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Articles in May 22, 2003 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education

• Southern states improve college entrance exam scores, but still lag nationally - Noteworthy News
• Certificate exam fails federal financial-aid test - noteworthy news - Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam - Brief Article
• College Sports Television to produce broadband shows - Tech briefs - College Sports Buzz@AOL - Brief Article
  by Ronald Roach
• Closing the degree divide - Last Word
  by John Garmon
• New grants promote community outreach - Washington Update - Brief Article
  by Charles Dervarics
• Benedict raises $30 million to improve college - noteworthy news - "Fulfilling the Dream Capital Campaign" at South Carolina college - Brief Article
• All voices matter: artists, intellectuals, students and war - BI Forum
  by Haki R. Madhubuti
• Strayer University - On The Move - Dr. Chris Toe becomes president - Brief Article
• California puts off audit of community colleges' physical-education programs - Noteworthy News
  by Marla Jo Fisher
• Miami-Dade to offer degree in language translation - noteworthy news - Brief Article
• Gateway computer distributes HBCU CD-ROM - Tech briefs - partnership of Gateway and Embers Media produces CD-ROM marketing historically black colleges and universities - Brief Article
  by Ronald Roach
• Events - Black Issues Calendar, June-July, 2003 - Calendar
• Education secretary criticizes affirmative action - Washington Update
  by Charles Dervarics
• Rice University launches minority scholar lecture series - noteworthy news - Brief Article
  by Ben Hammer
• Community colleges new foray: as more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor's degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls - related article: taking a stand on the movement
  by Kristina Lane
• Shoreline Community College - On The Move - Dr. Andrea Rye becomes assistant vice president for academic affairs - Brief Article
• Student survey examines influence of war in Iraq - Noteworthy News - GradSchools.com and StudyAbroad.com survey results
• 220 students lose dorm access for file sharing - noteworthy news - copyright infringement issues at Penn State University - Brief Article
• Blogs: latest option in raising your voice online - Personal Computing - weblogs, personal diaries on the internet
  by Reid Goldsborough
• Senate bill to help Minority-Serving Institutions meet IT challenges; legislation authorizes $250 million a year for technology improvements - Washington Update
  by Charles Dervarics
• Latinos hardly visible on prime-time television, UCLA study finds - noteworthy news - research conducted by Chicano Studies Research Center
• Banking on the future: Bank Street College of Education may have the answer to preparing effective teachers for a new era … but can they bottle it up for others? - Cover Story
  by Kendra Hamilton
• Howard University - On The Move - Dr. Franklin D. Chambers becomes vice provost for student affairs - Brief Article
• A nation still at risk, panel says; two decades after publication of landmark education study, scholars find little progress - Noteworthy News - Panel Discussion
  by Ben Hammer
• Commission convened to diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force - noteworthy news - Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce
• Wayne State opens high-tech clean room - Tech briefs - Brief Article
  by Ronald Roach
• Grants & awards - higher education - Brief Article
• Veteran Black professors share tales of being the new kid on the academic block - Noteworthy News
  by Robin V. Smiles
• Boeing, Lockheed Martin among top supporters of HBCU engineering schools - noteworthy news - historically black colleges and universities are supported by several companies which are listed
• Marine life research anchors high-end computing at seaside HBCU - Tech Talk - historically Black Bethune-Cookman College joins Internet2 consortium
  by Ronald Roach
• Cedar Valley College - On The Move - Dr. Jennifer Wimbish becomes president of Dallas college - Brief Article
• In search of the most effective education - Editorial
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Report: minorities, women losing ground in sports employment - Noteworthy News - Racial and Gender Report Card published by Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida
• Instructor loses retaliation suit against Washington college - noteworthy news - Robert Tan and tenure issues
  by Eric Freedman
• Dr. Lillian Archer has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2003-2004 academic year - ACE - On The Move - Brief Article
• Corrections - Correction Notice
• Arthur Ashe Jr. sports scholar headed to the WNBA - Noteworthy News - Kara Lawson fifth choice in the first round of the Women's National Basketball Association draft - Brief Article
• 2003 commencement speakers - listing of speakers, US universities and colleges
• Temple University - On The Move - Clarence D. Armbrister becomes senior vice president - Brief Article