Black Issues in Higher Education articles from May 2003

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from May 2003

When the name of the game is research. (Editor's Note).
May 8, 2003... As they say in the academy, "publish or perish." That's music to some scholars' ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own...

Reflections on race-conscious admissions.
May 8, 2003... The various arguments about the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policies concern me. Two of my greatest mentors in public health were Mrs. Cora Braynon, a registered nurse and public health administrator, and Dr. Joseph...

Lawmaker calls for more training to improve student visa program. (Washington Update).(Sheila Jackson Lee)
May 8, 2003... College and federal employees need more training to make the nation's new student visa system work effectively, says a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Amid mounting concern about the new Student and Exchange Visitor Information...

Bill would provide $100 million a year for fire prevention. (Washington Update).(College Fire Prevention Act)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... New legislation from a Congressional Black Caucus member would provide $100 million a year to help colleges and universities install fire sprinkler systems or other fire prevention programs. The College Fire Prevention Act from Rep....

Congress cuts portion of Pell's budget pie. (Washington Update).(Pell Grant)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... Congress continues to shift gears on legislation that may determine whether the maximum Pell Grant will increase this year. The latest evidence is in a new House/Senate budget agreement that largely reflects the White House plan, which...

Presidential commission targets Hispanic achievement. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... To increase Hispanic student achievement, the nation should support new efforts on student retention and career programs that lead to college graduation, a presidential commission says. Noting one of every three Hispanics fail to complete...

White House calls for teaching award nominations. (Washington Update).(White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is looking for nominations for its Millennium Awards in Teaching and Research Excellence. Through June 1, the office is accepting nominations of those who have excelled...

Higher standards spell success for Louisiana HBCUs: schools boast highest passage rates in state on national teacher exam. (Noteworthy News).
May 8, 2003... BATON ROUGE, LA. Just a year after three of Louisiana's historically Black universities were placed on probation for low passage rates on the national teacher certification exam, they were told that they have now some of the highest...

Morris Brown trustees appoint chemistry professor as acting president: Dr. Charles E. Taylor resigns following lost accreditation bid. (Noteworthy News).(Leroy Frazier appointed)
May 8, 2003... ATLANTA Losing a bid to win back its accreditation, historically Black Morris Brown College is also losing its president. Dr. Charles E. Taylor, resigned a week after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools released a letter...

Texas lawmakers propose end to college readiness test. (Noteworthy News).
May 8, 2003... AUSTIN, TEXAS Legislators have proposed eliminating the Texas Academic Program Skills Test, which has been used for more than a decade to decide whether students are ready for college classes. Opponents of the test see it as an obstacle to...

Minority enrollment low at Pennsylvania Universities, report says. (noteworthy news).
May 8, 2003... HARRISBURG, PA. The student population of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities is overwhelmingly White, and minority enrollment has stayed essentially flat over a five-year period, according to statistics presented to the system's...

Study documents domestic violence by race, income. (noteworthy news).
May 8, 2003... PROVIDENCE, R.I. Black and Hispanic women, especially Black women in more affluent neighborhoods, are overrepresented in police-reported domestic violence information compiled by the Rhode Island Department of Health, according to a new...

W.Va. college to offer homeland security degree. (noteworthy news).(Fairmont State Community and Technical College)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... FAIRMONT, W.VA. Fairmont State Community and Technical College plans to offer an associate's degree in homeland security beginning this fall. The school's governing board approved the two-year degree recently. "To our knowledge,...

College, high school teachers disagree on importance of grammar, usage skills. (noteworthy news).
May 8, 2003... IOWA CITY, IOWA Although college faculty and high school teachers largely agree on the writing skills that are most important for students to possess, they disagree in one key area--grammar and usage skills. While college instructors...

Call Me Mister gets $150,000 gift from BMW. (noteworthy news).
May 8, 2003... CLEMSON, S.C. A recent $150,000 gift to the Call Me Mister program will be a "tremendous boost" to the project's future, says Dr. Tom Parks, a Clemson University professor and director of the program, which hopes to place 200 African...

Older men, minorities report lower rates of treatment for depression. (noteworthy news).
May 8, 2003... LOS ANGELES Older men, African Americans and Latinos with clinical depression reported significantly lower rates of treatment than other participants surveyed in a national study led by UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute researchers. ...

Lincoln University kicks off 150th anniversary celebration. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA. More than 600 students, faculty, administrators, staff, local officials and visitors helped kick off Lincoln University's 150th anniversary celebration last month. The historically Black university was founded in...

Lawmaker's wife, Nev. colleges settle discrimination suit. (noteworthy news).(Zelda Williams, Nevada state university system settlement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... LAS VEGAS The Nevada state university system has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by the wife of Assemblyman Wendell Williams. Zelda Williams will receive $49,900 from the University and Community College System of Nevada after a...

University settles suit with congressman's wife. (noteworthy news).(Southern University at New Orleans settles with Andrea Green Jefferson)
May 8, 2003... NEW ORLEANS The Southern University System has settled a lawsuit filed by the wife of a Louisiana congressman that will give her a settlement plus a new job. Dr. Andrea Green Jefferson, the wife of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., filed...

Yale researchers find more genes in human genome. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... NEW HAVEN, CONN. A study by Yale University researchers provides preliminary evidence that there may be more than twice as many genes in the human genome than previously predicted. Using an advanced genomic technique, researchers looked...

Faculty senates sue districts over hiring rules. (noteworthy news).(Saddleback and Irvine Valley community colleges)
May 8, 2003... MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. In an unprecedented move, the academic senates of Saddleback and Irvine Valley colleges have voted to sue their district chancellor and trustees over a new districtwide hiring policy that gives more power to...

History's burden: after decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparities. (Special Report Research).
May 8, 2003... It's been described as the leading civil rights issue of the day. The persistence of racial disparities in health outcomes, such as mortality rates from cancer and heart disease, weighs more heavily on African Americans in comparison to Whites....

From the ivory tower to the boardroom: marketing executive used doctorate to unlock door to business world. (Special Report Research).(Shahron Williams van Rooij)(Interview)(Biography)
May 8, 2003... FAIRFAX, VA. Dr. Shahron Williams van Rooij, marketing executive for technology firm Datatel, recently traveled to Nassau, Bahamas, to scuba dive and take slide photography of the colorful underwater marine life--one of her favorite...

Teaming up for success: partnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research funding. (Special Report Report).
May 8, 2003... For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored...

Finding the 'right' research mix: sticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careers. (Faculty Club).(Interview)(Biography)
May 8, 2003... The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it's not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to more hand-wringing, myth-making and...

Down the ages: Black achievement, imagery and culture.(Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students)(Book Review)
May 8, 2003... Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students By Theresa Perry, Claude Steele and Asa Hilliard III Beacon Press, March 2003, 183 pp., $25.00 hardcover, ISBN 0-8070-3154-2 The education achievement...

Workplace 2003: what's next for graduating seniors? (Speaking Of Education).
May 8, 2003... As the University of Michigan affirmative action cases snake their way through the Supreme Court deliberation process, many students are concerned not just with getting into college, but what happens when they get out? Those graduating in 2003...

Allen University opens Community Technology Center. (Tech Talk).(Allen-Waverly Community Technology Center)
May 8, 2003... COLUMBIA, S.C. Working to bridge the digital divide for nearby residents in Columbia's historic Waverly neighborhood, Allen University has opened the Allen-Waverly Community Technology Center. The center is expected to serve the community,...

Kent State opens high-tech trading exchange laboratory. (Tech Talk).
May 8, 2003... KENT, OHIO Last month, Kent State University opened a Financial Engineering Trading Floor designed to give business students hands-on experience in risk management and derivatives trading by replicating trading floor conditions. The...

DeVry to purchase Caribbean medical school. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... OAKBROOK TERRACE, ILL. Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in...

Golden Gate University to offer graduate degree in digital security. (tech briefs).(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO Golden Gate University (GGU) has announced that it will start a graduate program in digital security, the first in the San Francisco Bay area. GGU will offer a master's degree and a graduate certificate in digital security....

Duke University student wins top programmer prize. (tech briefs).(David Arthur)
May 8, 2003... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Sun Microsystems Inc. and TopCoder Inc. named Duke University junior David Arthur, originally from Toronto, the winner of the 2003 Sun Microsystems and TopCoder Collegiate Challenge last month. At a competition in...

Wayne Community College District. (On The Move).(Jacqueline Stewart Hodges appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... DR. JACQUELINE STEWART HODGES is the new president for the downtown campus of the Wayne Community College District in Michigan. Previously, she was dean for enrollment management and student services. She earned a bachelor's degree from the...

Kentucky State University. (On The Move).(Gashaw W. Lake appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... DR. GASHAW W. LAKE has been named dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Kentucky State University. Previously, he was interim dean. Lake earned a bachelor's degree from Saginaw Valley College, and a master's and a doctorate...

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. (On The Move).(William E. Lide appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... DR. WILLIAM E. LIDE is the new commissioner of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Previously, Lide served as director of athletics at the University of Central Arkansas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Johnson C. Smith...

Trident Technical College. (On The Move).(Elise Davis-McFarland appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... DR. ELISE DAVIS-MCFARLAND has been appointed vice president for student services and dean of students at Trident Technical College in Charleston, S.C. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a...

Clemson University. (On The Move).(Oliver Purnell appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... OLIVER PURNELL has been named head basketball coach at Clemson University in South Carolina. Purnell comes to Clemson with 15 years of Division I head coaching experience at Radford and Old Dominion universities and most recently at the...

Tennessee State University. (On The Move).(Dewayne Wright appointed)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... DEWAYNE WRIGHT is the new associate director of the office of public relations at Tennessee State University. Previously, he served as assistant director for creative services at Indiana University. Wright earned a bachelor's degree from...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2003... The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) received a $1 million endowed gift from Wallis Annenberg, vice president of the Annenberg Foundation, to establish the Wallis Annenberg Legacy Scholarship for Photography to encourage and recognize...

Events.(Calendar)
May 8, 2003... MAY May 19-21 National Conference of Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution "Eliminating Barriers for Minorities in the Field of ADR" Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio Contact: Professor Floyd...

African American male teachers: planning for the future. (Last Word).
May 8, 2003... The lack of African American males in our schools has been well documented. This trend is perhaps most problematic in urban environments, where the challenge of reaching students has become more difficult for teachers who are often cultures and...

In search of the most effective education.(Editorial)
May 22, 2003... How do we ensure that students, particularly students of color, get the best education possible? From standardized testing to teacher education, there are ongoing debates about who and what most affects a student's achievement. And how do we...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
May 22, 2003... In the April 10th Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars edition, the names of Fareed Hawwa in Men's Wrestling and Sosepriale Dede in Men's Football were misspelled. In addition, student-athlete Noe Romo should have been included under Men's Track &...

Senate bill to help Minority-Serving Institutions meet IT challenges; legislation authorizes $250 million a year for technology improvements. (Washington Update).
May 22, 2003... Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges would get a new source of federal funding for technology improvements under legislation that unanimously cleared the U.S. Senate on April 30. The Minority Serving Institution...

Education secretary criticizes affirmative action. (Washington Update).
May 22, 2003... Race-conscious college admissions hurt low-income minority students by pitting them against more affluent African American and Latino youth who could afford college anyway, U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige says. In his latest effort...

New grants promote community outreach. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are eligible for new grants to promote outreach to their local communities. Black colleges and universities can apply for $9.9 million in federal dollars to address poverty and economic...

Veteran Black professors share tales of being the new kid on the academic block. (Noteworthy News).
May 22, 2003... WASHINGTON Dr. Trudier Harris-Lopez is one of the most well-known, widely published and well-respected scholars in African American literary studies. And after 30 years in the academy, she has her share of battle scars to show. As the...

A nation still at risk, panel says; two decades after publication of landmark education study, scholars find little progress. (Noteworthy News).(Panel Discussion)
May 22, 2003... WASHINGTON In late April, the U.S. Department of Education brought a handful of leading scholars together to mark the anniversary of the 1983 report "A Nation at Risk" that brought the country's attention to a broken education system....

California puts off audit of community colleges' physical-education programs. (Noteworthy News).
May 22, 2003... SACRAMENTO, CALIF. California officials are shifting gears on their previous plans to investigate physical-education programs for high-school students operated by the state's 108 community colleges, some of which were operating illegally....

Southern states improve college entrance exam scores, but still lag nationally. (Noteworthy News).
May 22, 2003... CHARLESTON, W. VA. Scores on college entrance exams in the South improved over the last decade, but a dozen states in the region remain among the bottom 15 in the nation, according to a study released last month. The study by the...

Student survey examines influence of war in Iraq. (Noteworthy News).(GradSchools.com and StudyAbroad.com survey results)
May 22, 2003... CHESTER, PA. Thirty-five percent of prospective graduate students say the war in Iraq has made them more interested in government or military jobs, according to a new survey from GradSchools.com. In addition, over one-third feel...

Report: minorities, women losing ground in sports employment. (Noteworthy News).(Racial and Gender Report Card published by Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.)
May 22, 2003... NEW YORK Women and minorities are losing ground in professional and college sports employment, reversing a trend toward greater diversity, according to a study released last month. Every professional sport had lower averages for...

Arthur Ashe Jr. sports scholar headed to the WNBA. (Noteworthy News).(Kara Lawson fifth choice in the first round of the Women's National Basketball Association draft)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... SACRAMENTO, CALIF. University of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball player Kara Lawson continues to make headlines well after the season has come to a close. Last month, the Alexandria, Va., native was chosen fifth in the first round of the...

Latinos hardly visible on prime-time television, UCLA study finds. (noteworthy news).(research conducted by Chicano Studies Research Center)
May 22, 2003... LOS ANGELES Latinos are the largest minority group in the United States yet they make up only 4 percent of regular prime-time characters on network television, according to a new study by UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center. ...

Rice University launches minority scholar lecture series. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... HOUSTON Rice University in March began a twice-a-year lecture series featuring leading minority scholars in an effort to build the school's commitment to diversity and relationship with the minority community. Initiated by Rice President...

Benedict raises $30 million to improve college. (noteworthy news).("Fulfilling the Dream Capital Campaign" at South Carolina college)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... COLUMBIA, S.C. A first for Benedict College, the South Carolina historically Black school recently completed a successful capital campaign, raising $30.1 million over six years. "We have attempted a few capital campaigns in the past,...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin among top supporters of HBCU engineering schools. (noteworthy news).(historically black colleges and universities are supported by several companies which are listed)
May 22, 2003... BALTIMORE A recent survey conducted by Career Communications Group Inc. (CCG) has found that 42 companies and government agencies are considered most supportive of historically Black engineering schools. CCG asked the deans of the 10...

Commission convened to diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force. (noteworthy news).(Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce)
May 22, 2003... DURHAM, N.C. Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, has convened a commission that will address the nation's health gap by focusing attention on the number of underrepresented minorities among the...

Miami-Dade to offer degree in language translation. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... MIAMI Miami-Dade Community College will offer the country's first associate's degree in translation/interpretation starting this month. With the large influx of foreign-born residents growing in and around south Florida, it was only a...

Certificate exam fails federal financial-aid test. (noteworthy news).(Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... BOSTON Students who meet local graduation requirements but don't pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam cannot qualify for federal financial aid, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary...

220 students lose dorm access for file sharing. (noteworthy news).(copyright infringement issues at Penn State University)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... STATE COLLEGE, PA. Penn State students can't say they weren't warned. Three weeks after an administrator sent an email warning against sharing copyrighted material over the Internet, 220 students were sanctioned for doing just that, the...

Instructor loses retaliation suit against Washington college. (noteworthy news).(Robert Tan and tenure issues)
May 22, 2003... TACOMA, WASH. A foreign-born math instructor has lost a suit accusing Tadoma Community College of retaliation after the board of trustees granted him tenure despite the adverse recommendation of a tenure review committee. Robert Tan...

2003 commencement speakers.(listing of speakers, US universities and colleges)
May 22, 2003... * BIOLA UNIVERSITY (CALIF.) DR. WESLEY K. STAFFORD President of Christian relief agency Compassion International * CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (OHIO)GERALDINE A. FERRARO First female vice presidential candidate...

Banking on the future: Bank Street College of Education may have the answer to preparing effective teachers for a new era ... but can they bottle it up for others?(Cover Story)
May 22, 2003... In a snowy day back in February, during its annual African American History Month assembly, the very best of the "Bank Street way" was on display. There's no "star system" at the Bank Street School for Children--every class has its moment,...

Community colleges new foray: as more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor's degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls.(related article: taking a stand on the movement)
May 22, 2003... But as this new formula gained popularity over the last decade, it also has created divisions within the ranks of higher education. Some say community colleges are within their rights to seek approval to offer bachelor's degrees. Others...

All voices matter: artists, intellectuals, students and war. (BI Forum).
May 22, 2003... In most cultures the poets, writers, musicians and artists of all disciplines are actively engaged in the civic life of their communities. That is, in a time of war or peace, economic well being or recession, it has always been the engaged...

Marine life research anchors high-end computing at seaside HBCU. (Tech Talk).(historically Black Bethune-Cookman College joins Internet2 consortium)
May 22, 2003... It's not often that small, private liberal arts colleges seek out computing resources normally associated with major research universities. When officials at historically Black Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla., took on the...

Wayne State opens high-tech clean room. (Tech briefs).(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DETROIT In an effort to bolster its high-tech research capabilities, Wayne State University is launching a 3,700-square-foot clean room this month as part of its Sensors and Integrated Microsystems laboratories in the university's College...

Gateway computer distributes HBCU CD-ROM. (Tech briefs).(partnership of Gateway and Embers Media produces CD-ROM marketing historically black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... POWAY, CALIF. A partnership between Gateway Inc. and a New York city marketing firm has introduced a CD-ROM that celebrates the legacy of historically Black colleges and universities, and provides information and Internet links to those...

College Sports Television to produce broadband shows. (Tech briefs).(College Sports Buzz@AOL)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... NEW YORK CSTV, or College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the first 24-hour college sports network, will produce College Sports Buzz@AOL, two original, specially produced weekly shows airing on AOL for Broadband. The shows focus on the...

Blogs: latest option in raising your voice online. (Personal Computing).(weblogs, personal diaries on the internet)
May 22, 2003... One of the more interesting aspects involving the news coverage of the war in Iraq was the personal accounts, or logs, of embedded reporters as they traveled with soldiers. Readers got a firsthand, first-person account of what fighting men and...

Dr. Lillian Archer has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2003-2004 academic year. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DR. LILLIAN ARCHER has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2003-2004 academic year. The program prepares faculty and senior administrators for positions in college and university administration. Archer earned a...

Temple University. (On The Move).(Clarence D. Armbrister becomes senior vice president)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... CLARENCE D. ARMBRISTER has been appointed senior vice president at Temple University. Most recently, Armbrister was director of UBS PaineWebber's Municipal Securities Group in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for nationwide underwriting...

Howard University. (On The Move).(Dr. Franklin D. Chambers becomes vice provost for student affairs)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DR. FRANKLIN D. CHAMBERS has been appointed vice provost for student affairs at Howard University in Washington. Most recently, Chambers served as interim dean of residence life at Howard. Chambers holds a bachelor's from California State...

Shoreline Community College. (On The Move).(Dr. Andrea Rye becomes assistant vice president for academic affairs)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DR. ANDREA RYE has been named assistant vice president for academic affairs at Shoreline Community College in Seattle. Most recently, she served as interim assistant vice president for academic affairs. Rye earned a bachelor's from Seattle...

Strayer University. (On The Move).(Dr. Chris Toe becomes president)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DR. J. CHRIS TOE has been named the new president of Strayer University in Virginia. Previously, he served in a number of positions at Strayer including provost and academic dean. He earned a bachelor's from the University of Liberia and a...

Cedar Valley College. (On The Move).(Dr. Jennifer Wimbish becomes president of Dallas college)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... DR. JENNIFER WIMBISH has been named president of Cedar Valley College in Dallas. Most recently, she served as chief academic officer and interim provost at Michigan's Lansing Community College. She has a bachelor's from Hampton University, a...

Grants & awards.(higher education)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2003... Albany State University (Ga.) received a $500,000 grant from the Goizueta Foundation to establish a scholarship endowment in the College of Education. Colorado State University received a $1.5 million donation from the Bohemian Foundation...

Events.(Black Issues Calendar, June-July, 2003 )(Calendar)
May 22, 2003... JUNE June 11-15 National Women's Political Caucus 16th Biennial National Convention "Strong Women for Tough Times" Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C. Contact: Nicole Porter Phone:...

Closing the degree divide. (Last Word).
May 22, 2003... For a large number of students in higher education today, there is much more than a digital divide. There is also a "degree divide"--lack of access to a bachelor's degree for place-bound students and students who are mining for skilled-work...