Black Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in Oct 7, 2004 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education

• Coppin State University Rehabilitation Counseling program has been awarded a five-year $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration
• Congress returns to a full plate with little time: Perkins Act, HEA renewal to dominate sessions
  by Charles Dervarics
• Coppin State researchers investigate weather patterns' influence on the middle passage
• NJIT professor honored for breakthrough stem cell research
• Wanted: a solid, reliable PC
  by Reid Goldsborough
• Western Carolina University
• Getting in on the act
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Obama rising: all but assured to become the fifth Black American to hold a seat in the U.S. Senate, Obama represents to many the emergence of a new generation of national political leadership
  by Ronald Roach
• W. N. Daniel African American Cultural Center
• Moraine Valley Community College has been awarded two Higher Education Cooperation grants totaling $86,100
• Events
• Saving for college may result in future losses, report says
  by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
• Brown receives $100 million—largest gift for university
• Bennett College has received a $374,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
• I poll
• Northwestern auditorium named after first black medical school graduate
• Presidential proposals: candidates envision ways to promote postsecondary education
  by Crystal L. Keels
• More black local broadcast, cable channels possible, firm reports
• Johnson County Community College received a $750,000 grant from The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation and the Sunderland Foundation
• Thomas Edison State College
• Sallie Mae appoints director of HBCU initiatives
• Winston-Salem State students question Blair's appearance
• U.S. coastal cities more connected via broadband, survey says
  by Ronald Roach
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Study: women faculty at Pharmacy Schools face barriers to advancement
• The power of the youth bloc: civic advocates and campaign strategists say this population could swing the presidential election
  by Kendra Hamilton
• Philadelphia grows wireless Web access area
• University of Nebraska
• Xavier University of Louisiana has received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Report: U.S. falling behind in percentage of young adults with high school diploma
• Texas Southern names communications school for talk show host Tavis Smiley
• Montgomery College
• Workplace inequality common in United States, study shows
• Va. Tech receives grant to study black IT recruitment
• Campbellsville University was awarded a $150,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation
• Higher Education report card: many states fail affordability test
  by Charles Dervarics
• Riley house receives collection of abolitionist papers
• A higher education wake-up call
  by Julianne Malveaux
• Black Greek-lettered organizations and civic responsibility
  by Stephanie Y. Evans
• Louisiana State University
• U.S. health care professions separate and unequal: Sullivan Commission: lack of diversity may be greatest cause of health disparities
• Ohio University launches Urban Scholars Program