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Leadership & Policy

Making Information Technology a Compelling Read

Making Information Technology a Compelling ReadOne of the biggest challenges of writing about information technology is making the subject matter compelling for lay audiences. Having written for technical and business publications in the past, I have grown accustomed to using jargon and assuming my readers are well grounded in information technology. For readers uninterested in […]

Leadership & Policy

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?Before leaving office, Democrats and the Office of Civil Rights settled all but one desegregation case.Will Black colleges flounder in the postelection dust? By LYDIA LUMPicture this: A public school that was king of Black college football for many years, and also sports a marching band historically renowned. It draws nearly […]

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 […]

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee Dispute

GOP, Democrats Settle Education Subcommittee DisputeSubcommittees to share responsibility of minority institutionsRepublicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives have reached a bipartisan agreement that ends a testy debate on the oversight of Black and Hispanic-serving colleges.Congressional Black Caucus members and other Democrats had complained bitterly about a plan that had placed HBCUs, HSIs and […]

Taking Our Achievement Gains for Granted

Taking Our Achievement Gains for GrantedOn Capitol Hill, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus are outraged over Republicans’ decision to shift jurisdiction of historically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions from the House Education and Workforce Committee to the new Select Education subcommittee. Under the new subcommittee’s jurisdiction is also juvenile […]

Faculty & Staff

Other Types of Campus Crimes

Other Types of Campus CrimesIt is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime erupts on our campuses we usually react with, “How […]

The Army Marches Into Online Learning

The Army Marches Into Online LearningInitiative seeks participation of minority-serving institutionsWashingtonT he forces steering higher education’s shift towards online and distance learning have mostly favored the wealthiest and most prestigious institutions over the not-so-wealthy and less celebrated schools. Nevertheless, an ambitious initiative by the U.S. Army may help spur the inclusion of minority-serving institutions and […]

Bridging the Digital Divide From the Sky

Bridging the Digital Divide From the SkyLINCOLN, Neb. The conventional approach by non-profit groups and corporations to digital divide initiatives is to provide computers, Internet access and technology training to people in disadvantaged communities. For academic institutions, however, attacking the Digital Divide means programs must combine a research agenda with the delivery of new technology […]

Faculty & Staff

How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing Fair

How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing FairSometimes, you have to review the rules of the game to make sure that you are applying them fairly to everyone. Recent legal attacks on affirmative action have made colleges and universities nervous about their efforts to recruit faculty (as well as students) from underrepresented […]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces $1.2 Million Partnerships with Minority Institutions

U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces $1.2 Million Partnerships with Minority InstitutionsThe Federal Highway Administration will partner with 10 minority-serving institutions for transportation and research and technology activities valued at more than $1.2 million, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater last month.The agreements, made through the Federal Highway Administration’s new competitive assistance program, are part of […]

The Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000

The Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000Though the minority presence was low, minority-serving institutions came in record numbersM ore than 6,500 people attended the EDUCAUSE 2000 Conference in Nashville, Tenn., last month. It was the largest crowd yet for higher education’s leading information technology association. The conference included 130 presentations and more than 180 […]

Leadership & Policy

Using Power to Solve the Diversity Dilemma

Using Power to Solve the Diversity DilemmaI n Dorothy Winbush Riley’s 1995 edition of My Soul Looks Back, ‘Less I forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color, the Iroquois are credited with having this to say about power:“Power means authority, the authority of law and custom, backed by such force as necessary to […]

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