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Black Issues in Higher Education
Articles in June 5, 2003, issue of Black Issues in Higher Education
- Lawmakers link affirmative action, K-12 funding issues: race-conscious admissions help 'right' inequities in local school financing, coalition says - Affirmative Action Watch - Congressional Black Caucus leads coalition
by Charles Dervarics - In memoriam: former United Negro College Fund president dies at 75 - Christopher Fairfield Edley - Brief Article - Obituary
- Getting through the hard times: graduating seniors are confronting one of the tightest job markets in recent years. What are students doing to remain competitive?
by Ronald Roach - Virginia State University - On The Move - Dr. W. Eric Thomas new provost/vice president - Brief Article
- Legislation seeks to broaden access to HOPE Scholarship - Washington Update - Brief Article
by Charles Dervarics - Bethune-Cookman College to cut 90 jobs - noteworthy news - faculty positions remain - Brief Article
- The top 100: interpreting the data - colleges and universities ranked by minority student populations
by Victor M.H. Borden - Grants & awards - funding to colleges and universities
- UC regents turn the tables on Ward Connerly; regents oppose initiative to outlaw collection of racial data even as Connerly predicts victory at the ballot box - Noteworthy News - University of California Board of Regents
by Pamela Burdman - Harvard's Gates to be visiting scholar at Princeton think tank - noteworthy news - Brief Article
- Unfit to print: Jayson Blair and attacks on affirmative action - Speaking Of Education - Editorial
by Julianne Malveaux - Events - Calendar
- Poll finds hardening of positions, less support for vouchers; first-time polling of Hispanics finds greater optimism about public schools and interest in non-public schooling - Noteworthy News
by Ben Hammer - Hampton's Pharmacy School receives $2 million to study Ecstasy - noteworthy news
- North Carolina HBCU evaluates emerging imaging technology - Tech Talk - passive millimeter-wave imager at Johnson C. Smith University
by Ronald Roach - A time for innovative thinking - Last Word - making graduate and professional schools accessible to African Americans
by Elisse Wright - Scholars, policy-makers urge choice as the way to education reform - Noteworthy News
by Ronald Roach - More colleges will require writing tests of future freshmen - noteworthy news
- Philadelphia adopts computer certification program - Tech Talk - Greater Philadelphia Computer Skills Collaborative - Brief Article
by Ronald Roach - New study uncovers hidden dropout crisis - Noteworthy News - Center for Labor Market Studies shows higher dropout rates than U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau
- Bennett alumnae raise $1 million to shrink school's deficit - noteworthy news - Bennett College - Brief Article
- North Carolina A&T State University - On The Move - Dr. Gilbert Casterlow is named assistant vice chancellor - Brief Article
- National groups join forces to improve college access - Noteworthy News - American Association of Community Colleges and American Association of State Colleges and Universities
- San Jose students want statue honoring Olympic salute - noteworthy news - San Jose State University - black activist athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos
- University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston - On The Move - Rodney T. Cohen appointed as director of development - Brief Article
- Homeland security tops list of critical higher education policy issues - Noteworthy News - Ten Public Policy Issues for Higher Education in 2003 and 2004
- Beacons of hope: SECME Inc. partners with minority-serving institutions to create alternative high schools to increase high school, college completion rates - Top 100: 2001-2002
by Phaedra Brotherton - North Carolina Central University - On The Move - Roland H. Gaines new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs - Brief Article
- Sorority launches science, technology radio show. . radio program - Noteworthy News - Science and Everyday Experiences SEE - Brief Article
- Labor of love: law professors' study provides new weapons in fighting job discrimination - Top 100: 2001-2002
by Ben Hammer - George Mason University - On The Move - appointment of Dr. Marilyn Mobley McKenzie as associate provost for educational programs - Brief Article
- Topping the charts - Editor's Note - Editorial
by Hilary Hurd Anyaso - Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation unveils ad campaign. . Memorial - noteworthy news - to raise support for planned Martin Luther King Jr. MLK - Brief Article
- Testing's pains & gains: Southern states see increase in the number of students taking SAT, ACT, as well as in test scores, but some states get in and some don't - Top 100 2001-2002
by Kendra Hamilton - Duke University - On The Move - Dr. Benjamin D. Reese Jr. becomes Duke's vice president for institutional equity - Brief Article