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Faculty & Staff

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]

March 26, 2003

HBCUs

A Scientific Mandate

Dr. Rita R. Colwell Birthplace: Beverly, Mass.Education: B.S., Bacteriology; M.S., Genetics, Purdue University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of WashingtonPrevious position: President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1991-1998 Honors & Awards: The Medal of Distinction from Columbia University, the Gold Medal of Charles University, Prague, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alumna Summa Laude […]

March 12, 2003

Latinx

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 Budget

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 BudgetMinority-serving institutions, TRIO, GEAR UP receive slight increasesBy Charles Dervarics After months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress and the White House finished work on a 2003 budget bill with a 5 percent increase for Black colleges and slightly higher Pell grants for needy students. Approval of the package ends […]

March 12, 2003

Students

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 […]

March 12, 2003

International

Grants & Awards

Arizona State University’s College of Business will receive a $50 million gift from Wm. Polk Carey, chairman of New York City-based investment firm W.P. Carey & Co. LLC and grandson of John Samuel Armstrong, the legislative founder of Arizona State. The gift will endow the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Fisk University (Tenn.) […]

February 26, 2003

Students

Do State Academic Merit Scholarships Discriminate Against African Americans?

Do State Academic Merit Scholarships Discriminate Against African Americans?By Kenneth E. Redd One of the biggest concerns for many families is how they are going to pay their children’s college expenses. In the academic year 2002-2003, the average cost of attendance at four-year public colleges and universities was more than $9,100, while the average price […]

February 26, 2003

Latinx

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few Gains

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few GainsMany student aid programs face funding freezeBy Charles Dervarics The Bush administration is proposing a funding freeze for many student aid programs next year while cutting a variety of K-12 initiatives, including several projects to promote school reform. The top Pell grant for needy students would remain unchanged at […]

February 26, 2003

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Grants & Awards

Central State University’s (Ohio) Department of Manufacturing Engineering has received $23,000 from the Boeing Co. to fund scholarships. Miami-Dade Community College received a $13.2 million grant from the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement through the Florida Department of Children and Families Division of Refugee Services. The funding will support the Refugee/Entrant Education Services Training Program […]

February 12, 2003

Latinx

Budget Impasse Continues With New Threat of Cuts

Budget Impasse Continues With New Threat of Cuts By Charles Dervarics The four-month stalemate on a 2003 federal education budget could leave many higher education programs at risk of across-the-board budget cuts. Many programs would face an immediate 2.9 percent across-the-board spending cut if a plan from Senate Republican leaders becomes law. That’s because of […]

February 12, 2003

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The Evolution of an Expert

The Evolution of an Expert Paul TurnerTitle: Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.Education: Ph.D., Zoology, Michigan State University; B.A., Biological Sciences, University of RochesterAge: 36It is expected that by the time Dr. Paul Turner comes up for tenure, the Yale University scientist will have established himself as the world’s […]

January 1, 2003

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Big City Scholar

Big City Scholar Mary PattilloTitle: Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University; Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, University of ChicagoEducation: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago; M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago; B.A., Urban Studies-Sociology, Columbia UniversityAge: 32 At 32, Dr. Mary Pattillo is a tenured professor […]

January 1, 2003

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World Class Educator

World Class EducatorGrant Richard ParkerTitle: Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham, N.C.Education: Ph.D., Classical Philology, Princeton University; M.A., Latin, University of Cape Town; B.A., Latin, University of Cape Town Age: 35In the last years of apartheid rule in South Africa, Grant Richard Parker, a native of Cape Town, had a burning ambition to […]

January 1, 2003