Black Issues in Higher Education articles from October 1999

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from October 1999

LETTERS to the editor ...
October 14, 1999... Jarvis Christian Out of Default Trouble Dear Editor: The Aug. 5th issue of Black Issues In Higher Education features a story on the Sallie Mae default management project for historically Black colleges and universities. The story...

House Unveils New Budget.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... Creative Accounting Could Provide Some Higher Education Programs With Increases Despite Budget Cap WASHINGTON -- Some longwaited predictions came true, late last month, as the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a controversial budget...

Washington briefs ...(grants to urban colleges; high school testing; George Washington Carver building)
October 14, 1999... Howard Only HBCU Among HUD Community Outreach Grantees WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sec. of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Cuomo last month announced $7.5 million in federal grants to help nearly two dozen colleges and universities revitalize...

Summit Focus: Better Teachers, Fast.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Colleges set on producing quality teachers must give students more practice time in K-12 classrooms, members of Congress told college officials during a summit held here last month on how to produce better teachers. "Too...

American Indian Colleges Get $30M.
October 14, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Tribal colleges struggling on campuses cobbled together from old Army barracks, double-wide trailers or decommissioned high schools are getting a $30 million donation to help with construction and renovation. "We're aware of...

Commission Dismisses Discrimination Complaint Against Alabama-Birmingham.
October 14, 1999... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The state Ethics Commission has dismissed complaints against the president of the University of Alabama-Birmingham and another school official, saying the allegations of discrimination do not fall under its jurisdiction. ...

Appeals Court Upholds Confiscation of Kentucky Yearbook.(Kentucky State University student yearbook)
October 14, 1999... CINCINNATI -- Kentucky State University administrators did not violate the First Amendment rights of two former students by forbidding distribution of a school yearbook and allegedly meddling with the student newspaper. That's the word...

Alabama State Trustee Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is.(dropout prevention program)
October 14, 1999... MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- An Alabama State University trustee became so frustrated last month with a drawn-out debate over whether to cut a dropout prevention program that he opted to pay for it out of his own pocket. Trustee Larry Vines last...

Mississippi's Big Three Getting The Big Bucks.(university president salaries)
October 14, 1999... JACKSON, Miss. -- The state college board here approved lucrative raises for the presidents of Mississippi's three comprehensive public universities and smaller raises for the presidents of five regional universities, including three...

Corrections.(student enrollment at Xavier University; United Negro College Fund)(Correction Notice)
October 14, 1999... Black Issues In Higher Education reported the wrong undergraduate retention rate for African American students at Xavier University-New Orleans in the July 8, "Top 100, Part I" edition. The correct rate is 58.5 percent. In the "Arthur Ashe...

Photographer Donates King Collection to University of Texas.(Martin Luther King, Jr.)
October 14, 1999... AUSTIN, Texas -- The photojournalist who was the personal photographer for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has donated his archive of photographs to the University of Texas-Austin. The collection of Flip Schulke includes more than 300,000...

What's New.(university curricula)
October 14, 1999... Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives The City University of New York's City College has launched two new scholarship programs, including one funded by the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Colin L. Powell. Named in...

Report Reaffirms California Colleges Headed for Enrollment Boom.
October 14, 1999... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's public colleges could gain nearly 750,000 students by the year 2010, straining the state's three college systems and its budget, a new report warns. Education officials have talked about the so-called...

Former Scholarship Suit to Be Part of Alabama Desegregation Suit.
October 14, 1999... MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Plaintiffs in a now-dismissed lawsuit that claimed Alabama State University's scholarships for White students are discriminatory will be allowed to intervene in a larger, long-running desegregation lawsuit, a federal judge...

Judge Rules New York City Cannot Withhold Funding for City University System in Remediation Dispute.(mayor wants required testing for remedial students)
October 14, 1999... NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani lost another round in his high-pitched, high-stakes battle with the City University of New York system over remedial education. State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman ruled late last...

Small Local Minority Population Hurts University of North Carolina Mountain Schools' Diversity Efforts.
October 14, 1999... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina's three mountain campuses are working to improve Black student enrollment, but low minority population and support in the region make it difficult to attract students. The University...

Louisville President Apologizes Again for Secret Service's Behavior.
October 14, 1999... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville's president says that he's disappointed the U.S. Secret Service still has not apologized for its agents bursting in on a Black student scholars meeting with guns drawn. Dr. John Shumaker made...

NCAA: Prop 16 Doesn't Discriminate Against Black Athletes.(National Collegiate Athletic Association)
October 14, 1999... PHILADELPHIA -- NCAA lawyers argued in court here earlier this month that the college athletic association's freshman eligibility requirements for Division I athletes do not discriminate against African Americans. A federal appeals court...

Georgia Reaffirms Affirmative Action.(University of Georgia admission policy)
October 14, 1999... President Tells Campus That University Will `Do the Right Thing' ATHENS, Ga. -- University of Georgia officials announced late last month that they will continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions for a portion of the...

Bomb Scares Leave Scars at Florida A&M University.
October 14, 1999... Two Explosions, Deemed Hate-Related, Have Rocked This Historically Black Campus and Spurred Debates Over Greater Security Measures TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Authorities charged an unemployed 41-year-old White man earlier this month with planting...

Running for Cover.(university affirmative action policies)
October 14, 1999... Fear and Paranoia Surrounding Affirmative Action Lawsuits Unjustified, Experts Say Two years ago, University of North Carolina System President Dr. Molly Broad, fresh from the California State System, requested a complete review of the use...

Black Students Losing `HOPE'.(Hope scholarships)
October 14, 1999... Record Numbers of African American Students Forced From State-Funded Tuition Program Before They Can Reap Full Benefits ATLANTA -- Georgia's 6-year-old Hope scholarship program has brought thousands of African American students into the...

Idaho Official: State's Image Hampers Recruitment.(African-American students)
October 14, 1999... MOSCOW, Idaho -- A top University of Idaho official says that the state's national image as a haven for racists, though unwarranted, has made it much more difficult for the university to recruit Black students. "The farther away from the...

The State of RETENTION.(Statistical Data Included)
October 14, 1999... AUSTIN, Texas -- In the academic world, where importance in the institutional pecking order often can be measured by how much money officials are willing to spend on a certain program, rarely a peep is heard these days about retention. ...

Bringing It Back to the Basics.(Statistical Data Included)
October 14, 1999... In a High-Tech World Where Many Colleges Are Scrambling to Acquire the Most Advanced Curriculums, Others Are Being Progressive by Teaching the Fundamentals BALTIMORE--Michael Miller always struggled with school. I was considered to be...

Admissions Models for Inclusion.
October 14, 1999... Two New Admissions Strategies Could Reopen Doors the Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives Have Closed -- at Least for the Most Disadvantaged Students of Color They're not complete substitutes for affirmative action, their creators admit...

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class Blacks.
October 14, 1999... New Admissions Rules Hit Suburban Blacks Hard Next month, Jenna Bond-Louden will board a plane for North Carolina where she and other college seniors will spend all day learning to write a college essay that will wow admissions officers....

THE DILIGENT DOZEN.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... A `To-Do' List for Parents of Minorities Aspiring to College * Don't leave the choices in your child's high school curriculum to school guidance counselors. Too often, counselors will steer students of color to less rigorous courses that...

Same Team, Different Strategy.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... The Lawsuit Challenging Michigan's Affirmative Action Policies has Produced a Wide Spectrum of Supporters Who are Prepared to Defend the University's Pursuit of Diversity ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University Michigan prides itself on its...

WORKING Recruitment Miracles.
October 14, 1999... Colleges and Universities in California and Texas Regroup, Rethink and Redouble Their Minority Student Recruitment Efforts HOUSTON -- Graduates of Worthing High School, a predominantly Black school here in the nation's fourth-largest city,...

Gates Scholarship Provides Aid for More Students.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... Billion-Dollar Program Opens Door to Those Locked Out of Math & Sciences SAN FRANCISCO -- David McBride was in algebra class when he showed a friend the newspaper story about the billion-dollar college scholarship program for minorities...

Rethinking MALCOLM X.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... Early Writings Depict a Well-Versed Young Man With an Keen Interest in Law ATLANTA -- Early writings by Malcolm X went on public display for the first time at Emory University here last month, offering a new glimpse of the fiery orator who...

High-Tech Admissions.
October 14, 1999... Predictive Modeling Software is Reshaping the Way Schools Find and Communicate With Prospective Students When Tuskegee University officials set a goal of growing enrollment from the current 3,000 students to 5,000 by the year 2006, they...

Misinformation SUPER HIGHWAY?
October 14, 1999... E-Mail Falsely Claims 14 Black Colleges About to Close If you spend any time on the Internet, you know that there is a wealth of information that can zip through your phone lines and into your home or office in the blink of an eye. Some of...

Harvard Seeks to Leverage Its Brand Name.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Officials at Harvard University, one of the world's most recognized learning institutions, are considering moves to capitalize on its name and reputation in cyberspace -- a move that will be closely watched by other...

Controversy.com.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... AMES, Iowa -- A new Web site that pays students at 70 colleges and universities all across the country to post course notes online so that other students can reap the rewards has hit a hitch here at Iowa State University. Several...

Appeals Court Rules Against Feds in Encryption Case.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... SAN FRANCISCO -- In a key ruling involving secrecy and electronic commerce, the U.S. Justice Department has been granted a new hearing over its power to regulate data-scrambling technology known as encryption. A majority of 21 justices who...

For Hispanics, Demographic Imperative Drives Educational Mandate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 14, 1999... Like most Americans, the number of Hispanic workers who have college degrees has increased since 1973. But while Hispanics have made gains, they still continue to be significantly underrepresented on the nation's college campuses, according to...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... ACADEMIC DR. CHRISTOPHER I. CHALOKWU has been appointed vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of geology at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Previously, he was the funding dean of the school of arts and sciences and a...

Career Consultants.(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... Q: Dear BI Career Consultants: As a dean, how do I get my faculty and the academic vice provost/provost to buy into our diversity agenda? DR. JAMES ANDERSON VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES NORTH CAROLINA STATE...

GRANTS & AWARDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 14, 1999... * Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help increase the number of minority graduates in the science and technology fields. The money will be used to improve...

Top 15 Institutions with the Highest Graduation Rate for Black Students.(Statistical Data Included)
October 14, 1999... In keeping with this edition's recruitment and retention theme, following schools, selected from this year's Top 100 African American Baccalaureate Degree Producers, list, are ranked according to their retention rates provided by the National...

Who Really Cares About Retention?(Brief Article)
October 14, 1999... Society's influence on elementary and secondary students has left many of our young people less than prepared for college. The poor academic preparation of incoming freshman also has made retaining these students at the postsecondary level more...

Senate's Funding Formula More Generous to Education Than House's.
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Amid predictions of a federal budget meltdown, historically Black colleges and universities and sponsors of college access programs got a little bit of good news from the U.S. Senate this month. In its most definitive...

As Default Rates Fall, HBCUs Face No Sanctions.
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- The nation's student loan default rate has fallen to its lowest level since the federal government began collecting data in 1987. The 8.8 percent default rate for 1997 was down nearly a 1 percent from the previous year, and...

Children's Defense Fund Says Youths Still At Risk.
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- The economy is booming and the federal government is reporting progress in reducing welfare, but many U.S. children remain at risk -- even if their parents hold down full-time jobs. That is the theme of a new Children's...

Students Warned to Beware of Paying for Financial Aid Assistance.
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- Scam artists are ripping off students by offering them guaranteed college scholarships for a fee and then failing to deliver, school administrators and government officials testified at a Senate hearing earlier this month. ...

LETTERS to the editors ...(Letter to the Editor)
October 28, 1999... Groups That Make a Difference Dear Editor: As a regular subscriber to Black Issues, I enjoyed reading the August 19, 1999, edition. However, I was surprised and disappointed that the American Association of Community Colleges and the...

Minority Enrollment Continues to Drop at California Medical Schools.
October 28, 1999... OAKLAND, Calif. -- University of California officials have appointed a task force to investigate why minority enrollment is dropping at the system's five medical schools. In 1993, 103 Black and Mexican American students enrolled at...

Grambling Finds Lost Financial Records.
October 28, 1999... GRAMBLING, La. -- Grambling State University financial records believed to have been lost in the switch to a new computer system now have been found, and the university hopes to deliver a financial report to the legislative auditor soon, a...

Urban League Upset Over University's Lack of Support for Boycott.
October 28, 1999... COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Columbia Urban League chairman wants the University of South Carolina to move the National Black Family Summit out of the state to support an NAACP boycott or risk losing co-sponsorship of the event. Dr. David...

Indiana Hopes Free College Will Build National Guard Ranks.
October 28, 1999... INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana National Guard will offer recruits full college tuition in a plan approved recently by the State Budget Agency that is designed to attract and keep National Guard personnel. The state will fork over about $1.8...

Florida Bombing Suspect Loved Explosives, Former Boss Says.
October 28, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A former boss of a man charged with setting off two small bombs at Florida A&M University says the suspect loved explosions and talked vaguely of some sort of national revolt. Lawrence Michael Lombardi, 41, is being...

What's New Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives.
October 28, 1999... Pennsylvania State University's College of Health and Human Development has opened a new Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts to train scholars to look at what impacts families in the context of culture, race and...

Engineering School Cited for Gender and Racial Bias.
October 28, 1999... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The engineering college at the University of Rhode Island has been cited for bias against women since a female professor reported sexual harassment and discrimination at the school. Now, the university is considering hiring...

University of Montana Indian Students Protest Columbus Day.
October 28, 1999... MISSOULA -- University of Montana police stopped a demonstration earlier this month against the Columbus Day holiday by members of an American Indian student club because of excessive noise, officials say. The Kyi-Yo group set up a tepee on...

TUITION & FINANCIAL AID: Reports Depict Mixed Trend.
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- To hear The College Board tell it, there is good news and then there is good news about tuition and financial aid. But that's only half right --on both counts. More accurately: There is almost-good news and there is not-so-bad...

Texas Test Patterns.
October 28, 1999... While Lawsuit Says High School Exit Exam Discriminates, Report Shows Achievement Gap Is Closing in Two School Districts AUSTIN, Texas -- The outcome of a lawsuit over an exit-level high school examination in Texas could have ramifications...

Can the Dream Be Saved?
October 28, 1999... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors announced earlier this month that race will continue to be considered in the school's admissions process. The board also said it supports President John T. Casteen...

Hostile Environments?
October 28, 1999... Conference Attendees Suggest Localities Embrace, Rather Than Reject, Black Festivals ATLANTA--Cities should treat spring festivals for Black youth no differently than other large gatherings, according to officials who attended a two-day...

Grooming the 21st Century PROFESSORIATE.
October 28, 1999... Despite Challenges Posed by Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives, the Ph.D. Pipeline Continues to Deliver a Diverse and Much Needed Group of Young Professors CLAREMONT, Calif.- With just one Black professor, five Latino professors and five...

Reflections of Faculty Pipeline Program Progeny.
October 28, 1999... Undergraduate Research Fellowships Often Are the Catalytic Event That Excite Students About Careers in the Professoriate NEW YORK -- Not until his undergraduate years at Carleton College did Dr. Matthew Clayton start getting a sense that...

Tales from the boondocks.(recruiting minority college professors)
October 28, 1999... Recruiting Black Faculty to Small Town, U.S.A., Can Be A Challenge. But Increasingly, It Is One That Colleges Are Taking on and Conquering When Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer first arrived in Manhattan, she went to the local cable provider and...

The perks and perils of recruiting academic superstars.
October 28, 1999... Imagine having to jump on 10 planes to get to six cities in five days, fulfilling commitments that include - among other things - giving an interview to ABC's 20/20, and consulting with HBO producers on an upcoming program about actor Charles...

Race/Ethnicity of U.S. Citizen Doctorate Recipents, by Broad Field for Selected Years, 1977-1997.(Statistical Data Included)
October 28, 1999... The nation's production of postsecondary educators of color is related to its production of minority doctoral degree recipients and, judging by the trend depicted below, the situation is improving -- though not nearly at the rate diversity is...

ALTERED DESTINIES.(Review)
October 28, 1999... ALTERED DESTINIES By Gene I. Maeroff 240 pages $18.87 St. Martin How many times have we heard that schools that service underprepared students, especially in disadvantaged areas, don't have the luxury of an equal starting line in the race...

Financial Aid Prospecting -- ONLINE.(Statistical Data Included)
October 28, 1999... The Internet Is Loaded With Valuable Financial Aid Information, but Few Campus Wen Sites Are Designed to Help Them Find It Log on to any of the hundreds of college Web sites now available on the Internet, and you'll find everything from...

Gleeming Web Sites for Financial Aid Prospectors.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... The following are among the most savvy of historically Black college Web sites, when it comes to helping students get the scoop about financial aid: Langston University at www.lunet.edu/administration/vp_fis_amd_aff/finaid/finaid.htm....

Internet Service Offers College Tuition Bidding Service.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... BOSTON -- Savvy internet shoppers have been bidding of late for airplane tickets, hotel fares, used cars. Now, they can bid for college tuition. A newly launched Internet service wants to treat college tuition like an auction, matching...

Making an Investment to Close the Digital Divide.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A lot of attention is being given, lately, to the digital divide between the information technology haves and have-nots. In an attempt to bridge that chasm, Brown University and MCI WorldCom, with the encouragement of the...

University's Internet Technology Plays Important Role in International Concert.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... EUGENE, Ore. -- Puff Daddy, Sting, Sheryl Crow and David Bowie were beamed from stages around the world to more than 150 universities earlier this month, thanks in part to Internet technology at the University of Oregon. As the only hub in...

E-Mail Addresses of Iowa Students, Faculty Up for Sale.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It may not be illegal, but it's sure not university policy. That's the word from University of Iowa officials after learning that the e-mail addresses of 40,000 students and faculty members have been put up for sale on...

The Domain Name Game.(world wide web)
October 28, 1999... WASHINGTON -- The cash-strapped group assuming management of much of the Internet agreed this month to allow a Virginia company to continue for at least four years as keeper of the master list of World Wide Web addresses in exchange for a $1.25...

FACTS ABOUT FACULTY.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 28, 1999... 1. There are 26,835 full-time Black faculty in the United States, accounting for roughly 5 percent of all full-time faculty employed at post secondary institutions in the country. 2. Among the full-time Black faculty working at...

Fall Follies, Myths and Statues.(underrepresentation of African Americans in national monuments)
October 28, 1999... Autumn brings us changing leaves, but also brings the opportunity to review some of the myths that lie at the heart of our nation's foundation. It offers the opportunity, in transition and change, to question ourselves and the lessons we...

BIQ Black Issues Quiz.(educational issues)
October 28, 1999... 1 According to the National Research Council, how many Mexican Americans earned doctorates in the physical sciences in 1996? A -- 57 B -- 31 C -- 23 D -- 13 2 The "African American Education Data Book" was produced by: A...

Judge Asked to Stop Georgia From Using Race in Admissions.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... ATLANTA -- University of Georgia President Dr. Michael Adams did not have to wait long for a challenge to his recent decision to keep race as a factor in deciding admissions. Atlanta attorney Lee Parks, who has battled the university system...

Students Entering Georgia Colleges Better Prepared Academically.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... MACON, Ga. -- Georgia universities are welcoming students who are better prepared academically than any of their predecessors, but the university system has additional work to continue the improvements, a report to the Board of Regents reveals....

Hate Crime Film Debuts.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The families of three murder victims hope a documentary about hate crimes that debuted earlier this month at Colorado State University will stop violence by educating the nation. The film, Journey Toward a Hate-Free...

Purdue Researchers Probe Burial Grounds.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... DELPHI, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers are investigating what are believed to be the remains Of up to 10 Woodland Indians found in an ancient burial ground. The remains were discovered earlier this month when workers began digging...

GRANTS & AWARDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 28, 1999... * An anonymous donor gave Cornell University $100 million to build new residence halls and student commons. The gift matches the largest single gift in the Ivy League school's history. The pledge is expected to cover about half the cost of new...

Professional APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
October 28, 1999... PRESIDENTS Roman Picked as Interim Head at CCNY DR. STANFORD A. ROMAN JR. has been named interim president of the City University of New York's City College. Since 1990, he had served as dean of the CUNY Medical School and Sophie Davis...