Black Issues in Higher Education articles from October 2000

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from October 2000

The Executive Power in Us All.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Truth be told, our country's president doesn't do a whole lot that directly affects higher education. The president can't solely dictate federal funding levels. Decisions related to access and equity are more often made on campuses, in...

GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
October 12, 2000... Dear Editor, I read with great interest your excellent article in the July 20, 2000 edition of Black Issues, titled "Can Historic Buildings on Black Campuses Be Saved?" The article highlighted the continuing need and outstanding progress...

Gore Gets Rousing Response at Howard University Campaign Stop.(Al Gore )(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore worked an easy crowd and shored up his Black vote last month on a campaign stop at Howard University, appealing to a standing-room-only crowd and a group of potential voters who overwhelmingly back him....

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO Programs.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... With the Clinton administration in its final months, college outreach specialists meeting in Washington in September focused on the issue of continuity -- seeking to build on gains made during the past eight years regardless of which party...

House Panel OKs Bill to Ban College Sports Betting.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... The House Judiciary Committee this month approved legislation to ban gambling on high school and collegiate sports nationwide, which would eliminate it in Nevada, the only state that permits such wagering. The easy committee win was the...

Census Bureau Predicts Minorities Will Become Majority by 2050.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 12, 2000... The U.S. Census Bureau is predicting that students of color will become the majority in K-12 classrooms by the middle of the 21st century. Already, 37 percent of elementary and secondary school enrollment is composed of students of color. ...

Education Secretary Stumps for Gore.(Richard Riley)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Some college students and administrators got a political message during a visit from U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley at the beginning of a three-day cross-country tour he made on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore. ...

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed Grant.(Historically Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Historically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions are eligible for a new U.S. Department of Education grant competition in special education. The department is offering funds to projects that help prepare personnel to...

Senate Democrats Push for Tuition Tax Credit.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Focusing on a nearly five-fold increase in college tuitions, Senate Democrats called on Republican leaders last month to include a tuition tax credit in any budget package wrapping up this election-year session of Congress. "We should not...

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Black colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program's inaugural competition last year. Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first...

Former FAMU Band Member Files Lawsuit Against Board of Regents.(Ivery D. Luckey)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... TALLAHASSEE. FLA. A former Florida A&M University band member who claims he was beaten as part of an initiation ceremony in 1998 has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Regents. Ivery D, Luckey, who played in the Marching 100's...

California Community College Drops Multicultural Component In New Courses.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... MONTEREY, CALIF. Monterey Peninsula College, a two-year institution, has dropped a policy requiring professors who propose new courses to include a multicultural component. A professor who proposed a new course to focus on film and...

Western Illinois Fraternity Suspended.(Delta Tau Delta offensive advertisement)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... MACOMB, ILL. A fraternity at Western Illinois University was suspended after school officials deemed inappropriate a rush advertisement that appeared in the campus newspaper, the university said recently. The ad pictured Delta Tau...

Rutgers' Minority Graduation Rate Doubles in Last Decade.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Rutgers University's graduation rate for minority students has doubled in the last decade, its president said last month. As a percentage of total degrees conferred, minorities accounted for 35 percent of graduates in...

Georgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... ATHENS, GA. A University of Georgia sorority accused of evaluating a potential pledge on the basis of race will undergo sensitivity training, according to an agreement with the university. A resolution released last month says Alpha...

Colorado Math Professor Tries to Solve Minority Ph.D. Equation.(Dr. James Curry)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... BOULDER, COLO. A University of Colorado math professor has been honored for working to increase diversity among Colorado's doctoral recipients in five years. Dr. James Curry, professor of applied mathematics, was selected to receive the...

University of Pittsburgh Names Nursing Award for First Black Student.(Adena Johnson Davis)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... PITTSBURGH The University of Pittsburgh is naming a nursing scholarship for its first Black nursing student. Adena Johnson Davis started at the University of Pittsburgh in 1943, a year after she had been rejected because of her race. ...

Administrator at University of Florida Law School Resigns Over Minority Hiring Practices.(Kenneth Nunn)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... GAINESVILLE, FLA. The highest-ranking Black administrator at the University of Florida's law school resigned his position a week after a stormy meeting about the school's difficulty in attracting and retaining Black professors. ...

Doctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of Wisconsin.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... MADISON, WIS. Hoping to illustrate its diverse enrollment, the University of Wisconsin at Madison says it doctored a photo on a brochure cover by inserting a Black student in a crowd of White football fans. "We did it in this one...

Fired Women's Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University.(Sanya Tyler)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Sanya Tyler's lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the school WASHINGTON Former Howard University women's basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million...

Student Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race Problems.(Atuanya Priester)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... PULLMAN, WASH. Police are still trying to determine why Washington State University freshman Atuanya Priester was beaten up last month. Some witnesses told investigators that Priester, from Seattle, was jumped by 10 men; others depict a...

University of California To Require Students To Get Health Insurance.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... SAN FRANCISCO University of California regents voted last month to make insurance a mandatory requirement for students, believed to be the first such requirement by a major U.S. university system. The insurance issue stemmed from...

Mississippi Plaintiffs Make First Proposal in College Desegregation Case.(plan to end college desegregation case)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... JACKSON, MISS. State leaders are reviewing a proposed multiyear plan that could bolster the three historically Black universities and end the 25-year-old college desegregation case here. An attorney for Black plaintiffs last month made...

THE GORE/BUSH RECORDS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.(focus on African American education)
October 12, 2000... COMMENTARY COMMENTARY COMMENTARY COMMENTARY COMMENTARY COMMENTARY When Texas Gov. George W. Bush made a campaign stop at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., in early February, the Republican provoked one of the first crises of the...

The Black Vote.(research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 12, 2000... How African Americans vote and, more importantly, in what numbers and where, will be of great interest to both major parties this election season. In national surveys conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, about 80...

Congressional Control Up for Grabs.(Democrats battle for control of the House of Congress)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... With the race for the White House in high gear, some education advocates are beginning to turn their attention to an important political contest operating under the presidential radar screen: the battle for Congress. Democrats and Republicans...

Competing for Credit.(Republicans James E. Clyburn and J.C. Watts)
October 12, 2000... Democrat Clyburn Says, `Watch How They Vote' WASHINGTON Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has been a longtime friend to minorities and initiatives that strengthen their access and opportunities where higher education is concerned. His...

Officials Optimistic That 2000 CENSUS Is Better Than Ever.(better undercount of african americans than 1990 Census)
October 12, 2000... But scholars warn against celebrating too soon, citing a serious undercount in 1990. While no one thinks this year's count will be as inaccurate, there are still concerns. WASHINGTON Last month, federal officials announced that the...

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned.
October 12, 2000... There may be no sweeter words to a faculty member's ears than "release time." Try saying them out loud: "RELEASE TIME." Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research...

White House Initiative Honors Science Faculty With Millennium Awards.(six professors receive Millennium Awards)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... WASHINGTON Six science professors found themselves under the microscope last month when the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges honored them with Millennium Awards during a special ceremony at the Initiative's annual...

Artists' Attorney Warns Colleges About Napster Use.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... DURHAM, N.C. The attorney for recording artists Metallica and Dr. Dre wants two North Carolina universities to stop their students from taking his clients' music via the Napster computer program. Duke University and the University of...

Campus Police Seize Student's Computer for Copyright Violations.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... STILLWATER, OKLA. Campus police at Oklahoma State University confiscated a student's computer over allegations from the recording industry that it was used to distribute copyright material. Everett Eaton, director of public safety at...

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue Boon.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... LINCOLN, NEB. It wasn't hard to predict the outcome of the Sept. 2 football game between the University of Nebraska's top-ranked team and unranked San Jose State. But the folks at FOXSports.com were predicting their own victory --...

Scientists Working on New Computer Chip.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... BOISE, IDAHO A $1.25 million grant from the Office of Naval Research will go to help a team of University of Idaho scientists develop a revolutionary computer chip. The chips help computer users by storing data even when electrical...

Tennessee State To Host Digital Divide Conference.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... NASHVILLE, Tenn. Fall 2000 is proving to be busy for historically Black colleges and universities that are vying to bring the HBCU community together on digital divide issues. Tennessee State University joins the ranks of other HBCUs...

ECU Fires Admitted Computer Hacker.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... GREENVILLE, N.C. East Carolina University has fired a computer services employee who admitted to hacking into the school's computer network nearly three years ago. Nolan Waithe Grant was fired about two weeks after East Carolina...

Texas firm NotHarvard.com Changes Name.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... AUSTIN, Texas NotHarvard.com is no longer NotHarvard.com. The Austin-based company that sparked a legal scuffle with Harvard University has scrapped the controversial name in favor of Powered Inc., company officials announced last month....

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBay.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... FORT COLLINS, COLO. Police at Colorado State University have traced the theft of $7,000 in equipment from the engineering department to a student who allegedly put the items up for bid on the Internet. The student allegedly took six...

It's Going, Going, Gone ... On the Internet.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... One of the more curious aspects of e-commerce -- and the Internet explosion in general -- is online auctions. Auctions on the Internet may be the purest form of capitalism practiced today, with buyers and sellers coming together in a...

CAREER CONSULTANTS.(inter-ethnic rivalries)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Dear BI Career Consultants: What are some strategies for dealing with inter-ethnic rivalries on campus, and how can I promote more working together among various ethnic groups? A conflict does exist between different groups of color at...

ON THE MOVE.(Faculty changes)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... DR. GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER has been named executive director of the Innovations in American Government program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Christopher earned a bachelor's and medical degree from Chicago's National...

GRANTS & awards.(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Alabama A&M University's State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum received a two-year $332,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant will be used to enhance and expand museum operations and program...

Growing Our Own.(African American president)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2000... Will we elect the first African American president of the United States in the 21st century? Do we have individuals in a pipeline with a targeted plan? Or are we just leaving the details to chance? If we are, we may not be in control of our...

The Elephant in the Room.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... There is a saying that doctors bury their mistakes. It appears that in our education system, we also bury our mistakes -- in the form of our dismal retention rates. One only has to look at the record that begins with the limited number of...

College Retention and Completion Program Hits Snag in Congress' Final Days.(Federal TRIO funds for colleges)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Despite facing gridlock on other education issues, Congress was nearing a final agreement earlier this month to expand federal TRIO programs with targeted funds in support of college retention and completion. But final approval posed a...

Panel Recommends Tenfold Increase For Math, Science Training Programs.(high school teachers)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... A generation after the space race spurred concerns over math and science education, teachers in those fields are barely ahead of their students and 10 times more money should be spent to train them, according to a panel headed by John Glenn....

QUOTE of NOTE.(TRIO funding bill)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... "We are 100 percent confident that we have shepherded this initiative through to passage." --Rep. Chaka Fattah, DPa., on prospects for enactment of the College Completion Challenge Grant program

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Hit New Low in '98.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... The nation's student loan default rate fell to another new low in 1998, as only 6.9 percent of former students were behind on federal loan repayments. The 1998 figure reported by the U.S. Department of Education is a steep drop from the...

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic Students.(Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Hispanic-serving colleges and universities will benefit from a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Education that was announced late last month. "By working together, we can make the most of research and grant...

ACE President Ikenberry Announces Resignation.(Stanley O. Ikenberry of the American Council on Education)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Dr. Stanley O. Ikenberry, president of the American Council on Education, announced late last month that he will be stepping down from the post he has held for four years. "If there ever can be an ideal time for a transition, 2001 may be it,"...

Federal GEAR UP Program May Need Bailing Out.(financing for remedial reading program)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... The federal GEAR UP project may need a quick infusion of money if it wants to meet its grant obligations, say advocates seeking more funds for the two-year-old project. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs effort...

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos.(photographs used in marketing information changed to depict minority students)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... MOSCOW, IDAHO The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. ...

California Plan Would Boost Minority Counts, Route Students Through Community Colleges.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... OAKLAND, CALIF. University of California officials are proposing a new road to admissions that could bring in more Black and Hispanic students, provided they re willing to take a detour through community college. The proposal, which...

Board Election May Sway Future of Michigan Affirmative Action Lawsuit.(Michigan, University of)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... ANN ARBOR, MICH. The issue of whether the University of Michigan will keep in place its affirmative action admissions policy may become a partisan one. Candidates for two seats on the university's Board of Regents are offering...

Shortage of Black Faculty Prompts Florida Law School To Hire Race Relations Consultant.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... GAINESVILLE, FLA. The University of Florida's law school has taken steps to hire a race relations consultant to find out why it can't keep Black faculty members. Black faculty members hold only two of the law school's 54 full-time...

Harvard Law School Honors Black Graduates, Brown Vs. Board of Education Lawyers.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 26, 2000... Last month, the Harvard University Law School honored its Black alumni and the Brown vs. Board of Education litigation team, many of whom were Harvard Law grads. Ever since George Ruffin graduated in 1869, more than 1,600 African Americans have...

Supreme Court Allows UCLA Experimental Elementary School To Keep Race-Based Admissions.(United States. Supreme Court)(California, University of (Los Angeles))(Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... WASHINGTON An experimental elementary school that uses race as a factor when selecting its students survived a Supreme Court challenge last month. The justices let stand rulings that the school mn by the University of California has a...

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women's Basketball Team.(Avia Lee files lawsuit against basketball coach Jerry Ann Winters)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... TAMPA, FLA. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women's basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was...

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear KKK Campus Radio Case.(University of Missouri-St. Louis)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... WASHINGTON A Ku Klux Klan chapter's attempt to force a state university radio station in St. Louis to accept its financial support and acknowledge it on the air was denied Supreme Court review earlier this month. The court, without...

Black Women Sue Eastern Michigan University Over Sexual Harassment.(students file lawsuit)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... DETROIT Six female students at Eastern Michigan University filed a lawsuit last month in U.S. District Court against the university's board of control, alleging sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and racial discrimination. The...

Race Enters Debate Over Proposed South Carolina Lottery.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... COLUMBIA, S.C. New ads by opponents of South Carolina's proposed lottery say the result would be middle-class students attending college on the backs of poor people more likely to gamble. One opponent says the argument risks injecting...

Attorney General Reno Promotes Law School Diversity at Conference.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... DENVER Law schools should be allowed to take race into account when making admissions decisions in order to help bring diversity to the ranks of law school graduates and the legal system, Attorney General Janet Reno said earlier this...

Registered Voters Say ...(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Presidential hopefuls George W. Bush and Al Gore might keep in mind that a majority of this year's voters say it is Important to have students of different races, cultures and backgrounds in higher education. [GRAPH OMITTED]

Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of Maryland.(school admissions and student performance)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... BALTIMORE Admissions practices at Maryland's public schools and colleges are the latest targets of the Center for Equal Opportunity, which has released a study indicating that Black students are getting in with lower SAT scores than those...

At Home with Toni Morrison.(Toni Morrison Society conference)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Toni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary Legend Approximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate...

EXTRA CREDIT, EXTRA CRITICISM.(Advanced Placement courses)(includes table)(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... Advanced Placement courses are increasingly being viewed as indicative of minority equity -- and the indicators don't look good. OAKLAND, CALIF. Massanda D'Johns has always planned to go to college, and now the Castlemont High School...

ADVANCED STATISTICS.(advanced placement program shows increase in minority student test takers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... Since the Advanced Placement program began more than 40 years ago, minority participation has increased steadily. In 1978, 12 percent of AP test takers were students of color. In 2000, though not as high as many advocates would prefer, minority...

Battling for the BEST.(National Achievement Scholars)(includes table)(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... Black schools experience a renaissance in recruiting high-achieving students WASHINGTON When Leslie Broadway was applying to colleges, he had enough confidence in his academic record and athletic accomplishments that he concentrated...

STAYING POWER: COLLEGES WORK TO IMPROVE RETENTION RATES.(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... HAMPTON, VA. Two years ago, Wilbur Powell was a first-semester freshman. He slept too much, watched too much TV and was not excited about the classes he was taking. By the end of the semester, he had a 1.3 grade-point average. Rudea Downs...

Newer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University Network.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... DSL service provides high-speed Internet and network access from home for members of the university community. It also offers a constant connection to the Internet and e-mail. PITTSBURGH Like many college administrative staff and...

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic Action.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... FRANKFORT, KY. Kentucky Virtual University, the state's electronic portal to a higher education without lecture halls, dorms or bad cafeteria food, has a sports franchise. There are already T-shirts from the KVU Athletic Department,...

Virginia Tech Protecting Its Name.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... BLACKSBURG, VA. Virginia Tech is banning registrants of Internet domain names from using the university's trademark names in their Internet addresses. The 1999 Anti-Cyber Squatting Act gives trademark owners the right to dominion of...

Universities Refuse to Block Napster Access.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... MADISON, WIS. Officials at nearly a dozen universities across the country say they won't block students from using the embattled online music-sharing software Napster, despite a demand from a lawyer for two musicians. Howard King,...

Grant Will Allow Students to Work with NASA.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... LOS ANGELES Following the high-profile failure of its Mars probes, NASA has developed a $2 million, four-year grant that will employ college students in a search for ways to keep computer equipment safe in space. NASA will hire 12...

Be Smart When Sending E-mail to the Masses.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... If you're online, you've undoubtedly received "spam" -- unsolicited, untargeted bulk email, typically ads for illegal "Make Money Fast" pyramid schemes, pornographic pay Web sites, quack health care remedies, or other come-ons of interest only...

Whatever Happened to Subsidized Education?(Costs discriminate against minorities)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... This fall has brought news that economic expansion may finally be trickling down to those at the bottom of our nation's economy. The poverty rate, at 11.8 percent, is at a 21-year low. Incomes were up by more than 2 percent in 1999. The number...

ON THE MOVE.(executive selections at various colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... LEE HAMPTON is the new executive director of corporate and foundation development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Previously Hampton was the vice chancellor for university advancement at Winston-Salem State University in North...

GRANTS & AWARDS.(to colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Duke University in North Carolina received $1 million from NBA player and former Duke basketball star Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, to establish an endowment fund for athletic scholarship support at the university. The Hills' gift is the...

Reversing the Plight of African American Male College Students.(mentor programs aid students)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2000... Scholars, both African American and Caucasian, have addressed the plight of the African American college student attending a predominantly White college or university. Of special concern is the African American male. Although African American...

Texas' Ten Percent Plan Has Boosted Minority Enrollment.(University of Texas report shows minority students college enrolment up)(Statistical Data Included)
October 26, 2000... WASHINGTON New freshman enrollment data recently presented by a University of Texas official in Washington showed that minority representation has increased as a result of the state's implementation of the Ten Percent Plan. The plan...