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A New Day for Making Money on the Web

A New Day for Making Money on the WebUntil the middle of 2000, the Internet economy was flying high, elevating with it the larger economy, not to mention the stock market and the portfolios of millions of investors. Then the bottom caved in.During the first quarter of 2001, in the middle of the implosion, 164 […]

July 17, 2002

HBCUs

HBCU Preservation Bill Gains Key Endorsements

HBCU Preservation Bill Gains Key EndorsementsSupport is growing for new legislation earmarking federal aid to preserve historic buildings and other structures on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities.Advocates made a significant gain June 12 when Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Zell Miller, D-Ga., announced plans to sponsor an HBCU building preservation bill in […]

July 3, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Hoodwinked and Bamboozled: Black Colleges, Desegregation And Selling Out

Hoodwinked and Bamboozled: Black Colleges, Desegregation And Selling OutIt is a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the end of the semester. I am at home trying to grade final exams that are due by Friday. As I often do, I have a video playing quietly in the background. Today it has been Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” […]

June 19, 2002

HBCUs

Campaigning for Access

Campaigning for AccessActivists and lawmakers launch effort to save federal initiatives on digital technology      With limited private and campus funds, officials at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., tried to establish an Internet and computer-based tutoring system in some of  Durham’s poorest public schools. Limited funding enabled the purchase of five computers, each of […]

June 5, 2002

Students

Congress Looking for Ways to Solve Pell Grant Shortfall

Congress Looking for Ways to Solve Pell Grant ShortfallCongress may find a way out of the Pell Grant shortfall yet, based on recent action in the House of Representatives. A declining economy has sent more young adults back to school and created a $1.3 billion shortfall in the nation’s primary student aid grant program. After […]

June 5, 2002

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Budget, Evaluations Pose Challenges for TRIO

Budget, Evaluations Pose Challenges for TRIOBush budget labels Upward Bound program as ‘ineffective’National TRIO advocates came before a House of Representatives panel recently to seek more funding for 2003 and to clarify what it terms as misleading information about one of their core activities — the Upward Bound program.In its fiscal 2003 budget request, the […]

June 5, 2002

Students

Correcting the Inequities in Federal Research Funding

Correcting the Inequities in Federal Research FundingIt is important and necessary for graduate students across different disciplines to be engaged in higher education policy debates. However, the reality is that too often, many graduate students are focused solely on their course work and/or research without realizing the significant impact of higher education policies on their […]

May 22, 2002

Latinx

Hispanic Leaders Seek Funding Increase for HSIs

Hispanic Leaders Seek Funding Increase for HSIsHispanic higher education leaders are seeking a 50 percent increase next year in the federal government’s Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) program.Latino leaders outlined the plan at the recent legislative meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in Washington. HACU is asking Congress for $125 million in fiscal […]

May 8, 2002

Latinx

‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education Increases

‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education IncreasesHistorically Black colleges are among the projected winners.The Bush administration’s self-described “wartime budget” for 2003 would hold the line on higher education spending, with most programs receiving level funding or small cutbacks next year.The maximum Pell Grant would remain at $4,000, while college work-study, supplemental education grants and TRIO […]

February 27, 2002

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Mississippi Legislators Give Final OK

Mississippi Legislators Give Final OK To $503 Million Ayers SettlementJACKSON, Miss.State legislators in Mississippi gave overwhelming approval last month to a resolution endorsing a $503 million settlement in a lengthy fight to desegregate universities, signaling a possible end to the case. The Senate approved the settlement by a 33-10 vote, two days after House members […]

February 13, 2002

Latinx

Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU Increase

Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU IncreaseNew funding still falls short of amount proposed by Black college leadersPresident Bush soon will propose more funding for historically Black colleges and universities for 2003, but the increase will remain below the recommendations of HBCU advocates.The president’s fiscal 2003 education budget will include an extra $10 million for HBCUs […]

February 13, 2002

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Clemson’s ‘Call Me Mister’ Program Gets Boost in Funding

Clemson’s ‘Call Me Mister’ Program Gets Boost in Funding CLEMSON, S.C.Black men wanting to become teachers will get some help from the federal government now that Clemson University has received $500,000 for college scholarships to young Black men who want to be elementary school teachers. The money will fund Clemson University’s “Call Me Mister” program, […]

January 30, 2002