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Class-Based Affirmative Action

Class-Based Affirmative ActionBattle over race-conscious approaches pushes idea to the surfaceBy Ronald RoachIn an effort to highlight and promote race-neutral approaches to college and graduate school admissions at competitive institutions, the Bush administration has recently put a bright spotlight on the idea of class-based or economic affirmative action. Touted by Bush officials as a race-neutral […]

June 18, 2003

Students

A Time for Innovative Thinking

A Time for Innovative ThinkingIn a recent article in Black Issues In Higher Education, a U.S. Department of Education official stated that he knew of few strategies for making graduate and professional school accessible to African Americans. Since I knew of at least one (I developed it), I e-mailed it to him. He remarked on […]

June 4, 2003

Students

Student Survey Examines Influence of War in Iraq

Student Survey Examines Influence of War in IraqCHESTER, Pa.Thirty-five percent of prospective graduate students say the war in Iraq has made them more interested in government or military jobs, according to a new survey from GradSchools.com. In addition, over one-third feel opportunities with defense contractors, the military and the government have increased since the war […]

May 21, 2003

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A Nation Still at Risk, Panel Says

A Nation Still at Risk, Panel SaysTwo decades after publication of landmark education study, scholars find little progressBy Ben HammerWASHINGTONIn late April, the U.S. Department of Education brought a handful of leading scholars together to mark the anniversary of the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk” that brought the country’s attention to a broken education […]

May 21, 2003

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Banking on the Future

Banking on the Future By Kendra Hamilton NEW YORKOn a snowy day back in February, during its annual African American History Month assembly, the very best of the “Bank Street way” was on display.There’s no “star system” at the Bank Street School for Children — every class has its moment, every child his or her […]

May 21, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Finding the ‘Right’ Research Mix

Finding the ‘Right’ Research MixSticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careersBy Kendra Hamilton The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it’s not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to […]

May 7, 2003

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University of Arkansas Earmarks $64 Million For Doctoral Fellowships

University of Arkansas Earmarks $64 Million For Doctoral Fellowships FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Academic departments at the University of Arkansas celebrated spring with the bloom of $64 million in new funding for graduate fellowships. The money is part of a $300 million gift the school received last year from the Walton Family Foundation, $100 million of which […]

April 23, 2003

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A Super Science Project

Super Science ProjectNew Jersey teen is first African American student to win prestigious competition By Eleanor Lee Yates Juliet Girard sounds a lot like the girl next door. Friendly. Perky. Chatty. But Girard is not the girl next door. A senior at William Dickinson High School in Jersey City, N.J., Girard recently won the Siemens […]

March 12, 2003

HBCUs

A Scientific Mandate

Dr. Rita R. Colwell Birthplace: Beverly, Mass.Education: B.S., Bacteriology; M.S., Genetics, Purdue University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of WashingtonPrevious position: President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1991-1998 Honors & Awards: The Medal of Distinction from Columbia University, the Gold Medal of Charles University, Prague, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alumna Summa Laude […]

March 12, 2003

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Colleges Prepare for Possible End to Affirmative Action

Colleges Prepare for Possible End to Affirmative ActionInterest in alternatives to race-conscious admissions high at Quality Education for Minorities conferenceBy Cheryl D. Fields WASHINGTON With the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing of arguments in the University of Michigan’s affirmative action cases only weeks away, the tone of the annual Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) conference held […]

March 12, 2003

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Carnegie Initiative On the Doctorate Selects Partner Departments

Carnegie Initiative On the Doctorate Selects Partner Departments Menlo Park, Calif.The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID), a multi-year research and action project aimed at improving doctoral education at American universities, announced the selection of 32 partner departments in chemistry, education, English and mathematics. Partner departments will analyze all aspects of their doctoral programs and […]

February 26, 2003

HBCUs

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins Access and equity — two underlying themes present in the majority of articles in .Black Issues In Higher Education. That’s what we’re all about. So the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court could very well deliver a landmark ruling that could change the way most U.S. colleges and universities have […]

February 26, 2003