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Black Issues in Higher Education
Black Issues in Higher Education is a magazine specializing in African American Focused topics.
Articles from Vol. 18, No. 11, July 19
Accrediting Agency against Grambling State University
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Accrediting Agency Acts Against Grambling State UniversityThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has taken punitive action against Grambling State University.At its summer meeting late last month in Portsmouth, Va., the SACS...
Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving Institutions
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TECH TALK: Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving InstitutionsWhile many colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions, have worked diligently to avoid being permanently designated as "have nots" in the digital divide, the pace...
Breathing New Life into Meharry
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Breathing New Life into Meharry: The 125-year-old historically Black medical school was on the brink of closing downOn a late July afternoon in 1994, Dr. John E. Maupin Jr. stood outside his new office building, looked over the campus of Meharry Medical...
Carter G. Woodson Home Chosen as Endangered Site
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noteworthy news: Carter G. Woodson Home Chosen as Endangered SiteThe Washington home of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, acclaimed scholar, educator and founder of the Black history movement, has been chosen by the National Historic Preservation as one of America's...
Commission Proposes Limits on Colleges Sports
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Commission Proposes Limits on College SportsColleges with low graduation rates among athletes should be banned from postseason play, a commission said last month in chiding universities for putting too much emphasis on winning.Under...
Doctoral Dilemma
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Doctoral Dilemma: As more African Americans earn their doctorates, a look behind the numbers reveals key areas of concernDoctoral graduation rates among African Americans have risen for the sixth consecutive year. And that's excellent news, say analysts...
Engineering, Computer Science Graduates See Salary Increase
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noteworthy news: Engineering, Computer Science Graduates See Salary IncreaseDespite talk of an economic slowdown, 2000-2001 bachelor's graduates in engineering, computer science and many other fields continue to receive higher starting salary offers...
Graduate Degree Continue Upward Trend
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Graduate Degrees Continue Upward Trend: The number of master's degrees received marks the largest growth area for African AmericansOverall, 1999-2000 was a banner year for graduate education for minorities. The total graduate degrees awarded to minorities...
Heading Straight to the Pros
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Heading Straight to the ProsI recently watched the NBA draft, and I couldn't help it, but as an editor of a higher education magazine, it bothered me that four players just out of high school were chosen in the first 10 picks at levels higher than the...
High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action Case
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action CaseUniversity of Texas officials say they are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear their challenge to the Hopwood decision, but vowed to continue "vigorous efforts to...
Letters
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DEAR EDITOR: Surely, Black Anthony Johnson's dubious distinction of being the first person, Black or White, to own a slave outright in Virginia, merits a place in the (slavery) timeline (see Black Issues, May 24). Johnson, the first free Negro landowner,...
Louisiana Scholarship Isn't TOPS with Two-Year Students
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Louisiana Scholarship Isn't TOPS with Two-Year StudentsFor the most part, Louisiana's community and technical college students have missed the state scholarship boat. Virtually all of the 36,000 students who cashed in this year on the...
Mellon Makes Its Mark
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Mellon Makes its MarkSheldon Lyke had long harbored ambivalence about getting a doctorate to become a professor. His indecision was a result of his uncertainty about whether academic life suited his temperament. Though the Princeton University graduate...
N.C. A&T Enters Partnership to Establish Civil Rights Museum
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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: N.C. A&T Enters Partnership to Establish Civil Rights MuseumHistory was made at the Woolworth's Five & Dime Store building at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro, N.C., in 1960 when four North Carolina A&T State University...
Nominee for Education Department's Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action Advocates
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WASHINGTON UPDATE: Nominee for Education Department's Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action AdvocatesPresident Bush's new choice to head the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is an African American who...
Reports Show Broadband Internet Access Increasing
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NEW YORK Recent surveys on broadband Inter net access show patterns of robust use and high demand by American consumers. Arbitron Inc. and the Coleman organization conducted a study that shows nearly one-third, or 31 percent, of Americans have high-speed...
Success to the Third Degree
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Success to the Third Degree: History-making math doctorates talk about the challenges they faced with being both African American and female in a nontraditional fieldThose in attendance at last December's graduation ceremony at the University of Maryland-College...
Supercomputing for Everybody
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Wouldn't it be something if you could combine the power of your computer with those of hundreds, thousands, even millions of others? If you're connected to a local area network at work or the Internet at home or the office, you're already experiencing...
The Diversity Challenge: Recruiting Prospective Faculty of Color
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LAST WORD: The Diversity Challenge; Recruiting Prospective Faculty of ColorThe competitive nature of the academic job market, combined with individual perceptions about affirmative action policies in higher education, can place diverse job applicants...
The Top 100: Interpreting the Data
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Decent findings from the U.S. Census Bureau show a dramatic link between attaining graduate level degrees and earnings potential. The median income for people 25 to 64 years old increases from just over $21,000 for high school grads with no college experience,...
UT-Dallas to Establish Sickle Cell Research Center
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A new research center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will focus on finding a cure and better treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder affecting mostly Blacks. Dr. Steven Goodman, a nationally recognized sickle cell researcher,...
Why Xavier Remains No. 1
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Why Xavier Remains No. 1: Louisiana's Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institutionDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than...
