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Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

September 15, 1999

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Jackson State University will receive a $12.9 million grant — the largest research award in the university’s history — to serve as the coordinating center for the Jackson Heart Study. It is the largest study of cardiovascular disease ever undertaken in the nation. The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore has been awarded a $799,067 grant from […]

September 1, 1999

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California State University-Fullerton, in partnership with the state of California, has begun operating the California Corporate Board Registry to expand minority and women representation statewide on boards of directors. CSU-Fullerton was named to oversee the registry by the Office of Secretary of State Bill Jones.Stemming from legislation passed in 1993 and 1998, the registry will […]

September 1, 1999

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NAACP Calls for Bluefield State Investigation

NAACP Calls for Bluefield State InvestigationHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia should investigate employment practices at Bluefield State College because of the school’s lack of minority faculty and staff, according to a resolution approved by state NAACP members last month. The resolution was one of several approved during the final day of the National Association for […]

September 1, 1999

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Teaching Tolerance

Teaching ToleranceWASHINGTON — Many colleges and universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without conscious attempts at educating students about how to get along with others, some students may feel threatened or hostile and do things that are destructive to other students and to […]

August 18, 1999

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The state’s five tribal colleges are collaborating with North Dakota State University to boost interest among American Indian students in math, science, and engineering. The program is designed to motivate Indian children to pursue careers in those fields and then nurture them during their studies at tribal colleges and ultimately NDSU, says G. Padmanabhan, the […]

August 18, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Garza Takes Leave from ACE to Lead New Organization

Garza Takes Leave from ACE to Lead New OrganizationWASHINGTON — Hector Garza, vice president of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Division of Access and Equity programs, will take a two-year leave of absence to start a new organization to encourage partnerships between colleges and elementary and secondary schools.Garza, who also served as director of […]

August 18, 1999

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President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to Diversity

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to DiversityPresident Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House’s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community.“I ask you to recommit yourselves … to fighting discrimination, to revitalizing our poorest communities, and to giving people an […]

August 18, 1999

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Surveying the Combat Zone

Surveying the Combat ZoneIn 1984, the birth year of Black Issues In Higher Education, incumbent President Ronald Reagan scored a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The victory signaled the high mark of conservative political ascendance in the United States. Throughout Reagan’s eight-year tenure, conservative policymakers took aim and fired at policies designed to […]

August 18, 1999

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Grants & Awards

Colorado State University has received a $1.8 million federal grant to assist public schools across the West with desegregation efforts and to promote equity in education for all students. The funds will go to a new Equity Assistance Center designed to serve public school districts and tribal education agencies across a six-state region that includes […]

August 18, 1999

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Norfolk State University received a $4.5 million Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Photonic Materials Research. In announcing the award, Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, the university’s president, said, “This multiyear grant is distinctive in that it allows Norfolk State University to build […]

August 4, 1999

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Historically Black Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has established the Keystone Honors Academy, which will provide full scholarships to academically talented state residents who meet certain financial criteria. Special focus will be given to students majoring in mathematics, sciences, technology education, urban education, and hotel, restaurant, and institutional management.A $500,000 appropriation by the commonwealth’s budget will […]

August 4, 1999