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Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students

Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College, a private institution in the southeastern part of the state, has attracted a record number of minority students. Despite the college’s location in a small, predominantly White community, nearly 21 percent of the school’s 482 full-time students are minorities this […]

December 20, 2000

Recruitment & Retention

Wisconsin Regents Want More Minority Recruitment After Photo Embarrassment

Wisconsin Regents Want More Minority Recruitment After Photo EmbarrassmentMADISON, Wis. Two University of Wisconsin System regents say the Madison campus needs to step up minority recruitment after an embarrassing photo gaffe drew unwanted national attention. University officials admitted they digitally altered the cover photograph of an admissions booklet to include the face of a Black […]

December 20, 2000

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Students, CBC Map Strategy to Combat Racial Profiling

Students, CBC Map Strategy to Combat Racial Profiling College students are joining an effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to combat racial profiling. The United States Student Association is putting its support behind legislation from Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., that would promote police accountability. Conyers’ Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act was introduced in the […]

December 20, 2000

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Minority Students May Be Star Witnesses in U-Michigan Affirmative Action Lawsuit

Minority Students May Be Star Witnesses in U-Michigan Affirmative Action LawsuitLandmark case could turn on their campus experiencesBy Erik LordsDETROITThe 17 Black and Hispanic students who last year won the right to intervene in an affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor soon could be star witnesses in the controversial case, […]

December 6, 2000

Students

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]

December 6, 2000

Students

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos

University of Idaho, Auburn U.  Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]

October 25, 2000

Students

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for dealing with inter-ethnic rivalries on campus, and how can I promote more working together among various ethnic groups?A conflict does exist between different groups of color at many predominantly White colleges and universities in America. As in society at large, this conflict grows out of the competition […]

October 11, 2000

HBCUs

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’WASHINGTONRep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has been a longtime friend to minorities and initiatives that strengthen their access and opportunities where higher education is concerned. His track record is long. A champion of historic building preservation on Black college campuses, Clyburn has worked to help Black […]

October 11, 2000

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Doctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of Wisconsin

Doctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of WisconsinMADISON, Wis. Hoping to illustrate its diverse enrollment, the University of Wisconsin at Madison says it doctored a photo on a brochure cover by inserting a Black student in a crowd of White football fans. “We did it in this one instance, and it really was an error […]

October 11, 2000

African-American

As Latino Populations Grow…

As Latino Populations Grow…So does their power. Will they compete or cooperate with African  Americans for academic clout?By Pamela R. WeigerThere is power in numbers, sometimes real, sometimes perceived. Last month’s U.S. Census Bureau release of statistics showing just how fast Hispanic and Asian populations are growing in this country may fuel the perception that, […]

September 27, 2000

LGBTQ+

Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot Program

Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot ProgramBOULDER, Colo. The University of Colorado has launched a plan to create a more diverse campus by blending students of different backgrounds where they live and study. More than 40 students signed up for the pilot program, which began last month at Hallett […]

September 27, 2000

Students

Wyoming Seeks to Boost Numbers of Minority Students

Wyoming Seeks to Boost Numbers of Minority Students LARAMIE, Wyo. A new committee has been formed at the University of Wyoming to help boost enrollment of minorities. The Multicultural Campus Visit Committee is aiming to increase ethnic enrollment to 1,400 students by 2005. “Our committee’s goals right now are to increase the number of minority […]

September 27, 2000