Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 106

Faculty & Staff

Letters

LETTERS   Dear Editor:Your recent article “The Disconnect Between Colleges and Their Communities” inaccurately suggested that the University of Maryland does very little for its home, Prince George’s County. Since the reporter did very little to find out just how active the university really is in the county, and throughout the state, it’s important to correct […]

October 9, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security

Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security A collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University and minority-serving institutions may prove instrumental in preparing a generation of Black and Latino computer professionals who are highly skilled in Internet security. This summer, the Pittsburgh-based research university began working with historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions […]

August 14, 2002

African-American

The ‘Rite’ Intervene

The ‘Rite’  InterveneLane Community College program helps African American students connect to their heritage, community and to collegeBy Chris CunninghamEUGENE, Ore.Given MTV’s powerful influence in shaping self-image, the value of helping African American youth develop a deep understanding of their roots can’t be overemphasized, says Greg Evans, coordinator of Lane Community College’s African American Rites […]

July 3, 2002

Asian American Pacific Islander

Connecting The Classroom and the Community

Connecting The Classroom and the CommunityService-learning programs allow students to apply real-world experience with classroom studyBy Phaedra Brotherton The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningful and give back to their communities. But for the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education […]

April 24, 2002

Students

Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana Classroom

Ku Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana ClassroomBLOOMINGTON, Ind.A mural from the 1930s that includes images of the Ku Klux Klan will remain hanging in an Indiana University classroom, despite objections from the university’s Black Student Union (see Black Issues, March. 28). Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm announced the mural’s fate late last month, […]

April 24, 2002

Students

Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony Criticized

Michigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony CriticizedEast Lansing, Mich.Critics are taking aim at a new, optional Michigan State University event that will honor Black graduating seniors next month, saying it is unfair and promoting separatism. In one of several letters sent to the MSU student newspaper, Michael Cykowski, a senior computer science major, wrote: “What would […]

April 24, 2002

Recruitment & Retention

Career Consultants

Dear BI Career Consultants: How has the role of minority student recruitment officers been changed by the current use of admission “percentage plans,” such as the ones in place in California, Texas and Florida?Essentially, the fundamental role of recruitment officers has not changed, even in the wake of the admission percentage plans at state institutions […]

March 27, 2002

Students

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural Removed

Black Student Union Wants Klan Mural RemovedBLOOMINGTON, Ind.Some students at Indiana University are pressing school officials to remove a mural that has been hanging in a classroom since 1941, saying the image of Ku Klux Klan members and a burning cross creates a hostile learning environment. The 12-foot-square painting by the late artist Thomas Hart […]

March 27, 2002

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Affirmative Action’s Uncertain Future

Affirmative Action’s Uncertain Future Proponents of race-conscious admissions firm on belief, but less confident on whether policy could survive a Supreme Court reviewBy Diana AboualiCambridge, Mass.Proponents of affirmative action offered compelling arguments for the use of race-conscious admissions at the nation’s colleges and universities at a recent symposium at Harvard Law School. However, the same […]

March 27, 2002

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Freedom Forum Launches Database to Aid

Freedom Forum Launches Database to Aid Newsroom Diversity Efforts   ARLINGTON, Va.The Freedom Forum has announced the launch of a database designed to help newspapers diversify their newsroom staffs through a new approach to college recruiting. The Diversity Directory provides profiles of colleges with significant populations of students of color that often are not visited by […]

March 13, 2002

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Remembering Langston Hughes: The ‘People’s Poet’

Remembering Langston Hughes: The ‘People’s Poet’Kansas symposium draws stellar mix of scholars, activists and artists to honor Hughes’ centennial.By Robin V. SmilesLawrence, Kan.More than 500 scholars, artists, educators, entertainers and activists from across the nation and around the globe gathered at the University of Kansas in Lawrence earlier this month to remember the art, life […]

February 27, 2002

African-American

Avoiding the ‘Divide and Conquer’ Environment on Campus

Avoiding the ‘Divide and Conquer’ Environment on CampusBlack administrators and faculty at historically White colleges and universities may be affected by tension-filled “divide and conquer” environments on campus. In higher education, these individuals generally constitute a minority population. They have limited power to influence institutional ends and have the ability to exert control over fewer […]

January 16, 2002