Diverse Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in Nov 3, 2005 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• University of Kentucky president meets with lawmakers over drop in diversity
• South Carolina State University
• Palm Beach Community College
• Huston-Tillotson University received $100,000 from Johnson Controls Inc. to support an environmental research center that will facilitate the establishment of a consortium
• In memoriam: August Wilson: 1945-2005
  by Haki R. Madhubuti
• Public, private degree rates vary widely
  by Charles Pekow
• Civil rights groups focus attention on Katrina victims
• A question of academic integrity: one scholar challenges the scholarship of Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
  by Paul R. Griffin
• Boston College
• North Carolina Central University received a $100,000 gift from alumnus attorney Willie E. Gary
• The Sallie Mae Fund launches $1 million Florida campaign to increase financial aid awareness among minorities
• Contemplating Katrina's Chaos: focused on evacuees, scholars urge multifaceted response to their plight
  by Ronald Roach
• New relief bill waives "50 percent" rule
  by Charles Pekow
• Public enemy's Chuck D urges students to be decisive
• Two-year colleges enrolled more than 4 million in 2004
  by Charles Pekow
• Emotional IQ contributes to computing coursework success, Virginia tech researchers say
• Winston-Salem State University
• Norfolk State University has received a five-year $3.6 million grant from the National institutes of Health Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions program
• Federal student aid program funding in limbo
  by Charles Pekow
• Ford, Boeing and Northwestern University to form nanotechnology alliance
  by Ronald Roach
• Dr. Maria D. Suarez has been appointed director of the Douglass Project for Women in Math, Science and Engineering and assistant dean at Douglass College, Rutgers University
• New York City College of Technology received a one-year $197,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand the college's involvement with Brooklyn, New York's at-risk youth population
• rankings and degrees
  by Diane Reay
• Civil rights activist C. DeLores Tucker dies at 78: waged campaign against violent, misogynistic rap lyrics
• Gordon Parks gives collection of photos to hometown community college
• Two-year college students defaulting less
  by Charles Pekow
• California State University
• D i poll
• Xavier, Dillard to hold classes at Tulane and Loyola
• University of Kansas
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $30,000 grant from the BellSouth Foundation
• American University trustees oust President Amid spending scandal
• Dimensions of diversity
  by Malveaux Julianne
• North Carolina Central University
• Moraine Valley Community College received two state-funded grants totaling $123,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Department of Labor
• From the eye of the storm to the eyes of the nation: Katrina victims' health disparities take center stage
  by Rubens Pamies
• Undocumented college students worry about job opportunities
• HBCU alums on 2005 NFL rosters
  by Frank J. Matthews
• Albright College received a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to purchase safety and security equipment for the campus
• Class matters: Skidmore College professor urges an examination of whether the academy ignores class in the push for diversity
  by Patricia Valdata
• Vivian Malone Jones, first Black to graduate from University of Alabama, dies at 63
• Millions more movement
• Johnson C. Smith University
• Duke University received a $75 million gift from the Duke Endowment of Charlotte for student financial aid
• The Yale University School of Law received a gift of more than $30 million from the estate of Oscar M. Ruebhausen, a 1937 graduate of the Yale Law School
• Reluctant discussions
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• New York City College of Technology/CUNY
• Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf received a $100,000 grant from The Max Factor Family Foundation
• Events
• How they beat the odds: Chicana scientists share stories of overcoming obstacles to achieve professional success
  by Dina M. Horwedel
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Texas College received a $79,233 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Southern Education Foundation to assist student evacuees from Hurricane Katrina
• Virginia tech researchers identify influences in IT career choices for women
• Daemen College has been awarded a $155,984 grant for the Teacher/Leader Quality Partnership through the New York State Education Department
• North Carolina Central University to establish Institute for Homeland Security
• Microsoft founder calls on more minority students to consider computer science
  by Cassie Chew
• Alabama A&M University
• Delaware State University's Applied Optics Center received a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Defense Department to establish a multi-disciplinary research collaboration project with cancer researchers from Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center
• The University of Hawaii Pacific Business Center Program received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs