Black Issues in Higher Education articles from March 2004

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from March 2004

Technology's pros and cons.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
March 11, 2004... Admit it. Go ahead. Don't be ashamed. Names like Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster and Gnutella perhaps mean little, if anything, to you. But to Internet-savvy college students and frustrated university officials, such names are at the center of an...

Sen. Clinton unveils plan to help nontraditional students.(Washington Update)(Hillary Clinton)
March 11, 2004... Nontraditional students trying to get their college degrees tend to get short shift, according to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who recently proposed legislation to help improve graduation rates among these students and tear down some of...

New program to fund graduate research in education.(Washington Update)
March 11, 2004... The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently announced a new program to fired graduate training programs in the education sciences. These programs will train a new generation of education researchers capable...

HBCU board commends Bush for commitment, leadership.(Washington Update)(historically Black colleges and universities)(George W. Bush)
March 11, 2004... The board of advisers of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) presented President Bush with a resolution commending him for his visionary leadership, and his commitment and contributions to strengthening the...

Louisiana officials mounted fierce effort to keep Williams at grambling: despite failure, officials agree it was worth the try.(Noteworthy News)(Doug Williams)
March 11, 2004... BATON ROUGE, LA. University of Louisiana System President Sally Clausen did her best to talk Grambling State University football coach Doug Williams into staying at the historically Black university. But Clausen couldn't talk the Tampa Bay...

Attorney general settles voting rights flap at Prairie View A&M.(Noteworthy News)
March 11, 2004... PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS The Texas attorney general has ruled that Prairie View A&M University students must be allowed to register and vote locally. "This has really energized the student body," says Hendrik Maison, the student government...

Whites-only scholarship recipient donates award to charity.(Noteworthy News)(Adam Noska)
March 11, 2004... BRISTOL, R.I. The Roger Williams University student who received a Whites-only scholarship last month said he will turn the money over to charity, after backlash directed at him and his college. Adam Noska, 20, of Weymouth, Mass.,...

University of Michigan sees 23 percent decline in minority applicants.(Noteworthy News)
March 11, 2004... ANN ARBOR, MICH. Seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the University of Michigan's undergraduate affirmative action policy, the number of applications from Blacks, Hispanica and American Indians is down 23 percent from the...

No Child Left Behind has potential for teacher improvement.(Noteworthy News)
March 11, 2004... WHITEWATER, WIS. No Child Left Behind, the federal education reform act implemented two years ago, warrants broader support among universities for its push to strengthen teacher quality, according to a position paper by The Renaissance...

N.C. Black colleges get $1 million for smoking cessation, research.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... GREENSBORO, N.C. Three historically Black colleges will use a $1 million grant for smoking cessation programs on their campuses and to research cigarette marketing in low-income areas. Bennett College, N.C., A&T State University and...

Former Liberian head of state named Boston University's African President-in-Residence.(Ruth Sando Perry appointed)
March 11, 2004... BOSTON Ruth Sando Perry, the only female African head of state in modern times, has been appointed the next Balfour African President-in-Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC). A former...

Ramapo College president to step down.(Dr. Rodney D. Smith to retire)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... MAWAH, N.J. Dr. Rodney D. Smith recently announced that he will step down as president of Ramapo College of New Jersey, effective June 30, for personal and professional reasons. He went on to say he will focus on completing the semester...

Bennett president receives Human Rights award.(Johnnetta B. Cole )
March 11, 2004... GREENSBORO, N.C. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) presented Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole with its Joseph Prize for Human Rights during their National Executive Committee Meeting last month. The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to combat...

NAFEO honors Tennessee State president with leadership award.(National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education awards James A. Hefner)
March 11, 2004... NASHVILLE, TENN. Tennessee State University president Dr. James A. Hefner has been selected to receive the Presidential Leadership Award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the Silver Spring,...

Benchmarks & Barriers for People of Color in Higher Education.(First BIHE National Conference)(Black Issues in Higher Education)(Cover Story)
March 11, 2004... JUNE 17-19, 2004 Marriott Crystal Gateway Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area) A special conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of Black Issues In Higher Education About the Conference Black Issues In...

The war over Internet piracy: fearing lawsuits, college officials crack down on illegal downloading of music and videos on campus.(Cover Story)
March 11, 2004... Sitting in a booth at Jones Dining Hall at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Quintus Ferguson and Dawn Diggs munch on lunchtime French fries and ponder the economics, convenience and ethics of pirating music on the Internet. "A lot...

Losing ground: proportional declines mar engineering education picture for underrepresented minorities.
March 11, 2004... After more than a decade of steady enrollments and degree completion rates by underrepresented minorities, public schools, colleges, advocacy groups and government agencies still face a daunting task in helping bring Blacks, Latinos and...

Howard University engineers success: interdisciplinary study keeps Howard on the cutting edge.
March 11, 2004... Less than three months before graduation, Howard University engineering student Artis Johnson is displaying signs of "senoritis." As he completes the coursework toward his bachelor's degree in systems and computer science, he can't keep his...

Academic freedom's thin line: Web site challenges perception of academia as a safe place for the exchange of ideas, opinions.(Faculty Club)
March 11, 2004... Luann Wright, founder and president of NoIndoctrination.org, a Web site devoted to policing professors accused of harassing conservative students in their classrooms, firmly believes that what she's doing is a public service. "The...

Are our voting rights at risk?(Speaking Of Education)
March 11, 2004... Will African American voting rights expire in 2007? In this election year, as people are being exhorted to go to the polls to shape the direction of our country, an Internet minor is circulating raising questions about the durability of the...

Microsoft group holds technology day for minority students.(tech briefs)
March 11, 2004... REDMOND, WASH. Blacks at Microsoft (BAM), an African American employee organization at the Microsoft Corporation, held its annual Blacks at Microsoft Minority Student Day (BMSD) last month to encourage broader access to technology and...

Black inventor named to Hall of Fame.(tech briefs)(Norbert Rillieux)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... WASHINGTON Continuing its tradition of honoring great inventors, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has named 20 inventors to its 2004 inductee class. This year's class of inventors represents accomplishments in medicine, engineering and...

Technology, media alliance backs youth vote initiative.(tech briefs)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... LOS ANGELES Yahoo!, Clear Channel Communications and Friendster have announced initiatives to be undertaken on behalf of Declare Yourself, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to educate and energize a new movement of young adults to...

Keeping computer injuries to a minimum.(Personal Computing)
March 11, 2004... Despite the promise of voice recognition and the allure of HAL, the talking (and listening) computer from the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," the vast majority of us still peck at a keyboard and push around a mouse to get our computers to do what...

University of Kansas.(Madison Davis Lacy joins faculty)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... MADISON DAVIS LACY has joined the faculty at the University of Kansas as the 2004 Langston Hughes visiting professor. Lacy is a four-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and veteran PBS station manager and programming executive. He earned a...

University System of Maryland.(Anne Moultrie appointed )(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... ANNE MOULTRIE has been appointed associate vice chancellor for communications at the University System of Maryland. Previously, she was the assistant dean of communications for the school of business at the University of Maryland, College Park....

Barnard College.(Caryl Phillips named director of initiatives in humanities)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... CARYL PHILLIPS has been named director of initiatives in the humanities at Barnard College. Phillips, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Migration and Social Order at Barnard is a 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. He earned a...

University of Alaska Anchorage.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... YVONNE ROLAND is the new director of African American, Hispanic, Asian, International and American Indian student programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Previously, she was director of the African American, Latin, Asian and American...

Ohio State University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... DR. MELVIN D. SHIPP has been appointed dean of the College of Optometry at Ohio State University. Shipp comes to Ohio State from the School of Optometry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana...

University of Michigan.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... LAURITA THOMAS has been appointed associate vice president and chief human resource officer at the University of Michigan. Currently, Thomas is administrator of human resources and director of allied health education in the University of...

Twenty-four professors and four departments at California State University-Northridge received a total of $50,000 from the university's Center for Community Service-Learning to fund new service-learning programs.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... Twenty-four professors and four departments at California State University-Northridge received a total of $50,000 from the university's Center for Community Service-Learning to fund new service-learning programs, including family development,...

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) received a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) received a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create opportunities for Hispanic students both at the undergraduate and graduate level in national science and...

Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.) Relays Youth Days program has been awarded a $121,888 grant from the Amateur Athletic Foundation (AFF) of Los Angeles, marking the 19th year in a row the AAF has sponsored the event.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.) Relays Youth Days program has been awarded a $121,888 grant from the Amateur Athletic Foundation (AFF) of Los Angeles, marking the 19th year in a row the AAF has sponsored the event. Over 13,000 young athletes...

North Carolina A&T State University's biology department was awarded a five-year $4.6 million research infrastructure grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... North Carolina A&T State University's biology department was awarded a five-year $4.6 million research infrastructure grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of...

Truckee Meadows Community College (Nev.) received a Congressional Award of $397,400 to fund technology and work force initiatives.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2004... Truckee Meadows Community College (Nev.) received a Congressional Award of $397,400 to fund technology and work force initiatives. TMCC will use the money to create a new associate of applied science degree in manufacturing technology and a new...

Events.(Calendar)
March 11, 2004... MAY May 4-5 2004 National Diversity In Libraries Conference (NDLC) "Diversity in Libraries: Making it Real" Atlanta, Ga. Web: www.librarydiversity.org May 12-14 Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement Conference "Women of...

Making STEM careers more accessible.(Last Word)
March 11, 2004... In its July 2003 publication of Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that high-school completion and college enrollment among African Americans and Hispanics...

Something to brag about.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
March 25, 2004... In 1993, as her nomination to a federal post faced a barrage of conservative criticism and mischaracterizations, Lani Guinier, both self-assured and certain, stood before a national audience with a simple request--to have a fair hearing and...

Educators question Bush's plan to change Pell.(Washington Update)
March 25, 2004... A proposed rule change to the Pell Grant program in President Bush's budget aims to guard against future budget shortfalls, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Education. But critics say it's just a way to cap or slash the maximum...

HEA renewal faces roadblocks.(Washington Update)(Higher Education Act)
March 25, 2004... Although it has been billed as one of the top legislative tasks of the 108th U.S. Congress, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act may be postponed until next year due to stalled action in Congress and diversions posed by the upcoming...

President Bush awards Harvard $107 million in Africa AIDS fight.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... WASHINGTON At a State Department press conference last month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias announced that the Harvard...

Minorities have '50-50' chance of graduating high school, study finds.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... WASHINGTON Half or more of Black, Hispanic and American Indian youth in the United States are getting left behind before high-school graduation, according to a new study. The result is a "hidden crisis" that is obscured by regulations...

New book chronicles impact of N.C. tuition increase.(Noteworthy News)(The Personal Stories Project: Faces, Not Numbers)(Book Review)
March 25, 2004... RALEIGH, N.C. On the steps of the North Carolina General Assembly Building, the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments (UNCASG) released the book The Personal Stories Project: Faces, Not Numbers. The book contains...

Budget shortfall forces Meharry to lay off workers.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... NASHVILLE, TENN. A budget shortfall has forced Meharry Medical College to lay off 18 non-faculty employees at the private, historically Black college, officials said. Most of the cuts were support staff positions, including...

Clark Atlanta ends plans to tear down historic landmark.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
March 25, 2004... Clark Atlanta University officials say they have decided to sell a landmark restaurant that was a popular meeting place for Black leaders during the civil rights era. Officials said last month they will sell Paschal's restaurant and motor...

Struggling Morris Brown College announces new president.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... ATLANTA Beset by financial and academic difficulties, struggling Morris Brown College turned to a familiar face in hopes of launching a new era at the historically Black school. Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, the school's president from 1993 to...

Louisville president increasing security after Klan activity on campus.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... LOUISVILLE, KY. University of Louisville President James Ramsey told a closed-door campus meeting earlier this month about efforts to increase safety in the wake of Ku Klux Klan flier distributions. While Ramsey admitted he does not...

Brown University committee examines historical ties to slavery.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University President Ruth Simmons has established a committee to examine the Ivy League school's historical ties to slavery and debate whether the university should make amends. An article in Brown's alumni...

Alliance challenges leaders to put education within reach for all Americans.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... WASHINGTON The Pathways to College Network--an alliance of national organizations to improve college access and success for the nation's many underserved students--challenged leaders in all sectors of society to make college education a...

Cal State Northridge, Armenian University sign agreement to exchange students, faculty.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... NORTHRIDGE, CALIF, California State University Northridge (CSUN) officials have signed an agreement with a university in Armenia that encourages the exchange of students and faculty between the two institutions. The agreement...

Managed care organizations shortchange minority medicaid patients, Penn State study finds.(Noteworthy News)
March 25, 2004... UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. Even when they are enrolled in the same Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), patients who are members of linguistic, racial or ethnic minorities report worse care than White English speakers, a Penn State-led...

Black issues in higher education 20th anniversary conference & celebration: benchmarks and barriers for people of color in higher education.(About the Conference)
March 25, 2004... June 17-19, 2004 Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia A YEAR OF REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION 2004 will mark two special events. First and foremost, it is the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision that...

Still having her say: more than a decade after becoming a household name, harvard law professor Lani Guinier holds true to her beliefs, principles.(Cover Story)
March 25, 2004... LANI GUINIER TITLE: Bennett Boskey Professor of Law. Harvard University Law School. Cambridge, Mass. EDUCATION: B.A., Radcliffe College, J.D., Yale University Law School BIRTHPLACE: New York City, N.Y. RESEARCH INTERESTS:...

On the right path: Millersville president's personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.
March 25, 2004... At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the Pennsylvania college founded by...

More than child's play: North Carolina professor explores the history of dolls and their sociological impact.
March 25, 2004... For Dr. Sabrina Thomas, dolls are not just child's play. In fact, they are the subject of her research, which recently landed her a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Thomas, an assistant professor of family and...

Faculty science positions continue to elude women of color: Oklahoma professor's study finds hiring, tenure remain stumbling blocks.(Faculty Club)
March 25, 2004... Women and underrepresented minorities are receiving the doctorate in record numbers these days. For example, women got 45 percent and minorities 19 percent of the 39,955 doctoral degrees awarded in 2000, and both figures were all-time highs....

Faculty members weigh in on the gender divide in academia.
March 25, 2004... In 2001, a roundtable on gender disparities for female professors in higher education was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The focus of the roundtable was "how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities,...

Shifting the emphasis from prison to education: how Indiana saved over $40 million.(BI Forum)
March 25, 2004... States are facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Yet, despite these deficiencies in funds, state governors must assure their constituents that dangerous criminals will still be arrested, adjudicated and imprisoned....

IT report calls attention to minority-serving schools.(Tech Talk)
March 25, 2004... In a study that builds upon the 2000 U.S. Department of Commerce funded National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) report on IT resources at historically Black colleges and universities, researchers with the...

Magic Johnson Foundation opens Miami community tech center.(tech briefs)
March 25, 2004... MIAMI The Magic Johnson Foundation and the Hewlett Packard (HP) company have dedicated yet another community technology facility aimed at bridging the digital divide with the opening of the 12th Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center at the...

$10 million gift to fund technology project to improve teaching.(tech briefs)
March 25, 2004... SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, co-founder and former CEO of the Broadcom Corporation, has announced a gift from the Nicholas Foundation of $10 million to St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano and...

Education Department to study technology, learning.(tech briefs)
March 25, 2004... WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Education is undertaking a study to determine the effectiveness of educational technology lot reading and math, and to measure how technology can improve student achievement in those subjects. The $10...

In search of truth, on the Internet.(Personal Computing)
March 25, 2004... Is it true? There's no more important question to ask yourself when you're online. Truth telling has never been a requirement to provide information online. Standards for accuracy, to a large extent, don't exist. As a general rule, the...

Emory University.(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... DR. EARL LEWIS has been named provost at Emory University in Atlanta. Presently, Lewis is dean of the School of Graduate Studies and vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in history and...

Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education.(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... DR. JESSE C. MCCARROLL, professor emeritus of music at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, has been named national representative of the U.S. to the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education. He received...

Mississippi Valley State University.(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... DR. MAXINE FUNDERBURK MOORE is the new vice president for academic affairs at Mississippi Valley State University. Moore comes from Johnson C. Smith University where she was a dean and professor of English. She earned a bachelor's degree from...

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... EDDIE N. MOORE JR., president at Virginia State University, has been named to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II President's Council. He represents the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association on the 14-member...

Southern University.(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... DR. JOHNNY E. TOLLIVER has been selected as vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern University. Tolliver recently was a distinguished lecturer for the department of English at Lincoln University. He earned a bachelor's degree in...

University of Oregon.(On The Move)
March 25, 2004... GREGORY VINCENT has been named to the newly created post of vice provost for institutional equity and diversity at the University of Oregon. Vincent was a law professor and vice provost at Louisiana State University. He also served as assistant...

The Morgan State University (Md.) Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering, in partnership with the University of Michigan, received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.(Grants & awards)
March 25, 2004... The Morgan State University (Md.) Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering, in partnership with the University of Michigan, received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The partnership with the MSU Industrial Engineering...

Empire State College.(Grants & awards)
March 25, 2004... Empire State College (N.Y.) received the largest gift in its history from one of its alumni. The Susan and John Turben Family Foundation has pledged $1 million in unrestricted funds for the college's programs and initiatives. Dr. Susan H....

Southern University (La.) and Michigan Tech received a $3.6 million award from the National Science Foundation to work in the area of sustainable futures.(Grants & awards)
March 25, 2004... Southern University (La.) and Michigan Tech received a $3.6 million award from the National Science Foundation to work in the area of sustainable futures. The award is part of NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship...

The University and Community College System of Nevada.(Grants & awards)
March 25, 2004... The University and Community College System of Nevada was recently awarded a $7,500 grant from Lumina Foundation for Education to conduct a one-year planning period for the College Goal Sunday program. The program is a one-day event that...

Events.(Calendar)
March 25, 2004... APRIL April 14-16 89th University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Annual Conference "The New Majority" San Antonio, Texas Web: www.ucea.edu/2004confmain.htm April 15-17 Educational Writers Association 2004...

Engaging students in their community.(Last Word)
March 25, 2004... Several years ago, the question was posed, "How could a school like Pomona College encourage its students to affirm a more socially engaged self?" In answering that question we have developed for our students programs that stress association,...