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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

D.C. Tuition Bill Extends Reach to All HBCUs

D.C. Tuition Bill Extends Reach to All HBCUsResidents of the District of Columbia could gain significant new benefits — including tuition discounts at many Black colleges — under legislation that has cleared Congress and is awaiting President Bush’s signature.The Senate in March joined the House of Representatives in approving H.R. 1499, a bill to expand […]

April 10, 2002

New Data Sheds Light on Student Aid, College Affordability

New Data Sheds Light on Student Aid, College AffordabilityWASHINGTONThe percentage of full-time undergraduate students at private colleges and universities who receive some form of financial aid, and the average amount of their awards, reached new highs in the 1999-2000 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.Eighty-four percent […]

December 19, 2001

Letters

Supporting the Needs of All Black StudentsDear Editor,I was disappointed that the article reported by Lydia Lum “Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?” (see Black Issues, March 29) misrepresented the goals and accomplishments of UNCF by stating, “…despite lingering misperceptions that giving to the United Negro College Fund is giving to all Black colleges, instead […]

May 9, 2001

Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition Plan

Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition PlanThe District of Columbia’s new tuition assistance program, which gives the city’s high school graduates up to $10,000 a year to attend public colleges and universities across the country, is being criticized by a handful of schools who are refusing to participate. Calling some […]

September 27, 2000

Public College Creates For-Profit Distance Ed Company

Public College Creates For-Profit Distance Ed CompanyWhen traditional, nonprofit higher education institutions opt to provide distance education, they soon discover that such an enterprise requires institutional experiences and skills not normally found among campus administrators. Recognizing its limitations in this area, the University of Maryland-University College recently won approval to create a for-profit, marketing business […]

January 5, 2000

UNCF Gray’s Way

UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]

September 29, 1999

UNCF Examines Digital Divide On Campus

UNCF Examines Digital Divide On Campusby Ronald RoachNearly a month before the federal government’s July release of Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide — a report that details the disparities of computer ownership and Internet usage among Americans along racial, ethnic, and income lines (see Net Report Stirs Concern, next page) — The […]

August 4, 1999

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