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Black Issues in Higher Education
Articles in July 29, 2004, issue of Black Issues in Higher Education
- Master's degrees
- Sullivan University System
- Few college programs reap gains from education spending bill: HBCUs, community colleges receive small victories
by Charles Dervarics - Seven historically Black colleges and universities have been selected to participate in a new grant initiative to develop community service and service learning programs that address health disparities in racial and ethnic communities
- First professional degrees
- Olivet College
- Census Bureau releases data on educational attainment by race, ethnicity
- Succeeding by any means necessary
by Johnny D. Jones - NCAA violations cause MEAC to strip FAMU of championships
- Slow and steady
by Hilary Hurd Anyaso - Doctorate degrees
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Survey reveals 48 top supporters of HBCU engineering schools
- Americans turning to Internet for graphic war images
by Ronald Roach - Judge orders temporary reinstatement of Kansas State newspaper adviser
- Knowledge is power
- The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Waste Management Institute received a $615,000 five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Site
- Georgia professor wins international award for history volume
- Xavier buildings added to National Register of Historic Places
- Energy Department launches science education campaign
by Ronald Roach - Penn State University's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Meharry Medical College were recently awarded a $5 million collaborative research grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish research centers for the study of minority-based issu
- Age, race and sex disparity found in cancer research trial participation
- Florida International University unveils plan for new medical school
- Broadband access expected to exceed 325 million in 2008
by Ronald Roach - Events
- Noel-Levitz honors institutions for outstanding retention efforts
- Former U.S. Secretary of Energy O'Leary named 14th president of Fisk University
- Quinnipiac University
- College of Charleston Law School to open in August
- 'A new mountain to climb': as the new dean of UC-Berkeley's law school, Christopher Edley Jr. plans to continue the civil rights and social justice agenda work for which he has become well known
by Ronald Roach - Atlanta University Center Consortium
- Is there a doctorate in the house? With such a significant shortfall of African Americans with PH.D.s in science, engineering and technology, more HBCUs are taking on the challenge of offering the terminal degree
by Kendra Hamilton - Bridging the gap: National Science Foundation initiative eases the transition from undergraduate to graduate study
by Crystal L. Keels - Forsyth Tech Community College
- USC offers pacemakers that can be monitored online
by Ronald Roach - The top 100: interpreting the data
by Victor M.H. Borden - California State University
- Using information technology to learn about it
by Reid Goldsborough