Black Issues in Higher Education articles from November 2002

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from November 2002

Studying war. (Editor's Note).
November 7, 2002... "I ain't gonna study, war no more, ain't gonna study war no more..." This determined folk song's refrain was an emotional rallying cry during the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements of the 1960s. Today, it is ironic that many of...

Presenting an informed view. (Letters).
November 7, 2002... Thank you for a rational article, "The Politics of Remembering September 11," (see Black Issues, Sept. 26). Much of the coverage on this issue represented singularly bad journalism, which too often recirculated distortions and lacked fact...

Sorting out the EEOC'S mission. (Letters).
November 7, 2002... "The EEOC's primary mission is to remove barriers to discrimination in the workplace." Can we assume that Cari Dominguez did not know what she was saying in that sentence? (see Black Issues, Last Word, Sept. 26). Or should we assume that she...

The campus as a battleground. (Letters).
November 7, 2002... It was beneficial to have read the article: "When the Campus Becomes a Battleground" (see Black Issues, Aug. 29). Commendations are to Dr. Minor for leading the research to help identify problems at HBCUs. Many problems at one institution cited...

Promoting an international outlook. (Letters).
November 7, 2002... As a Program Assistant at Brethren Colleges Abroad, I would like to express my sincere thanks for your article highlighting the BCA International Seminar in Strasbourg, France (see Black Issues, Aug. 15). As a student at Dillard University in...

HBCU historic restoration bill moves closer to reality. (Washington Update).(historically black colleges and universities)
November 7, 2002... The House of Representatives has approved a bill to promote the restoration of buildings on historically Black college campuses, boosting prospects for legislation that has languished in Congress since last year. Members by voice vote...

Bill to create new visa category gets endorsement. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... Congress may yet finish work this year on a bill to help part-time students from Mexico and Canada who want to take courses at U.S. colleges. The House in mid-October approved a bill to create a new visa category for these students, who...

Tuition for D.C. students to remain unchanged despite budget deadlock. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... Despite budget stalemates on other budget issues, tuition breaks for District of Columbia high school graduates should remain unchanged in 2003. House and Senate panels have approved bills providing $17 million for these tuition credits,...

Upward bound gains new funding. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... The federal government plans to make nearly 800 new awards under Upward Bound, a federal TRIO program designed to help students succeed in post-high school endeavors. Application deadline is Dec. 13 for a Department of Education...

Colleges win grants to promote nursing education. (Washington Update).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... Black colleges are among 34 winners of new federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services to promote nursing education, particularly among students of color. The $8.4 million in grants cover two categories--basic nursing...

More than just money: committed partners can be worth their weight in gold when an institution is trying to improve. Just ask Hampton University. (Noteworthy News).
November 7, 2002... HAMPTON, VA. Money is often viewed as the biggest obstacle to upgrading an institution's campus and/or academic programs. In tight economic times, institutions often end up postponing, scaling back or even scuttling plans for growth. But,...

Creating a Trans-Atlantic agenda on race. (Noteworthy News).
November 7, 2002... WASHINGTON Academic officials and policy-makers from the United States and the European Commission convened the first two of three planned conferences last month aimed at solving problems of racial discrimination and xenophobia in Europe...

Musician, novelist, filmmaker among MacArthur Fellows. (Noteworthy News).
November 7, 2002... CHICAGO An African American trombonist, novelist and filmmaker are among this year's class of MacArthur Fellows. The three, along with 21 others, will receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support from the John D. and Catherine T....

Brown University seeks to create position to oversee diversity. (Noteworthy News).
November 7, 2002... PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University is seeking to create a senior-level position to promote diversity on campus and help the Ivy League school identify and hire more minority faculty. The planned director of diversity would be charged...

University of Alabama to spend $28 million on research about strokes among Blacks, Southerners. (noteworthy news).
November 7, 2002... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will use a $28 million grant to try to determine why Blacks and Southerners suffer and die from strokes at a higher rate than the rest of the country. Nationally, Blacks are about 40...

Teen girls show little interest in business careers. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... BOSTON A majority of teenage girls in America say they will shun business as a possible career, according to a recent national survey. And the low interest among girls in the field has prompted concern about a potential shortage of future...

Black-owned food service firm announces million dollar scholarship program.(Thompson Hospitality)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... STERLING, VA. Virginia-based Thompson Hospitality is marking its 10-year anniversary with a pledge to provide a million dollars in scholarships over the next five years. Initial scholarship students will be students attending those...

Biomedical conference inspires minority students to pursue research opportunities, careers.(Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students)
November 7, 2002... WASHINGTON Second-year doctoral student Quiona Stephens is serious about her research on hypertension. "Hypertension is colorblind, but African Americans respond to it differently," says the Ohio State University student who presented...

FAMU College of Law officially opens its doors. (noteworthy news).(Florida A & M University)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... The Florida A&M College of Law officially m-opened its doors last month following a public program and ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as the keynote speaker. The law school was closed down by the state in 1968, a...

Universities cooperate on engineering program. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... ST. LOUIS A recently accredited program allows students from the University of Missouri St. Louis to earn engineering degrees by taking classes at Washington University. Nine years ago the two universities forged an agreement that has...

Black, Hispanic admissions up at University of California Law, medical schools. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... BERKELEY, CALIF. Black, Hispanic and American Indian enrollment rose sharply at the University of California's medical and law schools this fall, although the numbers still were below affirmative action levels. University officials say...

Center for Africana Studies opens at Penn State. (noteworthy news).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... PHILADELPHIA Penn State recently opened its newly created Center for Africana Studies, which the university describes as a space for the critical examination of the cultural, social, political, economic and historical experiences of the...

University of Illinois professor named Book Prize winner. (noteworthy news).(American Studies Association's Lora Romero First Book Prize )
November 7, 2002... CHICAGO Sharon Holland, associate professor of English and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has won the American Studies Association's Lora Romero First Book Prize for her book, Raising The Dead: Readings...

Former Baltimore mayor to head Howard University Law School. (noteworthy news).
November 7, 2002... WASHINGTON Kurt L. Schmoke, a Harvard-trained lawyer who served three terms as mayor of Baltimore, has been named dean of e Howard University School of Law. Howard President H. Patrick Swygert announced the appointment of Schmoke, who...

USC looks to preserve Southern Black music forms. (noteworthy news).
November 7, 2002... COLUMBIA, S.C. A new research center for African American music at the University of South Carolina may become a hub for the study of Southern Black music and its effects on American culture. All genres of traditionally Black music,...

Former Morris Brown president says bills were paid with financial aid. (noteworthy news).(former president Dr. Dolores Cross)
November 7, 2002... ATLANTA Former Morris Brown College president Dr. Dolores Cross acknowledges that the school used $8 million in student financial aid to pay bills, but she says the U.S. Department of Education has overreacted in a review of financial...

Education at their command: Black leadership at National Defense University oversees education, training of top military, civilian officials. (Cover Story).
November 7, 2002... FORT McNAIR, WASHINGTON, D.C. Much has been written about Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice--two African American key players in the Bush administration's "war on terror." But there are...

Encyclopedia explores diversity of Black writers, genres: science fiction, romance share space with history and hip-hop. (Faculty Club).(A Gift of Story and Song: An Encyclopedia on Twentieth-Century African American Writers)
November 7, 2002... Dr. Wilfred D. Samuels never expected to fall--and in a big way--for science fiction as a literary genre. In actuality, he's fallen for a group of African American sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers who are using African sensibility to reinvent...

N.C. A&T, others, win bid to develop Aerospace Institute: national research facility to become a strategic partner with NASA. (Tech talk).(proposed National Institute of Aerospace )
November 7, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. North Carolina A&T State University is among a consortium of six universities and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics that will develop and manage the proposed National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) for...

High-tech media lab established at Howard. (tech briefs).(Department of Journalism Converged Media Lab)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... WASHINGTON The Microsoft Corp., donating software and $70,000 in cash for the purchase of computer hardware and furniture, has joined with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Howard University Department of...

Health Web site for Black women launched. (tech briefs).
November 7, 2002... WASHINGTON The National Black Women's Health Project has launched what is destined to be the pre-eminent online gathering place on health for African American women, . Recognizing the importance and power of the Internet, as well as...

MIT unveils free Web education pilot. (tech briefs).(OpenCourseWare project)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Unveiled in late September, the much-anticipated Massachusetts Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare project has gotten under way as a pilot program. In an effort by MIT to publish all its course materials on the...

Tracking down people with a little help from the Internet. (Personal Computing).
November 7, 2002... You can find a mind-boggling amount of information on the Internet about virtually every conceivable subject. However, you can't find everything, and sometimes you have to use traditional offline sources, such as books and libraries. The...

Temple University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... TABB J. BISHOP has been appointed deputy chief of staff in the executive office of the president at Temple University. Previously, Bishop worked for a Philadelphia-based lobbying firm and was the director of the Philadelphia Delegation in the...

North Carolina A&T State University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... CHARLES DAVIS has been appointed the new director of athletics at North Carolina A&T State University. Davis comes to N.C. A&T from Bowie State University in Maryland, where he had served as the athletics director since August 2000. Davis...

Dr. Lisa P. Delpit has been named executive director and eminent scholar in the Center for Urban Education and Innovation in the College of Education at Florida International University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... DR. LISA P. DELPIT has been named executive director and eminent scholar in the Center for Urban Education and Innovation in the College of Education at Florida International University. Prior to this appointment, Delpit held the Benjamin E....

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... Chicago State University has been awarded a $1.2 million technology grant from the state of Illinois to provide new education advances in classrooms and upgrade existing computer systems. The Fashion Institute of Technology (N.Y.) has...

Dr. M. Anthony Fitchue has been named assistant dean in the school of education and urban studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... DR. M. ANTHONY FITCHUE has been named assistant dean in the school of education and urban studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Fitchue earned a bachelor's from Hampton University, two master's from Columbia University and a third...

Syracuse University in New York. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... CYNTHIA N. FULFORD has been named associate director of multicultural affairs at Syracuse University in New York. Previously, Fulford was the assistant director for the Center for Career Services at Syracuse. Fulford received a bachelor's...

Dr. Avon H. Garrett has been appointed dean for business, social science, and wellness and education for the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 7, 2002... DR. AVON H. GARRETT has been appointed dean for business, social science, and wellness and education for the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville. Most recently, he was an associate professor of business. Garrett earned a...

Events.(Calendar)
November 7, 2002... NOVEMBER Nov. 15-17 5th Annual National Black Student Union Conference University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Phone: (262) 472-4985 Fax: (262) 472-2794 E-mail: info@nbsu.org Web: www.nbsu.org Nov. 17-19 The Education Trust...

Re-assessing faculty development. (Last Word).
November 7, 2002... Whether full-time, adjunct, tenured, young or old, college and university faculty are perceived by students as the institution itself. Students judge the institution largely by the faculty that stand before them. Therefore, an institution would...

When a good thing comes along. (Editor's Note).
November 21, 2002... The idea to write about female administrators who made the difficult decision to leave the children with dad, albeit temporarily, in order to accept a career-boosting position, came about through a casual conversation among the Black Issues...

Black Issues receives Editorial Excellence Award.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... NEW YORK Black Issues In Higher Education received Folio: magazine's annual Editorial Excellence Award in the education category for its July 19, 2001, edition. The Editorial Excellence Award is a unique competition in that the...

Bush's HBCU increase: enough or too little? (Washington Update).(funding of historically Black colleges and universties)
November 21, 2002... With the House of Representatives and the Senate mired in a budget dispute, not even a simple resolution honoring Black colleges can get through without partisan differences. While lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a recent resolution...

HBCUs win USDA funds. (Washington Update).(historically Black colleges and universities get U.S. Department of Agriculture allotment)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... Eleven historically Black colleges will divide a new $1.5 million allotment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to promote employment and new business development in rural communities. The funds are made through cooperative agreements...

Five-year plan targets minority-serving colleges. (Washington Update).
November 21, 2002... A five-year management plan adopted by the U.S. Department of Education calls for strengthening Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges. As one of several objectives in higher education, the Strategic Plan...

Black-and-brown listed? Colleges' removal from magazine's ranking leaves some confused, disappointed. (Noteworthy News).(Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine)
November 21, 2002... DURHAM, N.C. For North Carolina Central University, the news was gratifying. Known for its ability to transform disadvantaged students into successful professionals, NCCU welcomed the national publicity and recognition. So when Kiplinger's...

Morris Brown faces increased pressure to solve financial crisis, pay back money. (Noteworthy News).
November 21, 2002... ATLANTA Morris Brown College's financial crisis appears to be growing as recent newspapers report in addition to being $23 million in debt, things are so bad that the cafeteria sometimes runs out of food, computer labs carefully ration...

Supreme Court urged to pass up university affirmative action cases. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... WASHINGTON The University of Michigan has asked the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over its affirmative action admissions policies. The high court will decide in coming months whether to revisit a 1978 decision that let schools...

BET co-founder gives college its first $1 million donation. (Noteworthy News).(Black Entertainment Television)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... MORRISVILLE, N.Y. Officials at SUNY Morrisville have announced the first million-dollar donation from an individual in the college's 94-year history. Sheila Crump Johnson, philanthropist and co-founder of Black Entertainment Television,...

Honoring HBCU presidents. (Noteworthy News).(historically black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... WASHINGTON -- Howard University's Board of Trustees and President H. Patrick Swygert hosted a reception in honor of three newly appointed presidents of area universities late last month. University of the District of Columbia President William...

Female professors earn less at University of North Carolina. (Noteworthy News).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Female professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earn less than male professors, with wide disparities in the medical school, according to a detailed analysis of salary equity. Women earn an...

Emory receives major gift to African American studies archive. (Noteworthy News).
November 21, 2002... ATLANTA Emory University has received a gift to its library collections that greatly increases teaching and research opportunities in 20th-century African American studies. A portion of the Hatch/Billops Collection in New York--an...

New report reveals deficiencies in mathematics education. (Noteworthy News).
November 21, 2002... WASHINGTON A report released last month by the Education Trust marshals findings from several large-scale studies of mathematics achievement--both national and international--to argue that improving mathematics achievement in the United...

N.C., Maryland schools to create Health Disparities Research Centers. (Noteworthy News).(to develop nurse researchers who will generate the knowledge to deliver culturally competent care to a diverse and rapidly changing U.S. population)
November 21, 2002... CHAPEL HILL, N,C. Researchers from three North Carolina universities have received grants totaling $1.5 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research. The...

Faculty survey finds growing gap in political liberalism. (Noteworthy News).
November 21, 2002... LOS ANGELES There is increasing polarization in the political identification of college and university faculty, a new UCLA study shows. Today, only 34 percent of college and university faculty identify as "middle-of-the road"...

Decline in medical school applicants continues, but 2003 projections indicate turnaround. (Noteworthy News).
November 21, 2002... WASHINGTON While almost 34,000 people applied to U.S. medical schools in 2002--continuing a six-year decline--preliminary data for 2003 released last month by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) indicate that this decline...

Once-in-a-lifetime career opportunities: even as women move up the university's ladder to accept senior-level positions, the question remains--can women in the academy have it all? (Special report: careers in higher education).
November 21, 2002... When Dr. Lucy J. Reuben rises each morning to prepare for her dream job as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Carolina Central University, it's unusually quiet. As she dresses and styles her hair, she no longer hears...

Open lines of communication. (Tips From The Moms).(staying in touch with family)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... One thing that's really critical is making sure you keep very open lines of communication. It's of real benefit for me that my husband and I have always communicated well, so that's serving us well now. For example, this is the first time I...

The dilemma of the `double day'. (Special report: careers in higher education).
November 21, 2002... ALTHOUGH MEN ARE DOING MORE, MANY WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION STILL FIND THEY HAVE TWO DOMAINS--THE UNIVERSITY AND THE HOME It's a new twist on an old theme. Men have done it for years--left their families temporarily so that they could...

Be prayerful. (Tips From The Moms).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... The thing you have to keep in mind is that these are very personal family decisions, and you have to move personally with your heart and head together: Be very prayerful, understand your family's mission and your mission in life. There are jobs...

Use a consistent approach. (Tips From The Moms).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... Considering my husband and I have both had key administrative positions, we've really had to work with the kids, help them understand, groom them to independence and self-sufficiency and responsibility. I also think one of the things my husband...

Stepping outside the ivy walls: post-academe brings new opportunities, new benefits. (Special report: careers in higher education).(Johnnie and Leroy Miles)
November 21, 2002... FAIRFAX, VA. Drs. Johnnie and Leroy Miles have a special partnership. Married for 35 years, they have supported each other in their educational pursuits and even taught at the same university for 22 years. And when Virginia Polytechnic...

The `sisters and the bro': President Johnnetta Cole assembles new Bennett College team. (Special report: careers in higher education).
November 21, 2002... GREENSBORO, N.C. Dr. Tatia Granger remembers the moment like it was yesterday. It was June 6, 2002. The special assistant to the vice president for financial services was sitting at her desk at Duke University when the phone rang. "When I...

Fresh takes on law, IQ and race.(Book Review)
November 21, 2002... CROSSROADS, DIRECTIONS, AND A NEW CRITICAL RACE THEORY Francisco Valdes, Jerome McCristal Culp and Angela P. Harris, eds. Temple University Press, 2002, 528 pp., $79.50 cloth, $29.95 paper ISBN 1-56639-929-7 (cloth) ISBN 1-56639-930-0...

When the personal is political: telling and selling our stories. (Speaking Of Education).(Book Review)
November 21, 2002... Anthony Samad is a Los Angeles-based political scientist, economic developer and political activist. He has written a weekly column in California for more than a decade, focusing on social, political and race issues affecting African Americans....

Virginia technology center seen as economic hope. (Tech Talk).
November 21, 2002... DANVILLE, VA. In Virginia, the decline of the tobacco and the textile industries has led to hard economic times in the state's southernmost counties known as southside Virginia. In addition to high unemployment, the largely rural region...

EDUCAUSE, Cornell form institute for computer policy, law. (Tech briefs).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DENVER EDUCAUSE, higher education's leading association for information technology, and Cornell University have developed the EDUCAUSE/Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL). The institute's formation comes at a time when...

Web site presents visual record of the Atlantic slave trade. (Tech briefs).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, More than 800 images will comprise a visual gallery documenting the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas in a Web site maintained by the University of Virginia and the Virginia Foundation for the...

CollegeJournal.com offers job market advice. (Tech briefs).(liberal arts majors )(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... PRINCETON, NJ. Liberal arts majors will need to work harder than ever to find jobs after graduation in this tough economy, according to CollegeJournal.com, . "It's a poor hiring market for many job hunters, but new liberal-arts grads...

Picture the perfect photo. (Personal Computing).
November 21, 2002... Technological progress with desktop computers and office software has plateaued in recent years, with little eye-opening innovation. That can't be said of some peripheral computing areas, including digital photography, where progress continues...

Coppin State College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DR. STANLEY F. BATTLE has been selected president of Coppin State College in Maryland. Most recently, Battle was vice chancellor for student and multicultural affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He earned a bachelor's from...

Benedict College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DR. JACQUELINE BRICE-FINCH is the new associate dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. Previously, she was a professor of Africana literature at James Madison University. She earned a...

New Jersey City University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DR. OSCAR DARRYL BUTLER has been named director of auxiliary services for New Jersey City University. Most recently, Butler was the deputy to the senior vice president/chief operating officer for the City College of New York. He earned a...

Grants & awards.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... Morgan State University (Md.) received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the National Center for Health Behavioral Change. The grant will fund research to improve public health curricula, practice competence and...

Lebanon Valley College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... TCHET DORMAN has been named director of multicultural affairs at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa. He comes to the college from the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, where he was the coordinator of student support services. Dorman...

Pace University. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DR. DARNITA KILLIAN has been appointed vice president of student services at Pace University in New York. Previously, she served as executive director of A Better Chance, a nonprofit organization. She holds a bachelor's from Spelman College, a...

Motlow State Community College. (On The Move).(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... DR. ARTHUR L. WALKER JR. is the new president of Motlow State Community College in Tennessee. Walker has been the vice president for academic affairs at Motlow since February 2000. Walker earned an associates from Okaloosa-Walton Community...

Events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 21, 2002... JANUARY Jan. 2-5 Association of American Law Schools 2003 Annual Meeting "Legal Education Engages the World" Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.aals.org Jan. 17-18 Ninth National African American...

Changing the presidential guard. (Last Word).
November 21, 2002... As someone who has had the good fortune to serve two institutions as chancellor, I have grown keenly aware of the need for institutions and their trustees to pay increased attention to presidential succession. The period between one...