Black Issues in Higher Education articles from May 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from May 2002

Breaking down the mental barriers. (Editor's Note).(black students abroad)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... Last August we dedicated an entire edition to international education. We received quite a bit of feedback from readers who were interested in study abroad programs and the idea of providing international experiences for students of color. ...

Letters.
May 9, 2002... DEAR EDITOR: Thank you for your March 28th insightful and inspirational article on the unheralded contributions of Black mothers and historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities to this nation. As of Jan. 1, 2002, I...

Major changes ahead for student visa programs: Senate bill requires government, higher education to work together. (Washington Update).(foreign students)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... The U.S. Senate in mid-April approved a bill with major changes in store for the way the federal government and higher education will manage student visa programs. Under the bill with bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats,...

Budget debate intensifies in Congress. (Washington Update).(education)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... The Democrat-controlled Senate is holding out the possibility of larger federal education funding increases next year. The Senate Budget Committee has approved a plan with an extra $6.8 billion for education and related programs. This...

Hispanic leaders seek funding increase for HSIs. (Washington Update).(Hispanic-serving institutions)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... Hispanic higher education leaders are seeking a 50 percent increase next year in the federal government's Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) program. Latino leaders outlined the plan at the recent legislative meeting of the Hispanic...

Knocking down barriers; Black male scholars address challenges of academic pursuits in national videoconference. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... AUBURN, ALA. Dr. Na'im Akbar, professor of psychology at Florida State University, called the gathering of young African American male scholars at Auburn University in early March a "miracle of modern times." Reminding the present...

Globalization and Africa: scholars explore impact of language, colonization and supernational organizations. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... NEW YORK More than 100 students, activists and scholars gathered recently at Columbia University's Teachers College to explore the effects of globalization and decentralization on education, health care and land reform in Nigeria, South...

Leaving for Princeton, West says too much made of his dispute with Harvard president. (Noteworthy News).(Dr. Cornel West)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... MAHWAH, N.J. Harvard scholar Dr. Cornel West says the university's president was largely responsible for his move to Princeton but that too much has been made of their dispute. After giving a lecture late last month at Ramapo College's...

University of Arkansas sets record with $300 million gift. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... LITTLE ROCK, ARK. The University of Arkansas received the largest gift in the history of American public higher education last month--a $300 million commitment from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation of Bentonville, Ark. ...

UAB president claims she was forced out because of gender, age. (Noteworthy News).(University of Alabama)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Dr. Ann Reynolds claims in a federal discrimination complaint that she was forced out of the University of Alabama in Birmingham presidency because of her gender and age. She also claims she never received a serious...

California coalition takes fight for race neutrality one step further. (noteworthy news).(Ward Connerly and the American Civil Rights Coalition's "Racial Privacy Initiative")(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Ward Connerly, the University of California regent who spearheaded California's move to race neutrality in education, is behind a new move to further ensure that race is not a factor in official state business. ...

Spring break job fair draws record crowd. (noteworthy news).(Black College Spring Break National Job Fair)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... ATLANTA A record 55,000 people turned out for the annual Black College Spring Break National Job Fair --an event once known as a sideshow to the now defunct Freaknik. With the lingering economic effects of Sept. 11, people years out...

General Mills, Tom Joyner create alliance. (noteworthy news).(financial contribution for historically Black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. An invaluable connection was made recently when General Mills Inc., maker of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix and Honey Nut Cheerios cereals, announced its partnership with nationally syndicated radio celebrity Tom Joyner....

Former head of work-study program headed to prison. (noteworthy news).(Southern University's Eloise Blount sentenced)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... BATON ROUGE, LA. The former director of Southern University's work-study program will spend 30 months in federal prison for engineering a kickback scheme. In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge Ralph Tyson said Eloise...

MIT professor celebrates 60th birthday with scholarship fund. (noteworthy news).(Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Dr. Wesley L. Harris)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. MIT professor Dr. Wesley L. Harris is a private person who prefers to celebrate birthdays quietly with his family, little fanfare, no fuss. When his 60th loomed last fall, his wife, Sandra, wanted to surprise, him by...

Law school, Tennessee State end merger negotiations. (noteworthy news).(Nashville School of Law)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... NASHVILLE, TENN. Negotiations to merge the Nashville School of Law into Tennessee State University--required by the settlement of a desegregation lawsuit against Tennessee's higher education system--have been broken off by the law school...

Conference seeks to empower Black farmers, landowners. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... TUSKEGEE, ALA. Increasing political awareness of African American land loss was the primary focus of a recent conference held at Tuskegee University. The conference, "Shadow Lands: Empowering the African American Farmer and African...

2002 commencement speakers: words of wisdom to the graduates came from ... (Noteworthy News).
May 9, 2002... 2002 Commencement Speakers: Words of wisdom to the graduates came from... College Speakers * Agnes Scott College Dr. Johnnetta B. Former president of (Ga.) Cole ...

A renewed interest: the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks have piqued an interest among college students and faculty about other nations and cultures. (Special report: international education).(overseas study)(Cover Story)(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... Perhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened...

Going global; traditionally, the percentage of African American students who studied abroad has been low; however, university officials are looking into ways to increase those numbers. (Special report: international education).
May 9, 2002... International study abroad programs aren't new but they are beginning to take off at historically Black colleges and universities. The challenge for these institutions is to make such programs appealing and affordable to attract more African...

Adding international flavor to your resume; international work and study expand horizons, opportunities. (Special report: international education).(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... Back in the 1980s, Anthony Pinder was trading futures for a living in Chicago. When the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the stock market, he decided the timing was right to do something he had thought about for years. He joined the Peace...

Translating the African past: the Islamic heritage of sub-Saharan Africa. (Special report: international education).
May 9, 2002... On a recent trip to the West African nation of Mali, Dr. John O. Hunwick encountered in Timbuktu signs of its legacy being resurrected in the form of new libraries. To this scholar of African history and frequent visitor to the dusty, desert...

Leading institutions: by total number of students who study abroad. (Special report: international education).(Statistical Data Included)
May 9, 2002... With increased resources, more students of color likely would take advantage of study abroad opportunities. Top 20 Baccalaureate Institutions, 1999/00 Institution City State Study Abroad ...

The Afro-Mestizo connection: scholars team up to study Southern Mexico's African roots. (Faculty Club).
May 9, 2002... Acapulco has been billed as "the resort that never sleeps." It's the playground of the wealthy, home to the glittering "Golden Zone" shopping district, nightclubs and restaurants too numerous to count--and, just outside the city limits, a...

University of Maryland-based Trio program tackles digital divide. (Tech Talk).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... COLLEGE PARK, MD. Traditionally, programs falling under the TRIO umbrella of federally funded college prep initiatives for disadvantaged students have not been known to focus on the digital divide. Nevertheless, an initiative based at the...

African students take MIT course without leaving home campuses. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. More than 190 students from eight sub-Saharan countries have been taking an MIT course this semester without leaving their home campuses. A joint initiative by MIT's Center for Advanced Educational Services (CAES) and the...

Information technology group to address issues of equity. (tech briefs).(Community Technology Centers' Network)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... AUSTIN, TEXAS The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTC-NET) is convening a seminar titled "Access and Beyond: Advancing a Community Technology Agenda," which is expected to draw more than 700 professionals from CTCs, government...

NCNW, testing group team up on achievement gap initiative. (tech briefs).(National Council of Negro Women)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... NEW YORK The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), in association with the U.S. Department of Education, has selected The Princeton Review to provide Internet software and professional development to help K-12 students improve their...

Breaking the information logjam. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... Today, in the Information Age, we typically think of ourselves as being uniquely inundated with information. But nearly two millennia ago, the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote, "What is the use of having countless books and libraries, whose...

Off the beaten path: studying abroad in `nontraditional' locations. (BI Forum).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... Centers of learning have been among the most enduring institutions common to people. Throughout the centuries, scholars have welcomed their colleagues from far-flung regions of the world. Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and North Africans...

A trail of lost opportunities: blaming the victims all over again. (BI Forum).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... This year in Jenin, April was the cruelest month. The Israeli army partially lifted its siege of the refugee camp outside Jenin, allowing humanitarian relief workers and journalists in for the first time in weeks. The accounts of the carnage...

Ohio State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... DR. KENNETH GOINGS has been named chairman of the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University. Goings earned a bachelor's degree from Kent State University and master's and doctoral degrees from Princeton...

Brown University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... DR. EVELYN HU-DEHART has been named director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and professor of history at Brown University. Previously, she was professor and chairwoman of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the...

Atlanta Metropolitan College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... ELDRIDGE W. MCMILLAN has been named the first scholar-in-residence at Atlanta Metropolitan College. McMillan is the retiring president of the Southern Education Foundation and the longest-serving member of the Board of Regents of the University...

Baker & Hostetler. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... RAYMOND C. PIERCE has joined the Cleveland office of Baker & Hostetler as a partner in the Business Group. He will counsel education-related institutions and commercial clients on matters of public policy, compliance and general corporate law....

New York Institute of Technology. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... DR. BARBARA ROSS-LEE has been appointed dean of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine at New York Institute of Technology. Most recently, she was dean of the School of Allied Health and Life Sciences at NYIT. She earned a bachelor's...

Spelman College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... DR. BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM has been appointed president of Spelman College in Atlanta. Tatum comes to Spelman from a 13-year career at Mount Holyoke College where she is currently acting president and dean of the college. She earned a bachelor's...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2002... Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering received a $1 million pledge from William F. "Hank" and Brenda Hayes with a portion of the gift designated for an existing Endowment for Diversity. The endowment, originally established by...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 9, 2002... In the April 11 edition, Black Issues included the wrong location for Lincoln University. Lincoln University in Pennsylvania received the endowment gift of $20,000 from Dr. Clisson M. Woods, a 1964 Lincoln graduate, to benefit the university's...

Events.
May 9, 2002... MAY May 24-28 The Black Alcoholism and Addictions Institute Hilton Atlanta Contact: Dr. Frances Brisbane Phone: (631) 286-1183 May 29-June 2 NCORE 2002 15th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity "The...

Preparing for a new day. (Last Word).(social responsibility and education in response to events of September 11, 2002)(Brief Article)(Column)
May 9, 2002... Now, as at previous times of national crisis, our thoughts naturally turn to our young people. They are whom we seek to protect. They also are whom we must prepare to protect themselves. At such moments it is helpful, I believe, to turn to...

Calling on the Black community's best and brightest. (Editor's Note).(Editorial)
May 23, 2002... I was one of those people who associate editor Robin Smiles in her article "Race Matters in Health Care" says "yawned" when the Institute of Medicine released its report recently, which documented that minorities, regardless of income,...

Letters.
May 23, 2002... DEAR EDITOR: In your April column of the "Last Word," (April 11) Hill et al. suggested that a deeper investigation needs to be conducted concerning the hiring processes for NCAA Division I-A football. Although I agree with this and most of...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 23, 2002... In the April 11 edition, Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars should have been listed as follows: * Julius Tyrone Albright, men's basketball, Onondaga Community College * Kadidja Andersson, women's basketball, University of Minnesota *...

Welfare, Pell Grant issues spark partisan battles; Bush administration turning `blind eye' to college affordability, critics say. (Washington Update).(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... With fall congressional elections less than six months away, partisan bickering is back in full force on Capitol Hill on issues ranging from Pell Grants to education for welfare recipients. "The Bush administration has turned a blind eye to...

Student groups criticize election reform legislation; college students would be disproportionately affected by bill's provisions.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... A legislative plan to curb voting irregularities may have unintended consequences for college students wishing to cast ballots, student groups and other critics say. A Senate-approved bill would require first-time voters to present photo...

A second calling: Dr. Johnnetta Cole to lead all-female Bennett College. (Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. Troubled Bennett College received some new hope last month when it named Dr. Johnnetta Cole as its new president. Cole, best known for her 10 years as president of Spelman College, will step into her new post July 15. She...

Surviving The Citadel: first African American female graduates of the military college share their sense of accomplishment, struggles. (noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).
May 23, 2002... CHARLESTON, S.C. They had different backgrounds and cultural experiences when they arrived at The Citadel for the biggest challenge of their lives--surviving the indoctrination of first-year students called knobs. Reasons for enlisting...

Helping teachers make the grade: NBPTS, HBCUs partner to prepare African American teachers for national certification. (noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country).(National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, historically black colleges and universities)
May 23, 2002... RESTON, V.A. The role of historically Black colleges and universities in preparing Black teachers for national certification was highlighted during "Recreate the Legacy of Educational Excellence," a half-day conference session sponsored by...

Tufts University study links racial bias, prejudice to skin tone. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... MEDFORD, MASS. A National Science Foundation-funded study at Tufts University shows racial bias and prejudice are related to the lightness or darkness of a Black person's skin--rather than other features such as hair length or texture, lip...

Appeals court declines to hear separate motions on Mississippi desegregation lawsuit. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... JACKSON, MISS. A federal appeals court last month declined to consider whether the widow of Jake Ayers Sr. can pursue a separate lawsuit over desegregation of Mississippi colleges. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans...

Maryland Medical Center reduces wait for Blacks in need of kidney transplant.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... BALTIMORE The time Black patients must wait for a kidney transplant the University of Maryland Medical Center is half the national average, thanks to a highly promoted living donor program, hospital officials say. Black patients wait...

Central State trustees regain control of finances.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... WILBERFORCE, OHIO Central State University has balanced its budget, paid its debts and is out from under state supervision. Gov. Bob Taft released Ohio's only public, historically Black university from state fiscal oversight late last...

University of North Carolina drops early decision admissions plan. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. The University of North Carolina is droping its early decision admissions program, becoming the first major U.S. university to end the increasingly controversial policy, officials said. "Carolina has taken this step...

Howard president to head HBCU Capital Financing Board. (noteworthy news).(H. Patrick Swygert appointed Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Board)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Roderick Paige last month announced the appointment of H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University, as chairman of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Board....

Princeton renames center to honor former African American dean. (noteworthy news:).(Princeton University, Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... PRINCETON, N.J. The name of Princeton University's Third World Center is being changed to more accurately reflect its mission. Last month, the university's trustees approved a recommendation to change the name to the Carl A. Fields Center...

University of Southern Mississippi honors benefactor with new dorm. (noteworthy news).(named after noteable benefactor Oseola McCarty)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 23, 2002... HATTIESBURG, MISS. A new residence hall at the University of Southern Mississippi has been named for one of its most notable benefactors, Oseola McCarty. McCarty, who earned her living by washing and ironing clothes, donated $150,000...

Columbia launches David N. Dinkins Archives, Oral History Project. (noteworthy news).(Columbia University)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... NEW YORK Columbia University has launched the David N. Dinkins Archives and Oral History Project, which will include an archive of Dinkins' official and personal papers and correspondence, an oral history of Dinkins' life, political...

Race matters in health care; experts say eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities is the civil rights issue of our day.(United States)(Statistical Data Included)
May 23, 2002... WASHINGTON When the National Academies' Institute of Medicine released its report earlier this year documenting that minorities, regardless of income, education and access, were discriminated against in health care, many African Americans...

The State of the African American Professoriate: Cornel West says Black intellectuals have unique role to play in the academy. (Faculty Club).(Ramapo College conference)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... MAHWAH, N.J. When Dr. Cornel West stepped up to the microphone recently at Ramapo College of New Jersey in his trademark three-piece black suit, the excitement in the air was electric. West had announced just six days earlier that he would...

Dr. Cornel West, in his own words.(Interview)
May 23, 2002... Before giving the keynote address at the conference "The State of the African American Professoriate," held at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., Dr. Cornel West spoke with reporters, primarily about the circumstances surrounding his...

Don't be a password moron. (Tech Talk).(guidelines)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... So your college's administration has finally come through on its promise to replace the Paleolithic machines in your department with new computers. The delivery guys have hauled them in and uncrated them. The computer guys have come in and...

Microsoft chairman addresses Rainbow Coalition conference on technology diversity.(Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... SAN JOSE, CALIF. Addressing the third annual Rainbow/PUSH Silicon Valley Project conference, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates pledged to help bring digital technology to people regardless of their position on the economic ladder....

National Academy of Science releases IT report.(government use of internet)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... WASHINGTON The use of the Internet and the growth of other electronic-commerce technologies have fundamentally changed the way the government delivers services to citizens, businesses and other government entities. "Information,...

Avoiding online auction fraud. (Personal Computing).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 23, 2002... How are you at resisting temptation? Imagine a scenario where you can lie, cheat and steal virtually carte blanche, where a sucker and his money are always being parted, where your actions are limited only by your ethics or lack of them. ...

Dear BI career consultants: in light of the recent challenge to the academic integrity of endowed Harvard professor, Dr. Cornel West, what can other African American professors do to prevent the same from happening to them? (Career Consultants).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... The recent public discourse between the highly regarded Harvard professor Dr. Cornel West and Harvard President Dr. Lawrence Summers has, in my mind, brought to focus the importance of tenure at our colleges and universities. West has built an...

`Crafting unique solutions to complex dilemmas': collection of essays details experiences of Black professionals on predominantly White campuses.
May 23, 2002... Although White institutions routinely argue that they want and value diversity in students, faculty and staff, the numbers still remain low, and "rarely have efforts been made to understand the perspectives and complexities of Black...

Hard times for poor students. (Speaking Of Education).(economic hardship in higher education)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 23, 2002... Remember the good old days in student financial aid? Those who needed help with tuition, room and board were pretty much guaranteed it in packages where grants exceeded loans. Need tended to be the way financial aid money was allocated, and...

Correcting the inequities in federal research funding. (BI Forum).
May 23, 2002... It is important and necessary for graduate students across different disciplines to be engaged in higher education policy debates. However, the reality is that too often, many graduate students are focused solely on their course work and/or...

Richard A. Chavolla has been named associate director of the Office of Minorities in Higher Education at the American Council on Education in Washington. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... RICHARD A. CHAVOLLA has been named associate director of the Office of Minorities in Higher Education at the American Council on Education in Washington. A former community liaison officer and assistant dean at Yale University, Chavolla earned...

Meharry Medical College. (On The Move).(Dr. Ponjola Coney)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... DR. PONJOLA CONEY has been named senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the medical school at Meharry Medical College in Tennessee. Previously, Coney was a professor and chairwoman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at...

North Carolina Central University. (On The Move).(Rosalind Fuse-Hall)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... ROSALIND FUSE-HALL has been named executive assistant to the chancellor at North Carolina Central University in Durham. She received her bachelor's from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a juris doctor degree from Rutgers...

Miami-Dade Community College Foundation Inc. (On The Move).(John Hall)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... JOHN HALL has been elected by the Miami-Dade Community College Foundation Inc. to become a member of the board of directors. Hall is president of Peoples Bank of Commerce in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in southern Florida. Hall earned a...

Tennessee State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... DR. JAMES A. HEFNER, president of Tennessee State University, has been elected secretary of the board of directors of the American Council on Education. Hefner earned a bachelor's from North Carolina A&T State University, a master's from...

North Carolina A&T State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... ANDREW M. PERKINS has been appointed assistant vice chancellor of business and finance/facilities at North Carolina A&T State University. Perkins earned a bachelor's from Hampton University, a master's from the University of Wisconsin and a...

Grants & awards.
May 23, 2002... The Bethune-Cookman College (Fla.) Booster Club received $10,000 from the Daytona International Auto Mall Association to provide scholarships for student-athletes who qualify for the Jack "Cy" McClairen Scholarship fund. Elizabeth City...

Events.
May 23, 2002... JUNE JUNE 12-16 National Newspaper Publishers Association 62nd Annual Convention Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: NNPA Phone: (202) 588-8764 Web: www.nnpa.org JULY July 18-21 The Multicultural Affairs Institute Office of Minority...

Sounding the trumpet on health care reform. (Last Word).(Brief Article)
May 23, 2002... The current thriller movie "John Q.," starring the Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, poignantly calls attention to the plight of millions of Americans lacking health coverage. The movie focuses on a decent, hard-working, responsible African...