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Where are the Black Men on Campus?

Where are the Black Men on Campus? As institutions of higher education struggle to enroll Black men at comparable numbers to Black females, the imbalance is having an impact beyond the classroom and campus.By most measures  of a private college under new leadership, the push by Dillard University in New Orleans to boost its enrollment […]

May 9, 2001

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Financial Giant Tailors Web Site to Fit Diverse Audience

Financial Giant Tailors Web Site to Fit Diverse AudienceTIAA-CREF, one of the nation’s leading pension companies for college and university employees, has overhauled its Web site by making it possible for Internet users to access three different homepages for services. Unveiled in February, the new Web site has homepages for the general consumer, college and […]

March 28, 2001

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Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals On College-School PartnershipsBut initiatives focus almost exclusively on elementary and secondary educationPresident Bush’s new education reform plan is drawing cautious support across the political spectrum except for one provision with political dynamite — vouchers for poor children.Late last month Bush outlined a series of initiatives, including substantial funding increases […]

February 14, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]

January 31, 2001

Faculty & Staff

The Fabric of a Black Woman President

The Fabric of a Black Woman PresidentHere at the Fashion Institute of Technology, officials would like people to understand one thing: FIT is not just about fashion. With course offerings in museum studies, graphic design and even toy manufacturing, officials at the school feel they are truly on the cutting edge. They brought in a […]

January 3, 2001

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The Miseducation of Hip-Hop

The Miseducation of Hip-HopAre Today’s Faculty and Administrators Simply Out of Touch? Or Has Today’s Popular Music Truly Corrupted the Minds of a Whole Generation? By Jamilah EvelynNEWARK, Del.When Jason Hinmon transferred to the University of Delaware two years ago from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the 22-year-old senior says he almost dropped out his first semester.He […]

December 6, 2000

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University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]

December 6, 2000

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Alabama State Officials Contact Mike Espy About Presidency

Alabama State Officials Contact Mike Espy About Presidency MONTGOMERY, Ala. Two officials of Alabama State University say they have contacted former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy in an effort to interest him in filling the vacancy for president.Trustee Donald Watkins says he and state Rep. John Knight, an administrator at the university here, contacted […]

November 8, 2000

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The Executive Power in Us All

The Executive Power in Us AllTruth be told, our country’s president doesn’t do a whole lot that directly affects higher education. The president can’t solely dictate federal funding levels. Decisions related to access and equity are more often made on campuses, in governing board conference rooms and places other than the White House. The U.S. […]

October 11, 2000

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The Art of Diversity

The Art of Diversity Dr. Arthur E. Levine is in a pretty enviable position. As president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he sits at the helm of a Harlem, N.Y.-based institution steeped in its legacy of inclusion. Back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Southern states burdened with the shackles of segregation readily paid for […]

August 30, 2000

Leadership & Policy

West Virginia State Reels Over Community College Compliance

West Virginia State Reels Over Community College ComplianceINSTITUTE, W.Va. — When lawmakers considered granting independence to West Virginia State College’s community and technical college this spring in the name of higher education reform, Dr. Hazo Carter Jr., the school’s president, lobbied fiercely to keep the school intact.He phoned legislators. He called in political chips. He […]

July 19, 2000

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Tech Talk

Portland State Offers American Indians Online ClassesPORTLAND, Ore.—The state has linked three American Indian tribes to Portland State University by a high-speed computer network that allows students in a master’s degree program to take classes without leaving the reservation. The state Department of Administrative Services test program allows instructors in Portland to teach and meet […]

July 5, 2000