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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 […]

Washington Briefs

Clinton Initiative Would Improve Access to ServicesWASHINGTON — A new initiative from the Clinton administration and several members of Congress may benefit Black colleges, two-year institutions and students of color in high-poverty areas of the South.The president’s New Markets initiative seeks to promote economic development and community improvements in several high-poverty areas nationwide. Following the […]

Recruitment & Retention

Universities Need to Take a Stand and Defend Affirmative Action

Universities Need to Take a Stand and Defend Affirmative ActionIn a world preoccupied with outer appearances and organized hypocrisy, it is truly no surprise that we have seen the demise of affirmative action in higher education. I am not surprised, nor am I shocked over the Hopwood decision, Proposition 209 and now the One Florida […]

Retention: Graduation’s Critical Component

Retention: Graduation’s Critical ComponentHigher education has a skeleton it would rather keep in the closet. While reports of swelling minority student enrollments continue to circulate, there may be another side to the picture. A college can enroll Black, Latino and American Indian students until the proverbial cows come home. But if these underrepresented populations don’t […]

Recruitment & Retention

Eager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials Wonder

Eager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials Wonder, How Far Will New Retention Legislation Really Go?UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Though a federal proposal to create a new national retention program is still under debate, Dr. Audrey Kharem already has a good idea as to how Pennsylvania State University could spend the money if […]

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant Program

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramCongress makes the following findings:1. Students from low-income families are significantly more likely to leave a four-year institution of higher education without a baccalaureate degree than are students with higher incomes.2. Even among students with above-average grades, low-income students are still more likely to leave a […]

State Postsecondary Education Research

Recruitment & Retention

Fortifying The Federal Presence in Retention

Fortifying The Federal Presence in RetentionWith New Legislation on the Table, Observers are Anxiously Watching to See if Federal Backing Can Help Higher Education Retain its Most Vulnerable Students By Charles Dervarics and Ronald RoachWASHINGTON — By and large, the statistics are downright depressing. A look at data from Black Issues’ annual Top 100 degree […]

Retention depends on new models of student development

Retention depends on new models of student developmentIn the last decade, there has been a steady increase in the overall enrollment of Black students in higher education. And while enrollment at historically Black colleges in the United States experienced a dramatic increase during this time, the majority of African-heritage students currently attending college are found […]

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Plan Trends Aim to Meet 21st Century Challenges

Diversity Plan Trends Aim to Meet 21st Century Challenges The current generation of diversity plans seeks to be more inclusive — and we’re not just talking about numericallyCampus diversity practitioners often complain that diversity initiatives aren’t integrated into the core structures of their colleges or universities. They argue that until diversity becomes a central feature of […]

Reparations and Higher Education

Reparations and Higher EducationThere is a continuing argument about the role of affirmative action, in various forms, in admissions and faculty recruitment at historically White universities, and in budget support for historically Black colleges and universities. But the debate does not get us much closer to consensus on a practical guiding principle for making decisions […]

Recruitment & Retention

New Plan, Named for UNCF Chief, Seeks Retention Funds

New Plan, Named for UNCF Chief, Seeks Retention FundsWASHINGTON — As a former congressman and current director of The College Fund, William H. Gray III has a lot of visibility. Now he may get legislation named after him as well, if Congressional Black Caucus members get their wish.For the William H. Gray III College Completion […]

Faculty & Staff

Tales From the Boondocks

Tales From the BoondocksRecruiting Black Faculty to Small Town, U.S.A., Can Be A Challenge. But Increasingly, It Is One That Colleges Are Taking on and ConqueringWhen Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer first arrived in Manhattan, she went to the local cable provider and asked that Black Entertainment Television be added to the basic cable offerings. Taylor-Archer was […]

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