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House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 Pact

House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 PactBill has ambitious ideas, but limited funding, critics sayAfter months of debate and lingering opposition among some experts, House and Senate negotiators forged a final agreement on a bill to improve the nation’s K-12 education pipeline through more testing as well as increased aid for disadvantaged schools.Republicans and […]

January 2, 2002

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No Appointment in Sight for U.S. Higher Education Post

No Appointment in Sight for U.S. Higher Education PostLack of action draws increased concern among higher education officials.By Charles DervaricsWith the start of the 2001-2002 academic year just under way, the U.S. Department of Education is still without an assistant secretary responsible for higher education policy. The Bush administration has no timetable for filling the […]

September 12, 2001

Disabilties

Report: Blacks More Likely to Be Placed in Special Education

Report: Blacks More Likely to Be Placed in Special EducationWASHINGTON Black public school students are three times more likely to be categorized as needing special education services than Whites, making them subject to less demanding schoolwork, more restrictive classrooms and isolation from their peers, studies suggest.The 14 studies were released in early March by The […]

March 28, 2001

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Lawmaker Seeks Action on Special Education Report

Lawmaker Seeks Action on Special Education ReportA House Democrat is asking President Bush to investigate reports that African American children are almost three times more likely than Whites to be assigned to special education classes.The issue of mislabeling is of “enormous concern” to African Americans, says Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., in a letter to Bush […]

March 28, 2001

Students

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom Diversity

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom DiversityFairfax, Va.George Mason University has committed to a new kind of teacher training with a program that prepares teachers to work with the diversity of ages, races, ethnicity, languages and abilities that is prevalent in today’s typical classroom. The Unified Transformative Early Education Model stresses the […]

January 31, 2001

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Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

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Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

MSIs

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed Grant

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed GrantHistorically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions are eligible for a new U.S. Department of Education grant competition in special education.The department is offering funds to projects that help prepare personnel to work with disabled children and youth, from infancy through the teen-age years. Projects may support field training […]

October 11, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsFlorida Memorial College recently received a $500,000 grant from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs. The grant was awarded to enhance the future Florida Memorial College Performing Arts Center, specifically Phase I of the project, which includes construction of an orchestra pit and increased seating capacity.Morgan State University has received […]

September 13, 2000

HBCUs

House Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task Force

House Republican-HBCU  Summit Leaders Announce Task ForceRep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and some of his colleagues announced the formation of a task force to follow up on the first House Republican Historically Black Colleges Summit on Capitol Hill earlier this summer (see Black Issues, July 6).The task force, which Watts says will convene at least three […]

August 30, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Remembering Brown with Reminders that Hurdles Remain

Remembering Brown with Reminders that Hurdles RemainWASHINGTON — Ethnic diversity is considered a valuable commodity on the nation’s college campuses and has not lowered student quality, according to a series of reports jointly released last month by the American Council on Education and American Association of University Professors here.Meanwhile, participants of a forum sponsored by […]

June 7, 2000

Disabilties

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law Schools

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law SchoolsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two months ago, more than 11,000 angry protesters marched here on Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Jeb Bush’s plan to end affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting.Now the Florida governor is poised to sign legislation that would create two new law […]

May 24, 2000