-16.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Once again, higher education and K-12 officials try to align standards. WASHINGTON -- A group of 18 higher education leaders, most of whom are university system chancellors and presidents, joined with 10 state school superintendents last...

THE JAMES BROOKS Illiteracy Scandal.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Auburn University's the Cincinnati Bengals' secret little `problem' unveiled. CINCINNATI, OHIO -- The official statement given via Jack Brennan, public relations director for the Cincinnati Bengals, is: "James Brooks was able to function...

Athletes and Literacy -- Through the Eyes of an Expert.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Dr. Ernie Turner was a professional football player for the Dallas Texans, a team that later became the Kansas City Chiefs. He left Virginia State University in 1961, some 12 courses short of receiving his degree and, by his own account,...

Jamison and Stackhouse Return to Chapel Hill for Graduation.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Basketball stars Jerry Stackhouse and Antawn Jamison fulfilled dreams of earning college degrees on top of their high-paying NBA careers when they joined about 1,100 others receiving diplomas last month from the University...

Not Exactly for THE SPORT OF IT.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... One Black college football conference opts for the money, the other for a chance at a national championship. When it comes to post-season play in college football, the historically Black conferences that compete at the National Collegiate...

Scaling the Heights of Architectural Academe.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... CHICAGO -- If you ask most architects to name the 20th century titans in their field, people like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Gehry will no doubt be on the list. The only people of color likely to be...

As Different as DAY and NIGHT.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Missouri's historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There's a saying here at, Lincoln University: "White by day, Black by...

Public College Creates For-Profit Distance Ed Company.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... When traditional, nonprofit higher education institutions opt to provide distance education, they soon discover that such an enterprise requires institutional experiences and skills not normally found among campus administrators. Recognizing...

Stanford University Establishes E-commerce Center.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford University, spawning ground for many successful Silicon Valley businesses, is opening a new e-commerce center to provide research and courses about the booming industry. Stanford officials said last month that...

Johns Hopkins and Lucent Technologies Working to Improve Telemedicine.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... BALTIMORE -- Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Lucent Technologies will jointly develop a global network that will allow Hopkins doctors to diagnose and treat patients overseas. Doctors will be able to use a high-speed network...

Alaska Student Investors Turn Online Stock Profit, Fund Scholarship.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A New Age stock ticker rolls across the Web site, displaying up-to-the-minute trading information on a select group of investments. But this isn't just any portfolio. It started eight years ago as an experiment for a...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... Jackson State to Get New Leader RONALD MASON JR. has been named by the board of trustees to become the next president of Jackson State University in Mississippi effective Feb 1. He is currently executive director of the National Center for...

GRANTS & AWARDS.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... * City University of New York LaGuardia Community College has received a $7.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enable students and schools to benefit from teacher training programs and additional support services, helping...

Reparations and Higher Education.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2000... There is a continuing argument about the role of affirmative action, in various forms, in admissions and faculty recruitment at historically White universities, and in budget support for historically Black colleges and universities. But the...

Administration: Front-Loading Will Ease Financial Burden on Poorer Students.
January 20, 2000... WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration may revive a long-dormant idea that holds some appeal for advocates of students of color -- the "front-loading" of financial aid to first- and second-year college students. Under front-loading, the...

Washington briefs ...
January 20, 2000... Though Poorer, Hispanics Less Likely to Get Financial Aid than Whites WASHINGTON--Hispanic college students are less likely to get financial aid than Whites -- though Hispanics are three times likelier to be poor, according to a new U.S....

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher Training.
January 20, 2000... BILLINGS, Mont. -- One thousand new American Indian teachers will be trained over the next five years, thanks to a $10 million congressional appropriation, the American Indian College Fund announced late last month. The money will create...

Judge Allows Students to Help Defend Georgia's Admissions Policy.
January 20, 2000... ATHENS, Ga. -- Several students concerned about the state's efforts to defend the University of Georgia against a high-profile lawsuit alleging discrimination in the school's admissions policy have added themselves as defendants in the case....

College Official Claims He Was Terminated For Refusing to Graduate Student.
January 20, 2000... CANTON, Miss. -- A former vice president for Tougaloo College who contends he was fired because he wouldn't let the daughter of a prominent state politician graduate has filed a breach-of contract suit against the school. Former provost...

Wordiness Could Doom California's Proposition 209.
January 20, 2000... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Prop. 209, the controversial ballot initiative that California voters passed in 1996 to restrict racial consideration in education, employment and contracting, could be overturned on a procedural issue. The 2nd...

Former Baton Rouge Chancellor Files Suit.
January 20, 2000... BATON ROUGE, La. -- In a lawsuit filed last month in district court here, former Baton Rouge Community College Chancellor Dr. Marion Bonaparte claims he was improperly and unfairly fired last August. Bonaparte's suit seeks lost wages and...

Center Director Admits Embezzling Funds.
January 20, 2000... BATON ROUGE, La. -- The director of the University Center here at Southern University at New Orleans has admitted embezzling $27,000 in video game revenues. School officials immediately fired him. Louis McMillion, who was responsible for...

What's New.
January 20, 2000... Programs Accreditations, & Initiatives Pace University's School of Computer Science and Information Systems now offers a doctorate of professional studies degree in computing studies for technology professionals. The degree includes...

Adam's Mark Hotel Donates $50,000 to Spring Gathering for Black Students.
January 20, 2000... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Adam's Mark hotel chain, facing federal and state discrimination lawsuits for its alleged actions at this year's Black College Reunion, has pledged $50,000 to help with planning the spring event. U.S. Justice...

Essays to Count More in Admissions Process at Florida Universities.
January 20, 2000... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The state's two most selective public universities will give greater weight to personal essays now that Florida is barring race as a factor in admissions at state schools. Florida State University and the University of...

Michigan District Considers Paid Training to Attract Black Teachers.
January 20, 2000... BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- Public school officials here want to team up with Western Michigan University to offer paid teacher training for African American residents who want to switch careers. Bob Harberts, superintendent of the Battle Creek...

Miss. Colleges File Suit to Block University's Expansion.
January 20, 2000... HBCUs and community colleges may be hurt by University of Southern Mississippi expansion JACKSON, Miss. -- The state Board for Community and Junior Colleges, making good on an earlier threat, filed suit late last month to block a state...

Tumultuous Tenure.
January 20, 2000... CHICAGO -- Dr. Charles Green's resume was impressive. He had served as president of the Houston Community Colleges system for five years, before that, president of one of the prestigious Maricopa Community Colleges in Phoenix for nine years...

COLLEGESPEAK.(jargon in higher education)
January 20, 2000... What's The Real Meaning Behind All That Higher Education Jargon? WASHINGTON -- Happen to know what "scaffolded reading and learning episodes" are? Able to define "task-centered talking," "bibliobaskets," "academic villages?" How about...

FACULTY SALARIES AT NAFEO(*) INSTITUTIONS (1997-98).(Statistical Data Included)
January 20, 2000... Prof. Assc. Institution ($) ($) ALABAMA Alabama A&M University 46.7 36.3 Alabama State University ...

Phone System Frustrations.
January 20, 2000... Human operator assistance makes a comeback on many campuses MOBILE, Ala. -- You hear it when you call the electric company. Or the airline reservation desk. Or the bank. "For the business office, press one. For billing, press two. For...

Sandwiches in Cyberspace.(cybercafe at Middle Tennessee State University)
January 20, 2000... MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Students here at Middle Tennessee State University now have a place to get some coffee, grab a sandwich and even check their e-mail if they so choose. It's called a cybercafe. The cybercafe that opened this fall at...

You've Got Grades -- Instantly.(college grades mailed over the Internet)
January 20, 2000... LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Hello, you've got grades. That's the message University of Kansas students were receiving last month as the school for the first time posted grades for the fall semester on a Web site that e-mailed the grades to them. And...

South Carolina College to Graduate First Internet Class.
January 20, 2000... SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- This May, when 70 students will graduate from Limestone College's Internet program, it will virtually feel like they've never been on campus. Actually, most of them haven't. More than 1,700 students took classes this...

Iowa State Professor, Students Develop Chemistry-Teaching Software.
January 20, 2000... AMES, Iowa -- With the help of a little publicity, an Iowa State University professor and his students are finding that the software they developed to teach chemistry is gaining popular endorsement. Dr. Kenneth Jolls, a professor of...

Remember the Alamo (Documents).
January 20, 2000... University of Texas, Bexar County spar over Hispanic archives AUSTIN, Texas -- It's not the battle of the Alamo. But one San Antonio official is waging a modern-day war of words in his efforts to retrieve historic Spanish and Mexican...

Life, Liberty and TECHNOLOGY.
January 20, 2000... I was browsing at a bookstore the other day when a young brother, an engineering graduate of an historically Black college, walked up behind me with a group of his friends, talking loudly about a book he was looking for. "I've got to learn this...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.
January 20, 2000... PRESIDENT DR. LISA M. PORCHE-BURKE has been selected to become the new president of Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, Calif. She comes to Phillips after having served as chancellor of the California School of Professional Psychology...

DEBATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-1968.(Review)
January 20, 2000... Debating the Civil Rights Movement authors Steph-en F. Lawson and Charles Payne have undertaken a formidable task -- evaluating the relative impact and importance of national vs. local change agents on the lives and futures of 20th and 21 st...

GRANTS & AWARDS.
January 20, 2000... * Florida A&M University recently has received $3.27 million in grants, including: $1.77 million from Ford Motor Co. for student scholarships and $1.5 million from Eli Lilly and Co. to increase the company's pool of African American interns and...

College By the Numbers.
January 20, 2000... When I was provost of the University of Michigan, the medical school had a student prize for medical diagnosis: the "S.S.W. Award." The initials stood for "swift, sure and wrong." I am reminded of it when I hear reports celebrating Texas'...