Black Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in Jan 1, 2004 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education

• Five postsecondary institutions added to distance education program - Washington update
• MIT president to step down after 13 years - Noteworthy News - Charles M. Vest - Brief Article
• Institutes provide program for IT faculty development - tech briefs
  by Ronald Roach
• Bethune-Cookman College will receive $497,040 from the federal government to enable an expansion of its community outreach service programs - Fla - Grants & awards - Brief Article
• The Business of academia - Editor's Note
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• NAACP to proceed with challenge to One Florida initiative - Noteworthy News
  by Pearl Stewart
• Colleges receive joint grant to battle obesity in minorities - Brief Article
• Eastern Connecticut State University - Tuesday L. Cooper appointed - Brief Article
• Events - Calendar
• Education funding up in the air: bipartisan efforts still under way to increase spending package - Washington Update
• UC-Berkeley taps Harvard professor as law school dean - Noteworthy News
• Of shared governance & trust: survey reveals differences in institutional values between HBCUS, TWIS but not all scholars agree - Cover Story
  by Kendra Hamilton
• California State University-Northridge - Jo Ann R. Fielder appointed - Brief Article
• A rationale for increasing funding for HBCUs - Last Word
  by Christopher I. Chalokwu
• House approves legislation for vouchers in nation's capital: senate to act on the measure in late January - Washington Update
• University of South Carolina appoints first Black law school dean - Noteworthy News - Brief Article
• Wireless movement dominating campus IT change - Tech Talk
  by Ronald Roach
• University of Massachusetts-Boston - J. Keith Motley appointed vice chancellor for student affairs - Brief Article
• Grambling wins back accreditation: university also launches national search for permanent president - Noteworthy News
  by Scott Dyer
• Florida A&M University's finances under investigation - noteworthy news - Brief Article
• Spelman College - Arlene Cash named vice president for enrollment management - Brief Article
• Winston-Salem State University Center for Community Safety has received a three-year $400,000 - N.C - Grants & awards
• Education Department takes steps to curb identity theft among students - Washington update
• Emory, Mellon Foundation team up for fellowship program - noteworthy news
• Hampton ranked no. 6 on 'Most Connected Campuses' list - tech briefs - Brief Article
  by Ronald Roach
• Hampton University School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been awarded a $716,557 equipment supplement grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Va - Grants & awards
• Admissions controversy embroils Berkeley again: regents chairman questions low-scoring SAT admits, leaks report to newspaper - Noteworthy News
  by Pamela Burdman
• Gregory Hines to receive posthumous honorary degree - noteworthy news - Brief Article
• Fresno Pacific University - Zenebe Abebe new dean of student life - Brief Article
• The University of Pittsburgh and the University of Texas at Austin received $735,000 in grants for Ayn Rand Studies from the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship - Grants & awards
• Survey: high-school graduation rates are highest in West, Midwest - Washington Update
• Northeastern University hosts race relations conference - Noteworthy News
• Surviving tough times: from administrative reorganizations to finding new streams of revenue, some historically Black colleges and universities are determined to stay afloat
  by Tracie Powell
• University of Nebraska Central Administration - Denise B. Maybank appointed associate to the president - Brief Article
• Illinois congressman calls on president to convene commission on Black males - Washington update
• Survey: many college students fuzzy on first amendment rights - noteworthy news
• Finalists named in DVD production competition - tech briefs
  by Ronald Roach
• The University of Houston's College of Education received a grant of $2.6 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Education 2003 Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program in response to the No Child Left Behind Act - Grants & awards
• Texas A&M to leave race out of admissions decisions: university says it will step up minority recruiting, offer scholarships - Noteworthy News
  by Lydia Lum
• Graduation rates of America's top-ranked college football teams - noteworthy news
• Boosting the power of your word processor - Personal Computing
  by Reid Goldsborough
• The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore was recently awarded a total of $193,036 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Grants & awards