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Norfolk State to Desegregate
Norfolk State seeks more money to implement desegregation plan
03/19/2002 01:37 PM EDT NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Worried that the General Assembly's budget threatens a desegregation agreement with the federal government, Norfolk State University's Board of Regents plans to ask Gov. Mark R. Warner for more money. The state budget, which Warner must act on before the April 17 veto session, does not touch dollars specifically tied to the agreement, signed in the fall by the state and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. But it does eat into the university's overall budget, and NSU officials say that's a problem. The budget on Warner's desk cuts about $800,000 from the school's 2001-02 budget and is about $4 million less than Warner or his predecessor proposed spending in the next two years. ``The reason we were provided more money is because we were inadequately funded to begin with,'' NSU President Marie V. McDemmond said at the board's finance committee meeting Friday. ``When you take out of the base ... what we have is even more of an inadequate base.'' The agreement would fulfill Virginia's commitment to desegregate its colleges. It calls for 12 new academic programs and a number of facilities improvements at NSU and Virginia State University, the two historically black universities supported by the state. It does not specify a price tag, but state officials have estimated a cost of $20 million. NSU officials want Warner to find another $5 million for the school's operating budget through the 2004 fiscal year and add $4.3 million for technology wiring into a bond proposal slated to go before voters this fall. Del. Lacey E. Putney, I-Bedford, said he and the other state budget conferees felt the budget ``in no way'' violates the agreement. ``We were well aware of their concerns and tried to be absolutely certain no violence would be done to the obligations in the OCR agreement,'' said Putney. ``We thought we did our very best to fund not only those two universities but all of the higher education institutions ... based on the revenue available to us.'' Meanwhile, NSU's finance committee delayed a decision on how much to raise tuition. McDemmond presented three scenarios with increases ranging from 5 percent to 9 percent for in-state students and from 14 percent to 32 percent for out-of-state students. The committee decided to wait until after Warner signs a state budget and other colleges announce tuition rates for next year before settling on an increase. The committee also deferred approval of the university's 2002-03 operating budget, which now stands at about $117 million, until May. |
Why does it take 'desegregation' to force the state to upgrade the facilities and spend more money? If the inadequate facilities were good enough for 'us', why do it not be good enuff fo' DEM! :mad:
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Black colleges facing race discrimination lawsuits
Black colleges facing race discrimination lawsuits
03/21/2002 07:45 PM EDT DOVER, Del. (AP) - Kathleen Carter says that when she became chairman of the education department at historically black Delaware State University in 1995, she found herself up against more than the usual administrative hassles. Carter, who is white, says she was told that she was usurping blacks' right to govern themselves and that whites in the department were trying to make blacks look bad. One colleague called her "a white bitch," Carter said in a discrimination lawsuit she filed against the school, alleging she was denied tenure because of her race. Last month, a federal judge in Wilmington dismissed the claim, saying Carter failed to provide enough evidence. But the case is among a recent series of legal battles waged by white employees against historically black colleges in states such as North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. At least one lawsuit resulted in a multimillion-dollar verdict. White professors and others have claimed they have been denied advancement and treated as interlopers. The colleges have generally denied the allegations or admitted no wrongdoing. Frederick Humphries, president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, an association of black colleges and universities, did not return repeated calls for comment. Donna Euben, legal counsel for the American Association of University Professors, said that no organization or agency tracks such lawsuits, but that discrimination claims in academia - and in society in general - have increased in recent years. Euben attributed the increase partly to changes in civil rights laws in the early 1990s allowing for more damages, and to a shrinking number of tenure and tenure-track positions at colleges and universities. The plaintiffs in some of the lawsuits have charged that black colleges are trying to maintain their racial identities by limiting the number of white professors and administrators. "It's the white professors who can't get tenure for hook or crook, but the black professors get hired as full professors with tenure," said Bob Russ, an English professor at Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., one of three white plaintiffs in a case that could go to trial this fall. Russ, who was twice denied tenure and notified in December that his contract would not be renewed, said a review of academic programs conducted in the early 1990s demonstrates how Livingstone set out to systematically remove whites from leadership positions. The review recommends naming black professors to replace several white departmental leaders. Notations in the margins include "bring in black Ph.D chair," "hire black chemist" and "build up science and math (black)." Russ said the notations were written by Barbara Brown, a black woman who was vice president for academic affairs at the time. Brown now works at Albany State University in Georgia, a historically black school hit with more than 20 discrimination complaints in the 1980s and 1990s. She declined comment. In 1997, the white dean of Albany State's business school was attacked and hospitalized one day after he complained on television that he was being discriminated against. In 1998, a federal jury awarded $2.2 million to two tenured white professors forced to resign from Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. The professors said the school retaliated against them for opposing the appointment of minority faculty members they thought unqualified. As for the Delaware State case, Carter, who now works at Richard Stockton College in Pomona, N.J., has refused to discuss her lawsuit. In the past year, Delaware State has settled two discrimination lawsuits filed by white former employees. The school reached an undisclosed settlement last month with Margaret McKay, a political science professor stripped of tenure and dismissed last year. She alleged discrimination based on race, age and gender. Neither she nor her lawyer would comment, and the university admitted no wrongdoing. Delaware State also settled with a white woman who worked in the financial aid office. The university, which has 3,000 students, was established in 1891 as the State College for Colored Students. Administrators denied there is racial discrimination. "As far as I know, we have excellent diversity among the faculty," said Johnny Tolliver, provost and vice president of academic affairs. He said whites constitute almost half of the faculty and about one-fourth of the 22 department chairs. But Jane Buck, a former Delaware State psychology professor and national president of the AAUP, said a search committee at the school received about 100 applications for an opening a few years ago, and no black candidate turned up. The search was reopened, and the lone black applicant was hired. "I perceived a great deal of pressure to see to it that we hired a black departmental member," Buck said. |
As an HBCU alumni (that had melanin-challenged faculty members)I do not think anyone should be denied the opportunity to teach at HBCU's as long as that faculty member knows and supports the meaning and purpose of our HBCU's. HBCU's have historical significance and a responsibility to our communities that should always be the focus.
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How important is it to have only Black professors @ HBCUs? How important is it to have tenured Black professors @ HBCUs? Is it important enough that Black schools would openly and illegally deny qualified applicants? I've never attended an HBCU so I have no perspective on this. But, if qualified applicants cannot be found, why should the students be denied a teacher? And why, would these schools risk the threat of million-dollar lawsuits? |
Greetings!
HBCUs don't only have Black professors. Given the higher education job market, professors of all backgrounds can be found at HBCUs. I think that the schools should consider the merit of tenure applicants, not their race solely. It is important to maintain the racial integrity of the school, but not to an extent wherein one isn't able to receive an education from more than one racial grouping. At the HBCU, black professors have been a phenomenon because they, for the most part, really help students develop..as they take the student's development persnonally. Tenure is generally something that you need at any college. It secures academic freedom and job security (to an extent). HBCUs are no different than other schools in that regard. All professors, as I said, should be granted tenure opportunities. HBCUs should focus on trying to help students get a quality education in a caring, collegial environment. Just my thoughts. I graduated from Hampton U. |
Livingstone College
SALISBURY, N.C. — Five white professors in Salisbury, N.C., have filed a lawsuit against Livingstone College, claiming the private college discriminated against them because of the color of their skin.
"Thirty years ago if you would have said, 'I'm white and I'm being discriminated against by blacks,' people would have laughed at you," said Arthur Steinberg, Ph.D., who taught history at Livingstone until his termination in May 2000. He and the other plaintiffs claim white professors were routinely denied promotion and tenure at Livingstone because of the color of their skin. Steinberg said he was routinely subjected to racist remarks from his black colleagues and even had his car vandalized. The five professors are seeking damages totaling roughly $1 million dollars. Livingstone officials said that their policy is to refuse comment on the specifics of pending litigation. But college spokeswoman Charlotte Brown told Fox News, "We emphatically deny any discrimination against anybody." Although Livingstone's student body is 98 percent black, Brown said the college prides itself on a racially diverse faculty that is currently "43 percent non-African-American." But the professors point to a black administrator's 1994 reorganization plan — a document the plaintiffs call "the smoking gun." "It's a plan to remove white faculty from positions of power as department or division chairs and replace them with African-American faculty," said plaintiff Bob Russ, Ph.D., who teaches English at Livingstone. In the margins of the document, handwritten instructions read: "English — Bring in black Ph.D. chair," "Build up Sciences and Math (Black)" and "Hire black chemist $48,000 — $50,000." "It names a salary far in excess of white faculty's salary," Russ said. While racial discrimination suits are nothing new to academia, educators say the cases against Livingstone are part of a growing trend of white professors suing historically black institutions. John Stanfield, Ph.D., a sociologist at Morehouse College in Atlanta, said recent federal court rulings against hiring quotas have encouraged more whites to play the race card in employment disputes — a tactic once reserved for minorities. According to Stanfield, who is black, academics of all races claim discrimination more than they should. "It's one of the most unfortunate tragedies of the post-1960s era," Stanfield said. "We've learned to use race as a political football." While most discrimination cases filed by white educators challenge affirmative action programs, the Livingstone lawsuits are unique in that the five plaintiffs claim that they are victims of discrimination — period. But the professors say it has been hard for them to convince other academics to take discrimination against whites seriously. "Many people are afraid to take a stand because it's not politically correct," Steinberg said. Bob MacKinnon, Ph.D., who taught psychology at Livingstone until May 2001, said discrimination against white educators is more prevalent than many academics care to admit. "For every lawsuit that's filed, there's probably 20 that could have been filed," MacKinnon said. "You file these lawsuits at a great price. And the cost for me is that I'm no longer teaching." |
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Dr. Johnetta B. Cole and Bennett College
Dr. Johnetta B. Cole and Bennett College
Dr. Johnetta Cole comes out of retirement to lead Bennett College 04/27/2002 04:40 PM EDT BlackAmericaWeb.com News Services Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, president emerita of of Spelman College, was chosen today as the 14th president of Bennett College. The school's board of trustees voted this morning to officially offer the position to Cole, who will lead the 500-student, four-year liberal arts college based in Greensboro, North Carolina, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. "The Board agreed that Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole is an ideal choice to help Bennett face our current challenges and fulfill our potential as a leading women's college," said Marian B. Tasco, board chair and a Philadelphia city councilwoman. Maya Angelou, a Bennet trustee, praised the selection of Cole. "Bennett College, North Carolina, and thousands of young Black women have been waiting for the appearance of Dr. Johnnetta Cole. I join with the voices of the board, those ancestors who founded the school, all the alumnae, all the present day students and those yet to come, and indeed everyone of every race and place who cherish excellence. Welcome, Dr. Johnnetta Cole." Full story: BlackAmericaWeb.com homepage or http://www.blackamericaweb.com/inde...D=42063&CATID=4 |
NCCU
By ANGELA D. FOREST : The Herald-Sun
aforest@heraldsun.com Apr 29, 2002 : http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/nccentral DURHAM -- A decision by "Good Morning America" to highlight North Carolina collegiate life through the eyes of UNC, Duke University and N.C. State University students Monday drew criticism from N.C. Central University and others who said the show ignored blacks’ contributions to the region and state. University officials and community leaders addressed a crowd of at least 200 students, faculty, staff and residents during an afternoon campus rally. They expressed frustration that NCCU, along with the state’s 10 other historically black schools, was left out of the ABC TV show’s coverage. "This should not be interpreted by anyone to mean there are not significant activities going on on this campus," said Chancellor James H. Ammons. He mentioned that the show’s co-host, Diane Sawyer, had asked a Duke student where the Black students on campus were. "We are asking this question, ‘Why did the [university] segment exclude the only African-American university in the Triangle?’" Ammons said. "We are encouraging ‘Good Morning America’ during its tours to project and include historically Black colleges and universities in its coverage. Ninety percent of the African-American leaders in this country are graduates [of these schools]." The show began its nationwide tour of all 50 states in North Carolina, stopping first at Duke University, where co-hosts Sawyer and Charles Gibson spent Saturday night hanging out and sleeping in students’ dorm rooms. The two then broadcast live from the UNC campus Monday. Ammons and history professor Percy Murray said GMA producers included virtually nothing on how North Carolina’s Black or Native American residents have influenced the state. "It’s an absolutely ridiculous situation … to come to Durham and leave out NCCU," said Lavonia Allison, chairwoman of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. [‘Good Morning America’ has] a total disregard for the history of this area." Kian Brown, NCCU Student Government Association vice president elect, said he went to UNC to speak to GMA producers, who told him there was no way to add NCCU to the show. He then spoke with Gibson. "He expressed to me that there is just more than my school in the Research Triangle," Brown said. "They were very nonchalant about it." Lisa Finkel, an ABC News spokeswoman traveling with the show, said the restrictions of broadcasting a two-hour live news program kept producers from showcasing all of the important or interesting aspects of the state. On Sunday, ABC station affiliate WTVD heard from people upset that NCCU was not a scheduled stop on the show’s tour, however those complaints were never forwarded to national officials, Finkel said. : http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd "There were many locations that were discussed within the context of a two-hour live news program," she said. "Unfortunately in giving people a snapshot you’re unable to focus on everything you would have liked." ABC News will likely return to North Carolina to broadcast parts of the state that couldn’t be included the first time around, Finkel said. : http://abc.abcnews.go.com/ "We tried as best as possible to give a broad cross-section overview of life in North Carolina … There are a number of issues that we want to revisit and life at N.C. Central is at the top of the list," she said. "By no means did we mean to offend anybody." Richard Smith, president of the Durham-area NCCU alumni chapter, said alumni have been e-mailing both the local ABC affiliate and "Good Morning America" since Wednesday to express their outrage with the coverage. http://durham_eagles.tripod.com NCCU student government members also plan to contact historically black colleges and universities in Texas -- GMA’s next stop -- so they can make sure their schools and communities are adequately represented on the air, Ammons said. "We hope that they will remember that there are several components of American society," he said. "I would hope that they would not make the same mistake in Texas and the other states as they have made here." |
NOTE: I first heard of this story on this evening's news. The students shown in the piece attend Bethune Elementary, which is around the corner from the Convention Site. The Principal of Bethune Elementary is a Soror.
++++++++++++++++++++++++ Georgia Public Policy Foundation 6100 Lake Forrest Drive, Ste. 110 Atlanta, Georgia 30328-3835 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: May 6, 2002 Paula Havard (404) 256-4050 phavard@gppf.org Foundation Releases "No Excuses Schools" List ATLANTA (May 6, 2002) —The Georgia Public Policy Foundation (www.gppf.org) today released a list of Georgia’s No Excuses Schools – schools that have posted academic achievements despite having poverty rates above the state average. "These schools prove that if you have strong leadership, involved parents and a focus on the basics, students will excel," said Foundation President Rogers Wade. "We applaud these schools for beating the odds and proving that the most important components of a solid education are a strong curriculum, high expectations and dedicated parents and teachers." The No Excuses Schools (see attached list) consist of every school in Georgia with a poverty rate above the state average and a poverty index of two or more. The poverty rate, a poverty level indicator, is the percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunches. The poverty index, an indicator developed by the Foundation, measures how well a school is performing relative to its poverty rate. A score above zero indicates better than expected performance, and below zero indicates lower than expected performance. Zero indicates the school is performing as expected. Despite having above average poverty rates, every one of the No Excuses Schools posted academic achievements. These schools beat the odds by providing strong leadership, setting high expectations for students and focusing on continuous student improvement. The Foundation compiled the list of No Excuses Schools using statistics in its interactive 2002 Report Card for Parents, which was released last month. The report card, available free of charge at www.gppf.org, features an interactive database containing an enormous amount of statistical data about Georgia’s public schools. Parents can query and research the report card to help them make informed assessments about the quality of public education in Georgia. To date, the report card has had more than two million hits. The Foundation, a think tank formed in 1991, is a nonpartisan, member-supported research and education foundation that promotes free markets, limited government and individual responsibility. It is the only private, independent research organization in Georgia that focuses on state policy issues. #### Georgia Public Policy Foundation 2002 No Excuses Schools Bethune Elementary School (Atlanta City) Beecher Hills Elementary School (Atlanta City) Burke Elementary School (Bibb County) Capitol View Elementary School (Atlanta City) Cascade Elementary School (Atlanta City) Dobbs Elementary School (Atlanta City) F. L. Stanton Elementary School (Atlanta City) Fifth Avenue Elementary School (Decatur City) Glen Haven Elementary School (DeKalb County) Johnson Elementary School (Muscogee County) Johnson Magnet School (Richmond County) M. A. Jones Elementary School (Atlanta City) Nancy Creek Elementary School (DeKalb County) Peyton Forest Elementary School (Atlanta City) Terrace Manor Elementary School (Richmond County) West Manor Elementary School (Atlanta City) Clay County Elementary School (Clay County) Glenn Hills Middle School (Richmond County) Inman Middle School (Atlanta City) Manchester Middle School (Meriwether County) Calhoun County Middle/High School (Calhoun County) Echols County High/Elementary School (Echols County) Emanuel County Institute (Emanuel County) Pelham High School (Pelham City) |
Stipulation of Settlement
It has been an outrage of mine about the Stipulation of Settlement on the campus of Tennessee State University. It has been mandated that we must have a 50/50 ration of minorities/majorities on campus. This was passed down from the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Tennessee courts. Another plug is that the white students only need a 2.5gpa and a VERY LOW ACT score to receive a FULL SCHOLARSHIP from TSU. That's plain ridiculous:mad: My gpa is almost a 4.0 and I'm taking out loans. We have a new discrimination on the horizon, a new form of racism. And it will not totally take form until it hits us in the face.
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And then to top if off, those larger predomintaely white institutions did have a scholarship or two for a minority student (mind you , I did not say black) in order to fullfill their affirmative action quota, the requirements were the same as any other academic scholarship, except it was specifically allocated to a minority student. Why does TSU have to lower their standards?:confused: Why can't TSU just offer the affirmative action scholarship or two like the other PW universities?:confused: |
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I wish TSU would just hand out a couple of those MINORITY (ironic, huh?) scholarships,but it's not that easy Honeykiss1974. Since we're a state-supported school, we must do what the state says. They give us money to build and remodel different buildings. If we don't give them scholarships then the money will stop coming in and...well TSU will become the UT-Nashville. It's the students job now to go to these highschools and encourage these black students to come to TSU. We don't get too much help from alumni. We try to get the NAACP and other organizations involved, but it all turns on a deaf ear. I just don't want it to be too late if and when we all come together and oppose. Just look at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO.:(
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Grambling Closing
GRAMBLING CLOSING? School could be out for more than just the summer.
(Jul. 29, 2002) Grambling State University is in danger of closing. You read right. According to Reuters, due to serious accounting discrepancies within the university, the school could be closing its doors. This comes just a year after the historically black college celebrated its 100th birthday. Founded by an association of black farmers in 1901, the Louisiana college has been unable to provide financial statements deemed acceptable for a state audit since 1997, Reuters reported. Such an audit is usually required for reaccreditation, which happens every 10 years. Grambling is reportedly 2 years overdue. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, an Atlanta -based national accrediting group, has placed Grambling on probation and has set a Sept. 16 deadline for an approved audit for the past two academic years. Here's the problem. Without accreditation, the school loses all federal funds, including financial aid. In addition, Grambling degrees would lose value, in particular with admissions boards at other institutions or licensing boards. The accounting problems involve a series of financial problems, including thefts and improper spending. State Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle hopes to tame the task and has doubled the auditing staff to help the school meet the deadline. He described the school's bookkeeping to Reuters as: "like saying for accounts receivable, 'several different people owe me $10,000 combined, but I don't know who they are or how much each one owes.''' from EURWEB |
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Grambling to be shutdown?
07/25/2002 07:24 AM EDT By Brett Martel Associated Press GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - Black and gold banners proclaiming ``100 Years of Excellence'' remain on lamp posts throughout the Grambling State University campus a year after the historically black school's centennial. Such symbols of longevity seem to be needed reassurance at a time when the institution is struggling to overcome an episode of accounting incompetence so drawn out it now threatens to close the school. ``Sometimes I wake up at night, shaking, wondering, what if?'' says Helen Richards-Smith, dean of the university's honors college and a Grambling faculty member for most years since she graduated from here in 1944. The campus of red bricks and white columns amid the piney hills of north Louisiana, founded by an association of black farmers in 1901, has been unable to provide financial statements deemed acceptable for a state audit since 1997. Such an audit is generally required in three consecutive years for reaccreditation, a process that occurs every 10 years and is now about two years past due at Grambling. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, an Atlanta-based national accrediting group, has placed Grambling on probation and has set a Sept. 16 deadline for an approved audit for the past two academic years. If Grambling loses its accreditation, it will also lose federal funding including financial aid for its students - 90 percent of whom now receive this aid. If unaccredited, Grambling's degrees would lose value with graduate school admissions offices and professional licensing boards. ``We'd be out of business,'' says David Wright, a Grambling graduate who sits on the Louisiana university system's board of supervisors, which oversees the school. ``All over the country it would be a terrific blow because we have a lot alumni and friends of Grambling.'' Grambling is to black America as Notre Dame is to Roman Catholic America in the fierce loyalty it inspires among alumni and countless boosters, including many who've never set foot on campus. In football, Grambling became synonymous with success under now-retired coaching icon Eddie Robinson. The Grambling marching band's high-energy performances having included Super Bowl halftime shows and inaugurations of African presidents. Grambling graduates hold management jobs at companies like Ford, Gannett, Cisco and Apple. These accomplishments come despite the fact that many students are the first in their families to go to college and that many incoming students need remedial help. There is no minimum admission standard except a high school diploma. The school's motto is: ``The place where everybody is somebody.'' The accounting mess - the latest in a series of financial problems including thefts and improper spending - has made it a place where everybody is anxious. ``None of my friends have left, but we were all talking about it,'' says Tamika Noble, 21, a senior studying sociology. Still, she's certain the school has much support. ``They're not going to let Grambling close down.'' Reshawn Thomas, 20, a senior marketing major and Student Government Association treasurer who comes from a long line of Grambling graduates, says the looming accreditation question is ``everybody's top concern.'' State Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle has doubled the auditing staff he originally dispatched to help the school meet the deadline. ``They have an enormous task. Whether they can do it I cannot predict,'' Kyle says. Describing the bad bookkeeping, Kyle says, ``It's like saying for accounts receivable, 'several different people owe me $10,000 combined, but I don't know who they are or how much each one owes.''' Grambling officials acknowledge the accounting staff in recent years was undertrained. But the root of the problem, many say, was instability at the top. After having only three presidents in its first 90 years, Grambling is now on its sixth president since 1991. It has had seven vice presidents of finance since 1993. Grambling has been ``fought over like a fiefdom by politically connected blacks,'' said Rick Gallot, a black state representative and a Grambling graduate. His mother, Mildred Gallot, also a Grambling graduate and longtime history professor, adds that recent presidents ``seemed to have the attitude: 'I need my people in place _ people loyal to me.''' One example was Steve Favors, a former Howard University administrator appointed Grambling's president in 1998. Melvin Davis, Grambling's chief financial officer when the school received its last approved audit in 1997, said he felt alienated by Favors and took a better-paying job in 1999. Davis says he offered to help Grambling close its books for 1998 and 1999 anyway, so the school would be ready for its regularly scheduled re-accreditation in 2000. He was rebuffed. Favors hired a new CFO, but he backed out before his first day of work and instead took a job in Florida. A Grambling spokeswoman said requests for interviews with Favors, who remains on the faculty, had to go through her. The request was made and Favors did not respond. After Favors was forced out in January 2001, the board appointed as acting president Neari Warner, a Grambling insider who was accomplished in academic affairs but lacked experience with certain administrative and financial matters. ``It made me wonder if they were setting her up for failure,'' Rep. Gallot said. System president Sally Clausen said Warner accepted the job on an interim basis and so far has shown determination to take tough measures, including the firing of 126 employees, mostly administrative. ``The end result is that the legislative auditor now believes the right people are in place,'' Clausen said. Last summer, Warner brought in Billy Owens, a former top financial officer with Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, as Grambling's new CFO, its first since Davis in 1999. As to meeting the deadline, Owens said, ``What appeared to many one year ago as an impossibility now looks like a very real possibility.'' Warner also remains positive. ``I see these difficult situations as launching pads to higher standards of accountability and productivity,'' Warner said in a written response to questions from The Associated Press. Grambling does not appear to have cash flow problems, say officials with the Louisiana Board of Regents, which oversees all state universities. Grambling receives about 20 percent more in state funding per student than the average for Louisiana's four-year campuses, in part because of a civil rights settlement that required the state to compensate for years of spending more on predominantly white than historically black colleges. But the current crisis is only the latest in a series of financial embarrassments since 1993, when Kyle refused to express an opinion on the accuracy of Grambling's financial statements. Kyle again deemed Grambling's financial statements unacceptable in 1994 and a year later came the accreditation group's warning. A 1996 legislative audit reported a variety of irregularities, including: $343,000 in uncollected debts; thefts of computers and air conditioners worth $51,000; $10,500 in scholarships given to unqualified high school graduates. Trustees soon forced university president Raymond Hicks to resign. He left the school with a $3 million deficit, which officials said was caused largely by overestimating enrollment. Enrollment dropped sharply - from 7,833 in fall 1993 to about 4,500 now - but officials say factors other than financial woes were the main cause. Most important, they say, were an effort to set higher admission standards, which has since been dropped, and higher tuition for out-of-state students, which has been retained. Also, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was paid $50,000 by Grambling to teach a class for Grambling credit in New Orleans which enrolled one student. Then there was the transfer of public money - about $1.6 million - to the Grambling Foundation, the university's now-bankrupt private fund-raising arm. Favors, the former Grambling president, has said the university trusted that the money it transferred to the foundation would be spent to benefit the school but had no control over it. Favors blamed problems on a foundation administrator from 1997 to 1999. Kyle, the state audit chief, found that money meant for scholarships was instead spent on administrative costs and on the startup and operation of a short-lived sports bar. More than $1 million the foundation received from the annual Bayou Classic football game went to expenses, such as hotel rooms, receptions and limousine services. Grambling's proceeds from the game were transferred to the foundation, which Kyle concluded failed to keep credible financial records and displayed ``a lack of integrity.'' No charges have been filed. ``Everybody wants to see Grambling become more accountable,'' says Herbert Simmons, director of alumni development. He termed the latest financial crisis ``a wakeup call.'' Simmons' bond to Grambling is strong. Raised by a grandmother who couldn't read or write, Simmons came to the school on a band scholarship and went on to become a lawyer. The loss of Grambling ``would be unthinkable to me,'' he says. ``For 100 years we've been taking nobodys and turning them into somebodys ... Where would we be as a nation without Grambling?'' On the Net: Grambling: http://www.gram.edu/ --------------------------------------------------- I am in total chock about this. What the heezy is going on with our HBCU's? My alma mater, Kentucky State University, is being investigated by the FBI on its accounting practices as well.!!!!! :eek: ---------------------------------------------------------- FBI investigates KSU spending Probe follows ongoing audit of federal education funds By Mark Pitsch mpitsch@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal Harry Lee Waterfield II, vice chairman of the KSU regents, said yesterday that FBI investigators were looking at travel vouchers and other university expenses. FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The FBI is investigating spending at Kentucky State University and has asked the state auditor to assist in the probe. The investigation comes a month after the U.S. department of Education's Office of Inspector General opened an audit of KSU's use of federal education money, including funds intended to improve historically black universities. The Education Department audit has been ongoing since June 17, three days before the KSU board of regents rescinded a three-year contract extension that had been voted the preceding November for President George Reid. The regents also placed Reid on administrative leave until June 30, when his contract expired. Harry Lee Waterfield II, vice chairman of the KSU regents, said yesterday that the FBI was looking at travel vouchers and other university expenditures. ''I'm assuming that's on Dr. Reid,'' said Waterfield, who said he met with an FBI agent more than a month ago but wouldn't discuss the conversation. Bill Pennell, KSU's chief financial officer, said he and several other university employees met with FBI officials Wednesday and yesterday. He said the FBI asked to see documents that he declined to describe, but he said the investigation's focus was different from the Department of Education audit. ''What they were looking at has nothing to do with the audits that were going on or the cleanup that we have done,'' said Pennell, referring to an ongoing effort to get the university's finances in order. Thomas Clay, Reid's lawyer, said he learned about the investigation from a reporter and that no one from the FBI or the state auditor's office contacted him or Reid. ''They should have all the look they want to'' into KSU finances, Clay said. Reid did not respond to a request through Clay for an interview. Clay said Reid was at an undisclosed location. As of late last night, the KSU board of regents was continuing to meet in private on a variety of topics but had not discussed the FBI investigation -- a matter that was not scheduled to be on the agenda -- in public session. Jacqueline Bingham, KSU spokeswoman, said at least one FBI agent was on the Frankfort campus Wednesday and focused on the finance office and the president's office. Paul Bibbins, KSU's interim president, would not comment. Bill Johnson, KSU's lawyer, and Arthur Moncrief, KSU's comptroller, also declined comment. KSU's $47.1 million budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2001, included $11.1 million in federal funding. Stephanie Robey, chief of staff for state Auditor Ed Hatchett, said yesterday that the FBI and Hatchett's office began a review of KSU records on Wednesday. Robey and Hatchett wouldn't reveal the nature of the investigation. Robey said she hoped the state auditor's work would be completed within a few weeks. The FBI ''came to us a couple of weeks ago and asked us to help them, and we started our work over there yesterday,'' Robey said. ''They've asked that we do nothing more than acknowledge that there is work occurring and that we're there at their request.'' In a fiscal 1998-99 audit of KSU released in April 2001, Hatchett concluded the school's books were in such disarray that he could not determine KSU's financial health. A 1999 auditor's report found that Reid had used $300 from a $110,000 private gifts account at the university to pay for personal items, a parking ticket and a contribution to the United Way. In May, The State Journal, a Frankfort newspaper, reported that Reid had taken 56 publicly funded out-of-state trips between January 2001 and March 2002 -- more than any other state university president and Gov. Paul Patton during the same period. Robey said Clay Mason, a Frankfort FBI agent, is the lead investigator in the KSU probe. A call to the Frankfort FBI office was referred to an FBI spokesman in Louisville. Patrick Bashore, a special agent in the Louisville FBI office, said yesterday that he couldn't confirm or deny whether an investigation was under way. Reid, hired as KSU's president in 1998, filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against the university before being ousted, saying he was being punished as a whistle-blower. In a May letter, Reid accused regents chairman Bill Wilson and Marlene Helm, a board member, of conflict of interest for also serving on the state's Committee on Equal Opportunities, which oversees higher education desegregation efforts. At meetings of the committee, Wilson and Helm do not vote on issues regarding KSU to avoid a conflict, a situation that Reid said has cost the university money. In addition to the FBI investigation and the U.S. Department of Education audit, state lawmakers have said they want to review KSU's spending. The purpose of the Education Department audit is ''to examine institutional records; to conduct interviews; and to assure that established standards, rules, regulations and laws were followed,'' Carol Lynch, regional inspector general for audit in the Atlanta office of the department, wrote in a May 17 letter to Reid. |
From an alumnus
A PWI that is 30 miles EAST of Grambling is having the SAME woes as the institution. I am sure that at the National Convention in Atlanta there will be serious discussions going on.
THE ALUMNI AIN'T SLEEP! TRUST! THERE ARE PWI IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AS GRAMBLING AND OTHER HBCUs Edit: Have you heard of the PWIs in the news? NOT! Oh, those students leaving...they probably are not doing anything for the university anyway, probably not even paying students... LET THEM GO! |
That's right AKA2d'91!!! I am TIRED of our HBCU's being put in the media as if we can''t handle finances!!!!!!! However I must say that ANY and EVERY school has some type of cover up....for us its "incompetance" everyone else is "a mishap"!
My cousin graduated from Grambling and I would hate to see her practice threatened because her clients knew she graduated from Grambling.....Plus, Alcorn (pronounced ALL-corn) wouldn't have anybody's head to stomp:p |
If I am correct, the stories were posted from the blackamericaweb.com, as reported by the AP. So, they are headline news as it relates to us because they are posted on a website for Blacks. Its posting is indeed relevant regardless of what other institutions are in the same predicament.
And although most Blakcs attend PWI, it would be unfortunate for those who prefer HBCUs to have one less choice for higher education. I have a friend who just graduated from Grambling and its sad that all of this was going on yet new students and returning students did not have the information so that they could have made different choices for their schooling. Hopefully they will get things back on track. |
The information has been out there for MONTHS. This is not NEW information. If they (the students) WANTED the information they could have gotten the information. The Ruston Daily Leader has something negative on Grambling dayum near EVERYDAY.... It has gotten local and statewide coverage. I guess they were in the union, in the cafe, asleep, or whatever when the information was being presented... :rolleyes:
It does matter that PWI have these problems too. Who mentioned about preference? Like everything else, when PWI have the problems DO WE HEAR ABOUT IT....NO! Edit: Let's not act as if GSU is the ONLY university on the planet with issues...c'mon now! That's what gets me PO. LMAO@ ALL-CORN! I hate it when I hear AL-Corn! |
FYI: When I posted this info it was not in a Nanny nanny boo boo I went to a PWI and look @ 2D's HBCU. . . I posted it because I think that any time an HBCU is on the board to be azed, shut down, etc. folks need to know about it. As an alumnus you would know about it sooner than I but please believe me I have tons of respect for HBCUs. There are times that I wish I went to an HBCU but having attended an all BLACK school system, I wanted to see things from another perspective.
To see Grambling dealing with this hurts because this is one less HBCU option that Black students have. For many Black students, an HBCU is their only alternative. So by me posting this again, it was not in an insulting manner. I also agree at how a PWI can cover things up better or quickly rally the financial support than an HBCU can AT TIMES. Plus PWIs have, typically, larger endowments that they can tap into. As an outsider, it is time for HBCUs not just Grambling to gain better control over their schools not just financially but who REALLY controls the school. |
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CT4 with much respect, you said you didn't go to a HBCU ....because you wanted a view from a different perspective...I hear this comment ALOT ...college life whether it is a blk/whte one (university) IS a different perspective...Some people believe that HBCU's are just another group of blk folks with no diversity and it's simply not true! NONE of my instructors were BLACK and my BLACK brothers/sisters did NOT hook a sista up either! I had to work! They were harder on me than the PWI I went to after my 1st B.S.. Even I thought that a PWI would introduce me to more cultures but in fact I met more BLACK folks...not that I tried either....I would not give ONE day up for my beloved ALCORN for any PWI I went to there is no experience like it....If blks would concentrate on putting our resources back into our HBCU's like the PWI's we would attract more of them as well. |
WHY?
I agree with CT4's last comment. I also attended an HBCU and transferred to a PWI(one of the reasons being misplaced funds particularly mine). Why do people get so upset at folks who say they went to a PWI for a different experience?Yes college is a different experience but it may not be a POSITIVE experience.I also went through all black schools and is it so wrong to want to experience something different?The college I attended was just an extension of high school because that's what kind of mentality the students and the faculty had.Your experience may have been great, but don't knock other's experiences.
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hold up...
I'm not knockin her experiences at all...my point is that HBCU's get a very bad rap ...much like what you said that is or was " an extension of high school because that is what the mentality the faculty/students had"...believe me that statement alone damages the credibility of HBCU's....although your view may very well be a fact...I'm not doubting that...but if you look at it alll colleges can be considered as an extension of a high school...PWI's students typically have more problems with underage drinking, substance abuse, date rapes,etc. Those statistics are rarely publicized nor do they hype an investigation of these schools like they do our own....HBCU's suffer because of lack of funding by the state.... but do they emphasize or even harp on when our schools will receive equal funding?...NO...because it is not a concern....Alcorn's campus is absolutely beautiful because we are a land-grant university whose alum is quite active so we are pretty fortunate...but what about the millions of dollars we have been denied....HBCU's want to be agressive in recruiting students of ANY color...money talks though...so is it an experience or a perspective?...I think there is a fine line....who knows
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My statement about the mentality of the students and the faculty doesn't damage HBCU'S because that's my opinion on 1 school.The school I attended LOST my tuition and found it some odd weeks later, but that shouldn't happen to thousands of students at a large university...and I do literally mean thousands.I also don't think ALL colleges feel like high school all over again but that's just my opinion.Yes HBCU'S receive poor funding and there is no argument about that.Regarding recruitment, I disagree. A lot of HBCU's are being forced to recruit students of other races or they will lose funding.They are giving away scholarships to whites, while our people don't receive the same fortune.
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well...
you are correct when you say that your opinion is for the school you chose..however, my point is that there are alot of people who have the same idea...but it doesn't mean that you are right or wrong and believe me I really understand about the money thang...unfortunately some people tend to generalize HBCU's and they are labeled as unorganized, understaffed,and uninfluential in terms of a college degree....Not only that white students have every opportunity to apply to HBCU's as well they have never been denied to do so...but I guess that it's their choice NOT to go...but the whole recruitment thing is just a role reversal played by PWI's to take away more funding from the HBCU's that they have not recieved....PWI's have to recruit us for the very same reasons and their gripes are just as you said ..."it is not fair" in essence....How many White people have you seen that say I want to go to XXX school (HBCU) for a different perspective? People in general white/black/asian or otherwise should chose simply because it's a good school...However you must consider how people define a "good" school.....just a thought:)
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from BlackAmerica Web
Minority enrollment increasing at Texas colleges
08/08/2002 09:40 PM EDT AUSTIN (AP) - Texas colleges and universities are enrolling more minorities, but not at a pace to keep up with state goals or booming population growth. School administrators and state officials say they are working to lure more minorities in the wake of Hopwood, the 1996 court decision that banned colleges and universities from considering race in admissions. Since 1992, black and Hispanic enrollment at Texas colleges has grown more than 67 percent, to 340,000 in 2000. Nationally, that figure has grown about 63 percent from 1988 to 1998, according to the American Council on Education. But the proportion of minority students has stayed mostly flat at many of Texas' public four-year universities. The problem is especially acute at the state's flagships, University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M. More than 50,000 new students enrolled in a Texas higher education institution last year, the largest number of new enrollees in more than 25 years. Nearly two-thirds of those new enrollees were minorities. About 15,419 were Hispanic, but that is still about 5,000 short of state goals, according to a recent report from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Enrollment of blacks at four-year institutions is up 21 percent since 1992, but Hopwood has had an impact, the Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday. ``We're glad to see the increase, but when you go in and specifically look at our targets we've given ourselves, we can't be too optimistic,'' said David Gardner, the Coordinating Board's assistant commissioner for planning and information resources. Texas education officials in 1999 drafted a higher education plan called Closing the Gaps that called for a statewide enrollment of 1.5 million students by 2015 and set goals for increases in research funding, graduation rates and the quality of institutions and degree programs. Statewide enrollment last year was at about 1.1 million, an increase from the previous year. But without the ability to consider race in admissions, administrators say, efforts to attract minorities have been hampered. Much of last year's growth was at institutions in South Texas and at community colleges. Colleges in the Houston and Dallas areas were particularly successful in attracting minority students. The University of Houston and the University of North Texas have seen minority enrollment rise more than 60 percent in the past 10 years. Administrators at the University of Houston say they benefit from location. More than 40 percent of Harris county residents are ethnic minorities. Administrators also turn to local community colleges as feeder schools as well as to Texas Southern University, a historically black institution. ``We are what many American universities are going to have to look like in the years ahead, if the population of the U.S. is going to be served,'' said Arthur Smith, University of Houston president and system chancellor. But UT and A&M, which are not located in communities with large minority populations, are having a harder time. Since the Hopwood decision, black enrollment has dropped 16 percent at UT and 14 percent at A&M. Hispanic enrollment has not been affected as dramatically. UT President Larry Faulkner said most of the decrease in enrollment by blacks was in graduate and professional programs, diluting the overall picture. Augustine Garza, deputy director of admissions, said the decrease could be linked to an applications process, started in 1997, that requires applicants to write three essays. The university received fewer applications in all ethnic categories. Faulkner said the university has been working on solutions. ``Everything we've tried has not worked. We just have to keep working. I remain concerned about participation among graduate students,'' he said. This fall, A&M is redoubling its efforts to attract minorities. Counselors are touting the accessibility of the university, financial aid programs and other opportunities, such as the TEXAS grant program. |
You cannot believe EVERYTHING you read.
As you are aware, the national convention was held in Atlanta August 1-4, 2002. The following national officers were elected:
President - James Bradford Vice-President - Bobby Rabon Secretary - Betty White Treasurer - Netria Joe Financial Secretary - Willie Critton Business Manager - Birdex Copeland, Jr. Parlimentarian - Freddie Colston We're sure you are aware of the many negative things that are being reported about GSU. There was a report that the school was closing, which is a lie. Brett Martel, of the Associated Press asked for and was granted an interview by Ms. Vickie Jackson of the school's Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Mr. Martel indicated that he wanted to interview students, faculty and other staff members to determine their feelings regarding the accreditation issue. Instead of writing the article he said he would write, Mr. Martel wrote a misleading story filled with lies. The Tom Joyner Morning Show took Mr. Martel's article off the AP wire and reported it as if was fact. Needless to say, this article and the reporting of it in the news media has caused great harm to the school. We need your help. We are asking all GSU alumnus to write letters expressing your outrage at the lies printed about OUR SCHOOL. We are attaching a sample letter with details of Mr. Martel's story for your use as you write your letters. According to Mr. Herbert Simmons of GSU's Office of Alumni Affairs, we should write the letters before August 20, 2002. Please, please write letters to the Editor of the Associated Press in New Orleans and to the Tom Joyner Show. We do not have an address for the Tom Joyner Show, however, you can email him if you pull up his website on the internet. Search for: The Tom Joyner Show. This is our school. We can not allow anyone to discredit it, discount it's value to the Black community, dismiss it's rich history and write lies about Grambling State University without fear of retalitation from us. None of us want to be graduates of a school which no longer exists. If we don't fight this, there is a real possibility that this could happen given the negative publicity the school is receiving at this time. We want to see GSU remain as it is and not a two-year school or a school that is a part of the university system of Louisiana, but, no longer Grambling State University. WE MUST SHOW BRETT MARTEL THAT GRAMBLING'S ALUMNUS CARES DEEPLY FOR OUR SCHOOL AND WE RESENT HIS DEPICTION OF OUR SCHOOL IN HIS ARTICLE. We're counting on you. An email sent out to GSU ALUM... |
Interesting but saddening -- your take?
Missing Men on Campus
by Tanu Henry www.africana.com August 29, 2002 Back to school at Howard University in Washington, DC, the campus comes alive with crowds of young, excited students. Fraternities and sororities are strutting their stuff, folks are moving into dorms, the sounds of the marching band practicing rises into the summer air as the campus all around bustles with activity -- proof that the fall semester has officially begun. But behind this idyllic, A-Different-World-style picture lies an upsetting reality: women continue to outnumber men -- not just on this campus but at colleges across America -- at growing ratios. This June, a record-breaking high of 57 % of new college graduates were women. The statistics get worse in black America, where studies show that black women earn college degrees at a rate almost two times that of men. At historically black colleges and universities, some schools report margins even steeper. At Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, for example, the student body is a whopping 71 % female. And at Morgan State's graduation in Baltimore last year, two-thirds of the graduates and nearly the same amount of honor students were female. Pick almost any HBCU, walk on the yard and the scenario is similar: hundreds of sharp, ambitious black women studying, organizing, representing their sororities or just hanging out. The black men might as well be an endangered species. The situation is disturbing on a number of levels. Beyond the obvious concern about future employment opportunities for black men who do not have college degrees, some voice concerns about the social impact on the African American community at large -- particularly when it comes to dating, marriage and the formation of families. "Men leave these environments where they are outnumbered by 10 to 1 feeling as if they are entitled to four or more women at one time, and women leave feeling that they have to man-share," says Frank Matthews, publisher of Black Issues in Higher Education. In addition, recent months have seen a proliferation of articles on the sharp increase of marriage between black women and white men. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, describing the phenomenon as "a quiet revolution," quotes black women decrying the lack of college-educated black men to date, let alone marry. "Black colleges," Matthews continues, "have a responsibility to actively recruit black males and work to retain them." Everyone agrees it's a problem. But the causes are harder to parse. The popular explanation during the '80s and '90s was that black men were more likely to succumb to drugs, gangs and prison. But new statistics point to other social factors. A study conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles found that women generally study harder then men, have higher career and personal goals and spend more time preparing for their future. The same study found that male high school students are likely to spend their time watching television, playing video games, partying and exercising than studying or planning for their futures. David Williams, an 11th grade reading teacher at Homestead Senior High School near Miami, remembers first witnessing the trend during his undergraduate years at Wilberforce University in Ohio. There were "definitely more women on campus," he says, and those female students typically outperformed the men there. Sadly, says Williams, he sees the same pattern among the teenagers in his classroom. "I think males in general -- not just black males -- are more pressured by their peers to perform below standard and seek negative attention than their female counterparts," he says. "Women, on the other hand, I notice, are better prepared by their families to leave the nest, get out there on their own and become independent." So, is it just a case of boys being boys? Or are there circumstances particular to the African American experience that may explain the disparity. According to Carmen Cannon, Director of Admissions at Howard, historically black men have not had much of an incentive to pursue college degrees -- even when they had the opportunity. Male children, she points out, were expected to provide economic support to their families, often forcing them to work full-time while still in high school, or dropping out of school to work. And then, men have benefited from gender inequity in the workforce --"historically, females have required more education to get jobs that are equal in pay to those of their male peers." Black women have gone to college for a variety of reasons, some different than those of black men -- in the past, for instance, many enrolled to find a husband (ask your mother or grandmother about women seeking the elusive "M.R.S" degree). As women have increasingly entered the workforce, black women have joined their white sisters in seeking higher education at a faster-growing pace than men. Black women ought to be lauded for these achievements, not held responsible for the skewed ratios. :D :D Still, the numbers are alarming to many. How to solve such an entrenched problem? Isaac J. Black, a former New York social worker and author of a college guide for African American college students, says he has seen in his interactions with young black males that "the brainiac gets no props. (HE'S SO ON POINT! -- ST) Our boys are being bombarded with negative images, have little support, few mentors and are, sadly, too often left unattended by their fathers." Eric Ward, Associate Director of Admissions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania -- where the ratio of women to men is more than 3 to 1, says the low enrollment of black males constantly frustrates him. "You definitely see it when you go out to recruit. Women show more interest and more women apply than men do," he said. "Many of our young men have unrealistic expectations. They all want to go into sports and entertainment. But then again, how do you convince a kid with several unemployed, college-educated relatives to go to college?" Ward says his frustration led to him founding, along with his son, the Nu Juice Foundation, a non-profit venture based in Philadelphia. His organization finds mentors for African American boys in middle school and tries to steer them towards college. In inner cities and suburbs and even in affluent black communities (where underachievement is just as prevalent and the numbers of men going to college are just as dismal) organizations are sprouting up to help prepare boys for college. Some small victories have emerged. Black Issues in Higher Education's Matthews reserves high praise for two HBCUs --Benedict College in South Carolina and Edward Waters College in Florida -- that have actively sought and enrolled black men, leveling the gender ratio to almost 1 to 1 ratios. Maybe soon back to school will become an equal-opportunity event in the black community. First published: August 29, 2002 |
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I almost did not even read this article but I am glad I did.
This article speaks volumes to me as having been in the college arena and now being a teacher of AVID (high school program that prepares students, primarily minorities to be ready for college and actually attend college). Right off of the bat: BRAINIAC GETS NO PROPS is so true. It is true for males and females but alarmingly it sticks with our young men more. We NEED to have more of a presence in the schools. The WE refers to BLACK MEN mentoring young BLACK MEN and showing them that it is far more realistic and probable for them to get a college degree and become a __________ then to become the next Michael Jordan, AI, Kobe, etc. etc. etc. We need to praise BOOKS more than BLING, MATH more than MUSIC, WRITING more than WOMEN!!! Seriously, kids know far more about the latter across the board than they do the former. Education needs to be celebrated and praised. Also parents stop taking your kids out of school for BS reasons -- hair did, nails did, go get tickets for Nelly next week, etc. I will have to share this article with my AVID students. |
You're welcome, CT4
Please do share it with your students.
It speaks to me because of my single state. The sad think is that this deficit of black males and college has been going on for years -- remember I'm nearly 40. As a side note, my chapter's science and tutoring program for late elementary and middle school students is getting more male involvement -- most of the kids who come are boys. We've had Omegas help us, and the new graduate chapter president of Phi Beta Sigma asked if he and his men could come and tutor when we get started up again. That's what the kids need -- REAL, everyday Black men who've accomplished something. :cool: :) |
BUSH SUPPORTS HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES: The President declares HBC Week and meets with an advisory panel.
(Sep. 23, 2002) *By Executive Order this February, President Bush created an advisory board to examine the needs of historically black colleges. That was his first step in fulfilling his campaign pledge to boost the federal spending for black schools by 30 percent in 2005. According to White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer, Bush attended a [board] meeting “to listen to their recommendations for advancing these institutions.” The Bush administration's budget plan proposes $264 million in federal aid. It’s not clear from reports whether the advisory panel endorsed the amount proposed in the budget. Bush proclaimed September 15-21 as “National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.” |
Call me a skeptic, accuse me of biting the hand that feeds me :rolleyes: but I find it interesting that the deadline to increase spending on HBCUs is the year AFTER he could (will) lose his re-election campaign.
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GRAMBLING retains Accreditation
Grambling University holds on to accreditation
2002/10/10 11:49 PM EDT (Special to the NNPA)—Grambling University, one of the nation’s best-known historically black universities, will keep its accreditation, according to a Louisiana auditor who said the school earned a satisfactory audit review. Financial management troubles for the school began in 1997 when its finance department installed a new computer program. The few staff members trained on the system left the school, and a 1998 and 1999 audit revealed a problem in financial record keeping. State auditor Dan Kyle said that the state had not been able to issue an opinion on Grambling since 1997. The school was facing a deadline for passing an audit of its most recent fiscal year, or it would lose accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The organization put Grambling on probation in December 2001. Accreditation is an important factor in attracting public funds, students and faculty. Already, the financial problems may have contributed to a decline in enrollment. In the mid-1990s, the school had about 7, 800 students, but the number has dropped to 4,462 students this year. Grambling was founded by Black farmers in 1901 as a teachers’ school and has become famous for its marching band, and for the 57-year sports leadership of Eddie Robinson, known as the nation’s winningest football coach. Grambling was one of 11 schools on probation with SACS, including six other HBCUs. |
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Now I know my comments are not PC, and some of you will take offense, but I am speaking from MY experiences and the experiences of MY friends that have attended both kinds of institutions. I just feel like, as in the case of black business, I don't want to sacrifice quality, reputation, etc. to support my own...... Especially when I am paying my $$... And apparently, there are a lot of people who feel this way, because HBCU's (NCCU) specifically gets little support from alumni. Willie Gary who is the #2 black attorney in the country...second only to Johnnie Cochran (in dollars) went to Shaw for undergrad and NCCU for law school. He donated 10 million to Shaw at one time..... and much more$$..... :eek: and nada to NCCU! (I think he did give 1 million when his son went there) He even donates $$ to shools he doesn't go to,......but not NCCU. SO maybe it's just NCCU, and not all HBCU's, but my view of HBCU's is skewed tremendously. |
Oprah donates $5 million to Morehouse
02/17/2003 11:27 PM EDT ATLANTA (AP) - Oprah Winfrey will donate $5 million to Morehouse College, the school announced. The talk show host's pledge came as Morehouse launched its largest-ever fund-raising campaign, hoping to receive at least $105 million by 2006. Winfrey, who had previously donated $1 million to the historically black college, is the school's top donor. President Walter Massey said Morehouse will use the money to offer more scholarships, upgrade the campus and make the college more competitive. ``Our mantra has been that we want to be considered among the finest liberal arts colleges in the country while still remaining the college of choice for African-American men,'' Massey said Friday. |
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