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Students

Student Survey Examines Influence of War in Iraq

Student Survey Examines Influence of War in IraqCHESTER, Pa.Thirty-five percent of prospective graduate students say the war in Iraq has made them more interested in government or military jobs, according to a new survey from GradSchools.com. In addition, over one-third feel opportunities with defense contractors, the military and the government have increased since the war […]

May 21, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Driven By Service

Driven By ServiceOprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countriesBy Clarence A. Haynes NEW YORKStella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media […]

March 26, 2003

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BET Co-Founder Gives College Its First $1 Million Donation

BET Co-Founder Gives College Its First $1 Million Donation MORRISVILLE, N.Y.Officials at SUNY Morrisville have announced the first million-dollar donation from an individual in the college’s 94-year history. Sheila Crump Johnson, philanthropist and co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, donated $1 million to SUNY Morrisville for the creation of the Sheila Crump Johnson Institute on campus. […]

November 20, 2002

Students

Black-Owned Food Service Firm Announces Million Dollar Scholarship Program

November 6, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Harvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’

Harvard Announces Participation in ‘Scholars at Risk Network’CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers announced recently that Harvard University is participating in the “Scholars at Risk Network” and has selected its first two visiting fellows, Dr. Mehrangiz Kar and Dr. Wolde Mesfin, for the academic year 2002-03. “In the 1930s, certain institutions stepped forward and […]

July 31, 2002

Students

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONPerhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened interest. Many had feared collapse of study abroad programs as images of hijacked airplanes crashing into the World […]

May 8, 2002

HBCUs

Breaking Down the Mental Barriers

Breaking Down the Mental BarriersLast August we dedicated an entire edition to international education. We received quite a bit of feedback from readers who were interested in study abroad programs and the idea of providing international experiences for students of color. Then came Sept. 11 a month later. The phones in the offices of study […]

May 8, 2002

Latinx

Documenting the Black Experience in the Americas

Documenting the Black Experience in the AmericasDr. Ben Vinson III brings an impressive array of skills and experiences to exploring and documenting the history of Spanish-speaking people of African descent in the Americas. Fluency in Spanish, a thorough grounding in classical literature and history, archaeological experience and world-class training as a historian have enabled Vinson […]

January 2, 2002

Students

Censorship Is Key Concern For Student Media

Censorship Is Key Concern For Student MediaARLINGTON, Va.T he Arlington, Va.-based Student Press Law Center reports that requests for help from public high school journalists needing free help on a censorship matter rose more than 41 percent last year. According to the center, 518 public high school student journalists or their advisers contacted them in […]

September 26, 2001

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Dear BI Career Consultant:

Dear BI Career Consultant:How can faculty and/or administrators best prepare themselves for an enriching experience studying or teaching abroad?Studying and teaching abroad might just be one of the most interesting experiences that an educator could possibly have during his or her career. The time will be challenging, educational and inspirational. Anyone planning to spend time […]

August 1, 2001

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Globalization, Culture and Sharing

Globalization, Culture and SharingIf you asked me a year ago about my travel plans, I’d have offered destinations like Ghana, Brazil and South Africa. Somehow, though, I found myself traveling to Oslo, Norway, earlier this summer for a meeting of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) to give a paper, talk to feminist economists […]

August 1, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Taking Your Education Global

Taking Your Education GlobalLooking back over my undergraduate education, my one big regret is that I did not study abroad my junior year. I was one of those people Cheryl D. Fields writes about in “BI Forum” (see page 28) who have all kinds of excuses about why they can’t go abroad — finances, lack […]

August 1, 2001