Black Issues in Higher Education articles from January 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from January 2002

Taking the road less traveled. (Editor's Note).
January 3, 2002... Happy New Year, and I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. As many of us set goals and resolutions for the new year, our first edition in 2002 should prove inspirational to anyone in the academy. Our cover article, "The Academy's New...

House, Senate forge final agreement on K-12 pact: bill has ambitious ideas, but limited funding, critics say. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... After months of debate and lingering opposition among some experts, House and Senate negotiators forged a final agreement on a bill to improve the nation's K-12 education pipeline through more testing as well as increased aid for disadvantaged...

Former HBCU dean named to Postsecondary Education post. (Washington Update).(Wilbert Bryant)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... An HBCU graduate and former dean of a Black college is joining the upper ranks of the Bush administration's Education Department team. Wilbert Bryant was named deputy assistant secretary in the Education Department's Office of Postsecondary...

Bayou Classic may leave Bayou State: high hotel rates, other costs may drive annual football game out of New Orleans. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... BATON ROUGE, LA. Complaints about outrageous New Orleans hotel rates may drive the annual Bayou Classic football game between Southern University and Grambling State University out of the Bayou State. The Classic's 10-year contract...

Adam's Mark, NAACP reach settlement in discrimination lawsuit. (Baltimore).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... The Adam's Mark hotel chain will pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that it discriminated against Black guests during a 1999 Black college reunion in Florida. The settlement ends a boycott by the organization against Adam's Mark and...

Provost resigns over academic records. (West Chester, Pa.).(Teta V. Banks claimed degree from Oxford)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... WEST CHESTER, PA. A top administrator at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has resigned following questions about her resume -- specifically her claims to have earned a doctorate from Oxford University. Teta V. Banks resigned last...

Auburn University steps up minority programs. (Auburn, Ala.).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Auburn University will expand its minority studies and continue racial tolerance and diversity training next year for its faculty, staff and students in the face of the Nov. 5 fraternity blackface party that reaped scorn (see Black Issues, Dec....

Regents approve higher admissions standards for Nevada Universities. (Las Vegas).(minimum grade point average raised)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... After two months of debate and two public hearings, the Nevada Board of Regents took action last month to increase admissions standards at the state's two public universities. According to the revised policy, the University of Nevada, Las...

University of Missouri renames Black Culture Center. (Rolla, Mo.).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... The University of Missouri has agreed to honor two former Missourians, largely because they never attended the school. The university system's board of curators, meeting in Rolla early last month, voted 9-0 to change the name of the Black...

Community College president named Virginia's secretary of education. (Richmond, Va.).(Belle S. Wheelan)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Dr. Belle S. Wheelan was named secretary of education for the state of Virginia by Gov.-Elect Mark R. Warner late last month. "Dr. Wheelan brings a life-long commitment to educating our young people," Warner (D) says. Wheelan, 50, has...

Southern University chancellor fires congressman's wife. (Baton Rouge, La.).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Southern University at New Orleans Chancellor Joseph Bouie won a major battle in his bid to fire the wife of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D.-La., and three other administrators. But allegations made by ousted SUNO Vice Chancellor Andrea...

Students look to friends, family to help choose a college. (Iowa, City, Iowa).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... College-bound students rely most heavily on parents, family and friends when it comes to developing a list of schools to consider, according to surveys conducted by consulting firm Noel-Levitz. And academic program availability is by far the...

Student detained after terrorist attacks is released on bond. (New York).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... A college student accused of promoting terrorism by lying to a grand jury was freed from federal custody last month after posting $500,000 bond. Osama Awadallah, 21, planned to fly home Dec. 14 to San Diego, where family and friends raised...

Low number of Black Faculty, students draws concern. (Knoxville, Tenn.).(University of Tennessee)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... A climate of racial hostility and discrimination at the University of Tennessee has led to a disproportionately low number of minority faculty and students, claims a campus group. Members of the recently rekindled Black Faculty and Staff...

The academy's new cast: young scholars step into the academy's ivied walls with a dual commitment to innovative research, students of color.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... We hear a lot of dire prognostications about African American doctorates and doctoral production. The rate is rising, It's falling. It's rising but not fast enough. It's rising but doctoral recipients are by passing the academy for the private...

A prodigy's west side story. (Language, Literature & Politics).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Danielle Allen * Associate Professor, joint appointment in Classical Languages and Literatures and Politics, University of Chicago * Education: M.Phil. and Ph.D., Classics, University of Cambridge; M.A. and Ph.D., Government, Harvard...

Choreographing the suppression of tumors. (Molecular Biology).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Jill Bargonetti * Associate Professor, City University of New York Graduate Center and Hunter College Biology Department * Education: Postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University; Ph.D., Molecular Biology, New York University; M.S.,...

A healing touch. (Medicine).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Joan Coker * Outpatient Clinical Director of Otolaryngology, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles * Education: M.D., Medical College of Ohio, B.S., Biology, Tuskegee University * Age: 38 Dr. Joan...

A calculating career. (Mathematics).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Jonathan Farley * Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., Department of Mathematics; Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, Oxford University * Education: Postdoctoral fellow, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute,...

(De)Programming stereotypes. (Computer Science).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Juan E. Gilbert * Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering * Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Cincinnati; M.S,, Computer Science, University of...

Litigating land loss. (Law).(Thomas Mitchell)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Thomas Mitchell * Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School * Education: LL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School; J.D., Howard University School of Law, (cum laude); B.A., Amherst College * Age: 36 When Thomas...

Sensitizing software. (Education & Technology).(Nichole Pinkard)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Nichole Pinkard * Assistant Professor of Education, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor * Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, Northwestern University; Master's, Computer Science, Northwestern University; Bachelor's, Computer Science,...

Documenting the Black experience in the Americas. (History).(Ben Vinson III)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Ben Vinson III * Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Assistant Professor of History, Barnard College, New York * Education: Ph.D., History, Columbia University; B.A., History and Classics, Dartmouth College...

Earning scholarly dividends. (Business Finance).(Rohan G. Williamson)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Rohan G. Williamson * Assistant Professor, The McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. * Education: Ph.D., Finance, The Ohio State University; M.A., Finance, The Ohio State University; MBA, Finance, Clark...

Unraveling the science of success. (Psychology).(Cynthia E. Winston studies African Americans in science)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Cynthia E. Winston * Assistant Professor of Psychology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. * Education: Ph.D., Psychology and Education, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.A., Psychology, University of Michigan; B.S., Psychology,...

Doctoral production.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
January 3, 2002... Doctoral Production Doctoral Recipients and Percent Earned by Females, by Selected Subfield, 1989 and 1999 In 1999 women were the majority of doctoral recipients in 7 fields and represented at least 40% in 7 more fields. ...

Law professor explores digital divide, race in new book. (Omaha, Neb.).(The Digital Divide: Standing in the Intersection of Race and Technology)
January 3, 2002... Despite the increasing availability and affordability of information technology, minorities are likely to remain confined to being technology "have nots" in an American society which is becoming increasingly separated between technology "haves"...

Educause-sponsored conference scheduled for April 2002. (Washington).
January 3, 2002... Networking 2002, the annual policy forum conference, will be held April 17-18, 2002, at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C. The theme is "Building Relationships, Making Connections, Identifying New Opportunities." Educause, the nation's...

Study examines whether broadband redlining exists. (Washington).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Among the latest concerns of those seeking to bridge the technology gap between poor and affluent Americans is the availability of access to broadband, or high-speed, Internet service. A December 2001 study released by the AEI-Brookings Joint...

Morris Brown College wins MOBY award. (Atlanta).(for brining wireless technology to campus)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Morris Brown College has won recognition for its partnership with Toshiba America Information Systems Corp. for wireless and mobile computing. This fall, the Atlanta-based college won a MOBY award for its collaboration with Toshiba in the...

Study says minorities get better auto deals online. (Berkeley, Calif.).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 3, 2002... A study conducted by researchers at the University of California's Haas School of Business, the Yale School of Management, and J.D. Powers and Associates has revealed that women and minorities get better deals on car purchases by buying through...

Internet law pioneer to head Stanford Center. (Palo Alto, Calif.).(John E. Place, Center for Internet and Society)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... John E. Place, the former vice president and general counsel of Yahoo! Inc., has been named executive director of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society (CIS), an interdisciplinary academic center focusing on the connections between the...

Prophesying the future of digital technology. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... "If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me." Shakespeare's words are just as wise today, but this hasn't stopped people from trying to divine the future. The latest...

Claflin University in South Carolina.(Leroy A. Durant)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Dr. Leroy A. Durant has been named vice president for student development and services at Claflin University in South Carolina. Most recently, he was vice president for student life at Jackson State University. Durant earned bachelor's and...

Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland College Park.(Francena Phillips Jackson)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Francena Phillips Jackson has been named director of alumni relations at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland College Park. Jackson has served for 12 years in various project management positions. Jackson earned...

Syracuse University.(Howard C. Johnson)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Dr. Howard C. Johnson is the new executive vice provost for academic affairs at Syracuse University. Previously, he was dean of the graduate school. Johnson earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Chicago State University, an...

Florida International University College of Law.(Michelle D. Mason)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Michelle D. Mason has been named associate dean for admissions and student services at Florida International University College of Law. Previously, she was assistant dean at Vermont Law School. Mason earned a bachelor's in English literature...

College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University.(Joseph Selden)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Joseph Selden has been named assistant dean for multicultural affairs for the College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University. He has served as director of multicultural affairs for the college since 1994. Selden earned a bachelor's...

University of Southern California.(Carolyn Webb de Macias)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... Carolyn Webb de Macias has been appointed vice president for external relations at the University of Southern California. She has served as senior associate provost since 1997. Webb de Macias earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education...

Grants & awards.(grants to colleges and universities)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 3, 2002... Creighton University's medical interpreter training program has been established with a two-year $130,000 grant from the state of Nebraska. The program seeks to improve medical care by helping to reduce the amount of miscommunication because of...

Education funding reform long overdue in Alabama. (Last Word).(United States)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2002... "Proration, Proration, Proration." They're playing that old, familiar song these days in Montgomery, Ala., accompanied by a symphony of complaints, arguments and accusations. But there's a I new twist in the latest version of the old song. Last...

Reporting indicators. (Editor's Note).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... As we begin the second year of the new millennium, I wanted to take this opportunity to offer a brief status report. One of the tricky elements to giving such a report is determining which barometers to use. In the field of higher education,...

HBCUs, access programs gain new funds. (Washington Update).(Historically Black Universities and Colleges)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... Federal programs designed to promote college access and improve minority-serving colleges are among the winners in the final 2002 budget deliberations involving Congress and the White House. The House of Representatives and the Senate...

Congress approves $4,000 maximum Pell Grant. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... The House and Senate in late December found a way to increase the maximum Pell Grant for next year despite a slowing economy that is putting major pressure on the government's main student-aid program. Following weeks of negotiations,...

Texas A&M admissions proposal draws controversy: critics see plan as attempt to reinstate race-conscious admissions. (College Station, Texas).(Texas A and M University)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Texas A&M University System regents are considering giving automatic admissions to the flagship campus for the top 20 percent of graduates from 250 so-called "low-performing" high schools statewide. And as...

College ordered to pay ex-athletic director $1.5 million. (Auburn, Wash.).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... AUBURN, WASH. Green River Community College must pay its former athletic director $1.5 million for racial discrimination and defamation, the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled. However, the three-judge panel trimmed about $500,000...

Rift between Harvard Scholars, president makes national news. (Boston).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... BOSTON Controversy at Harvard University made national news last month when reports surfaced that several prominent Black scholars were considering leaving over a rift with Harvard's new president Dr. Lawrence Summers. According to...

Notre Dame hires first black head coach. (South Bend, Ind.).(Tyrone Willingham )(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... SOUTH BEND, IND. Notre Dame has hired Stanford's Tyrone Willingham to coach one of the most widely followed college football programs in the country. Willingham becomes the first Black head coach in any sport at Notre Dame, which is...

Florida scholarship program at center of racial bias probe. (Cambridge, Mass).
January 17, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Civil rights and education advocacy groups from Florida and around the nation are calling on state leaders to address "racial bias" in the formula used to award Bright Futures scholarships. A letter delivered last...

Study: Hispanics dominate California birth rate. (Los Angeles).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... LOS ANGELES In another sign that Hispanics will dominate California's future, a university study has found the ethnic group accounted for nearly half of all births in the state by the end of the last decade. Hispanic mothers had 247,796 of...

Massey appointed to presidential council. (Atlanta).(Walter E. Massey, President's Council on Science and Technology)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... ATLANTA President George W. Bush has appointed Dr. Walter E. Massey, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, to his Presidential Committee on Science and Technology. Bush made the announcement last month at the White House. "I am...

Duke professor spearheads partnership with South African school. (Durham, N.C.).(James Joseph)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DURHAM, N,C. A Duke University professor and former U.S. ambassador to South Africa says a leadership program he spearheaded attempts to advance racial and economic equality in that country. Duke and the University of Cape Town this...

Wilberforce University cuts 15 percent of staff. (Wilberforce, Ohio).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... WILBERFORCE, OHIO Falling enrollments and financial pressures have forced Wilberforce University to lay off 15 percent of its staff, school officials said last month. Eric Winston, vice president of development, said 35 administrators...

Fighting to be heard: black criminologists seek proper context to explain racism's influence on black crime.
January 17, 2002... "In my profession I'm considered a radical simply because I refuse to accept the idea that Black people are inherently criminal," says Dr. Ramona Brockett, assistant professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University. "Many...

From the classroom to the courtroom: scholars assess race and class in the American criminal justice system.
January 17, 2002... Angela J. Davis wants to take scholarship from the classroom to the courtroom. A tenured law professor at the American University law school in Washington, Davis is seeking to spearhead a clinical research project that will work directly with...

Adding a necessary voice: prairie view's juvenile justice program aims to increase number of minorities with doctorates in criminal justice.(Prairie View A and M University)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... Since 1999, Prairie View A&M University has offered juvenile justice degree programs through the school of juvenile justice and psychology. While the school was initially launched with master's and bachelor's programs, a doctoral program in...

Crime blotter: a snapshots of crime statistics by gender and race/ethnicity, along with a look at occupations and salaries in the American criminal justice system.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2002... African American Proportion of Youth Offenders, 1998 * [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Action Taken Arrested 26% Referred to Juvenile Court 31% Detained 44% Petitioned by...

Higher education for prisoners will lower rates for taxpayers. (Forum).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... What would you think if you were told that there are 1.6 million potential students who could be served by community colleges? Wouldn't you consider this a great opportunity? Throughout the United States, without much fanfare, some community...

State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males. (Book Review: saving lives: a call to action).
January 17, 2002... State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males By Jawanza Kunjufu African American Images, 202 pp., $23.95 Nearly 20 years ago, Jawanza Kunjufu penned the first volume of his classic, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black...

Slow but steady: advocates seek ways to stimulate top-level participation among minorities in college and professional golf.
January 17, 2002... Former Stanford University standout Tiger Woods has single-handedly crushed all racial stereotypes about Blacks' ability to play golf at the highest collegiate and professional levels. But while Woods' success has spawned more interest in the...

A multicultural globalism: does maintaining cultural ties mean giving something else up? (Speaking of Education).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... A few weeks ago, I attended a research conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Titled "The Borders in All of Us: A Global Approach to Three Diasporic Societies," the gathering of 50 or so scholars seemed to push back some of...

Race matters -- in the workplace: UVA study taps into emerging research field. (Faculty Club).(University of Virginia)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... A new study is shedding light on the ways in which Blacks and Whites manage conflict in the workplace. The bottom line, according to the author of the study, Dr. Martin N. Davidson, is that "race matters." Davidson, associate professor of...

Bowdoin web site simulates escape from slavery. (Brunswick, Maine).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... BRUNSWICK, MAINE A Bowdoin College professor and a group of his students last semester unveiled a Web-based game that simulates the pre-Civil War experience of escape from slavery. The Web site, titled "Flight to Freedom," allows a user to...

Survey: Asian Americans are the most wired ethnic group. (Washington).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... WASHINGTON English-speaking Asian Americans are more experienced and more active Internet users than Whites, African Americans or Hispanics, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit initiative funded by the Pew...

Winston-Salem State experiments with handheld computers. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Last semester, Dr. Matthew Hafar incorporated pocket PCs, which are handheld computers or are considered personal digital assistants (PDA), as part of the learning tools used by his students in the music classes he...

Education portal launches Sept. 11 learning site. (New York).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... NEW YORK Responding to the need for analysis and insight into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Fathom, an online education portal established by a consortium of major universities, has launched a comprehensive learning center titled...

Seton Hall reaches low-income residents with digital divide effort. (South Orange, N.J.).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... SOUTH ORANGE, N.J Inner-city students and their parents are getting exposure and training on computers and the Internet through Seton Hall University's Project SHUTTLE. "Like the space shuttle, Project SHUTTLE takes people to places...

Overcoming a fear of PCs. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... Are you afraid of computers? Do you know someone who is? If you've grown up with personal computers or been around them for any length of time, you probably take them for granted. After all, personal computers have become nearly as commonplace...

Granville T. Woods Scholars Program at Baltimore City Community College.(Christolyne Buie)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... CHRISTOLYNE BUIE has been appointed director of the new Granville T. Woods Scholars Program at Baltimore City Community College. Buie comes to BCCC after 33 years in the Baltimore City Public School System where she was a principal, assistant...

University of Akron College of Nursing.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DR. CYNTHIA FLYNN CAPERS has been appointed dean of the University of Akron College of Nursing. She has served at the university since 1997. Most recently, she helped establish the college's Center for Gerontological Health Nursing and...

Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center.(Joseph F. Jordan new director)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DR. JOSEPH F. JORDAN has been named director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jordan earned a bachelor's from Norfolk State University; a master's from Ohio State University;...

Florida A&M University.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DR. HENRY LEWIS III has been named interim president by the Florida A&M University board of trustees. Lewis was a professor in and dean of the FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Lewis earned a bachelor's in pharmacy from FAMU...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DR. JACKIE THOMAS has been named interim president at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Most recently, he was executive vice president and professor of English at Eastern Shore. Thomas earned a bachelor's in English from Alabama A&M...

University of Toledo in Ohio.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... DOROTHY SPURLOCK has been named director of sponsored programs in the office of research at the University of Toledo in Ohio. Prior to this appointment, she was the associate director of the office of research development for Eastern Michigan...

Grants & awards.(universities and colleges)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... California State University Northridge has received $380,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue research on how children deal with everyday racial and ethnic discrimination. Grambling State University's (La.) biology...

Events.
January 17, 2002... FEBRUARY February 2-6 Association of Teacher Educators 82nd Annual Meeting Denver Contact: Association of Teacher Educators Phone: (703) 620-3110 E-mail: ate1@aol.com Web: www.siu.edu/departments/coe/ate February 6-10...

Avoiding the `divide and conquer' environment on campus. (Last Word).(Brief Article)
January 17, 2002... Black administrators and faculty at historically White colleges and universities may be affected by tension-filled "divide and conquer" environments on campus. In higher education, these individuals generally constitute a minority population....

Let's talk about sex. (Editor's Note).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... ATTENTION RESEARCHERS! If you're looking for a topic that is begging for more scholarly investigation, I've got a suggestion: Sex and the African American College Student. This edition's cover story (see pg. 18) explores how responsible...

Letters.
January 31, 2002... DEAR EDITOR: I truly enjoyed reading about the "New Cast" in the academic arena (see Black Issues, Jan. 3). As an African American female, it was extremely challenging to earn my Ph.D. in chemistry from a majority school. I was one of 44...

Support builds for economic stimulus package: measure may include increased aid to education. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... Congress returns to work this month amid calls to pass an economic stimulus package that may include aid to education. "As the unemployment rate has now hit a six-year high, the time to act has long passed," says Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson,...

Education bill creates federal reading program, annual testing. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... President Bush signed into law a major K-12 education reform bill with new school/college links and an array of new testing requirements for elementary and middle school students. Bush signed the Leave No Child Behind Act after the House...

Regulatory reform heats up again. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... After being moved to the back burner last fall, the U.S. Department of Education is reviving interest in streamlining federal regulations on colleges and universities. Representatives of minority-serving institutions are among those who...

Bill reduces colleges' HOPE scholarship requirements. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... Colleges with a large number of low-income students are getting a break from the federal government -- a reduction in costly paperwork requirements that had threatened to put a strain on postsecondary education budgets. The Senate late...

University, corporate leaders urge United States to focus on diversity. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
January 31, 2002... WASHINGTON A coalition of top corporate CEOs and university presidents came together earlier this month to strongly assert that the nation faces a social and economic crisis unless America succeeds in promoting and taking advantage of...