Black Issues in Higher Education articles from March 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from March 2002

Being a visionary. (Editor's Note).(Editorial)
March 14, 2002... It's been a long time in the planning stages, but we finally caught up with Dr. Roderick Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education, in his office in Washington. Interviewing the sitting secretary of education has become a Black Issues tradition....

Free speech is a two-way street. (Letters).
March 14, 2002... DEAR EDITOR: Julianne Malveaux's attack on the American Council of Trustees and Alumni ("The New McCarthyism," Dec. 20, 2001) is little short of libelous. She characterizes our report, "Defending Civilization," as advocating censorship and...

Setting the record straight. (Letters).
March 14, 2002... DEAR EDITOR, Kudos for Black Issues' recent coverage of the values of and seminal issues confronting Black culture centers, as well as your historical summary of the Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) (see Black Issues, Feb. 14)....

Bush launches HBCU Advisory Board. (Washington Update).(George W. Bush)(Historical Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... With much fanfare, President Bush in February named 21 individuals to a Black college advisory board that seeks to strengthen links to the private sector and increase HBCU involvement in federal grants and contracts. Dr. Benjamin Payton,...

HBCU initiative based in Education Secretary's Office. (Washington Update).(White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... The White House Initiative on HBCUs has a new base of operations -- just down the hall from Education Secretary Roderick Paige. Education Department officials say the higher profile for the initiative is a reflection of the administration's...

NAFEO chief seeks more funding. (Washington Update).(National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... President Bush's 2003 budget, with few education increases, is a "disturbing" reversal of recent bipartisan efforts in Congress to increase federal spending, a Black college leader told Congress in February. Level funding for most student...

`One struggle, one battle, one survival': student think tank ponders the future, role of HBCUs. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... NASHVILLE, TENN. It seemed fitting that more than 400 college students from across the country converged on Tennessee State University's campus last month for the first HBCU "think tank." Until last year, historically Black TSU was...

Eliminating the `chalk and talk' approach to teaching; NASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, math. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).
March 14, 2002... ALEXANDRIA, VA. "I'm math illiterate," along with `I'm science phobic" are familiar statements to NASA's Dr. Sandra Proctor -- in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, special assistant for...

Texas law school officials answer bar association's scrutiny. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Texas Southern UniversityThurgood Marshall School of Law)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... HOUSTON Despite a scathing American Bar Association (ABA) report against it, Texas Southern University's law school remains a viable institution competitive with peer schools, TSU officials say. Officials at TSU's Thurgood Marshall...

St. Augustine's College faces sanction by accreditation board. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. St. Augustine's College has been issued a 12-month warning from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. SACS denied St. Augustine's 10-year accreditation renewal, instead renewing accreditation for only one year....

Howard launches $250 million fund-raising campaign; university president faces challenge with "guarded optimism." (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Interview)
March 14, 2002... In today's era of financial uncertainty and market volatility, embarking on a fund-raising campaign seems more than a notion. Yet, Howard University in Washington has done just that, launching its "Campaign for Howard" with a goal of raising...

New report illuminates California's growing higher education inequities. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... LOS ANGELES "Stony the Road We Trod" is the first comprehensive look at higher education outcomes for African American students across California's elementary, high school and college levels. The report highlights several disturbing facts,...

Morris Brown president to resign in June. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... ATLANTA Dr. Dolores Cross, who has been president at Morris Brown College since 1999, announced plans to resign effective June 30. Cross was the first female president at the private liberal arts and historically Black college that now...

Howard University School of Law Dean resigns. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Alice Gresham Bullock )(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... WASHINGTON Howard University School of Law Dean Alice Gresham Bullock announced last month she would resign from her position, effective June 30. Following a yearlong sabbatical, she will return to a faculty position at the law...

Delaware State settles discrimination claim. (Noteworthy news: from staff and news wire reports).(Margaret McKay; Freda M. Barrett; Kathleen Carter; white professors involvedin lawsuits against college)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DOVER, DEL. Attorneys for Delaware State University and a former professor at the historically Black university have reached a settlement in her discrimination lawsuit. Margaret McKay, a White political science professor stripped of...

Scholars work to reduce crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina. (noteworthy news).(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 14, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina jumped as much as 500 percent between 1993 and 1998, according to some estimates. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest...

Tom Joyner, Kellogg's launch fund-raising galas to support HBCUs. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DALLAS Nationally syndicated radio host and education advocate Tom Joyner has announced the next stage of his plan to increase support for historically Black colleges and universities around the country -- fund-raising galas. These events,...

Freedom Forum launches database to aid newsroom diversity efforts. (noteworthy news).(Diversity Directory aids in hiring of minority journalists)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 14, 2002... ARLINGTON, VA. The Freedom Forum has announced the launch of a database designed to help newspapers diversify their newsroom staffs through a new approach to college recruiting. The Diversity Directory provides profiles of colleges with...

Brigham Young University elects first Black student body president. (noteworthy news).(Rob Foster)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... PROVO, UTAH Brigham Young University students have elected the school's first Black student body president. Rob Foster, 25, of Raleigh, N.C., and his running mate, Eisha Tengelsen, captured 43 percent of the campus vote -- 2,580 of 5,959...

Federal judge approves Mississippi desegregation settlement. (noteworthy news).(financial settlement for academic programs at Black institutions)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 14, 2002... JACKSON, MISS. A federal judge has approved a desegregation plan for Mississippi's universities, signaling an end to a 27-year-old legal battle. The lawsuit was filed in 1975 by the late Jake Ayers, the father of a Black college...

University of Tennessee offers grants to attract Black students. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 14, 2002... KNOXVILLE, TENN. Under pressure to increase minority enrollment, the University of Tennessee will begin a new scholarship program this fall to attract Black students. "This program is meant to make more resources available to African...

CSU launches first combined veterinary medicine, business degree. (noteworthy news).(Colorado State University )(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... FORT COLLINS, COLO The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Business at Colorado State University have launched the first program in North America combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Masters...

Roderick Paige. (Cover Story).(Secretary of Education)(Interview)
March 14, 2002... U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. Roderick R. Paige sat down with Black Issues senior writer Ronald Roach and Washington correspondent Charles Dervarics to discuss a wide-ranging set of issues related to the Bush administration's education...

Politics or progress? Education observers ponder significance of Paige's appointment, tenure.(Roderick Paige, education secretary)
March 14, 2002... HOUSTON Congratulations and photo ops ended months ago. The swearing-in of former Houston schools chief Dr. Roderick Paige as education secretary seems like eons ago. And the "attaboys" for Paige raising test scores in a sprawling urban...

`Race in the college classroom': minority faculty often face student resistance when teaching about race. (Faculty Club).
March 14, 2002... Dealing with conflict in the multiethnic classroom -- well, it can pose dilemmas that stump even the so-called experts. An exchange during "Comparative and Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Multiethnic Literatures," a panel at the recent...

The campus gender gap -- a women's issue. (Speaking Of Education).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... Feminist that I am, my work tends to focus on the status of African American women before it looks more broadly at the African American community. Indeed, I have been known to chafe at the policy focus on African American men, especially when...

Supercomputing in the neighborhood. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... Supercomputers are generally thought to exist exclusively for advanced scientific, medical and engineering research and uses. However, in Winston-Salem, N.C., a coalition of universities, businesses and local government agencies is looking to...

Penn team to help build Ghana's IT infrastructure. (tech briefs).(University of Pennsylvania)(information, communication infrastructure)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... PHILADELPHIA Engineering students and faculty at the lie University of Pennsylvania and an African university have received a donation of Hewlett-Packard equipment and services valued at $1.12 million to establish a high-speed information...

Hampton University to hold second annual technology conference. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... HAMPTON, VA. This April, Hampton University is holding a technology conference to highlight cyber security issues and to showcase ways that schools can obtain federal funding in technology, according to university officials. The...

Boston University engineer recognized. (tech briefs).(James E. Hubbard Jr.)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... BOSTON Dr. James E. Hubbard Jr., senior systems engineer at the Boston University Photonics Center, has been awarded the 2002 Black Engineer President's Award for Career Excellence. The honor is given to engineers who have distinguished...

Verdicts on the latest and greatest technology. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... What's hot these days in personal computing technology? What's merely hyped? With the caveat that this is at least somewhat subjective, here's a rundown of some of the latest and greatest gadgets, gizmos and gewgaws, along with a recommendation...

Ohio State University. (On The Move).(Minnie Holmes-McNary)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DR. MINNIE HOLMES-MCNARY has been named assistant professor in the department of human nutrition at Ohio State University. Holmes-McNary has held positions at the University of Illinois School of Veterinary Medicine. She earned dual bachelor's...

University of Maryland. (On The Move).(Freeman A. Hrabowski)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DR. FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has been awarded a 2001 Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education for showing an extraordinary commitment to the improvement of education. Hrabowski earned a...

California State University-Stanislaus. (On The Move).(Hughes, Marvalene)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DR. MARVALENE HUGHES, president of California State University-Stanislaus, has been honored as the Distinguished Educator for 2001 by her alma mater, Florida State University. Hughes was the first African American to earn a doctorate from...

Baltimore City Community College. (On The Move).(Herbert Sledge, Jr.)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... HERBERT SLEDGE JR., director of public relations at Baltimore City Community College, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Black Marylanders Award by the Towson University Office of Diversity Resources. Sledge earned a bachelor's from...

ACT Inc. (On The Move).(Baron D. Thrower)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... BARON D. THROWER has been named the new senior vice president of corporate systems for ACT Inc., the organization best known for its college entrance and placement exam. Previously, he was chief information officer and vice president of ITT...

College of Wooster. (On The Move).(Ted Williams)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... DR. TED WILLIAMS, a professor of chemistry at the College of Wooster in Ohio, has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. Williams earned a bachelor's from Howard University, a...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... BENEDICT COLLEGE'S (S.C.) Community Development Center received $50,000 from the S.C. Partnership of the Fannie Mae Corp. The contribution, over two years, will support the agency's efforts to increase their capacity to build more affordable...

Events.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... MARCH March 21-22 Third Annual Conference of the Center For the Study of Race and Race Relations J. Wayne Reitz Student Union and University Auditorium Gainesville, Fla. Contact: Barbara DeVoe, Phone: (352) 392-8070...

Engaging in the liberating experience of education. (Last Word).(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... The ominous reports of the state of education in this country reflect the desire of American education to rigorously prepare its students to the extent that the measurement of their academic performance can be compared to high-performing...

An apology and a renewed commitment to our women and our HBCUs.(Historically Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 28, 2002... Maybe the first thing we need to do as men is to go ahead and apologize to Black women. This simple but powerfully symbolic act, though not a cure all, would be a step in the right direction. A few years ago, actor Blair Underwood and a few...

A complex past and present. (Editor's Note).(relationships between black men and women)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... My charge was to respond to the Editor's Note written by Frank Matthews. The first thing that came into my mind was "Where do I begin?" It seems to me the relationships between Black women and Black men have always been a bit more complex...

Office of Civil Rights nominee faces scrutiny. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... A Senate panel questioned a major Bush administration civil rights nominee in late February amid signs that leading civil rights groups oppose the nomination. Gerald Reynolds is the White House choice to fill the vacant slot of assistant...

HBCUs get few R&D dollars, leaders say. (Washington Update).(historically black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The share of federal research dollars flowing to Black colleges is going down instead of up, says one HBCU leader who is urging Congress to focus more attention on the issue. Of the $14 billion awarded government-wide to colleges and...

Affirmative action's uncertain future; proponents of race-conscious admissions firm on belief, but less confident on whether policy could survive a Supreme Court review. (Noteworthy News).("Affirmative Action in Higher Education" symposium held at Harvard Law School)(Panel Discussion)
March 28, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Proponents of affirmative action offered compelling arguments for the use of race-conscious admissions at the nation's colleges and universities at a recent symposium at Harvard Law School. However, the same proponents...

Texas A&M shelves pilot enrollment plan. (Noteworthy News).(Texas high school students; automatic admission)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... HOUSTON Texas A&M University officials have delayed a plan to automatically admit the top 20 percent of graduating seniors from 250 Texas high schools because legal concerns have not been answered in time for admissions this fall. ...

SAT scores come early for those willing to pay fee. (Noteworthy News).(College Board charges fees for early results)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... PRINCETON, N.J. High school students can end the nerve-racking wait for SAT scores a week early, but it will cost them. Students who used the Internet to register for the college-entrance exam received an e-mail two weeks after the...

California educators seek to join with churches to help minority students. (Noteworthy News).(California High School Exit Examination)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... OAKLAND, CALIF. Educators want to team with Black churches to help students pass California's new mandatory high school exam and prepare for college. Helping Black students, who scored below other groups on voluntary math and English...

Florida legislators to cut support for race-conscious scholarships. (Noteworthy News).(law schools)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Florida's race-conscious scholarships to help minorities attend law school may be headed for elimination now that the state is setting up new law schools. With new law schools starting up in Miami and Orlando, Florida...

NBA star launches program to introduce students to business. (noteworthy news).(Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett launches "4XL--For Excellence in Leadership" program)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... MINNEAPOLIS Five-time NBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves has launched "4XL--For Excellence in Leadership," a program designed to expose minority high school and college students to business...

Institute showcases history of black journalists on the Web. (noteworthy news).(Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... OAKLAND, CALIF. The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) is using video on the Web to tell a forgotten chapter of journalism history. The Maynard Institute late last month launched "The Black Journalists...

Many graduates face unmanageable debt, study says. (noteworthy news).(Public Interest Research Group report "The Burden of Borrowing")(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... WASHINGTON An estimated 39 percent of student borrowers are graduating with unmanageable levels of student loan debt, according to "The Burden of Borrowing," a new report by the State PIRG's Higher Education Project. The analysis, based on...

Students required to have C average for housing. (noteworthy news).(Fayetteville State University)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Students at Fayetteville State will have to maintain at least a C average to live on campus next fall because the university expects about 600 freshmen to seek housing. The school has space available for 1,200 students....

Job outlook for MBA grads shows signs of recovery. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... NORMAN, OKLA. The job market for this year's crop of MBA graduates is showing signs of improvement, according to the MBA Career Services Council (MBACSC). Data from a survey of 56 business school career centers conducted by the...

Mississippi desegregation settlement may help Jackson State more than others, some say. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... JACKSON, MISS. A settlement of Mississippi's college desegregation lawsuit may help Jackson State University more than Alcorn State and Mississippi Valley State universities, officials say. Last month, a federal judge approved a...

Howard University student crowned Miss USA. (noteworthy news).(Shauntay Hinton)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... GARY, IND. Howard University broadcast communications major Shauntay Hinton, 23, was crowned Miss USA earlier this month. The Starkville, Miss., native's knees buckled when she was declared the winner at the pageant held in Gary, Ind....

Black student union wants Klan mural removed. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... BLOOMINGTON, IND. Some students at Indiana University are pressing school officials to remove a mural that has been hanging in a classroom since 1941, saying the image of Ku Klux Klan members and a burning cross creates a hostile learning...

Project seeks to preserve legacy of African American leaders. (noteworthy news).(National Visionary Leadership Project)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... WASHINGTON Educator and philanthropist Dr. Camille O. Cosby and veteran newsmaker and producer Renee Poussaint recently launched the National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP), a nationwide program that will record, preserve and...

Responding to the voice of black women: black women's unique style of leadership enables them to meet the challenges of academe, scholar say. (Special report: women in higher education).
March 28, 2002... When Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils was published in 1997, the difficulties facing African American women in academe were so numerous and profound that 33 scholars addressed the issues with little redundancy. Dr. Lois Benjamin,...

A look at black female college presidents.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... * Dr. Portia H.Shields Albany State University Albany, Ga. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Dr. Yvonne Kennedy Bishop State Community College Mobile, Ala. * Dr. Carolyn Grubbs Williams Bronx Community College New York ...

The status of female leadership: by the numbers. (Special report: women in higher education).(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... African American, Caucasian and Hispanic Presidents by Sex: 1986 and 1998 1986 1998 Men Women Men Women African American 92.6% 7.4% 74.3% ...

Licensed to lead; Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, former president of Northern Virginia Community College, leads Virginia's Department of Education. (Special report: women in higher education).(Interview)
March 28, 2002... Dr. Belle S. Wheelan had been president of Northern Virginia Community College, the second largest community college in the nation, since 1998 when she was tapped in December by the newly elected Democratic governor of Virginia, Mark R. Warner,...

Making AAUW more inclusive; new executive director makes reaching out to women of color a priority. (Special report: women in higher education).(Jacqueline Woods, American Association of University Women)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Jacqueline Woods * Title: Executive Director, American Association of University Women * Previous Title: Director, Community Colleges Liaison Office, U.S. Department of Education * Education: Bachelor's, Speech Pathology, Michigan...

The presidential mystique: finding and keeping leaders for historically Black women's colleges is becoming a growing challenge. (Special report: women in higher education).
March 28, 2002... African American women have played key roles in the leadership of this country's historically Black colleges and universities for more than a century. Women like Elizabeth E. Wright, who founded Voorhees College in 1897; Mary McLeod Bethune,...

Do babies matter when charting an academic career? The academy seems to think so. (Faculty Club).
March 28, 2002... The University of California-Berkeley has just released a set of statistics that should give pause to every female academic of child-bearing age. Women who have children early in their careers -- that is, between one and five years after...

High Schoolers charged in attack on U.Va. students: town/gown issues debated. (Faculty Club).
March 28, 2002... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. Blake Caravati, mayor of the usually sleepy college town of Charlottesville, Va., is amassing quite a collection of hate mail these days -- more than a hundred e-mails, some from concerned locals, but the vast majority...

Making the most of multimedia. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... With a click of the computer mouse, the Web site for the "Black in the Arts" survey course began playing a segment from the all-Black cast film "Stormy Weather." The film clip, being projected onto a large screen in a high technology classroom...

Tanzanian students get certified in networking technology. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA Last month, 38 Tanzanian students graduated from an information and communications technology (ICT) course in Dar es Salaam that awarded each of them a Cisco Certified Network Associates certificate. The...

Broadband surpasses dial-up in first time internet access. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... NEW YORK More Americans signing up for first-time Internet access used broadband service in January than dial-up and other narrow-band services, a first, according to the Nielsen/Net Ratings. This development is considered a milestone...

Senate hearing held on technology aid for minority-serving institutions. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... WASHINGTON Several educators and policy-makers testified before a U.S. Senate committee last month on the need for proposed legislation that seeks to provide $250 million in grants to minority-serving institutions to help them bridge the...

Can you criticize your computer software? (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Who's in charge of what you do or say with your computer equipment? You, or the companies who sell it to you? While none of us are completely in control of our destiny -- even the most unfettered work under the sway of someone else in one way...

Dear BI career consultants: how has the role of minority student recruitment officers been changed by the current use of admission "percentage plans," such as the ones in place in California, Texas and Florida? (Career Consultants).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Essentially, the fundamental role of recruitment officers has not changed, even in the wake of the admission percentage plans at state institutions in California, Texas and Florida. The underlying role of college recruitment officers,...

Did black folks gain from the women's movement? (Speaking Of Education).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... I have always been intrigued by the career of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The Stanford Law School graduate's legal career was clearly affected by sex discrimination, yet O'Connor has tended to take mixed positions in cases of...

The N-word and academia: the psychology of employing an epithet. (BI Forum).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The noose of racism was pulled tightly around the necks of those who came before. And though the literal twine that choked our throats is relatively obsolete, the figurative rope continues to cut the breath of our psychological well-being. This...

Clark Atlanta University. (On The Move).(president-elect Dr. Walter D. Broadnax)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... DR. WALTER D. BROADNAX has been chosen as president-elect of Clark Atlanta University. Broadnax is a former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. Broadnax earned a bachelor's from...

Wake Forest University. (On The Move).(Nathaniel Irvin II)(assistant dean)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... NATHANIEL IRVIN II has been named assistant dean for MBA student development at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Irvin will be adding the new duties to his current position as executive professor of future studies and president of...

Ohio State University. (On The Move).(Frederick L. McNary appointment)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... FREDERICK L. MCNARY recently joined Ohio State University as director of the Center for Learning Excellence. Most recently, McNary was the principal at Mt. Vernon Middle School, an alternative school for at-risk youth in Raleigh, N.C. He earned...

H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College. (On The Move).(Dr. Anthony L Molina appointed president)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... DR. ANTHONY L. MOLINA has been appointed president of the newly merged H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College in Montgomery, Ala. He earned an associate's degree from Epiphany Apostolic College, a bachelor's from New York University, a...

University of Arkansas. (On The Move).(director of development Ann Nathan)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... ANN NATHAN has been named director of development for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Nathan was a major gifts officer for Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston. Nathan earned a bachelor's...

Lincoln University. (On The Move).(personnel appointment)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... MICHAEL C. TAYLOR has been appointed director of alumni relations at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Most recently, Taylor was director of admissions at St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Va. He earned a bachelor's from Lincoln...

Grants & awards.(research grants to universities and colleges)
March 28, 2002... CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE received $742,515 from the U.S. Department of Education to train bilingual teachers in the Los Angeles area. CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO received $50,000 from Genentech Inc., for the college's...

Events.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... APRIL April 15-17 Third Annual Presidents' Summit & Leadership Conference Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Inc. Indianapolis University Place Conference Center Contact: Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Phone: (212)...

The long road to becoming an agent of change. (Last Word).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... As an African American woman, I have had to fight for everything I have achieved. I have had to think and reflect on every move I have made. As I completed my first year as an assistant professor of education, I found myself feeling tired and...