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On The Right Path

On The Right PathOver the past 20 years, colleges and universities continue to experience an increase in the number of American Indian/Alaska Native students receiving degreesAccounting for only 1 percent of the total U.S. population, American Indians have a 60 percent to 70 percent high school dropout rate, the highest among all minority groups. At […]

‘Change Takes Time’

‘Change Takes Time’While the names have changed — and some of the laws — many age-old debates in higher education have remained the same over the past 20 yearsBy Charles DervaricsIn the 1980s, a Republican president led a defense build-up in response to foreign crises, and his education secretary chided the establishment on school reform. […]

Riding the Crest of a Wave

Riding the Crest of a WaveOne of Black Issues’ first writers reflects on the growth of a well-timed publicationBy Eileen M. O’BrienIt’s always fun to ride the crest of a wave. As one of the first writers at Black Issues In Higher Education, I quickly realized the publication had impeccable timing, covering diversity and minority-serving […]

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says By Charles Dervarics More outreach from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help minority-serving colleges and universities better compete for grant funding, a federal watchdog agency says. In a new report, the U.S. General Accounting Office says minority-serving institutions (MSIs) received less than 2 percent […]

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek Change

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek ChangeBy Charles Dervarics In an effort to promote mutual goals, leaders of Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges are endorsing an ambitious agenda that includes a doubling of the maximum Pell grant and new incentives to promote student enrollment in math, science, teaching and other high-demand specialties. With […]

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Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense Funds

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense FundsBy Charles Dervarics Thirteen tribal colleges will gain new funds from the Pentagon under a program designed for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions. The 13 colleges will receive $3.3 million under the Department of Defense’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program, which is […]

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Cultural Center to Showcase Tribal College’s History

Cultural Center to Showcase Tribal College’s HistoryLAWRENCE, Kan.Reminders of Haskell Indian Nations University’s origins as a boarding school to educate and assimilate tribal children greeted visitors at the formal opening of its new Museum and Cultural Center. The $1.1 million center is one of about 30 such facilities being built at tribal colleges across the […]

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Faculty & Staff

Bush Names 14 to Tribal College Board

Bush Names 14 to Tribal College BoardWASHINGTONPresident Bush last month appointed 14 individuals to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities.Authorized under an executive order, the board is charged with ensuring that tribal colleges and universities have full access to federal and private programs and funds that benefit other higher […]

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Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to Teaching

Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingNASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, mathBy Hilary Hurd Alexandria, Va.“I’m math illiterate,” along with “I’m science phobic” are familiar statements to NASA’s Dr. Sandra Proctor — in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, […]

IT Networks Going Wireless at Tribal Colleges

IT Networks Going Wireless at Tribal CollegesIt’s not surprising that Turtle Mountain Community College’s president, Dr. Gerald E. Monette, wants to use technology to alleviate the isolation experienced by the North Dakota-based tribal college. Located a few miles from the Canadian border, the Turtle Mountain campus sits on a Chippewa Indian reservation in an area […]

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Hispanic Leaders Seek New Influx of Funds

Hispanic Leaders Seek New Influx of FundsDespite predictions of a tightening federal budget, Hispanic leaders are asking Congress to fund a new initiative that would expand graduate programs at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities.The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is looking for a $20 million down payment for a new program that would bear […]

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Tribal College Art Students to Replicate Artifacts

Tribal College Art Students to Replicate Artifacts Found by Lewis and ClarkBISMARCK, N.D.The United Tribes Technical College’s Art and Art Marketing program has been contracted by a Virginia foundation to replicate artifacts collected by Lewis and Clark and given to President Thomas Jefferson. Six students enrolled in the college program will use a mix of […]

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