...my February 10 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education:
1) Ruth Simmons is truly a remarkable person. See Brown University's web site of The University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice: http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/
2) J P Morgan Chase and Company formally admitted--and apologized for--its predecessor banks' links to slavery. See this official company statement: http://www2.bankone.com/presents/home/.
(Somewhat related, I was directed to this site of the California Department of Insurance a couple of years ago: http://www.insurance.ca.gov/SEIR/main.htm.)
3) The National Museum of African American History and Culture is ever closer to becoming a reality. See this Smithsonian site, http://www.si.edu/nmaahc/default.htm, where you can even give input on the four sites under consideration. (I'm voting for the Arts and Industries Building--right on the Mall.)
4) The Education Trust has a new interactive web tool, College Results (http://www.collegeresults.org/), that enables users to compare college and university graduation rates broken down by demographic factors. I tried it out with several institutions, including my curent one...A potentially very useful tool.
5) Much more, too much to detail here. Every time I get my renewal form for BIHE I consider dropping it--Nothing against the publication itself, but I often feel as if I need to prune the vast amount of information that comes into my home on a monthly basis. It's times like this, though, that make me glad I keep re-subscribing.
Posted by perry032 at February 19, 2005 02:50 PM | TrackBackRuth Simmons is my foremost heroine, btw
The Brown Alumni Monthy had an incredible profile of her when she first became president and I've watched and cheered for her ever since. What an awesome woman.
Posted by: Academic Coach at August 13, 2005 10:03 PM