Lists 27 individuals who are no longer living but who had shown leadership in some arena relating to color during the 15 years of publication of the journal "Black Issues in Higher Education." (MSE)

Provides highlights from a conference titled "Closing the Gap: Promising Strategies for Narrowing the Achievement Gap" held in Washington, DC and sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Edison Schools organization. The conference included presentations by notable scholars concerning ideas and research on strategies to boost the academic…

A lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce in its report, "Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions." The 16-member commission calls…

Describes how after 13 years, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is beginning to see the returns on its investment as the Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship program becomes one of the premier pipelines for producing minority doctorates. (EV)

Describes the work of several minority men and women who have been elected to the National Academies for their scientific accomplishments, noting that there has been a conscientious effort to include more women in recent years. Minority members believe that their elections to the prestigious institutions are not enough, and more must be done to…

Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) President Richard Carpenter has criticized the state's college funding formula, saying it penalizes southern Nevada students--particularly minorities. Carpenter said he hopes lawmakers will alter a complex equation that leads to a discrepancy in funding between CCSN and other institutions, including…

Three institutions (Rochester Institute of Technology, California State University at Los Angeles, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) reveal what it takes to find, hire, and retain faculty of color, raising the bar nationwide for recruiting a diverse faculty. (EV)

Presents an interview with B. Keith Fulton, recognized authority on the digital divide, vice president of the AOL Time Warner Foundation, and senior director for social innovations for the company's corporate relations division. He discusses efforts to develop and manage domestic and international programs that promote digital opportunity. (EV)

Explores: "What type of people do think tanks attract?"; "How do think tanks operate and how are they funded?"; "Are they prone to compromise their research integrity?"; and "Are they focusing enough attention on the critical issue of minorities and higher education?" Discusses efforts of concern to African…

A mortgage broker. A public school teacher. A retired elevator company employee. It's not likely that anyone would consider individuals in these jobs to be prospective journalists. Nevertheless, officials with the Freedom Forum's Diversity Institute last summer found three such individuals and several others, and trained them in an unique program…

Describes the success of the PhD Project, an effort principally backed and managed by KPMG Foundation, which has helped steer hundreds of aspiring Black, Latino, and American Indian scholars into business doctoral programs. (EV)

Discusses how the mentoring program Management Leadership for Tomorrow helps minority undergraduates plan their careers with an eye toward pursuing a Master's of Business Administration (MBA). (EV)

Presents an interview with William W. Sutton, Jr., outgoing president of the National Association of Black Journalists, about the declining number of minority journalists, educating students of color for journalism careers, and the challenges facing Black journalists in the newsroom. (EV)

Reviews briefly recent ballot initiatives and court decisions in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Washington that have impacted equal access to higher education for black and other minority students and faculty. (MDM)

Highlights the diversity of community colleges' student populations, noting that they are the most diverse institutions in academia and becoming more so. (EV)