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The ‘Uprooting’ of HBCUs in a Post-racial Context

The irony in Roots is the continuous “uprooting” of the family experiences; this, too, has semblance to the challenges HBCUs encounter.

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James Ammons Reverses Course, Staying at FAMU

A little more than a month after being named provost of Delaware State University, James Ammons has decided that he is staying on at Florida A&M University.

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Philanthropic Foundations Pushing College Access, Attainment Higher on Priority Lists

Philanthropic foundations are working to move the needle on student access and success issues.

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Former Tuskegee Airman, Educator Roscoe Brown Remembered as ‘Real Pioneer’

Roscoe C. Brown also will be remembered for the forays he made on behalf of diversity in the realm of academe and access to higher education.

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Study Links Black Men’s Lower Life Expectancy to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker examined healthcare utilization and outcomes across demographic groups before and after 1972 and found that the closer Black men lived to Tuskegee, Ala., the less likely they were to visit a doctor.

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Mentoring Pluses for Underrepresented Faculty

Much has been written about the demands from mentoring students, but much less has been written about the benefits to underrepresented faculty from mentoring students.

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University of Connecticut Revokes Cosby’s Honorary Degree

STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut on Wednesday revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, saying he engaged in conduct “incongruent” with the university’s values. Trustees voted unanimously to rescind the Doctor of Fine Arts given to Cosby in 1996. Officials said it was the first time UConn has revoked an honorary degree. […]

Team Chosen to Review University of Missouri After Turmoil

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last year’s turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission Wednesday. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given millions […]

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South Carolina State Names James E. Clark President

South Carolina State University looked within its ranks and named Board of Trustees member James E. Clark the 12th president of the historically Black institution on Wednesday.

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The Horror in Orlando: And Black Lives Still Matter

As it is with most of the world community, I find the massacre that recently occurred in Orlando, Fla., to be extremely disturbing.

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Randolph Dedicates Career to ‘Discovering’ Florynce Kennedy

The course of Dr. Sherie M. Randolph’s career completely changed when she discovered Flo Kennedy, whose life she chronicles in a book two decades in the making.

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Education Department Providing Second Chance to Prisoners

The U.S. Department of Education announced a new development in its efforts to combat recidivism and reform the criminal justice system.

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