Black Issues in Higher Education articles from July 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from July 2002

Aiming high. (Editor's Note).(career exposure for African American students)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... "Providing Students the Tools to Excel" is the title of one of our feature stories, but it could be the title of both features, which detail programs that are preparing African American students for college. The Detroit Area Pre-College...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
July 4, 2002... In the April 11 edition, Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Adeoti Oshinowo of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, should have been listed under Women's Track and Field. Black Issues regrets the error.

HBCU preservation bill gains key endorsements. (Washington Update).(historically Black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... Support is growing for new legislation earmarking federal aid to preserve historic buildings and other structures on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities. Advocates made a significant gain June 12 when Sens. Joseph...

House approves bill with HSL, HBCU aid. (Washington Update).(Minority Serving Institutions Undergraduate Program)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... Minority-serving colleges and universities would get new funds for undergraduate math and science programs under newly approved legislation in the House of Representatives. The Investing in America's Future Act has $30 million for a new...

Conservative scholars ponder war and peace in nation's capitol. (Noteworthy News).
July 4, 2002... Washington Frequently invoking historical examples from the Cold War, World War II, and other military conflicts, speakers at a conservative scholars' conference portrayed political correctness and multiculturalism as perilous ideologies...

UNCF chief makes case for national policy on international education. (noteworthy news).(United Negro College Fund)(William H. Gray III)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... SAN ANTONIO Although William H. Gray III, president of the United Negro College Fund, joked with NAFSA conference attendees that the Baptist minister in him could easily extend his allotted speaking time, he was preaching to the choir when...

UNCF takes initiative in international education programs. (noteworthy news).(United Negro College Fund)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... William H. Gray III, president of the United Negro College Fund, backed up his call for a national policy on international education with a highlight of his organization's initiatives: Institute of International Public Policy (IIP): In 1994...

Federal court upholds UW Law-School's use of race. (Noteworthy News).(University of Washington )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... SEATTLE A federal judge has ruled that the University of Washington Law School didn't illegally discriminate against three White applicants when it denied them admission in the mid-1990s. As a result, Katuria Smith, Angela Rock and...

Empowering young women to lead. (Noteworthy News).(National Conference for College Women Student Leaders )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... WASHINGTON Learning how to become a leader comes from one's first environment--the home. This was the shared opinion of 20 young women participating in a workshop in which participants discussed the differences between female and male...

Survey: science, technology critical to war on terrorism. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... NEW YORK When it comes to the post-Sept. 11 future, U.S. college students predict more terrorist violence, but appear confident about the future and believe they are up to the challenges ahead--with some help from science and technology....

UCLA study examines minority representation in network television. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... LOS ANGELES Despite calls for more diversity on prime-time network television, African Americans continue to be overrepresented and concentrated in situation comedies while other ethnic groups remained underrepresented, according to a new...

Ohio State to lay off 119 workers, cut hundreds of positions. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... COLUMBUS, OHIO Ohio State University said last month it is laying off 119 employees and cutting hundreds of other positions because of cuts in state funding. The university says the layoffs are needed because of a $28 million...

Prep program launched for aspiring minority MBA applicants. (noteworthy news).(Management Leadership for Tomorrow )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 4, 2002... NEW YORK African Americans, Latinos and American Indians are significantly under-represented at the top 50 MBA programs relative to their presence at both leading undergraduate schools and other graduate programs, such as medical and law...

Providing students the tools to excel; pre-college program places students on the path to careers in math, science and engineering. (Cover Story).
July 4, 2002... DETROIT Kenneth Hill couldn't believe what he was hearing. While at an educational conference in Washington in 1976, Hill found himself at the center of a raging debate about whether math, science and engineering were too hard for African...

The `rite' to intervene: Lane Community College program helps African American students connect to their heritage, community and to college.
July 4, 2002... EUGENE, ORE. Given MTV's powerful influence in shaping self-image, the value of helping African American youth develop a deep understanding of their roots can't be overemphasized, says Greg Evans, coordinator of Lane Community College's...

Gangbusters: parents still play key role in saving kids from the streets; study examines ethnic differences in the effect of parenting on gang involvement, delinquency. (Faculty Club).
July 4, 2002... There's a strong message to be taken from Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes' research, and it's simply this: Parents are not powerless, particularly when it comes to saving their kids from street gangs. Indeed, the conclusions Walker-Barnes draws...

Historically Black schools competing to manage NASA Institute. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... A project to build a multi million dollar aerospace research center in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia could yield a major leadership and scientific role for two of Virginia's historically Black universities. Historically Black...

Growing online turfgrass program hits milestone. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... UNIVERSITY PARK, PA, Pennsylvania State University officials recently announced that the World Campus online certificate program in turfgrass management reached the milestone of enrolling students in all 50 states. The milestone was...

Santa Clara University hosts minority students for summer tech experience. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Thirty-six minority San Francisco-area middle and high schools students are receiving scholarships to attend Santa Clara University (SCU) this summer for three consecutive one-week technology camps beginning Aug. 5. The...

Companies team up on online tutoring. (tech briefs).(Noel-Levitz and Smarthinking)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... WASHINGTON This fall, colleges and universities that use Noel-Levitz consulting to increase student retention will be able to deliver integrated, round-the-clock, online tutoring services to students from SMARTHINKING, a leading provider...

Minority engineering group gets boost with Web site. (tech briefs).(National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... NEW YORK Lockheed Martin, IBM and Web developer Enzyme Digital recently teamed to launch GuideMeNACME.org, also known as "Project RoadMap." The new National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Web site is aimed at...

When research requires the big guns. (Personal Computing).(using commercial databases)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... The Web is a gargantuan repository of information. Google, the popular Internet search tool, indexes a whopping three billion Web documents. You might think the Web contains everything you could possibly need to know. Not so. ...

Class matters for economic prosperity. (Speaking Of Education).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... When William Julius Wilson wrote The Declining Significance of Race in 1978, he garnered headlines. White America gleefully interpreted his book to mean that "race didn't matter" anymore. Some African Americans treated him as badly as Islamic...

On to phase II: the future for HBCUs. (BI Forum).(historically Black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) emerged in a time dominated by black codes and Jim Crow laws. During that time, it was debated whether Black individuals deserved a quality education, or whether such education expenditures...

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... DR. OSWALD P. BRONSON SR. has been elected to serve a three-year term as member-at-large on the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Bronson earned a bachelor's from Bethune-Cookman, a...

George Mason University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... DR. MICHAEL K. FAUNTROY has joined the faculty of the School of Public Policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., as a professor of urban policy and politics, policy evaluation and race and public policy. Formerly with the Congressional...

Kendall Campus of Miami-Dade Community College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... KAREN HAWKINS, a professor of business administration and accounting at the Kendall Campus of Miami-Dade Community College, has been awarded the Friends of Kendall Campus School of Business Chair. Hawkins earned a bachelor's in business...

National Science Board. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... WARREN WASHINGTON is the new chairman of the National Science Board. The board has dual responsibilities as national science policy adviser to the president and Congress and as governing board for the National Science Foundation. Washington...

Savannah State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... LARION M. WILLIAMS has been named director of development in the Office of Institutional Advancement at Savannah State University. Previously Williams was a vice president and manager of Wachovia Bank in Savannah. Williams earned a bachelor's...

Lincoln University. (On The Move).(Sandra D. Yates, director of development and major gifts)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... SANDRA D. YATES has been appointed director of development and major gifts for Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Previously she worked at People's Place II Inc., a social service agency that helps the homeless, and Swarthmore College. Yates...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... California State University-Northridge has received $25,000 from Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization, to start a new program in which university students will work with at-risk pre-schoolers to improve their school readiness. The Central...

Events.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... JULY July 18-21 The Multicultural Affairs Institute Office of Minority Affairs Memphis, Tenn. Phone: (901) 678-2054 E-mail: minority@cc.memphis.edu Web: www.people.memphis.edu/~minority July 23-27 National...

Changing the color of wealth. (Last Word).(financial planning education for African-American students)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2002... Not long ago, a young woman, who was a senior at the Howard University business school, asked me what she should do about a $40,000 retirement plan she had accumulated while working for the federal government. She was planning to go to graduate...

All about access.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 18, 2002... Despite the fact that most students and teachers are at least a month away from returning to the classroom, the last few weeks have been active ones in terms of education policy. Noteworthy, of course, was the Supreme Court's approval, in a...

Letters.
July 18, 2002... DEAR EDITOR, I work for the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. NC-HCAP is a program that prepares underrepresented minorities and people from disadvantaged...

Congressional panel tracks income gap in college attendance. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... A new report from a congressional advisory panel paints a bleak picture of college access for low-and middle-income high school students with a strong record of academic achievement. Nearly half of these high school graduates in 2002--or...

Senate tinkers with education, welfare rules. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... The Democrat-controlled Senate may be the last hope for advocates who want to expand educational opportunities for welfare recipients. Following passage of a House bill that some say will restrict education access, a Senate committee has...

Court decision on vouchers draws praise, criticism. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... The U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision favoring school vouchers is triggering an intense debate about the future of public education. In a 5-4 ruling, the high court found a Cleveland school voucher program constitutional. Proponents...

Maryland Institute focuses on Minority Achievement. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... COLLEGE PARK, MD. After a nine-month delay resulting from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America, Maryland officials hosted an inaugural conference to showcase the Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education. The...

Changes to SAT I sparks disparity debate: first revision in eight years reintroduces the question of bias. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... The new changes to the SAT I test may create an even larger disparity in test scores among minority and majority students, says an advocacy organization for fair testing. However, Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which...

Fighting tobacco use among Blacks: pilot projects at NCCU, Morgan State train students to be better informed on tobacco issues. (Noteworthy News).(North Carolina Central University)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... Significant pilot projects at two historically Black colleges and universities will train students to gather more data and address the problems facing African American smokers. The programs may well provide policy models for other HBCUs around...

Addressing HIV/AIDS in the classroom: educators encouraged to teach the `whole child'. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... WASHINGTON A 20-member panel of scholars, practitioners and teacher education experts came together last month to determine the core information K-12 educators need to know in order to address HIV/AIDS in their classrooms and, ultimately,...

Women college presidents share perspectives on leadership. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... WASHINGTON Women college and university presidents and chancellors came together to discuss leadership and ways that women leaders can affect higher education at the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education...

Fired athletic director, Connecticut College reach settlement. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... NEW LONDON, CONN. Connecticut College has reached a settlement with a former athletic director who had accused college administrators of racial discrimination. In March, the college decided not to reappoint Kenneth McBryde, 49, who...

State leaders convene to address college alcohol problems. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... DENVER Representatives from 39 states gathered in Denver last month for the fourth annual Statewide Initiatives Leadership Institute, a four-day event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and...

FAMU trustees approve financial package for new president, raise tuition. (noteworthy news).(Florida A & M University)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Florida A&M University's trustees approved a financial package last month that totals more than $350,000 annually for new president Dr. Fred Gainous. The trustees also decided to increase tuition for the upcoming...

States to study rising costs of higher education. (noteworthy news).(Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financial Aid Policy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 18, 2002... BOULDER, COLO Five states have signed on to participate in a project to study the rapidly rising costs of higher education. The study, "Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financial Aid Policy," will...

Former congressman named interim president at Wilberforce. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... WILBERFORCE, OHIO A former congressman has agreed to serve as president of Wilberforce University for one year while school officials search for a permanent successor to retiring president John Henderson. The interim appointment of the...

Independent panel says Gov. Bush's One Florida plan is working: but Black freshman enrollment declining at University of Florida. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... TAMPA, FLA. A two-year study of Gov. Jeb Bush's One Florida plan for minority college enrollment and state contracting shows the plan is working, but the governor's work is not done, a review committee composed of minorities said last...

Assistive technology comes into focus: with the push from federal legislation, colleges and universities enhance learning for the disabled. (Special report: assistive technology).
July 18, 2002... Access in higher education is usually understood as the admission, financing, and social support of students belonging to socially disadvantaged groups as they pursue postsecondary education. However, that understanding has focused largely on...

Light at the end of the tunnel: one student at a time, Wright State has become one of the country's leaders in accommodating students with disabilities. (Special report: assistive technology).(Statistical Data Included)
July 18, 2002... DAYTON, OHIO Wright State University never set out to become one of the nation's leaders in accommodating students with disabilities. It happened quite by accident--and one student at a time. Wright State's first buildings were...

Writing for pleasure and profit: law professor spins a tale of mystery, sex and intrigue to the tune of a $4.2 million book deal. (Faculty Club).(Stephen L. Carter)
July 18, 2002... Stephen L. Carter, the William Nelson Cromwell professor of law at Yale University, has stepped through the looking glass, and the world is looking "curiouser and curiouser" from the other side. The change in his life came home to him not...

High-tech cheating: where there's a will, there's a gadget. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... Gone are the good old days of traditional cheating methods--cheat sheets, writing answers on your hand or whispering to your neighbor have now gone the way of the inkwell. The modern student is bringing in-class cheating into the 21st century...

NC A&T, UNCG partner in technology initiative. (tech briefs).(North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and University of North Carolina at Greensboro)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. Entrepreneurs in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina have a technology resource center available to them as a result of a partnership between North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the...

Cisco donation funds scholarships, IT improvements at UNCF schools. (tech briefs).($1.8 million grant from Cisco Systems Inc. to United Negro College Fund: Cisco/UNCF Scholars Program)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. The United Negro College Fund has announced a $1.8 million grant from Cisco Systems Inc., a leading computer networking equipment manufacturer, to provide hardware to UNCF's 39 member colleges and universities and to...

A new day for making money on the web. (Personal Computing).(Jim Romeo, Net Know How Surviving the Bloodbath: Straight Talk From 25 Internet Entrepreneurs)(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 18, 2002... Until the middle of 2000, the Internet economy was flying high, elevating with it the larger economy, not to mention the stock market and the portfolios of millions of investors. Then the bottom caved in. During the first quarter of 2001,...

The living legacy of historically black colleges and universities. (Bi Forum).(Freeman A. Hrabowski III addresses Hampton University graduation ceremonies)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 18, 2002... I recently had the honor of speaking to this year's graduates of Hampton University at the school's 134th commencement exercises. As a 1970 Hampton alumnus and president for the past 10 years of a predominantly White university, I have gained...

North Carolina A&T State University. (On The Move).(Agricultural and Technical State University)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... WILLIAM BARLOW has been named director of design and construction in the university engineer's department of North Carolina A&T State University. Previously, Barlow served as assistant vice president of finance in the office of the president in...

Worcester State College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... DR. SIBYL VENTRESS BROWNLEE has been appointed dean of student development at Worcester State College in Worcester, Mass. Prior to this appointment, Brownlee was associate professor of history at Fitchburg State College. Brownlee earned...

Tougaloo College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... BEVERLY WADE HOGAN has been appointed president of Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Before becoming the 13th president of Tougaloo, Hogan served as interim president and vice president for institutional advancement. Hogan earned a bachelor's in...

Tennessee State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... TERESA PHILLIPS has been named athletic director at Tennessee State University. Previously, Phillips served as head women's basketball coach and interim athletics director. Phillips earned a bachelor's in economics and business education from...

North Carolina Central University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... JOHNNIE SOUTHERLAND has been appointed director of major girls at North Carolina Central University in Durham. Prior to this position, Southerland served as program director for the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. Southerland earned a...

Lincoln University. (On The Move).(Dr. Grant O. Venerable II)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... DR. GRANT O. VENERABLE II has been named vice president for academic affairs at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Previously, Venerable was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Morris Brown College. Venerable earned a bachelor's...

Grants & awards.(universities and colleges)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... The American Indian College Fund received a $5,000 grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation, which will assist in providing child nutrition education programs at the nation's tribal colleges. The College of New Rochelle Graduate School has...

Events.
July 18, 2002... AUGUST Aug. 1-3 Mathematical Association of America MathFest 2002 Burlington, Vt. Contact: Cheryl Adams Phone: (202) 319-8462 Fax: (202) 387-2005 E-mail: cadams@maa.org Aug. 10-14 American Association of State Colleges...

Welcome to the academy: a plethora of contradictions. (Last Word).(appears to be liberal but rarely challenged)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2002... I often tell my students of various races and backgrounds, "Be careful in selecting your careers because there will be times when you will question your sanity as to why you selected your chosen profession." I also tell them they should never...