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Hampton University to Open Campus In Virginia Beach

Hampton University to Open Campus In Virginia BeachHAMPTON, Va. Hampton University will open its newest satellite campus this fall in Virginia Beach, Va. The state-of-the-art College of Virginia Beach, located in the city’s newly constructed Town Center, will offer undergraduate degrees in nursing (a condensed three-year program) and hotel/resort management. The college also will offer […]

July 30, 2003

Recruitment & Retention

Teacher Recruitment Act Offers Loan Forgiveness

Teacher Recruitment Act Offers Loan ForgivenessBy Charles Dervarics The full House has approved legislation to restructure and improve federal teacher education programs, offering more aid to those who agree to teach in high-poverty and high-need schools. The Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act would more than triple the amount of loan forgiveness for teacher education graduates […]

July 30, 2003

HBCUs

House Turns Back Pell Proposal

House Turns Back Pell ProposalBy Charles Dervarics The full House of Representatives took a major step toward approving a 2004 education budget in early July after defeating Democrat-led efforts to increase the top Pell Grant for needy students. Democratic leaders had sought to increase the Pell maximum from $4,050 to $4,200 next year. To pay […]

July 30, 2003

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House Panel Tackles Teacher Training

House Panel Tackles Teacher TrainingBy Charles Dervarics   A congressional panel has approved a bill to improve teacher training through ideas that include “charter colleges of education” similar to the charter schools created in many communities at the K-12 level. The House Education and the Workforce panel approved the Ready to Teach Act by voice […]

July 2, 2003

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HBCUs, HSIs on House Agenda

HBCUs, HSIs on House AgendaBy Charles Dervarics House Republicans say increased support for minority-serving colleges and universities will be one of their 10 major education goals for the new Congress. Leaders of the House Education and the Workforce Committee listed aid to Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions among three priorities specifically focused on higher education. […]

January 29, 2003

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House Panel Approves Teacher Bill

House Panel Approves Teacher BillCollege students who agree to teach at high-poverty schools could have their educational loans forgiven under legislation approved by a House of Representatives panel.The Education and Workforce Committee endorsed H.R. 5091, which would reward borrowers who teach at low-income schools with large allotments of federal Title I funds.Special education teachers would […]

September 25, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Just Call Them Courageous

Just Call Them CourageousSix young men from the “Call Me Mister” program stopped by the offices of Black Issues late last month, and you can call us “impressed.” For those of you not familiar with “Call Me Mister,” the project’s mission is to recruit and train Black males as elementary teachers in South Carolina’s public […]

August 14, 2002

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Blacks Are in a State of Emergency

Blacks Are in a State of EmergencyIt is becoming ever more unpopular for me to assert that I am an African American. It appears that I would have more fans if I would just accept myself as a “diversity.” But, I am not a “diversity,” I am not a “multiculturalism,” and I am not a […]

July 31, 2002

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‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education Increases

‘Wartime’ Budget Has Few Higher Education IncreasesHistorically Black colleges are among the projected winners.The Bush administration’s self-described “wartime budget” for 2003 would hold the line on higher education spending, with most programs receiving level funding or small cutbacks next year.The maximum Pell Grant would remain at $4,000, while college work-study, supplemental education grants and TRIO […]

February 27, 2002

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Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU Increase

Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU IncreaseNew funding still falls short of amount proposed by Black college leadersPresident Bush soon will propose more funding for historically Black colleges and universities for 2003, but the increase will remain below the recommendations of HBCU advocates.The president’s fiscal 2003 education budget will include an extra $10 million for HBCUs […]

February 13, 2002

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Saving Lives: A Call to Action

Saving Lives: A Call to ActionState of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males By Jawanza KunjufuAfrican American Images, 202 pp., $23.95Nearly 20 years ago, Jawanza Kunjufu penned the first volume of his classic, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys. In this book, Kunjufu outlined what he believed to be the major challenges facing […]

January 16, 2002

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Education Funding Reform Long Overdue in Alabama

Education Funding Reform Long Overdue in Alabama Proration, Proration, Proration.” They’re playing that old, familiar song these days in Montgomery, Ala., accompanied by a symphony of complaints, arguments and accusations. But there’s a new twist in the latest version of the old song. Last year, a circuit court judge abruptly informed the executive and legislative branches […]

January 2, 2002