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College Freshmen Spent Less Time Studying and More Time Surfing the Net, UCLA Study Reveals

College Freshmen Spent Less Time Studying and More Time Surfing the Net, UCLA Study Reveals LOS ANGELES Freshmen are spending less time studying or doing homework and more time using the Internet in the year prior to entering college, according to the results of UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s students entering undergraduate classes at […]

February 12, 2003

African-American

Educators, Activists Criticize Bush’s Position on Affirmative Action

Educators, Activists Criticize Bush’s Position on Affirmative Action By Charles Dervarics Political fallout continues from the Bush administration’s recent stance on the University of Michigan affirmative action case, as groups representing African Americans and Hispanics strongly criticized the White House decision to oppose the university’s policy. The president “has decided that equalizing the field of […]

February 12, 2003

Latinx

Hispanic, Higher Education Groups Urge Bush Support of Affirmative Action

Hispanic, Higher Education Groups Urge Bush Support of Affirmative Action WASHINGTONHispanic and higher education leaders called on President George W. Bush earlier this month to demonstrate his administration’s support of the affirmative action policies currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Anticipating what will be a landmark ruling on affirmative action, the leaders urged […]

January 29, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Our Raison D’être

Our Raison D’être This particular edition hits on the complex and often painful issue of race. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois said almost 100 years ago upon the publication of The Souls of Black Folk, “for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” And it looks like the same will be true […]

January 15, 2003

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Internet Forces Schools to Contend With Copyright, Speech Issues

Internet Forces Schools to Contend With Copyright, Speech Issues By Ronald Roach and News Wires CAMBRIDGE, Mass.As universities’ computer network capacities become deluged by file-sharing students, so too have school presidents’ offices been hit by complaints from the entertainment industry. Citing an estimated 2.6 billion music and video files shared illegally each month on college […]

January 1, 2003

Leadership & Policy

More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows

More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows WASHINGTONThe rate of increase in the number of women and minorities serving as college presidents slowed during the past three years according to The American College President: 2002 Edition, the results of a new survey of college presidents released last month by the American Council […]

January 1, 2003

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ACE Names New Senior Vice President

ACE Names New Senior Vice President WASHINGTONThe American Council on Education (ACE) has appointed Dr. Benjamin F. Quillian Jr. to the new position of senior vice president, business and operations, effective Feb. 1. Quillian joins ACE from California State University, Fresno, where he served as vice president for administration and chief financial officer for nearly […]

January 1, 2003

Leadership & Policy

The Dilemma of the ‘Double Day’

The Dilemma of the ‘Double Day’ Although men are doing more, many women in higher education still find they have two domains – the university and the homeIt’s a new twist on an old theme. Men have done it for years — left their families temporarily so that they could pursue better opportunities. And now […]

November 20, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Dual Dilemma

Dual DilemmaBlack faculty work to ensure access, while making the academy hospitable to minority faculty, students”Like most non-Blacks, I guess, I have, anyway, always thought that Afro-American Studies is a pseudo-discipline, invented by guilty White liberals as a way of keeping Black intellectuals out of trouble and giving them a shot at holding professorships at […]

October 23, 2002

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Calling All Potential Ministers

Calling All Potential MinistersBy Robin V. SmilesJust a few decades ago, being a teacher was the career of choice for many first- and second-generation African American college graduates. It was a step up from previous generations’ industrial and domestic laboring. It ensured a stable, middle-class income and way of life. And, just as importantly, it […]

October 9, 2002

Latinx

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains WASHINGTONThe number of students of color enrolling and graduating from the nation’s colleges and universities continues to climb steadily, according to an annual status report released last month by the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE). Overall, enrollment by students of color […]

October 9, 2002

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GED Exam Surpasses 1 Million Adult Test Takers in 2001

GED Exam Surpasses 1 Million Adult Test Takers in 2001WASHINGTONMore than 1 million adults worldwide took one or more of the five GED Tests in 2001, a first in the program’s 60-year history, the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service announced in a report released last month. Much of the increase resulted from the start […]

August 14, 2002