Joan MorganFaculty & StaffReaching out to young Black men: a dedicated and determined group of scholars offer the lure of the academy – includes related article on the Meyerhoff program as evaluated by a student – side bar listing academic programs for Black male students – CoverThe low numbers of African-American males seeking higher education is a problem that has been talked about, written about, and studied. Now, some colleges and universities seem willing to put their money where their mouths are.June 22, 2007StudentsTeaching the young keeps him young – 90 Year Old Dr. Richard Mckinney of Morgan State Still Going StrongOne of the oldest active professors in the nation, Dr. Richard I. McKinney, professor emeritus of philosophy at Morgan State University, has spent all of his life on college campuses and plans to keep on going. This semester will see him teaching at least one class.June 20, 2007Community CollegesEducating the press: Columbia’s Teachers College seeks to improve education coverageToo often reporters are thrown onto the education beat with little more preparation than their own school experience. Saying it can help make sense of a bewildering beat, the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, has been founded to offer a wide range of services to working reporters, editors and broadcast producers at Teachers College at Columbia University.June 20, 2007HomeSexual harassment’s persistent patterns examined in videoconferenceWashington With the national consciousness about sexual harassment at an all-time high, the rules about acceptable — and legal — behavior between the sexes are coming into focus.June 16, 2007StudentsLittle-known, little-recognized: historically black community colleges defy categorization, get job doneProviding a variety of college experiences and job training to thousands of Black, Hispanic and other students is a task honed to perfection by a handful of little-known and little-recognized historically Black community colleges.June 16, 2007StudentsStopping the raid on student aidWashington In an assessment of the past political year at a Quality Education for Minorities luncheon, Dr. David Merkowitz of the American Council on Education said that threats to financial aid have been defeated and that affirmative action is still alive.June 16, 2007African-AmericanBuilding the village: one scientist at a time – university professor’s program for minority high school studentsWhen Dr. Billy Joe Evans was in high school, his parents couldn’t pay for the exam that would permit him to attend college early. So one of his teachers paid. “That’s the kind of commitment we need from the village,” he says, alluding to the African proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child.”June 16, 2007StudentsWomen still face “chilly classroom climate.” – classroom environment in women’s educationTo ensure that women are treated fairly in college classrooms it is not enough for colleges to end discriminatory behavior. They need to change a “chilly classroom climate,” says a new study by the National Association for Women in Education.June 16, 2007African-AmericanBack to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & RetentionWhen James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.June 15, 2007HomeA man and his cello – black cellist Dr. Ronald CrutcherTo Dr. Ronald Crutcher, musicians should do more than aim for Carnegie Hall. They should be working to “lift the human spirit” through their music, and they should be doing that in schools, nursing homes, prisons — anywhere they can find and develop an audience.June 15, 2007Previous PagePage 3 of 3
