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International Education Congress to Focus on Plans for Bilingual University

International Education Congress to Focus on Plans for Bilingual University MIAMIEducators and others from throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean are being invited to attend the International Education Congress 2002, which will focus on plans for the creation of Florida’s first fully bilingual university.Those attending the conference, scheduled for April in Miami, […]

July 18, 2001

Legislation Proposed by Congressional

Legislation Proposed by Congressional Black Caucus Members Targets High School ReformTwo Congressional Black Caucus members want to bring more young adults back to high school while strengthening alternate routes to a high-school diploma.Reps. Eva Clayton, D-N.C., and Julia Carson, D-Ind., have proposed the General Equivalency Diploma Reform and Improvement Act as H.R. 1893 in Congress. […]

July 18, 2001

Community Colleges

Legislation Would Flatten Barriers for Undocumented Students

Legislation Would Flatten Barriers for Undocumented StudentsBy Kristina LaneWASHINGTON Under bills recently introduced by state and federal lawmakers, it would be significantly easier for some illegal immigrants to afford a college education — and for the colleges to afford the students.Two bills, one passed by the Texas state legislature and another introduced in the U.S. […]

July 4, 2001

Lawmakers Seek to Combat Gambling On College Campuses

Lawmakers Seek to Combat Gambling On College CampusesSome members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate want to zero in on what they consider a major crisis in higher education — gambling among college students and student-athletes.New legislation in both chambers calls for action to combat both legal and illegal gambling, and some provisions […]

June 20, 2001

New Legislation Proposes $530 Million To Preserve Historic Buildings at HBCUs

New Legislation Proposes $530 Million To Preserve Historic Buildings at HBCUsNew legislation endorsed by a cross-section of the Congressional Black Caucus would provide substantially more money to rehabilitate historic buildings and structures at Black colleges.H.R. 1606 would authorize $530 million to support preservation of historic buildings at HBCUs, a huge increase from the $29 million […]

June 6, 2001

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Create National African American Museum

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Create National African American MuseumWASHINGTONA bipartisan group of lawmakers led by U.S. Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., and J.C. Watts, R-Okla., revived a proposal early this month to establish a National Museum of African American History and Culture on or near the National Mall in Washington. “By establishing this museum and placing […]

May 23, 2001

New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions

New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions Address the Digital DivideNew legislation co-sponsored by a Congressional Black Caucus member and a Southern senator may help minority-serving institutions address the digital divide.Legislation from Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., a CBC member, and Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., would help historically Black colleges and universities address access and Internet connection […]

May 23, 2001

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants A new proposal before Congress would ensure that individual historically Black colleges and universities receive at least $1 million each for undergraduate programs under Title III of the Higher Education Act.The plan is part of a series of increases HBCUs are recommending to Congress for fiscal 2002, which begins […]

May 23, 2001

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee Dispute

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee DisputeSubcommittees to share responsibility of minority institutionsRepublicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives have reached a bipartisan agreement that ends a testy debate on the oversight of Black and Hispanic-serving colleges.Congressional Black Caucus members and other Democrats had complained bitterly about a plan that had placed HBCUs, HSIs and […]

March 28, 2001

Politicians Hail Increases in Education Budget

Politicians Hail Increases in Education BudgetNeedy students of color will have a chance to obtain larger Pell Grants for college under new legislation President Clinton signed in December. The top federal Pell Grant will increase to $3,750 next year, up $450 from current funding as a result of the new bipartisan budget agreement between Congress […]

January 17, 2001

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech Field

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech FieldMore so than ever before, employers are seeking foreign workers to fill skilled jobs that go unfilled in the United States. But the trend is prompting debate about how better to focus federal attention on education and job training — including the role of […]

November 22, 2000

Education Department, Congress Making ‘Retreat’ On Civil Rights

Education Department, Congress Making ‘Retreat’ On Civil Rights By Charles DervaricsThe nation’s elected leaders, Republican and Democrat alike, are continuing a “retreat from their obligation” to provide adequate funding for civil rights enforcement, the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights says in a new report that also singles out lack of progress at the U.S. Department […]

November 22, 2000

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