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News and Views: The Guilt That Gathers Gold; A Cynic's Note on the Special Motivation For Making Gifts to the Black Colleges
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News and Views: The Guilt That Gathers Gold; A Cynic's Note on the. Special Motivation For Making Gifts to the Black Colleges
It is a peculiar human characteristic to endow inanimate objects and institutions with spiritual and emotional force. The black colleges, or so-called HBCUs, are perfect examples of this phenomenon. These institutions are bound up in our collective memory of the sins of American slavery. For almost 200 years prior to Emancipation it was unlawful to educate a black person. Impoverished in resources but sturdy nevertheless, the HBCUs stand as symbols of the first ...
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Racist hate mail targets Black colleges
; ...02-22-2000 Racist hate mail targets Black colleges The new millennium may be...than a dozen historically Black colleges in eight states reminds us...The letters proclaimed to Black students that their total...targeting of our country's Black colleges and universities with ...
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News and Views: If Congress Follows the Fiscal Recommendations of The Wall Street Journal, the Nation Can Say Good-Bye to the Black Colleges
; ...Nation Can Say Good-Bye to the Black Colleges A recent article in The Wall...the plight of the historically black colleges. Many, if not most, of these...result, many of the historically black colleges are forced to impose major increases...more difficult for these private ...
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News and Views: White Professors Teaching at the Historically Black Colleges
; ...were hired to the faculties of black colleges. Often the black colleges were the only institutions willing...teaching posts. Many state-operated black colleges have made an effort to increase...cases these public historically black colleges have sought to attract ...
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News and Views; Black Colleges Are Bit Players in the Agriculture Department's Grant Programs
; ...these NRI grants. Nevertheless, black colleges still receive only a trickle...numbers: In 2001 historically black colleges submitted only 18 of the 2,579...percent of all grant proposals from black colleges were funded. But all told, the three NRI grants to black ...
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News and Views; The Virtues of Black Colleges: Ward Connerly Needs to Educate His Troops
; ...affordable to black students. - Black colleges more often offer remedial education...improve their basic skills. - Black colleges offer more cultural events and...students. - Living conditions at black colleges, including social events, cafeteria...African-American lifestyle. - ...
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News and Views: Presidents of Black Colleges; They Earn on a Parity With Whites
; News and Views: Presidents of Black Colleges; They Earn on a Parity With...all nonpublic historically black colleges and universities in the United...presidents of historically black colleges and universities compares favorably...presidents of private historically black ...
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New Life for Black Colleges
; ...22-2000 New Life For Black Colleges By East Bay Bureau Don...are reacting," he said. Black colleges are booming. Today, almost...time), enrollment at Black colleges soared by 20 percent...undergraduate work at Black colleges," said William H. Gray...earn their degrees ...
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MBC Network announces million dollar initiative: Historically Black colleges and universities
; ...dollar initiative: Historically Black colleges and universities Chairman...provide every historically Black college and university with...free of charge. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are...spots, titled "A Salute To Black Colleges" began airing in ...
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Black colleges escape losing U.S. funds
; Tri-State Defender 03-22-2000 Black colleges escape losing U.S. funds...spared 13 historically Black colleges from being cut from the...but the 105 historically Black colleges and universities receive...it exempted historically Black colleges and universities because...the ...
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News and Views: Black Colleges Severely Harmed by Their Deficits in Computer Resources
; News and Views: Black Colleges Severely Harmed by Their...severe at the historically black colleges and universities. A 1993...the most highly regarded black colleges had about one fourth the...African-American corporate executives, black colleges continue to show a ...
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