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Getting Help When and Where Needed

Getting Help When and Where NeededHelping students strive for academic excellence and the programs and services used to plant this seed is essentially the subject of our feature articles in this edition — what’s being done to close the achievement gap.Our cover story profiles the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) […]

December 5, 2001

HBCUs, HSIs Still Face Funding Hurdles

HBCUs, HSIs Still Face Funding HurdlesCongress still has considerable work ahead if it wants to provide a moderate funding increase for minority-serving colleges and universities next year. House and Senate panels responsible for education funding have unveiled their budget proposals for 2002. In something of a surprise, the Democrat-controlled Senate trails the Republican-controlled House in […]

November 7, 2001

Plans to Limit GEAR UP Program Stir Concern

Plans to Limit GEAR UP Program Stir ConcernBush administration plans to limit the new GEAR UP college awareness program are drawing fire from a Congressional Black Caucus member who helped launch the program.GEAR UP will serve 175,000 fewer children than it could have given current federal funding, says Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa. Through GEAR UP, […]

October 24, 2001

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:With colleges and universities increasingly changing many of their retention, scholarship and other programs from targeting only African American students, what can I do as an administrator to keep my university committed to increasing their Black student enrollment and graduation rates?Dr. Donnie Perkins,Dean and DirectorOffice of Affirmative Action and DiversityNortheastern UniversityBostonIf not […]

June 6, 2001

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell Grants

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell GrantsHistorically Black colleges and universities, along with Hispanic-serving institutions, are in line for moderate funding gains under President Bush’s education budget for 2002.A bare-bones budget plan for the Department of Education calls for a 6.4 percent increase for these minority-serving institutions next year. While specific funding allotments were […]

March 28, 2001

Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College Lobbyists

Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College LobbyistsWith the presidential race now settled, congressional Republicans and President Clinton reached agreement on a federal education budget for fiscal 2001 that includes more money for Pell Grants and many other education programs.But education advocates did not get all they wanted. In fact, the overall package is […]

January 3, 2001

Recruitment & Retention

College Retention and Completion Program Hits Snag in Congress’ Final Days

College Retention and Completion Program Hits Snag in Congress’ Final Days Despite facing gridlock on other education issues, Congress was nearing a final agreement earlier this month to expand federal TRIO programs with targeted funds in support of college retention and completion. But final approval posed a challenge that had not been met at Black Issues […]

October 25, 2000

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the RoomThere is a saying that doctors bury their mistakes. It appears that in our education system, we also bury our mistakes — in the form of our dismal retention rates.One only has to look at the record that begins with the limited number of students who have access to Advanced Placement […]

October 25, 2000

Congressional Control Up for Grabs

Congressional Control Up for GrabsWith the race for the White House in high gear, some education advocates are beginning to turn their attention to an important political contest operating under the presidential radar screen: the battle for Congress. Democrats and Republicans are waging a fierce war for control of the House of Representatives, where the […]

October 11, 2000

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO Programs

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO ProgramsWith the Clinton administration in its final months, college outreach specialists meeting in Washington in September focused on the issue of continuity — seeking to build on gains made during the past eight years regardless of which party claims the White House in November.Those attending […]

October 11, 2000

House Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task Force

House Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task ForceRep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and some of his colleagues announced the formation of a task force to follow up on the first House Republican Historically Black Colleges Summit on Capitol Hill earlier this summer (see Black Issues, July 6).The task force, which Watts says will convene at least three […]

August 30, 2000

GEAR UP Facing Criticism

GEAR UP Facing CriticismCongressional sponsors of the 2-year-old Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs have beaten back attempts to terminate the initiative, but prospects for future funding growth may be dimming.House and Senate negotiators in late July rejected White House recommendations to increase funding for the program from $200 million to $325 million. […]

August 30, 2000

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