Black Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in Nov 20, 2003, issue of Black Issues in Higher Education

• Book on British movement to end slavery wins Frederick Douglass prize - noteworthy news - The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor Versus Slavery in British Emancipation by Dr. Seymour Drescher
• Educause study highlights IT security in higher education
  by Ronald Roach
• Colorado State University - Grants & awards
• Opening the doors of the academy a little wider - Editor's Note
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Afro-Latin week celebrates African heritage of South America - noteworthy news
  by Renita Mathis
• Report: digital divide rooted in home computer ownership
  by Ronald Roach
• South Carolina State University - Grants & awards - Brief Article
• Senate Democrats unveil bill to increase college aid: proposals include more funds for diversity programs, tax credits for low-income families - Washington Update
  by Ben Hammer
• Virginia higher education system joins forces to curb teacher shortage - noteworthy news - Brief Article
• Catching up with today's technology - Personal Computing
  by Reid Goldsborohgh
• St. Cloud State University - receives $24,000 grant from Otto Bremer Foundation - Brief Article
• Senate plan rejects state control of Head Start - Washington update
• Hewlett Packard gift boosts Black public colleges - noteworthy news - Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund - Brief Article
  by Ronald Roach
• Bethune-Cookman College - On the Move - Gloria Bromell-Tinubu appointed - Brief Article
• United Negro College Fund - receives funds from Annenberg Foundation and Altria Group Inc. Wiley College awarded contract - Brief Article
• Another untimely departure: Fisk University president's abrupt resignation springs yet another leadership crisis for the HBCU - Noteworthy News
  by David Hefner
• On new ground: Veteran higher education leaders bring expertise and vision to two large public universities in the Midwest - Special report: careers in higher education - Dr. Adam W. Herbert Jr., Indiana University - Dr. Elson S. Floyd, University of Miss
  by Ronald Roach
• California State University - Sheila L. Butts name acting director of alumni relations - Brief Article
• Events - educational conferences and seminars - Calendar
• Study: students of mixed race suffer more health problems - Noteworthy News
• Changing faces: Georgia Tech program helps minority scholars in science and engineering jump-start their careers in academia - Special report: careers in higher education
  by Kendra Hamilton
• University of Texas, Austin - Darlene Grant appointed - Brief Article
• Another legacy to overcome: achieving a diverse administrative body - Last Word
  by Deneese J. Jones
• Public school reform would close racial gap in education, authors say - Noteworthy News
  by Ben Hammer
• Careers by the numbers - statistics on college graduates, graduate students, and admnistrators - Illustration
• Notre Dame de Namur University - Steve Kinney appointed - Brief Article
• Federal government awards $14 million to Tuskegee Bioethics Center - Noteworthy News - Brief Article
  by Ben Hammer
• Basketball boys behaving badly: would college make a difference? - Speaking of Education
  by Julianne Malveaux
• Baltimore City Community College - Michael D. McKinley appointed - Brief Article
• Study links academic achievement to racial-ethnic pride - noteworthy news
• Demystifying the Ph.D. Process - Journey to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans - Book Review
  by Keonya Booker
• Southern University - Norman St. Amant Jr. appointed - Brief Article
• Gates Foundation releases study of higher education scholarship program - noteworthy news - Gates Millennium Scholars program
  by Ben Hammer
• Opting for the wired classroom: online MBA programs allow business professionals to pursue advanced degree - Tech Talk - obtaining a masters in business administration degree online
  by Peter Galuszka
• Association of American Colleges and Universities - Grants & awards - Brief Article