Black IssuesDisabiltiesJPMorgan Apologizes for Predecessor Banks’ Acceptance of Slaves as CollateralJPMorgan Apologizes for Predecessor Banks’ Acceptance of Slaves as CollateralNEW YORK JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the first company to acknowledge that two of its predecessor banks had specific links to the slave trade. The filing was meant to comply with a Chicago ordinance requiring such disclosures. The bank, the nation’s second largest, said in […]February 9, 2005Community CollegesNevada’s College Funding Formula Under AttackNevada’s College Funding Formula Under Attack LAS VEGAS Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) President Richard Carpenter has criticized the state’s college funding formula, saying it penalizes southern Nevada students — particularly minorities.Carpenter said he hopes lawmakers will alter a complex equation that leads to a discrepancy in funding between CCSN and other institutions, including […]February 9, 2005HomeCosby Urges Parents to Stand Up Against ‘Forces of Evil’Cosby Urges Parents to Stand Up Against ‘Forces of Evil’DETROIT Entertainer Bill Cosby urged members of a primarily Black audience to protect their children from the crime and promiscuity attacking poor urban neighborhoods, and to use their collective voice to stand up to what he called “the forces of evil.”“Detroit, you’re 87 percent (Black)! Get […]February 9, 2005Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on CampusUniversity of Oregon Opens American Indian Longhouse on CampusEUGENE, Ore. Nearly 20 years after it was proposed, the University of Oregon has opened an American Indian longhouse, a community center traditional to many Native American peoples in the Pacific Northwest and around the country.The 3,000-square-foot building stands as a symbol of two generations of effort, […]February 9, 2005Leadership & PolicyArkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National TrendArkansas College Degrees Up, But Still Lag Behind National TrendLITTLE ROCK, ARKArkansas had the fastest growth in college graduates from 2000 to 2003, but it lagged so far behind to begin with that it is still well below the national average, according to new U.S. Census estimates. Also, the percentage of Arkansans over age 25 […]February 9, 2005HomeWeb Tool Allows Search of College Graduation RatesWeb Tool Allows Search of College Graduation Rates WASHINGTONThe Education Trust released an interactive Web tool last month and two reports that challenge the conventional wisdom about college graduation rates.The Web tool, College Results Online, points to glaring disparities in college completion among similar schools.The online tool, found at www.collegeresults.org allows users to select any […]February 9, 2005LatinxUCLA Professor Kenny Burrell Among SevenUCLA Professor Kenny Burrell Among Seven To Receive Nation’s Highest Jazz Honor LOS ANGELES Kenny Burrell, the renowned jazz guitarist and the director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has been named a 2005 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Designation as an NEA Jazz […]February 9, 2005HBCUsUniversity of Georgia Unveils ExhibitUniversity of Georgia Unveils Exhibit Honoring Charlayne Hunter-GaultATHENS, Ga. — Recognizing the need to commemorate the importance of the dormitory in which Charlayne Hunter-Gault resided when she was one of two students to desegregate the University of Georgia in 1961, the university unveiled a permanent exhibit in the lobby of Myers Hall last month that […]February 9, 2005HomeConnerly Leaves California Regents With Warning: Don’t Reconsider Affirmative ActionConnerly Leaves California Regents With Warning: Don’t Reconsider Affirmative Action SAN FRANCISCO Ward Connerly, the University of California regent best known for dismantling state programs that gave preferences to minorities, completed his term with a final plea to fellow board members: Don’t bring back affirmative action admissions. “There will be a great temptation … for […]February 9, 2005HomeTexas 10 Percent Plan Has Not Improved MinorityTexas 10 Percent Plan Has Not Improved Minority Representation, Republican Leader SaysAUSTIN, TexasTexas law requiring public colleges and universities to accept students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school classes has harmed schools and has not improved minority representation, Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick said last month. Craddick and other lawmakers […]February 9, 2005Previous PagePage 14 of 431Next Page