Black Issues in Higher Education articles from September 2001

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from September 2001

Remembering Our Roots.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 13, 2001... When I first went to interview our cover subject Dr. Jim Gates at the University of Maryland, I did not quite know what to expect. Here was a leading theoretician in the field of elementary particle physics, not to mention a world expert in the...

No Appointment in Sight for U.S. Higher Education Post.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Lack of action draws increased concern among higher education officials. With the start of the 2001-2002 academic year just under way, the U.S. Department of Education is still without an assistant secretary responsible for higher...

Black Caucus Calls on Government to Increase Promotion Of Fire Safety on College Campuses.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Members of the Congressional Black Caucus want the federal government to do more to promote fire safety in college dormitories and, in some cases, fraternity and sorority houses. The College Fire Prevention Act from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs...

HBCUs, HSIs Win Funds To Promote Math, Science.(Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program at Historically Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Historically Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are among the major recipients of $4.5 million in new federal funds to increase the number of students of color, particularly women, in science and technical careers. The grants...

Congress Faces Crowded Back-to-Work Schedule.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Congress returns to work this month facing a challenging list of priorities that include an education funding bill and possible regulatory reform for colleges and universities. Scheduled to return after Labor Day, the House and Senate...

Texas A&M Hopes to Lure Faculty, Students with Acquisition of Black Literary Journal, Editor.(Callaloo)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... UVA official calls editor's departure `painful.' Although Texas A&M University's African American studies department is small -- currently two assistant professors teach courses -- university officials hope that having Dr. Charles Rowell...

West Virginians More Likely to Pass On College Education, Survey Shows.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 13, 2001... CHARLESTON, W. VA. West Virginians are more likely to earn high school degrees, skip college and head into lower-paying labor intensive jobs, according to the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. Nearly 65 percent of state residents age...

Legislation Seeks to Restore Community College Funding in California.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... WALNUT, CALIF. California Assemblyman Robert Pacheco, R-Walnut, pledged to amend legislation to restore some of the $126 million in community college funding cuts recently made by Gov. Gray Davis. "I think it's time community colleges...

Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGA.(University of Georgia)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... ATLANTA A federal appeals court late last month declared unconstitutional an admissions policy at the University of Georgia that gave minorities a numerical boost. The three-judge panel 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower...

Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, Sororities.
September 13, 2001... TUSCALOOSA, ALA. The president of the campus NAACP chapter says integration of fraternities and sororities at the University of Alabama should be left to students, but a faculty spokesman says only force will break the racial barriers. ...

Graduate Essay Finds Yale History Intertwined with Slavery.(Yale University research backed by Amistad Committee Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... The founding fathers of Yale University and important men in the school's 300-year history are remembered to this day in stone and stained glass. But three graduate students report in a newly published essay that some of these Yale leaders...

Kansas Expands Langston Hughes Celebration.(University of Kansas helps sponsor readings and a symposium)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... A 100th birthday celebration of writer and poet Langston Hughes, who spent much of his childhood in Lawrence, will be expanded to six cities across the state. The University of Kansas is using a $6,600 grant from the Kansas Humanities...

University of Wisconsin, California Company In Negotiations over Stem Cell Suit.(Geron Corp. patent case)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... The University of Wisconsin's patent agency is negotiating a settlement with the California company it sued over access to stem cells produced by school researchers. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Geron Corp. of Menlo Park,...

UVA Honor Committee Drops 25 Plagiarism Cases.
September 13, 2001... The University of Virginia's Honor Committee has dropped 25 of 130 honor code violations after finding the accused students' papers were originals that others had plagiarized. One student has been found guilty of plagiarism in the school's...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about Vietnam.
September 13, 2001... A Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor who admitted he lied to his students about being a Vietnam combat veteran will be suspended for a year without pay, say Mount Holyoke College officials. Joseph J. Ellis, 57, also must give up his...

A FOCUS ON Physics.(black physicists encourage a new generation)(Statistical Data Included)
September 13, 2001... TOO FEW AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING PHYSICS AS AN AREA OF STUDY, SAY BLACK EDUCATORS Dr. James Davenport takes a great deal of pride in having taught hundreds of students who have graduated from Virginia State University with...

BORN TO BE A Physicist.(Sylvester James Gates, Jr.)
September 13, 2001... DR. SYLVESTER JAMES GATES JR. IS KNOWN TO BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SUPERSTRING THEORY AND SUPERSYMMETRY, BUT ANOTHER PASSION HAS HIM SPEAKING OUT -- HIS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. You have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like...

Funding Friction.(Dr. Charles Hines and Dr. Dennis Judd differ on grant funding issue)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY POISED TO DROP FUNDING FOR PRAIRIE VIEW PHYSICIST'S WORK The U.S. Department of Energy is poised to drop funding for a Prairie View A&M University physicist's work on a high-profile experiment because his...

What Is Wisdom Worth?(higher education and African Americans)(Brief Article)(Column)
September 13, 2001... Wisdom is the finest beauty of a person. Money does not prevent you from becoming blind. Money does not prevent you from becoming mad. Money does not prevent you from becoming lame. You may be ill in any part of your body. ...

Taking Stock of GIS Technology at HBCUs.(studying geographic information systems at historically Black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Recent surveys of information technology resources at historically Black colleges and universities have yielded not only valuable information technology inventories but have provided the basis for new funding and equipment made available to...

High-Tech Center to Open in Ghana.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... This month, a state-of-the-art high-tech computer and information technology center with low-cost Internet access will open in Accra, Ghana's capital city. The center, developed by an American company and Ghanaian businesses, will feature...

Houston Offers Free E-Mail as Digital Divide Bridge.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... The city of Houston last month launched an initiative to offer free e-mail and use of personal computer software to its three million area residents. Individuals who verify their residence in the city will get an account number to access a...

Associated Press Poll Reveals Split on School Internet Use.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... While half of American adults believe that Internet skills are very important for students, the other half think they are only somewhat important or not important at all, according to an Associated Press poll conducted in August. Some...

The Rising Cost of Free Lunches on the Web.(fees for researching on the web)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... The golden age of the Web is over. Or is it? The ongoing tumble in the value of technology stocks and the subsequent drying up of venture capital for dot-coms has had a dramatic repercussion for Web-empowered consumers and businesses: Many Web...

Community College of Allegheny County.(dean of occupational technologies )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... NICHOLAS O. AKINKUOYE has been named dean of occupational technologies for the south campus of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh. Most recently, he served as an assistant dean at Cuyahoga Community College. He received a...

Saint Xavier University.(vice president for academic affairs)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... DR. CHRISTOPHER I. CHALOKWU has been named vice president for academic affairs and professor of physical science at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Previously Chalokwu held two vice-chancellor positions at the University of Tennessee at...

Virginia Polytechnic and State University.(director of the Center for Academic Enrichment and Excellence)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... DR. KAREN ELEY SANDERS has been appointed director of the Center for Academic Enrichment and Excellence at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. She was previously director of Minority Education Services at the University of Arkansas....

Urbana University in Ohio.(president )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... DR. ROBERT L. HEAD has been named president of Urbana University in Ohio. Previously, Head was vice president of administration at Benedictine University. Head earned a bachelor's from Defiance College and a master's of business administration...

Student Enrollment Communications Center.(University of South Florida)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... ALAN R. MURRY has been appointed director of the Student Enrollment Communications Center (SECC) at the University of South Florida. Previously, Murry was associate director of admissions and most recently acting director of the SECC. Murry...

School of History, Technology and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology.(new chairman)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... DR. WILLIE PEARSON JR. has been appointed chair of the School of History, Technology and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, Pearson was a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor at Wake Forest's School of...

California Lutheran University.(grant from the National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... California Lutheran University professors Dr. Ali Akbari, Dr. Myungsook Klassen and Dr, Russell Stockard received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used to research why minorities and women are severely...

Creighton University.(continued federal funding )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... The Department of Educational Opportunity Programs at Creighton University (Neb.) has received more than $1 million in continued federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The money will be used to support the department's four...

Hampton University School of Nursing.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Hampton University School of Nursing (Va.) was awarded $1,041,764 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Nursing. The grant will be used to support the nursing doctoral degree program.

Mississippi Valley State University.(grant from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Mississippi Valley State University has been awarded $70,000 from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to host a summer science and technology academy for grades 8-10. The academy is designed to develop programs of science and math enrichment...

Moraine Valley Community College.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Moraine Valley Community College (Ill.) has received four grants totaling $409,480. The money will be used to support a variety of programs at the college including those targeting adult students who are reading below the ninth grade level and...

Winston-Salem State University.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2001... Winston-Salem State University (N.C.) has received a $330,000 gift from the Forsyth Medical Center Foundation. The gift will be used to endow a chair in the university's School of Health Sciences. In addition, the School of Education received...

For Whom Does the NET Work?(Brief Article)(Column)
September 13, 2001... I find the term "InterNET" somewhat ironic. A net is often thought of as a safety feature, as in a safety net that catches someone who might fall while attempting to do something significant. But a net is also used to entrap things, as in a...

A New World Order.(after September 11)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 27, 2001... "Life is a gift." I really gave those words serious thought following the death of the 22-year-old hip-hop artist Aaliyah in late August. And after the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, those words still ring...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
September 27, 2001... In the September 13, 2001, edition, the last paragraph of "Born to be a Physicist" should have read: "Our connections with people are the most valuable things in life and those start with family and grow into larger circles," he (Dr. James...

Hispanic Leaders Seek New Influx of Funds.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... Despite predictions of a tightening federal budget, Hispanic leaders are asking Congress to fund a new initiative that would expand graduate programs at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and...

Education Department Nominee Facing Criticism in Senate.(Brian Jones)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... The Bush administration's nominee for a senior Education Department post faces a rocky road to confirmation in the Senate because of his past opposition to affirmative action. Brian Jones, past president of the Center for New Black...

Report Finds Modest Increase in Minority Enrollment, Graduation Rates.(The Eighteenth Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... WASHINGTON The number of students of color enrolling and graduating from the nation's colleges and universities continues to increase modestly, but the rate of increase is beginning to slow, according to the 2000-01 Annual Status Report on...

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions Grows Murkier.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... Michigan supporters plan national march, rally to increase visibility DETROIT The issue of affirmative action in college admissions continues to make headlines as a recent ruling adds to the growing set of conflicting court decisions,...

SAT Minority Achievement Gap Persists.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... More minorities than ever take standardized test WASHINGTON Despite the persistence of a scoring gap between White/Asian American students and underrepresented minorities, the largest and most racially and ethnically diverse group of...

Court to Rule if Plaintiffs Can `Opt Out' Of Mississippi Desegregation Suit.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... OXFORD, Miss. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. has some unfinished business before he rules on the proposed settlement in Mississippi's long-running college desegregation case. Can some of the plaintiffs in the 26-year-old case,...

Law School Applications See Largest Increase Since 1991.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... NEWTON, PA. U.S. law schools are experiencing the largest increase in applicants since 1991, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) announced earlier this month. Preliminary numbers show that approximately 78,724 persons have applied to...

NAACP Asks University of Georgia Not to Appeal Admissions Policy Decision.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... ATHENS, GA. The Georgia NAACP says it will ask the University of Georgia not to appeal a federal court ruling that said the school's admissions policy is unconstitutional because it gives non-White students a statistical boost. ...

University of Pittsburgh Researchers Hope to Get More Blacks in AIDS Study.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... PITTSBURGH As part of a national effort to get more Black men into AIDS studies, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are recruiting more participants for the first time in a decade. The National Institutes of Health is funding...

Censorship Is Key Concern For Student Media.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... ARLINGTON, VA. The Arlington, Va.-based Student Press Law Center reports that requests for help from public high school journalists needing free help on a censorship matter rose more than 41 percent last year. According to the center,...

California to Host National K-16 Case Study Discussion.(kindergarten through bachelor's degree)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... SACRAMENTO, CALIF. California has been selected by both the nationwide organization of State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) and by the Pathways to College Network as one of the five states to host a national case study to...

FAMU Board of Trustees Elects Chairman.(Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University hires Arthur Collins)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Arthur "Art" Collins, prominent business lobbyist, was elected chairman by the members of the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees during their first meeting held in early August "Thank you for providing me with...

International Education Week Set for November.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of Education and State have joined NAFSA: Association of International Educators and a diverse group of organizations worldwide to declare the second annual International Education Week. This year's national...

Changing Complexions, New Complications.(multiculturalism at California State University campuses)
September 27, 2001... CAL STATE UNIVERSITY'S JAMES LYONS AND JAMES ROSSER FACE UNPRECEDENTED LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AS THEIR INSTITUTIONS EXPERIENCE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES In many ways, the Los Angeles basin is ground zero for the shifting...

Educating A Growing Community.(HIspanic Americans)
September 27, 2001... MANY CALL ON TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO LEAD THE WAY IN EDUCATING BOTH NATIVE-AND FOREIGN-BORN HISPANICS WASHINGTON Mexican President Vicente Fox traveled to Washington earlier this month to meet with President Bush and to address the...

South Central Los Angeles: A Community In Transition.(Los Angeles Southwest College student population changing)
September 27, 2001... LA'S SOUTHWEST COLLEGE SEEKS TO KEEP PACE WITH CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Southwest College perhaps best illustrates the rising tide of Latinos and other minorities sweeping into higher education institutions of...

My Illegal Status Shouldn't Keep Me from Learning.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... (Editor's Note: Luz is a pseudonym. The writer's name has been changed to protect her identity.) I have a secret that I am afraid to share with anyone but my closest friends: I don't have papers; I'm an undocumented immigrant. My...

Finding a Name that Fits.(significance of ethnic labels hispanic, latino)
September 27, 2001... `Hispanic' or `Latino' - usage engages social, political and historical dimensions At a grocery store in San Antonio the "Mexican" food section has a new name. "They're calling it the `Hispanic' food section. But I don't see any `Hispanic'...

Suggestions for Further Reading.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... * Anzaldua, Gloria E. La Frontera/Borderlands. Consortium Books, 1999. First published in 1987, Borderlands has become one of the foundational works of Chicana and border cultural studies. * Colon, Jesus. A Puerto Rican in New York and...

Dear BI Career Consultant:.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... What are some practical ways that the office of minority affairs/diversity can help Black and Hispanic students forge partnerships and positive relations on campus? Many campuses are in transition; their makeup is changing. The students...

PDAs Are Coming to Campus.(Personal Digital Assistants)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... Brand names of handheld computing devices, such as Palm, Blackberry and iPAQ Pocket PC, are widely known to American consumers. The popularity of these devices, also known as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), among busy professionals has...

Rutgers Tests Internet Plagiarism Software.(Rutgers University)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Alarmed by reports that the Internet is making it easier than ever for students to cheat on term papers and research, Rutgers University is trying out anti-plagiarism software. The university bought the package from a...

CUMREC 2002 Conference Invites IT Presentations.
September 27, 2001... BOULDER, COLO. CUMREC, an information technology association affiliated with EDUCAUSE, invites academic administrators, IT professionals and faculty members to submit proposals for IT presentations at the 2002 CUMREC annual conference May...

EDUCAUSE 2001 Conference Slated for October.
September 27, 2001... WASHINGTON More than 6,000 higher education information technology professionals are expected to meet in Indianapolis for the EDUCAUSE 2001 Annual Conference, Oct. 28-31, 2001. EDUCAUSE is the nation's leading association for higher...

Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe Me.(University of Georgia admissions policy case)(Review)
September 27, 2001... Veteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of the first two African Americans to attend the University of Georgia in 1961. Hamilton Holmes and Hunter-Gault had their admission to college delayed for two years while the University of...

The Crisis in Broadband Internet Access.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... The online world is smack in the midst of a virtual bloodbath, with company after company going under and hundreds of thousands of dot-com workers losing their jobs. Now, for those desiring simply to access the Internet at acceptable speeds,...

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.(appoints Andrea Barnwell)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... DR. ANDREA BARNWELL has been named director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Barnwell is a well-known author, art historian and curator. Her forthcoming book Charles White is the first book in a series of monographs on African...

Prince George's Community College.(appoints Bernadine M. Lacey)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... DR. BERNADINE M. LACEY has been appointed chair of the nursing department at Prince George's Community College in Maryland. Previously, she was special assistant to the president and founding dean and professor in the school of nursing at...

University of Virginia.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... CRAIG LITTLEPAGE has been named the new athletics director at the University of Virginia. Previously he was interim athletics director. Littlepage has coached men's basketball at the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Villanova and Yale...

Saint Paul's College.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... DR. JOHN WADDELL has been selected to become the eighth president of Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Va. Waddell succeeds Dr. Thomas M. Law, who is retiring. Previously, Waddell was president of Allen University in Columbia, S.C. Waddell...

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... TREOPIA WASHINGTON has been appointed vice president, strategic partnerships at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Arlington, Va. Previously, she was special assistant to the executive director of the White House...

Chicago State University.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... DR. SANDRA WESTBROOKS has been named dean of the college of education at Chicago State University. Prior to her appointment, she served as interim dean. Westbrooks has held several senior positions in higher education. She earned bachelor's and...

GRANTS / & awards.(list of grants and gifts to universities)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2001... The University of Texas has received a $4 million gift from Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher. The gift will be used to create a business center that will carry his name. Yale University professors Donald Green and Alan Gerber have...

Changing Communities, Changing America.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 27, 2001... As we are all aware from accounts in newspapers, radio, television, etc., the demographic shifts that have taken place across this land over the last 50 years, and specifically, the last 20 years, have been staggering. Going further,...