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Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

December 3, 2003

Lieberman, Dean Announce Higher Education Plans

Lieberman, Dean Announce Higher Education Plans Tuition assistance, increased funding at center of both proposalsBy Ben Hammer and news wiresDemocratic Presidential candidates Joe Lieberman and Howard Dean announced higher education plans last month aimed at increasing college access and funding resources. The Connecticut senator’s plan sets a goal that by the year 2020, at least […]

December 3, 2003

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe Association of American Colleges and Universities received a $225,000 planning grant from the Ford Foundation to explore how colleges and universities can embed campus diversity in campus cultures and institutional structures. Colorado State University received a grant for $22.1 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to construct a […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Changing Faces

Changing FacesGeorgia Tech program helps minority scholars in science and engineering jump-start their careers in academia By Kendra HamiltonWith the ink barely dry on her diploma from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Chekesha Liddell is heading off to a dream job at Cornell University in New York, one of the top 10 engineering schools […]

November 19, 2003

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship Program

Gates Foundation Releases Study of Higher Education Scholarship ProgramWASHINGTONThe Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program since 1999 has offered more than 7,000 minority students “last dollar” scholarship awards for undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. programs. The program recently released a study that profiled current and past participants’ success as a result of the scholarships.The attitudes and expectations […]

November 19, 2003

Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics Center

Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics CenterWASHINGTONThe federal government has awarded a $14 million grant to Tuskegee University to complete its National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.The center is the nation’s first bioethics institute dedicated to addressing issues that involve African Americans and other underserved populations. It was created in […]

November 19, 2003

Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Increase College Aid

Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Increase College AidProposals include more funds for diversity programs, tax credits for low-income families Senate Democrats proposed a new higher education bill last month that would increase college aid, encourage universities to hold down costs and allow students to refinance higher interest college loans.The additional help would come, in part, […]

November 19, 2003

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe Community College of Baltimore County received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Maryland Center for Manufacturing Educational Excellence. Community College of Philadelphia has been awarded more than $1.6 million by the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen student information services over the next five years. Fairfield […]

November 5, 2003

Federal Grant Boosts Berkeley’s Environmental Outreach Efforts

Federal Grant Boosts Berkeley’s Environmental Outreach EffortsAs Mark Spencer sees it, students at the University of California-Berkeley have had too little guidance and resources to help them join community organizations in the San Francisco Bay area that are involved in environmental education and restoration projects. Spencer, a Ph.D. candidate in Forest Ecology at Berkeley’s College […]

November 5, 2003

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe Congressional Black Caucus Foundation received a $500,000 contribution from Dell computers to create an online library highlighting the history of African American leadership in Congress. Fisk University’s Center for Photonic Materials and Devices received a $622,000 physics grant from NASA to support students and the research conducted by faculty and students.The New […]

October 22, 2003

Federal Grants Awarded to Digital Opportunity Projects

Federal Grants Awarded to Digital Opportunity ProjectsWASHINGTONThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced the award of almost $14 million in Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) grants to 28 nonprofit organizations, including state, local and tribal governments, in 22 states. The grants, matched by $14.8 million in contributions from the private […]

October 22, 2003

Georgia On the Mind

Georgia On the MindThe state’s higher education system puts research, policy focus on Black males By Ronald RoachAmong education researchers and higher education administrators around the nation, it is well known that African American male college attendance and completion rates are lagging behind those of males in other racial and ethnic groups as well as […]

October 22, 2003

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