Diverse Issues in Higher Education back issues from June 2006:
Education department issues criteria for "rigorous" curriculum: students attending underachieving high schools may be adversely affected.(washington update)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Students at minority-serving colleges and universities are among the primary targets of a new $4.5-billion financial aid windfall. But the program's focus on merit-based aid--plus lingering concerns about implementation--may mean a bumpy ride ahead for students and colleges this year. ...
Total minority baccalaureate: computer and information sciences and support services.(TOP 100 DEGREE PRODUCERS 2006)(Statistical table)
Jun 01, 2006 ... <Pre> Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services TOTAL MINORITY BACCALAUREATE 2005 '03-'04 Rank Institution State Total 1 DEVRY UNIVERSITY-CALIFORNIA Calif.556 2 ...
Looking for a cut card.(immigrants in United States)
Jun 01, 2006; ... When a million immigrants flooded the streets of Los Angeles, and a quarter as many thronged into the customary protest space in Washington, D.C., I had three feelings. I was proud, appreciative but also envious. And my feelings reminded me of the reasons that we develop ethnic studies ...
Hope and history in the hills of Ohio.(Wilberforce University)(Editorial)
Jun 15, 2006; ... When senior writer Ronald Roach traveled to Ohio to visit the 150-year-old historically Black Wilberforce University, he wondered what he would encounter to connect him to the pre-Civil War history of the institution. Though few landmarks provided visual dues to Wilberforce's long history, ...
Higher Education Commission struggles to pinpoint options for education reform: panel reaches little consensus on financial aid, other issues.
Jun 15, 2006; ... After several months of public hearings and a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education has given few signs on whether it will adopt the bold higher education recommendations that the Bush administration wants from the panel. ...
CUNY retention program for Black males under fire: New York group says initiative violates Civil Rights Act of 1964.(City University of New York)
Jun 15, 2006; ... NEW YORK CITY Officials at New York's Medgar Evers College (MEC) are challenging a complaint filed last month by a local civil rights group charging that a program created to help Black males stay in college is discriminatory. The New York Civil Rights Coalition has ...
From academia to the marketplace: post-docs explore alternative employment opportunities at job fair.(postdoctoral professionals )
Jun 15, 2006; ... ROCk'VILLE, MD. Firm grip, palm-to-palm and three shakes. Those are the elements of a positive first impression-giving handshake and among the pointers a group of more than 300 postdoctoral professionals received at a day-long conference and career fair designed to help them ...
Black scholars speak out against immigration reform: coalition's stance at odds with those of traditional civil rights groups.
Jun 15, 2006; ... WASHINGTON A new coalition featuring several Black scholars has joined the immigration debate, arguing that pro-immigration reforms would have a grave impact on Black America. The coalition, called Choose Black America, promotes a view that is very different from the more ...
All jokes aside: in nationwide tour, Bill Cosby discusses the role community colleges can play in breaking the cycle of poverty.
Jun 15, 2006; ... WASHINGTON As part of a nationwide tour, entertainer and activist Dr. Bill Cosby hosted two forums at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) last month in an effort to spur community action to break the cycle of violence, poverty and hopelessness plaguing many urban ...
USF football team honored for stand against racism.(University of San Francisco )
Jun 15, 2006; ... SAN FRANCISCO Some have called it the best college football team ever. Nine of its players were drafted, five played in the National Football League's Pro Bowl and three are enshired in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But this University of San Francisco squad never ...
An HBCU transformed: Wilberforce, the nation's oldest private Black college, emerges from one of its darkest periods just in time to celebrate its 150th birthday.(historically black colleges and universities)(Organization overview)
Jun 15, 2006; ... Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University. Established before the Civil War, the nation's oldest private Black college was a powerful focal point in the struggle for equality and served as a destination point on the Ohio Underground ...
Risky bu$ine$$: hedge funds are lightly regulated and high risk, but they have grown over the years as a percentage of all endowment investments by colleges and universities.
Jun 15, 2006; ... Hedge funds are the rock stars today's financial world. These lightly regulated private pools of equity, which are open only to rich players, are managed through secretive and sophisticated investment strategies. Although the risks are high, so are the potential benefits. Hedge funds can ...
HBCU first in North Carolina system to join iTunes U program.(historically black colleges and universities )
Jun 15, 2006 ... DURHAM, N.C. Education majors at North Carolina Central University will be using Apple iPod technology and iTunes software to download classroom materials via the Internet as early as fall 2006. The move by the historically Black school makes it the first public university in ...
Southern University.(on the move)(Tracie Alcorn-Abraham is appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 15, 2006 ... TRACIE ALCORN-ABRAHAM has been appointed executive director of the office of admissions and recruitment at Southern University (La.) ....
Pomona College.(on the move)(Dr. Dru C. Gladney is appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 15, 2006 ... DR. DRU C. GLADNEY has been appointed president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College (Calif.). Gladney holds two ...
Salisbury University.(grants & awards)(Arthur W. Perdue Foundation )(Brief article)
Jun 15, 2006 ... SALISBURY UNIVERSITY (Md.) has received an $8 MILLION grant from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation to construct a new ...
Southern University.(grants & awards)(Louisiana Department of Social Services)(Brief article)
Jun 15, 2006 ... SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (La.) has received a $140,000 grant from the Louisiana Department ...
Xavier University of Louisiana.(grants & awards)(Qatar provides finance)(Brief article)
Jun 15, 2006 ... XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA has received a $17.5 MILLION donation from the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar. The country has pledged a total of $100 ...
Building communities at Dillard in the post-Katrina era.(Dillard University)
Jun 15, 2006; ... When I saw that huge mass of clouds from hurricane Katrina on a crash course for New Orleans, I had my doubts as to whether the city, let alone Dillard University, would survive a direct hit. The impact of Katrina was potent enough to devastate our facilities and cause more than $300 ...
Student activism at its best.(divesting all the money from Sudanese companies)(Editorial)
Jun 29, 2006; ... TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT OF DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION, hundreds, if not thousands, of students descended upon the U.S. Supreme Court on April 1, 2003, the day the Justices were to hear the University of Michigan's cases on the use of race in college admissions. And earlier this ...
Diverse poll.(on American universities and minority associations)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... Following are results from the June 1st edition's poll question. Q: Do you believe U.S. universities can successfully replicate their academic programs in foreign nations and provide educational experiences equivalent to their U.S. campuses? POLL QUESTION ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Jun 29, 2006 ... * The e-mail address for Peter Galuszka, the author of "Risky Business" (6/15/06) was incorrect. His e-mail address is pgaluszka1@comcast.net. * In "An HBCU Transformed" (6/15/06), ...
Increasing student loan rates will harm minorities, experts say: some interest rates may increase by 2 percentage points.
Jun 29, 2006; ... For Carmen Berkley, an African-American student leader with five college loans and some knowledge of the financial aid system, the large increase in student loan interest rates on July 1 is still a little bewildering. "It's very daunting, and I still don't understand it. I ...
Congress considers Pell Grant increase; first increase in years is possible because of House support.
Jun 29, 2006; ... For years, education advocates looked to a more moderate U.S. Senate to push for funding increases. But by beating the Senate to the punch by proposing a $100 increase in the maximum Pell Grant next year, the usually conservative House of Representatives is making a rare statement about ...
Another supreme test? A high Court decision striking down race in K-12 admissions could jeopardize race-conscious policies in higher education.
Jun 29, 2006; ... The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in two K-12 school assignment cases in its next term has raised serious questions about the viability of race-conscious policies in American education, legal experts say. Just three years after the court upheld ...
Black professors under pressure at Duke; six Black faculty quit: university says it has hired 10 additional Black professors.
Jun 29, 2006; ... DURHAM, N.C. Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university's lacrosse scandal, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway threatened to quit, citing exhaustion. But, after meeting with colleagues earlier this month, ...
Study: California admissions process unfair to Blacks.(University of California)
Jun 29, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES Black applicants are being systematically blocked from the University of California system partly because of a flawed admission scheme, according in a new University of California, Los Angeles report. The admissions process is overly reliant on numerical ...
Clark College faculty: 'no confidence' in first Black leader: president of faculty union concerned about the role race may have played in vote.(Dr. R. Wayne Branch elected)
Jun 29, 2006; ... By an overwhelming margin, the Clark College faculty union has passed a no-confidence measure against the two-year school's president, Dr. R. Wayne Branch. Of the 239 full- and part-time faculty, votes, 229 went against Branch, citing his autocratic leadership style and the high turnover ...
HBCU faculty and community groups offer plans for future hurricanes.(historically black colleges and universities)
Jun 29, 2006; ... JACKSON, MISS Days after the current hurricane season began, a consortium of academics and community organizers gathered in Jackson, Miss., to confront the likely possibility that Katrina was not their last deadly storm. The need for clear, well-researched disaster ...
Texas Southern makes presidential firing official.(Priscilla Slade uses university funds for personal gain)
Jun 29, 2006 ... HOUSTON Dr. Priscilla Slade's time as president of Texas Southern University has officially come to an end, after the university's board of regents denied her appeal to keep her job. The board voted unanimously to terminate Slade's contract after it was discovered she used ...
Colorado University panel recommends firing controversial professor.(Ward Churchill terminated on base of research misconduct)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DENVER A University of Colorado committee has recommended firing a professor who called some of the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," citing repeated incidents of research misconduct. Ward Churchill, an American Indian tenured professor of ethnic ...
Black coaches association to adopt 'Diverse' name.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... INDIANAPOLIS The Black Coaches Association is changing its name to reflect it's inclusion of other minority groups. The name will be made official following the end of member voting July 1. Officials say the change better illustrates the group's mission--advocating ...
Virginia State boosts aid to minimize student debt.(historically black colleges and universities)
Jun 29, 2006 ... PETERSBURG,VA. Beginning this fall, academically gifted, low-income Virginia State University students will get enough financial aid to cover 100 percent of their college costs. Officials at the historically Black university tout the new program, called Low Income ...
Four Brigham Young students punished by university for gay-rights protest.(Brigham Young University)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... PROVO, UTAH Brigham Young University has put three students on probation and disciplined a fourth for participating in a gay-rights demonstration on campus. BYU spokesman Michael Smart says the fourth student was punished with "suspension withheld," which is just ...
Demanding divestment from Sudan: not since students protested South Africa's apartheid regime in the 1980s has the divestment movement gained such momentum, but can one against Sudan really work?
Jun 29, 2006; ... Bowing to student demands to "stop supporting genocide," the University of California regents voted earlier this year to divest millions of dollars from companies working in the war-torn African nation of Sudan, the first major public university in the nation to take such action. ...
Celebrating 40 years of activism: calling for more Black students, faculty and programs, Black Student Unions fundamentally changed American college campuses, but did they change themselves in the process?(Organization overview)
Jun 29, 2006; ... ARMED WITH WELL-HONED LEADERSHIP SKILLS, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor, James Garrett rode the wave of Black activism onto the campus of San Francisco State College (now University) in 1966. The sit-ins in 1960, the Freedom Rides in 1961, the ...
Virginia study urges early science education.(science-related career are of more choice)
Jun 29, 2006 ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. Among a group of eighth-graders asked in 1988 what careers they wanted as adults, those reporting a science-related career were two to three times more likely to earn science and engineering degrees than those who didn't indicate such a career interest, ...
Five female scientists awarded L'Oreal Fellowships.(Dr. Anne Carpenter, Dr. Anne McNeil, Dr. Stacy Philpott, Dr. Michelle Povinelli and Dr. Antonina Roli-Mecak get the scholarship)
Jun 29, 2006 ... NEW YORK CITY Five female scientists considered to be leading researchers in the early phase of their careers have received L'Oreal USA 2006 Fellowships for Women in Science. At an awards ceremony earlier this month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the ...
Hampton steps on cultural nerve with no-braids policy.(Hampton University)(Column)
Jun 29, 2006; ... HAMPTON UNIVERSITY STEPPED HARD ON A CULTURAL NERVE WHEN NEWS OF THE no-braids, no-dreads policy for males in the five-year M.B.A. program leaked out earlier this year. Officials at the university appear to have been blindsided by the negative reactions. "We've had this policy in place for ...
Tidewater Community College.(Quinton Bullock appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. QUINTON BULLOCK has been appointed provost of Tidewater Community College's Virginia Beach campus. He was most recently provost of TCC's Norfolk ...
Connecticut College.(appoints Armando Bengochea)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. ARMANDO BENGOCHEA has been appointed dean of the college community at Connecticut College. He was most recently dean of freshman studies and associate ...
Seattle University.(Jacob Lee Diaz appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. JACOB LEE DIAZ has been appointed assistant vice president and dean of students at Seattle University. Previously, he served as assistant dean of students and director of ...
University of Kansas.(appoints Michelle Heffner Hayes)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. MICHELLE HEFFNER HAYES has been appointed associate professor of dance at the University of Kansas (KU). She had previously served as executive ...
North Carolina A&T State University.(Lester Lugo appointed at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... LESTER LUGO has been named director of registration and records at North Carolina A&T State University. He was most recently district registrar at Edison ...
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.(Elizabeth S. Ongula appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. ELIZABETH S. OGUNSOLA has been named assistant to the chancellor for affirmative action at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Previously, she served as executive ...
Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science.(Dr. H. Vincent Poor appointed)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. H. VINCENT POOR has been appointed dean of Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is currently a professor of ...
Johns Hopkins University.(appoints Dr. Ben Vinson III )(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DR. BEN VINSON III has been named director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University (Md.). Most recently, he was an associate professor of ...
Norfolk State University.(appoints Danielle E. Williams)(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... DANIELLE E. WILLIAMS has been named community college liaison at Norfolk State University (Va.). She was most recently an ...
The University of Arizona has received a $1.4 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand a program to increase the number of American Indians.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... The UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA has received a $1.4 MILLION grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand a ...
The Pfizer Corp. is donating $500,000 to Xavier University of Louisiana to kick off the Xavier-Pfizer Renewal Partnership.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... The Pfizer Corp. is donating $500,000 to XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA to kick off the Xavier-Pfizer Renewal Partnership. The program will use $300,000 to offset the costs of ...
A consortium of four City University of New York colleges has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide English language skills and job training to immigrants.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... A consortium of four City University of New York colleges has received a $1 MILLION grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide English language skills and job training to immigrants seeking employment in the retail and food industries sector ....
Morgan State University (Md.) has received a $1 MILLION gift from alumnus Calvin Tyler and his wife, Tina, to establish scholarships for students from the Baltimore area.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (Md.) has received a $1 MILLION gift from alumnus Calvin Tyler and his wife, Tina, to establish scholarships for ...
Norfolk State University (Va.) received a $1 MILLION gift from Ernest M. Hodge, founder and co-CEO of March/Hodge Automotive Group and a 1975 alumnus of the university.(Brief article)
Jun 29, 2006 ... NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (Va.) received a $1 MILLION gift from Ernest M. Hodge, founder and co-CEO of March/Hodge Automotive Group ...
Diverse calendar.
Jun 29, 2006 ... JULY July 15-20 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 97th National Convention "Valuing Our Votes, Voting Our Values" Washington, D.C., Convention Center Contact: Ana Aponte Phone: ...
The struggles of foreign-born faculty: conflicts between African and African-American professors must be addressed.
Jun 29, 2006; ... WHEN ANY ACADEMIC EMBARKS ON A TEACHING CAREER, HE MUST CONFRONT three challenges--tenure, promotion and recognition. He must be continually evaluated on his ability to teach, conduct research, publish and perform other duties within and around the campus in order to augment the ...