Black Issues in Higher Education articles from November 2003

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from November 2003

Preserving our literary legacies.(Editor's Note)
November 6, 2003... When assistant editor Kendra Hamilton proposed the idea to do a piece on Black literary journals, the editorial staff agreed that this could be an interesting article. However, no one got more out of writing and reporting the piece than the...

Missing a chapter.(Letter to the Editor)
November 6, 2003... While we found your issue, "Harvard's New Chapter in Black Studies" (see Black Issues, Oct. 9), to be informative, you failed to identify Michigan State University's Ph.D. program in African American and African Studies (AAAS) on p.33 when...

College becoming less accessible for underserved groups, studies find.(Washington Update)
November 6, 2003... Two influential Washington education advocacy groups are reporting that while much progress has been made in minority access to college in the last 20 years, higher education will become less accessible in the current decade. The American...

Black, White performance gap widens, study finds.(Washington Update)(Status and Trends in the Education of Blacks)
November 6, 2003... Performance gaps between Blacks and Whites ages 13-17 widened between 1988 and 1999, leading to lower pay, higher unemployment levels for equal levels of education, higher dropout rates and lower test scores, according to a recent study...

Education department, GOP subcommittee unveil college cost Web sites.(Washington update)
November 6, 2003... The U.S. Department of Education, as well as GOP members of the House Education and Workforce subcommittee have each launched Web sites to better help parents and students plan for college expenses. A recent government report found that...

Bill ties tuition rates to federal aid.(Washington update)(college affordability index)
November 6, 2003... Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee, in mid-October, offered legislation that would threaten colleges that don't limit their rise in tuition rates to less than twice the rate of...

Congressman launches initiative to address state of Black males.(Washington update)(Danny K. Davis)
November 6, 2003... Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has launched a yearlong initiative to look into problems facing African American males across the country, in particular the barriers Black men convicted of drug offenses face in re-entering society. The...

Race historian, activist among 2003 MacArthur Fellows.(Noteworthy News)
November 6, 2003... CHICAGO An historian whose work focuses on the role of race in the social and cultural evolution of Egyptian identity and modern Islamic society is among this year's class of MacArthur Fellows. Dr. Eve Troutt Powell, an associate professor...

North Carolina Central to turn to legislature for money to fix mold problem.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... BOONE, N.C. The University of North Carolina system plans to turn to the General Assembly for as much as $17 million it needs to fix an expanding mold problem at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) that has shut down buildings and...

Report highlights importance of middle school math.(Noteworthy News)(Improving Minority Participation in Business)
November 6, 2003... MCLEAN, VA. African American children, regardless of household income are not exposed to the same challenging algebra classes in eighth grade as their White counter-parts, and therefore, are less likely to go to college, according to a new...

Duke University Press books win Hurston/Wright Award.(noteworthy news)
November 6, 2003... DURHAM, N.C. Two Duke University Press books won top honors in the 2003 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards. The authors of the nonfiction books, both of which were published under the John Hope Franklin Center imprint, were honored last month at...

Bennett College inaugurates president after 15 months in office.(noteworthy news)(Dr. Johnnetta Cole)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... GREENSBORO, N.C. Dr. Johnnetta Cole, credited with rescuing Bennett College from a possible closure, was inaugurated as president of the college last month. Cole arrived at Bennett in July 2002. But she postponed her inauguration...

UCLA renames center to honor Ralph Bunche.(noteworthy news)(Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... LOS ANGELES The University of California Los Angeles honored one of its most distinguished alumni last month during a ceremony to rename its African American Studies center to the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. ...

Cheyney, Fisk University presidents step down.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... HARRISBURG, PA. Presidents of two historically Black colleges and universities announced plans to leave their respective institutions last month. After seven years as president of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Dr. W. Clinton Pettus...

Little-known civil rights pioneer's papers donated to UVa.(noteworthy news)(Alice Jackson Stuart)
November 6, 2003... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. When Alice Jackson Stuart sent a handwritten letter to the administrators who rejected her application to the University of Virginia in 1935, she became one of the earliest but least-known pioneers of the civil rights...

Fielding's Media Psychology program welcomes its first class.(noteworthy news)(Fielding Graduate Institute)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. Fielding Graduate Institute welcomed its first class of students this fall in the school's newly created Ph.D. program in Media Psychology. The students are all mid-career professionals from organizations as different...

Benchmarks & barriers: for people of color in higher education.(Calendar)
November 6, 2003... 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 Black Issues In Higher Education ...

Writers' retreat: despite the proliferation of Black authors and titles in today's marketplace, many look to literary journals to carry on the torch for the written word.(Cover Story)
November 6, 2003... Imagine the African American writer as an endangered species, Impossible, you might say--not with Oprah's smile selling magazines and books by the millions; not with bookstore shelves overflowing with African American titles, from racy "street...

Our collective responsibility to Black males.(BI Forum)(high incarceration rates)
November 6, 2003... In Cambridge, Mass., a speaker on race relations asked these questions: "Where are our young African American males? Why aren't there more of them in our undergraduate institutions of higher education?" When an acknowledged expert on race...

Federal grant boosts Berkeley's environmental outreach efforts.(Tech Talk)
November 6, 2003... As Mark Spencer sees it, students at the University of California-Berkeley have had too little guidance and resources to help them join community organizations in the San Francisco Bay area that are involved in environmental education and...

Database publisher releases Top 10 dissertation list.(tech briefs)(Pro-Quest Information and Learning)(Bibliography)
November 6, 2003... ANN ARBOR, MICH. A Michigan company that creates and distributes databases for libraries and educational institutions has released its annual Top 10 list of best-selling dissertations in 2002. Among the topics covered in the dissertations...

University of Miami Web site named best in higher education.(tech briefs)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... FOLSOM, CALIF. The University of Miami (Fla.) has the best higher education Web site in America, according to the Center for Digital Education, a research and advisory institute on information technology (IT) in education. The organization...

Making sure your web site is found.(Personal Computing)
November 6, 2003... When looking for information on the Internet, you use a search engine. When trying to attract people to your Web site, whether it's a business or personal site, you, therefore, need to make sure that people using Internet search engines can...

Stillman College.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... ULYSSES BELL has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bell has more than 13 years fund-raising and management experience. He earned a bachelor's degree from Elizabeth City State...

Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... DR. RUFUS GLASPER is the new chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. Previously, he was the executive vice chancellor for human resources and administration. Glasper earned a bachelor's from Luther College in Iowa, a master's...

Notre Dame de Namur University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... DR. RAYMOND JONES has been appointed vice president for campus life at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, Calif. Prior to his appointment, he was director of the Academic Success Center. Jones earned bachelor's and master's degrees in...

Education Testing Service.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... DR. MICHAEL T. NETTLES has joined the Education Testing Service as the executive director of policy studies and the research center. Nettles is a noted education policy expert and professor of education at the University of Michigan. Nettles...

Leonard Pitts Jr. has been named the Scripps Howard Visiting Professional in the School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia for the 2004 spring semester.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... LEONARD PITTS JR. has been named the Scripps Howard Visiting Professional in the School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia for the 2004 spring semester. He is a syndicated columnist with the Miami Herald Pitts...

Bucknell University.(On The Move)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... DR. LINDA L. THOMAS-BUCHANAN has been named the associate dean of students at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. Previously, she was the director of the Black Cultural Center and assistant professor at Berea College. Thomas-Buchanan earned a...

The Community College of Baltimore County received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... The Community College of Baltimore County received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Maryland Center for Manufacturing Educational Excellence.

Community College of Philadelphia has been awarded more than $1.6 million by the U.S. Department of Education.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... Community College of Philadelphia has been awarded more than $1.6 million by the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen student information services over the next five years.

Fairfield University (Conn.) was awarded $100,000 in financial aid from the William T. Morris Foundation to provide scholarship assistance for students based on academic merit and financial need.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... Fairfield University (Conn.) was awarded $100,000 in financial aid from the William T. Morris Foundation to provide scholarship assistance for students based on academic merit and financial need. In addition, Fair field's Community Scholars...

Morgan State University (Md.) received a $26,500 grant from the Lockheed Martin Corp.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... Morgan State University (Md.) received a $26,500 grant from the Lockheed Martin Corp, to support a pre-engineering summer program in the Clarence Mitchell School of Engineering.

Texas Southern University's Jesse H. Jones School of Business received a $500,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... Texas Southern University's Jesse H. Jones School of Business received a $500,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to fund the creation of a financial education center to inform consumers about personal finance. In addition, the...

Youngstown State University's (Ohio) Center for Working-Class Studies received $350,000 from the Ford Foundation.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 6, 2003... Youngstown State University's (Ohio) Center for Working-Class Studies received $350,000 from the Ford Foundation to expand on some of its projects such as an oral history program and the establishment of an international organization in...

Events.(Calendar)
November 6, 2003... NOVEMBER Nov. 12 Success 2003: Promoting Higher Education for a New Generation University of Maryland-College Park Web: www.omse.umd.edu/success Nov. 16-18 National Association of State Universities And Lend-Grant Colleges...

Dismantling the myth of a color-blind society.(Last Word)
November 6, 2003... After more than 30 years of work on the psychology of racism and antiracism, I continue to be mystified by how difficult it is for many to see the falsehoods of the color-blind society. In 1997, for example, I participated in a congressional...

Opening the doors of the academy a little wider.(Editor's Note)
November 20, 2003... In our cover story in this year's special report on careers in higher education, senior writer Ronald Roach conducts interviews with newly appointed presidents Dr. Adam Herbert and Dr. Elson Floyd of Indiana University and the University of...

Senate Democrats unveil bill to increase college aid: proposals include more funds for diversity programs, tax credits for low-income families.(Washington Update)
November 20, 2003... Senate Democrats proposed a new higher education bill last month that would increase college aid, encourage universities to hold down costs and allow students to refinance higher interest college loans. The additional help would come, in...

Senate plan rejects state control of Head Start.(Washington update)
November 20, 2003... Head Start legislation taking shape in the Senate would keep control of the landmark preschool program with the federal government, rejecting an experiment in state control championed by the Bush administration and narrowly approved by the...

Another untimely departure: Fisk University president's abrupt resignation springs yet another leadership crisis for the HBCU.(Noteworthy News)
November 20, 2003... NASHVILLE, TENN. It's deja vu all over again at Fisk University with the untimely departure of another president who is leaving behind a financially depressed school with no stability at the helm and no assurances in sight. Last...

Study: students of mixed race suffer more health problems.(Noteworthy News)
November 20, 2003... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A new study that involved surveying 90,000 adolescent U.S. students showed that those who considered themselves to be of mixed race were more likely than others to suffer from depression, substance abuse, sleep problems,...

Public school reform would close racial gap in education, authors say.(Noteworthy News)
November 20, 2003... WASHINGTON The racial gap in learning is largely due to culture and can be narrowed by restructuring the educational system so that it rewards the best and most in-demand teachers for working in the inner cities, argue two scholars in a...

Federal government awards $14 million to Tuskegee Bioethics Center.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... WASHINGTON The federal government has awarded a $14 million grant to Tuskegee University to complete its National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. The center is the nation's first bioethics institute dedicated to...

Study links academic achievement to racial-ethnic pride.(noteworthy news)
November 20, 2003... UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. A new study links academic achievement among African American students to racial-ethnic pride. The study, conducted by a Penn State University researcher, found that African American fourth graders with higher levels...

Gates Foundation releases study of higher education scholarship program.(noteworthy news)(Gates Millennium Scholars program)
November 20, 2003... WASHINGTON The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program since 1999 has offered more than 7,000 minority students "last dollar scholarship awards for undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. programs. The program recently released a study that...

Book on British movement to end slavery wins Frederick Douglass prize.(noteworthy news)(The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor Versus Slavery in British Emancipation by Dr. Seymour Drescher)
November 20, 2003... NEW YORK A major study on the British movement to end slavery is the 2003 first prize winner of the annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded by Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and...

Afro-Latin week celebrates African heritage of South America.(noteworthy news)
November 20, 2003... ATLANTA According to U.S. Census reports, there are 38.8 million Hispanics now living in the United States as compared to 38.3 million Blacks or African Americans. However, the federal government's claim that Hispanics have passed Blacks...

Virginia higher education system joins forces to curb teacher shortage.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... RICHMOND, VA. Virginia's higher education system is joining forces to help ease the projected teacher shortage in the state. The partnership is a seamless transfer articulation agreement between Virginia's community colleges and several...

Hewlett Packard gift boosts Black public colleges.(noteworthy news)(Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... NEW YORK In an effort to boost information technology resources at historically Black public colleges, the Hewlett Packard (HP) company has awarded the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and its 45-member schools equipment and services...

On new ground: Veteran higher education leaders bring expertise and vision to two large public universities in the Midwest.(Special report: careers in higher education)(Dr. Adam W. Herbert Jr., Indiana University)(Dr. Elson S. Floyd, University of Missouri)(Interview)
November 20, 2003... The 2003 Careers edition of Black Issues In Higher Education shines the spotlight on two of American higher education's newest chief executives of multicampus universities in the Midwest. Breaking new ground as the first African American...

Changing faces: Georgia Tech program helps minority scholars in science and engineering jump-start their careers in academia.(Special report: careers in higher education)
November 20, 2003... With the ink barely dry on her diploma from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Chekesha Liddell is heading off to a dream job at Cornell University in New York, one of the top 10 engineering schools in the nation. And she won t be going...

Careers by the numbers.(statistics on college graduates, graduate students, and admnistrators)(Illustration)
November 20, 2003... The latest numbers on graduate enrollment and degree completion, as well as faculty salaries and starting salaries for bachelor's degree recipients provide a statistical look at what's ahead for those contemplating a postsecondary degree or a...

Basketball boys behaving badly: would college make a difference?(Speaking of Education)
November 20, 2003... Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant has been blessed with phenomenal basketball skills, and not a lot of common sense. He may not be guilty of raping the Colorado concierge who has accused him, but the $100 million player is...

Demystifying the Ph.D. Process.(Journey to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans)(Book Review)
November 20, 2003... Journey to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans. Stylus Publishing, October 2003, 240 pp. $45.00 cloth, ISBN 1-57922-078-9; $18.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-079-7 As increasing numbers of African Americans enroll in and...

Opting for the wired classroom: online MBA programs allow business professionals to pursue advanced degree.(Tech Talk)(obtaining a masters in business administration degree online)
November 20, 2003... Evan Curry loves to learn but admits, "I'm not wired for the classroom." So when the senior vice president for Philadelphia-based auto parts maker Cardone Industries USA wanted to pursue a master's of business administration degree two years...

Educause study highlights IT security in higher education.
November 20, 2003... DENVER The Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has released a major research study on information technology security. The study examines how higher education is dealing with the growing cost of IT security and the tension of...

Report: digital divide rooted in home computer ownership.
November 20, 2003... WASHINGTON While public schools have made significant gains in providing computer and Internet access, minority and poor students lack computer access outside of regular school hours, according to two new reports released last month by the...

Catching up with today's technology.(Personal Computing)
November 20, 2003... If you don't keep up with the latest in PC hardware, will you get left behind? Or should you follow the maxim, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? How to best decide when it's time to replace your PC, or those in your office or company, is...

Bethune-Cookman College. (On the Move).(Gloria Bromell-Tinubu appointed)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... DR. GLORIA BROMELL-TINUBU has been appointed the new president of Bethune-Cookman College. Bromell-Tinubu, an economics professor at Spelman College, will succeed Dr. Oswald P. Bronson Sr., the president since 1975 who will retire June 30....

California State University.(Sheila L. Butts name acting director of alumni relations)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... SHEILA L. BUTTS has been named acting director of alumni relations at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Previously, she served as corporate outreach liaison and career counselor in the Office of Student Development. She earned a...

University of Texas, Austin.(Darlene Grant appointed )(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... DR. DARLENE GRANT has been appointed associate dean of graduate studies in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas, Austin. Currently, Grant is a professor in the School of Social Work. Grant earned a bachelor's from Wittenberg...

Notre Dame de Namur University.(Steve Kinney appointed)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... STEVE KINNEY has been appointed vice president for development and public relations at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, Calif. Prior to this appointment, he was a principal of the Thomas Kinney Group, a consulting firm specializing in...

Baltimore City Community College.(Michael D. McKinley appointed)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... DR. MICHAEL D. MCKINLEY has been appointed assistant to the president and interim director of external affairs at Baltimore City Community College. McKinley has extensive experience in higher education administration. He earned a bachelor's...

Southern University.(Norman St. Amant Jr. appointed)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... DR. NORMAN ST. AMANT JR. has been named chancellor of the newly created Division for Enrollment Management at Southern University. This move reorganizes the Junior Division into a new unit known as University College. Amant holds a bachelor's...

Association of American Colleges and Universities.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... The Association of American Colleges and Universities received a $225,000 planning grant from the Ford Foundation to explore how colleges and universities can embed campus diversity in campus cultures and institutional structures.

Colorado State University.(Grants & awards)
November 20, 2003... Colorado State University received a grant for $22.1 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to construct a laboratory facility that will expand the university's ongoing, world-recognized work in infectious...

South Carolina State University.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... South Carolina State University (SCSU) has received a three-year $810,000 grant from NASA to expand and enhance its space science program. The award was part of a national competition, in which SCSU was one of 16 institutions that were chosen...

St. Cloud State University.(receives $24,000 grant from Otto Bremer Foundation)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... St. Cloud State University (Minn.) received a $24,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation to provide antiracism training for faculty members.

United Negro College Fund.(receives funds from Annenberg Foundation and Altria Group Inc. Wiley College awarded contract)(Brief Article)
November 20, 2003... The United Negro College Fund received a $2 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to help strengthen the preparation of minority teachers at UNCF member colleges and universities to increase the number of skilled educators in the United...

Events.(educational conferences and seminars)(Calendar)
November 20, 2003... DECEMBER Dec. 3-6 Project linking Academic Scholars to Educational Resources (LASER) 3rd Annual Urban Education Research Conference Hotel Derek, Houston Contact: Dr. Brenda L. Townsend Phone: (813) 974-1385 E-mail:...

Another legacy to overcome: achieving a diverse administrative body.(Last Word)
November 20, 2003... Today, with race-conscious scholarships under scrutiny, affirmative action being tested, and efforts to achieve student and faculty diversity in higher education under siege, yet another theme of urgency emerges: Faculty of color are still not...