Diverse StaffHBCUsGrants & AwardsClark Atlanta University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to support the establishment of a Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Institute.July 14, 2007HBCUsBlack News Execs Question Florida University Classification PlanTALLAHASSEE, Fla. Editors and publishers of Black newspapers from across the state questioned University of Florida System Chancellor Adam Herbert about a proposal that would group Florida A&M University with the state’s three smallest campuses under the heading “Comprehensive Universities.”July 14, 2007HomeCentral State Forces Non-Paying Students to WithdrawWILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University officials said fifty-three of its 1,026 students will be forced to withdraw because they failed to make full payment of their education expenses this year — which totals $3,300 a year for full-time undergraduates.July 14, 2007StudentsNews BriefsWASHINGTON Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the director of Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, was among the nine honorees at the White House on November 5 to be presented the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) 1998 National Humanities Medal.July 14, 2007HBCUsBlack Issues QuizThe Black Issues Quiz, or BIQ offers you the opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth ten points.July 14, 2007StudentsWashington UpdateHBCU, HSI Funds Clear CongressJuly 14, 2007HomeStudents Are Shunning Technology’s Fast TrackWASHINGTON Forget starting salaries above $40,000 and a choice of companies come graduation day. Freshmen may be toting laptops and chatting by e-mail, but they’re shunning majors that would put them on a fast track for computer jobs.July 14, 2007HomeBI What’s NewDuke University’s John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Documentation is hosting an exhibit titled, “Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South.”July 14, 2007Community CollegesPrograms, Accreditations, & OpportunitiesThe Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the Rochester (N.Y.) City School District have teamed with the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) to offer the Engineering Vanguard Program — an initiative aimed at increasing the number of minority students seeking engineering careers.July 14, 2007HomeFinancial Officer Says SC State Will Balance BudgetORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State University’s financial officer said that despite the looks of things, the school will balance its budget.July 14, 2007Previous PagePage 102 of 115Next Page