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Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM

Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]

April 23, 2003

African-American

Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM

Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]

April 23, 2003

African-American

Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM

Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]

April 23, 2003

Students

When Procedural Diversity is Not Enough

When Procedural Diversity is Not Enough Two fraternities at the University of Virginia were suspended as photos of members in blackface were posted on a Web site following a Halloween party, the Washington Post recently reported. If that sounds like an alarmingly familiar story, that’s because it is. Around the same time last year, Black […]

December 4, 2002

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The Campus Gender Gap

The Campus Gender Gap — A Women’s IssueFeminist that I am, my work tends to focus on the status of African American women before it looks more broadly at the African American community. Indeed, I have been known to chafe at the policy focus on African American men, especially when it shifts light away from […]

March 13, 2002

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Events

EventsJULYJuly 9-13The 14th International Conference on the First-Year ExperienceSheraton Waikiki, HonoluluContact: The 14th International Conference on the First-Year Experience University of South CarolinaPhone: (803) 777-6029Fax: (803) 777-4699E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sc.edu/fye July 12-15The Multicultural Affairs Institute:Office of Minority AffairsMemphis, Tenn.Contact: Office of Minority AffairsPhone: (901) 678-2054E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.people.memphis.edu/~minority July 18-21 Education Commission of the States […]

June 20, 2001

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Events

EventsJUNEJune 22-25American Association of University Women National ConventionAustin, TexasContact: Joyce GilliganPhone: (800) 326-AAUWFax: (202) 872-1425E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aauw.org June 23-27American Association of Higher Education 2001 Assessment ConferenceAdams Mark Hotel, DenverContact: Carlos PelhamPhone: (202) 293-6440Fax: (202) 293-0073E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aahe.org June 24-27American Society for Engineering Education 2001 Annual Conference & ExpositionAlbuquerque, N.M.Contact: Michael DingmanPhone: (202) 331-3530Fax: […]

June 6, 2001

Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE SLATON

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE  SLATONReaching Goals On And Off the Field  Santa Clara soccer star shines in academics, athletics and community serviceBy Eleanor Lee YatesSANTA CLARA, Calif.People around Santa Clara University know Danielle Slaton as a fierce competitor who won a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team last year. She is […]

April 25, 2001

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Youngstown State Faculty, Staff Weigh In on Campus Diversity Efforts

Youngstown State Faculty, Staff Weigh In on Campus Diversity EffortsYOUNGSTOWN, OhioAlmost half of Youngstown State University faculty and staff, (46 percent), responding to an in-house survey on issues of diversity, say the university is placing too much emphasis on diversity. Fifty-nine percent of the respondents say that one of the problems with pursuing the goal […]

March 28, 2001

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Military Academy Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar

Military Academy Graduate Named Rhodes ScholarWayne, Pa.Westley W. Moore, a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, is one of 32 American men and women this year to be named a Rhodes Scholar.Moore is Valley Forge’s first Rhodes Scholar. He also is the first Early Commissioning Program graduate to achieve this honor.Moore, 22, enrolled […]

February 14, 2001

Students

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

BI News Briefs

Doctoral Program Decision Deferred in BaltimoreBALTIMORE — A decision on new doctoral programs at two Baltimore-area public universities, opposed by Morgan State University on the grounds they would unnecessarily duplicate programs at the predominantly Black school, has been deferred, state education officials said late last month. The programs will not be approved before the commission […]

June 21, 2000