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African-American

BI News Briefs

Morgan State Blocks Competing Doctoral ProgramsBALTIMORE  —  New doctoral programs at Baltimore-area public universities have been put on hold at the urging of Morgan State University officials, prompting critics to claim the school is using its historically Black status to block competition from other schools. The first doctoral programs at Towson University and the University […]

May 24, 2000

African-American

Washington Briefs

Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]

April 26, 2000

African-American

Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds

Golf Books’ Authors Miss a Few Shots, but Play Good Rounds When Tiger Woods came onto the Professional Golf Association tour in 1996, there were no full-time African American players on the tour. Jim Thorpe, the last Black player with a regular tour card, was a part-time member of the regular tour, awaiting his 50th […]

April 26, 2000

African-American

BI News Briefs

After Carby Ruckus, Yale Gives Black Studies Department StatusNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University officials announced last month that they will give departmental status to their African-American studies program.The decision comes on the heels a rescinded resignation by the program’s chairwoman, Dr. Hazel Carby, who submitted her pink slip early last month. She had said […]

March 15, 2000

African-American

California Regent Wants to Repeal

California Regent Wants to Repeal BERKELEY, Calif. — In a move that is largely symbolic, a University of California Regent said last month that he is preparing a proposal to reverse the university’s groundbreaking ban on the use of racial and gender preferences in admissions decisions.And in a related development, Berkeley officials announced that applications […]

February 16, 2000

Students

African American Student Programs vs. Diversity

African American Student Programs vs. Diversity As more student groups scramble to get a share of the diversity pie, is the African American slice shrinking?A $46,000 annual budget may seem reasonable in these economic times for a campus organization of 1,200 students. But when that student group happens to be African American and other minority groups […]

February 2, 2000

Students

As Different as Day and Night

As Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]

January 5, 2000

African-American

BI News Briefs

Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. — In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, […]

December 22, 1999

Students

Preparing to Cross the River

Preparing to Cross the River When I was growing up in Falmouth, Ky., I can remember my grandmother singing a song that put me to sleep and awakened me. The title of this song is “Shall We Gather At the River.” The final chorus still lingers in my mind:  “Shall we gather at the river, […]

December 22, 1999

African-American

BI News Briefs

Protest by Black Students Wins Reprieve of Decision on Student UnionJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Black students at the University of North Florida rallied for the preservation of the African American Student Union after a student government agency decided the organization was unconstitutional.The decision last month to dissolve the African American Student Union was made by a […]

November 10, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Learning From Wilt And Milt

Learning From Wilt And MiltI was among those stunned earlier this month at the news that basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain and jazz legend Milt Jackson had died within days of each other. Chamberlain’s giant feet trampled over me once at a track and field meet that I and a few athletes he was mentoring  were […]

October 27, 1999

African-American

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class Blacks

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class BlacksNext month, Jenna Bond-Louden will board a plane for North Carolina where she and other college seniors will spend all day learning to write a college essay that will wow admissions officers. Her parents have already shelled out hundreds of dollars for the Baltimore senior to take SAT prep classes.There […]

October 13, 1999