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When it comes to coping with the stresses of being a scholar-athlete, many kids are finding that Matters

When it comes to coping with the stresses of being a scholar-athlete, many kids are finding that MattersHi, Mom!Not too long ago, the image of a Black athlete smiling broadly into a camera’s lens waving hello to mom was a common occurrence. Likewise, many a parent’s dream of a new home was realized when their […]

April 26, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Rafting Towards New Major’s

Rafting Towards New Major’s“Mom, I’ve decided to major in adventure sports.”   Not words every mother wants to hear. We’re talking mountain biking. Scuba diving. Spelunking. It’s news to test a parent’s open-mindedness. Exotic or highly specialized majors carry the baggage of the unfamiliar — negative assumptions come easy. But parents who fret about a child’s […]

April 12, 2000

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Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism is seeking applicants for the Academy for Alternative Journalism, a recently established program designed to recruit and train talented minority writers for work in the alternative press.Ten students will pursue an intensive eight-week course designed to qualify them for jobs or internships at more than 120 urban weeklies that […]

March 29, 2000

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Harvard University has just become one of five institutions of higher education that offer a Ph.D. program in African-American studies, following a vote by faculty members late last month.The doctoral program will have approximately five students a year beginning in September 2001. More than 50 undergraduates are majoring in the subject and the department has […]

March 15, 2000

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Modest Gains in Enrollment, Says New ACE Report

Modest Gains in Enrollment, Says New ACE ReportWASHINGTON — Minority students continued to make modest enrollment gains on the nation’s college campuses in 1997, according to a report released last month by the American Council on Education here.The college-going rate of minority students rose by 3.7 percent between 1996 and 1997, slightly higher than the […]

March 1, 2000

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Tech Briefa

Study Shows Most Adult Education Programs Offer Distance Learning NEW YORK — Nearly 69 percent of adult and continuing education programs offer distance learning courses, a new study shows.The Survey of Adult and Continuing Education Progams in Higher Education also found that the most common credentials offered through distance learning courses are non-degree certificates. Other […]

December 22, 1999

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South Carolina State University’s department of health and physical education is adding a new academic degree program for fall 2000 — a bachelor’s of science degree in physical education with an option in sport communication.Students seeking admission to the program must possess a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 and then maintain that cumulative GPA […]

November 24, 1999

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Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand Name

Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand NameCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Officials at Harvard University, one of the world’s most recognized learning institutions, are considering moves to capitalize on its name and reputation in cyberspace — a move that will be closely watched by other universities.Harvard is famous for tapping the academic elite, both at a professorial […]

October 13, 1999

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The City University of New York’s City College has launched two new scholarship programs, including one funded by the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin L. Powell.Named in honor of Powell’s parents, the Maud and Luther Powell America’s Promise Scholarship will pay full tuition for up to four years at the […]

October 13, 1999

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Top of the Top 100

Top of the Top 100In 1992, Black Issues produced the first annual Top 100 ranking of colleges and universities. The ranking is based on each institution’s degree production performance among people of color in various degree categories. Over the years, the special reports featuring these rankings have become among our top selling editions. For the […]

August 18, 1999

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The City University of New York-Baruch College’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences has added a master’s program in business journalism. The program will teach students how to identify and analyze business issues and trends, develop a keen sense of news judgment, and set stories within cultural, economic, ethical, social, and political contexts.The program consists […]

July 7, 1999

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Back from the Brink of Extinction

Back from the Brink of ExtinctionAfter surviving funding battles and a student insurrection, among other things, the nation’s premier Native American arts institute finally is getting a home of its ownBy William MacNeilIts federal funding was slashed by nearly half and nearly cut off completely. Enrollment plunged, roughly 60 percent of the faculty had to […]

May 12, 1999