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Capitalizing on the Opportunity for Black/Latino Cooperation

July 14, 2007

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Lincoln Gets Half of State Funding

HARRISBURG, Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge is expected to sign legislation that would fund half of the state’s $11 million appropriation to Lincoln University, a spokesman said last month. However, he did not say when the bill would be signed.

July 14, 2007

MSIs

Counting on accuracy – Census Bureau looks to minority higher education community for help

Now that the court has ruled against the use of statistical sampling, the U.S. Census Bureau looks to the minority higher education community for assistance

July 14, 2007

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Sample-minded: scholars of color support new counting strategy for Census 2000

Dr. Robert B. Hill knows the consequences that result when the national census undercounts a community’s population. A locality stands to lose millions of dollars in federal funding for social services, job training education, and other programs if the Census Bureau undercounts the locality’s population, he explains.

July 12, 2007

Students

Building a culture of success – New York State high school/college science enrichment program, minority students

New York A new report on New York State’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and its college counterpart (C-STEP) shows that these enrichment programs were responsible, in the words of the outside evaluator, for “dramatically raising the academic performance of their students,” most of whom are African American, Hispanic, and low-income.

July 12, 2007

Students

Motivating faculty gets results – recruitment for minority graduate students

When Dr. Ted Greenwood talks about boosting the number of it under-rep presented minority doctoral holders in the sciences, there is a no-nonsense resolute quality to his voice.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Feds Close Title VI Investigation in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio The decision by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to close its active Title VI investigation into the state of Ohio’s treatment of Central State University (CSU) triggered mixed reactions ranging from praise to sharp criticism in and around the Wilberforce, Ohio campus.

July 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Charting a Black research agenda – interview with H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University – Cover Story – Interview

President H. Patrick Swygert, 54, assumed the helm of the nation’s only historically Black Research I institution in 1995. Since his arrival at Howard University, he has been crafting a strategy to carry the institution into the twenty-first century on a more stable financial footing, from which it will be poised to lead the nation in shaping and implementing the academic and research agenda for African Americans in the next millennium.

July 11, 2007

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HBCUs, HSIs at odds over Title III criteria – aid in doubt at Hispanic and Black-serving educational institutions

The Clinton adminstration is touting a new Hispanic Initiative that targets both students and colleges, and may leave some tough decisions for congressional leaders and educators of color.

July 11, 2007

Students

Back from the brink – averted crisis for Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University (CSU), which only seven months ago faced a very real threat of extinction from Ohio legislators, has emerged from a financial and political crisis and is showing strong signs of renewal.

July 11, 2007

Students

Senate clears student aid, HBCU funding bill – historically Black colleges and universities

Six weeks into fiscal year 1998, Congress has finally completed action on legislation that will boost funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), TRIO, and many student-aid programs through next year.

July 11, 2007

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Can a rift be avoided? Historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions are all vying for the same federal funds – includes related article on the US Dept. of Education’s proposed changes in the Title III – Cover Story

Historically Blak and Hispanic-Serving Institutions Are All Vying for the Same Federal Funds.

July 11, 2007