Jamaal Abdul-AlimCommunity CollegesJob Training Initiative, Campaigning on President Obama’s Agenda in Prince George’s CountyIn addition to highlighting a community college job training partnership in Prince George’s County, President Obama focused on the economic pain that Americans are feeling.March 15, 2012HomeOfficial: Funding Increases Unlikely for Federal TRIO ProgramsWhile federal TRIO programs will play a crucial role in helping the U.S. meet the Obama administration’s 2020 college goal, don’t expect to see the programs funded at previously higher levels anytime soon, a Department of Education official told TRIO administrators at a meeting in Washington, D.C.March 14, 2012HomeCivil Rights Project Co-Founders, San Francisco State President Receiving John Hope Franklin AwardsA law school dean, an education school professor, and a longtime university president, all higher education diversity champions, are being honored today by Diverse with John Hope Franklin awards.March 11, 2012HomeCivil Rights Data Show Minority Students Often Face Discipline and Less Likely to Have Experienced TeachersDepartment of Education officials stopped short of blaming the disparities on racism or poverty, pointing instead to schools and districts that had bucked the trend as evidence that elimination of the disparities is not an insurmountable task.March 6, 2012HomeHigher Education Experts Cite Stimulus Funding ShortcomingsExperts at a New America Foundation forum recalled that higher education programs and policies enacted with stimulus funding in certain cases may have misfired.March 1, 2012SportsNHL, Thurgood Marshall Fund Announce Hockey ScholarshipsThe National Hockey League and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have teamed up to offer new scholarships that will put an emphasis on targeting hockey-playing youths heading to public HBCUs.February 29, 2012STEMCollaboration among Colleges, Universities Urged as a Minority STEM StrategyNew report details how higher education leaders can implement programs that should increase minority participation in STEM fields without running afoul of the law.February 28, 2012African-AmericanPublic University Association, NASA Host Minority Male STEM SymposiumExperts on Tuesday say success of higher education STEM programs targeting minority men may depend heavily on enhancing the promise of financial success in STEM employment.February 28, 2012InternationalXavier University is First HBCU to Land a Confucius InstituteWhen officials at Xavier University of Louisiana secured the support they needed to start a Confucius Institute on campus, it helped the university become the first HBCU to land the program meant to promote Chinese language and culture.February 27, 2012African-AmericanOfficials Lead National African-American History and Culture Museum GroundbreakingIn a project hailed as a milestone in the nation’s history, President Obama joined celebrities, political luminaries and scholars Wednesday for the symbolic groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.February 22, 2012Previous PagePage 66 of 81Next Page
