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Strayer Holds Virtual Commencement Exercises

Strayer Holds Virtual Commencement Exercises ARLINGTON, Va.Strayer University, a leading for-profit provider of postsecondary education for working adults, is hosting a virtual commencement ceremony to honor Strayer University Online’s 2004 graduates. The multifaceted virtual commencement includes all of the traditional graduation components, according to officials. To view the ceremony, visitors should click on the designated virtual […]

July 14, 2004

African-American

Study Indicates Aggressive Treatment Helps African Americans With Diabetes, High Blood Pressure

Study Indicates Aggressive Treatment Helps African Americans With Diabetes, High Blood PressureDETROIT Data presented at ISHIB 2004, the annual congress of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, indicate that African American patients with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure benefit from aggressive use of combination high blood pressure therapy. The study, “Lotrel and Enalpril […]

June 30, 2004

African-American

African Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C Treatment

African Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C TreatmentDURHAM, N.C.African Americans have a significantly lower response rate to treatment for chronic hepatitis C than non-Hispanic Whites, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.Some African Americans — 19 percent — did respond to the drug combination of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. But […]

June 30, 2004

Students

Looking Toward The Future

Looking Toward The Future New research helps Black sororities and fraternities consider new governing structures for the next 100 years By Paul RuffinsAmerica’s Black college-based fraternity and sorority movement is rapidly approaching two historic milestones. Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. (NPHC), and 2006 marks a full century since […]

June 16, 2004

Students

Shut Out Of the System

Shut Out Of the System As competition increases for slots at UC-Berkeley, admission offers to minority students continue to declineBy Pamela BurdmanBERKELEY, Calif.As University of California officials announced admissions results for the fall, it appeared that increasing competition for seats at the university, rising tuition costs, and continued controversy over the role of race in […]

June 2, 2004

Leadership & Policy

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’Humphries out; Washington-based attorney to serve as interim presidentBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONCiting the need to “move into another direction with its leadership,” the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), at an April 26 board meeting, requested that its top officer, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, step […]

May 19, 2004

African-American

Survey Shows Blacks Not Concerned Enough About Kidney Disease

Survey Shows Blacks Not Concerned Enough About Kidney DiseaseJACKSON, Miss.    Health officials may have an uphill battle in educating Blacks about a disease that’s being called a “silent killer,” a recent survey shows.    Kidney disease is an illness that’s become more prevalent, especially in the nation’s Black population, but a survey conducted in Jackson, Atlanta, […]

April 7, 2004

Faculty & Staff

On the Right Path

On the Right PathMillersville president’s personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.By Erv Dyer At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the […]

March 24, 2004

Leadership & Policy

A Year in Review: Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten                  Dr. John Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died in August. Ogbu is known for his work that attempted to understand how race and ethnic differences played out in educational and economic achievement. His most […]

December 17, 2003

African-American

Counting on Black

Counting on BlackHistorically Black colleges offer symbolic venue for candidates wanting to connect with Black votersBy Ronald RoachThe push for a connection between Black American voters and the campaigns of Democratic Party presidential candidates reached a symbolic high in September when the contenders squared off in a nationally televised debate on the campus of Morgan […]

December 3, 2003

African-American

Fielding’s Media Psychology Program Welcomes Its First Class

Fielding’s Media Psychology Program Welcomes Its First ClassSANTA BARBARA, Calif.Fielding Graduate Institute welcomed its first class of students this fall in the school’s newly created Ph.D. program in Media Psychology. The students are all mid-career professionals from organizations as different as Disney, Gateway Computers and Stanford Medical Center. They will continue to work in their […]

November 5, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future Paradigms

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future ParadigmsSoulstepping: african american step showsBy Dr. Elizabeth C. FineUniversity of Illinois Press, 2003, 208 pp., $24.95 cloth, ISBN 0-252-02475-3Soulstepping documents the history of stepping, which is defined as a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronized percussive movement, singing, chanting and drama. The author traces […]

October 22, 2003